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  2. Objective:
    1. Students will be able to:
      • Analyze data from users in order to determine areas for improvement.
      • Collect useful data from users of your game.
  3. Announcements:
    1. The last day for any late work was Friday, March 13th!
      1. PGCPS policy for Lawful Absences will be followed. All other work is now due the day it is assigned.
    2. Previous Lessons: Lesson 3, Lesson 4, J, F, and Space, U, R, and K, Lesson 6, D, E, and I, Lesson 7, Lesson 8, C, G, & N, Lesson 9, Beginner Review 1, Lesson 10, Lesson 12, Lesson 13
  4. Today's Lesson: Code.org Lesson 10: Game Jam Day 2: Play
    1. Vocabulary:
      1. Algorithm - A list of steps to complete a task.
      2. Behavior - An action that a sprite performs continuously until it’s told to stop.
      3. Condition - A statement that a program checks to see if it is true or false. If true, an action is taken. Otherwise, the action is ignored.
      4. Conditionals - Statements that only run under certain conditions.
      5. Data - Collection of information for reference or analysis.
      6. Event - An action that causes something to happen.
      7. Game Jam - A creative event where people come together in teams to make video games based on a chosen theme within a limited amount of time.
      8. Game Mechanics - Define how the game works and what determines success or failure in the game.
      9. Loop - The action of doing something over and over again.
      10. Modify - make partial or minor changes to something, typically so as to improve it
      11. Sprite - A graphic on the screen with a location, size, and appearance.
      12. Sprite Type - Identifies sprites as player or environment, which determines how they interact with sprites of other types.
      13. User testing - Asking real people to try out a product and then make it better based on user feedback.
      14. Variable - Variables store information (data). The value stored in a variable can be updated throughout a program.
    2. Today's lesson will require you to have your game loaded in Code.org, which you should log into through Clever.
      1. The work will involve playing the games made by your peers and completing this worksheet for each game you play. (Mr. Smith will have copies for you to use in class.)
    3. This is an IN-CLASS assignment, NOT HOMEWORK. There are no extended deadlines for the remainder of this Quarter!