Master the increasing technological skills required at school and your future career. Dazzle teachers with assignments done using all the bells and whistles of your Google Drive apps, including: documents, presentations, forms, drawings, spreadsheets, blogs and sites. Troubleshoot the most common issues with hardware, peripherals and file management. Explore the top programming languages that can guarantee an exciting career in one of the largest job markets projected for the near future. Bring your art and ideas to life on the web with popular image and animation formats. Easily design and build your very own web or smartphone app! This course is designed for both the beginner and intermediate tech user.
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LOGIN e.g. Pat Roberts graduates in 2026,
with student number 246135
Account: 26proberts
Password: 246135pR26
REVIEW CLASS GUIDE
and then take the TEST in Schoology
Questivus is a Questival-like activity (9 challenges below) with teams of 1-3 using Google Slides to post your 15 second videos
Getting the video clips transferred from your phone to your Google Drive to be inserted into your Google Slides will be the challenge!
Create a team logo. Make a video explaining your logo
Interview a stranger (not a science teacher) and have them explain how the seasons work
nterview a stranger (not a science teacher) and have them explain where all the mass from a tree comes from
Interview a stranger (not a science teacher) and have them explain (by drawing) how a battery, light bulb, and switch work
Take a picture with your favorite campus art
Record giving a stranger a compliment in your best foreign accent, make them feel bueno
Film a short HOW TO video
Create a video thanking a friend/family/teacher/coach for the impact they have had on your life.
Perform a random act of kindness. Do something meaningful and make it count!
SUBMIT GOOGLE SLIDE share link.
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DAY 1
PLAY THE ORIGINAL OREGON TRAIL GAME
PLAY THE My Trail Template
TRY EXAMPLE: ROAD TO GALAXY'S EDGE
EXPLORE THE WEB VERSION OF CONSTRUCT 3 (which we'll use to hack the template)
DOWNLOAD THIS HACKABLE TEMPLATE FILE
OPEN in CONSTRUCT 3 and HACK AWAY!
MUST BE ORIGINAL theme, graphics, & words.
For BEST grade NO RE-COLORING
Don't forget to SAVE OFTEN!
SUBMIT File YourTrail.c3p in SCHOOLOGY
Ideas:
Route 66!
Heading for Pluto!
Road Trip!
Time Travels!
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Escape/Breakout games are hot right now, especially in education!
Between Spokane and Coeurd' Alene there are at last count
6 Escape Room experiences.
To promote this engaging learning format I have developed a hack-able app and lesson template. It is my hope that you will create and share your own, design them for others, and enjoy the same excitement I have entertaining and enriching others.
Phase 1
OPEN this >> Escape App and PRESS START
Find solutions to these clues
You will have 15 minutes to complete this mission
A debrief will occur and a winner declared!
Phase 2
Design your own original Escape Mission Challenges in a Google Doc
5 challenges with 4-12 character solutions
WITH ANSWER KEY
eg. MAVERIK = 6283745
DOWNLOAD >> ESCAPE.C3P
OPEN Using >> CONSTRUCT 3
On Event Sheet change code1-5 values to match
BONUS: Change graphics
MENU-PROJECT-EXPORT as HTML5 ZIP and Upload to NETLIFY or itch.io and add link to your Google Doc challenge sheet
Test and get constructive feedback from your peers and make changes
SUBMIT Google Doc SHARE LINK through Schoology (using CREATE TAB)
FILE ONLY OR GOOGLE DOC ONLY = 60 MAX
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E-portfolios provide a rich resource for students, faculty, and employers to learn about your interests and achievements. It is the current and best way of showcasing who you are and who you are becoming.
Using Google Sites, create a 5+ page digital portfolio, PUBLISH and share the link via Schoology
For maximum points, include:
original/personal/local graphics, color themed/coordinated
advanced features e.g. photo gallery, embed videos & maps
Each page (5) has a different topic e.g. awards, jobs, hobbies, sports, personal projects, community involvement, independent studies, favorite musicians/teams/games...
When ready to SUBMIT, first PUBLISH (name with your student account e.g. 24jsmith), then VIEW, then copy site address link.
STUDENT EXAMPLE
STUDENT EXAMPLE
STUDENT EXAMPLE
STUDENT EXAMPLE
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Create a 3 page GOOGLE DOC that contains:
PAGE 1
a 200+ word document detailing key life events of your ORIGINAL Hero or Villain Character.
Screenshot and crop a character graphic using one of these sources: [MAKER 1] [Maker 2] [Maker 3]. PASTE into the top of your Google Doc.
SHARE with edit privileges to another trusted classmate for them to REMOTELY add a COMMENT at the bottom of PAGE 1 in another color.
PAGE 2
Insert a TABLE that represents your student schedule.
Include cell borders and colors.
PAGE 3
Insert a Google Drawing using shapes, colors, borders, etc
SUBMIT share link.
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Create a GOOGLE SLIDES that teaches someone something, e.g. your hobby, seahorse facts, go-cart fundamentals... NO basic lessons like : How to make Cup-Noodles, a peanut butter sammy, your bed, facts about you...
Must be at least 10 slides, original, not too simple, include multiple graphics/screenshots
1 LESSON TITLE slide with your name
8 informational slides
1 ending slide with the words "TAKE QUIZ" done in "WORD ART"
Use slide animations and transitions. Embed a video if appropriate.
SUBMIT Share link through Schoology (Create TAB).
NEXT, create an 8 question auto-graded (points) QUIZ over your previous slides
Pick a matching theme and top graphic.
Click on the SETTING (gear icon) and choose the QUIZZES TAB and activate 'Make This A Quiz" so you can choose the correct answers and assign points for auto-grading and mark "required".
Click the SEND button, choose the link🔗 tab and COPY.
Now, go open your previous SLIDE Lesson (Slide #10), select the WORD ART words "TAKE QUIZ", click on the insert LINK icon and PASTE-APPLY.
NO questions requiring knowing slide number references, steps, or order
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Create 3 ORIGINAL CHARACTER collectible style cards using Google Drawing in a style similar to Magic, Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh! ... BUT DIFFERENT! For example Seinfeld, Office, Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Scooby Doo...
Layout examples (better than a rubric :) ONE : TWO : THREE
Download as an SVG format .
Rename this file with your student account, i.e. 25FI_LastName.SVG
SUBMIT file
if you'd rather not Google Search for your images...
POKEMON MASHUPER
AI GEN (thx Burgeson)
Thanks Leo Esler!
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Follow THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL OR THIS WEB TUTORIAL and then complete an ORIGINAL DOUBLE sheet that demonstrates FORMATTING & FORMULAS (SUM & PRODUCT).
Sheet TAB 1 should be a budget with various quantities of at least 10 different items (item description, item quantity, item price, item sub-total, list sub-total, tax, grand total)
Sheet TAB 2 should be your current assignment grades in this class (lessons, points, points total, grade %)
SUBMIT SHARE LINK
PRE-TEST in Schoology (TIMED)
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP PLAY INTERLAND
Make sure you are logged into your CHROME browser
PLAY INTERLAND and try to score at least 1200 for all 4 levels. When ALL 4 are completed, click EXPLORE LEARNINGS to reveal the screen with ALL 4 scores. Take a FULL SCREEN SCREENSHOT SHOWING ALL 4 AREAS and SUBMIT in Schoology!
POST-TEST in Schoology
If you want to pull up your scores later (same computer and same browser) click on the avatar in the upper corner and click EXPLORE LEARNINGS.
You may have to REFRESH
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Using the famous "Five Nights at Freddy's" FUSION GAME ENGINE... (PC/MAC LAPTOP/DESKTOP required!)
DOWNLLOAD & Play each of the mini-games
Asteroids, Whack-a-mole, Flappy Thing
Make notes of needed improvements
PICK YOUR FAVORITE and MODIFY:
Change THEME replacing all graphics (no recoloring)
Add/replace music & sound (links below)
Implement gameplay improvements in EVENTS
with teacher's help (casters first!)
SUBMIT the MFA file through Schoolgy
FREE ART, MUSIC, SOUND
OPENGAMEART, TWO, THR, FOU, FIV, SIX, SEV,
FREE simple SOUND EFFECTS
FREE MUSIC : MORE FREE MUSIC
BEST MUSIC BY FORMER STUDENTS!!!
FOR BONUS
EXPORT to folder then HOST (create account) on Netlify
PLAY ON YOUR OWN PED Browser to TEST!!!
To update Netlify files go to DEPLOY tab
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CREATE a Choose Your Own Adventure or Dichotomous Key (Insects, vertebrate, fish, fruit, etc.) using Inklewriter
SIGN IN (CREATE ACCOUNT)
FOLLOW the built-in TUTORIAL
Get inspired by these examples:
EXAMPLE , EXAMPLE , Teacher example
For an A :
6 graphics, 8+ sections with 400 words total
SUBMIT SHARE LINK through Schoology
HAVING TROUBLES?
Google Slides [SUBMIT LINK in Schoology]
Student example , Student example
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EXPLORE 2 of the following NetLOGO sims
Fire, HIV, Bidding Market, Wealth Distribution, Party, Rebellion, Virus
Choose TRY RUNNING IT IN NETLOGO WEB
EXPAND the "Model Info" TAB
READ & DO "Things to Notice"
FOR EACH of your 2 SIM CHOICES...
COMPLETE 2 explorations from the "THINGS TO TRY" section submitting a Google Doc (LINK) with the 2 critical AHA! Moment screenshots and ~200 words detailing your discoveries
BONUS (up to 200 points) :
DEMO the use of this to another class!
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On your Chromebook CHOOSE 3 of the following MACHINE LEARNING experiences and take a screenshot of your best effort! PASTE into a GOOGLE DOC and SUBMIT the SHARE LINK.
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Programming is the process of creating a set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a task. Programming can be done using BLOCK CODE, JavaScript, Python, C, C++, C#, etc
Learn to code the EASY WAY using Microsoft's MAKECODE platform! Create a MICROSOFT account.
CHOOSE 1 of the following skill-maps.
At the end of the path :
CLAIM YOUR AWARD (TROPHY ICON)
EDIT YOUR PROJECT WITH A FULL TOOLBOX
REPLACE ALL GRAPHICS with ORIGINAL and Change theme
SUBMIT SHARE LINK
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1 billion people worldwide live on less than one dollar a day and 85% of the world population lives on less than $30 per day. See the actual people here. Play these 3 sims to get a small taste of how difficult it is to get out of this cycle and maybe how close people you may know might be slipping into it.
SUBMIT a Google Doc LINK with your high score screenshot from each of the 3 sims
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