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4th Grade, Nimmons’ HR, 03-19-2024

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THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS TODAY'S EXPECTATIONS!

Today's Agenda:

    1. Announcements:
      1. No late work for 3rd Quarter will be accepted after Thursday, March 21st!
        1. This deadline is 1 day before the end of 3rd Quarter and just before Spring Break. That time is needed to ensure all late work handed in before then is graded in a timely fashion.
    2. Film Festival
      • The Countdown to the Film Festival Student Showcase has begun!
      • We will be hosting our 12th Annual Digital Film Festival VIRTUAL Student Showcase on Saturday, March 16, 2024, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
      • Here is the FLYER
      • Here is the link to our VOTING SITE or https://bit.ly/MediaFestPGCPS
      • This also begins our People's Choice Voting Window! The Online Voting Window will close at 11:59 p.m. on April 1, 2024.
    3. Today's Quiz: Coding Vocabulary Quiz 2
      1. We will complete this together in class. If you are absent, you will need to make it up OUTSIDE of class.
    4. Today's Lesson: MineTest Defenses

      1. Today's lesson will be completed in MineTest, which I have installed on the Lab computers.
      2. To begin today's work, you will need to complete ALL missing Code.org work.
        1. If you previously completed your Code.org work, Mr. Smith has a username and password for you to use to connect to the in-room MineTest server.
        2. If you complete your Code.org work during class today, you will have to show Mr. Smith in order to receive your username and password.
      3. Mr. Smith will show the class how to log in, and the basic rules you are expected to follow.
        1. We are beginning our unit in Survival Mode, with damage turned off. (MineTest lets us do that.)
        2. Your 10x10 building lots form a town that will need to be defended from monsters. To do that, you'll need to manage the following things as a group:
          1. Gather supplies (food, building materials).
          2. Build walls around the town.
          3. Make sure everything in town is well lit. (The roads are lit with glowstone, but your homes may have dark spots where monsters can spawn!)
          4. Craft weapons (and armor) to fight anything that gets past the walls.
        3. This is easiest to do if you pick different responsibilities as you work together, but its YOUR jobs to work together.
        4. You MUST NOT mess with any other students. Doing so can get you banned from the server. This includes, but is not limited to:
          1. Getting in the other student's way when they are placing blocks.
          2. Destroying blocks that are part of their build.
          3. Throwing things at other students.
          4. Spawning creatures that do any of the things above.
    5. This is an IN-CLASS assignment, NOT HOMEWORK. (The MineTest server cannot be logged into outside of the computer lab.) Please stay on task to complete this work by the end of class!
            1. (There is nothing to complete in Canvas other than the quiz, I will be checking your work via Code.org. and on the MineTest server.)