Today's GrokIt:
The title of this blog is GrokIt! You have been accessing the site since the beginning of school. But what does it mean?
Look up the definition.
What's a Grok? When was it first used? By whom? And where?
How is it pronounced?
GROK meaning | What does "GROK" mean? Definition in Merlin Dictionary #shorts - YouTube
Which other famous (sort of) person has used the term?
What is Grokking Science?
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Welcome to another year of GrokIt!
GrokIt originally appeared 14 years ago. While teaching at RHS, I conceived it as the digital equivalent of the Do Now or activator you may be used to other teachers giving to you to start the class.
Interestingly enough, I believe the blog has taken up a much more important role in my classes.
I envision using GrokIt as a hi-tech portal to get you and your energies focused on the class topics of the day by hyperlinking around the net to:
•discover state-of the-art technologies
•bump into some engaging topic
•just enjoy a fun and interesting website.
My hope is to try to kindle a spark of interest in computers and technology.
After all, the World Wide Web and everything in it was created by software developers, computer programmers, web designers, all kinds of techie people of which you are the next generation.
I also want to create a class community, a public forum from which you could express your opinions and see the opinions of others about these topics.
So, here's today's GrokIt.
One of my favorite sites is Wired. Check it out @
Pick one article, read it and leave a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
More about EarSketch:
How to use EarSketch - YouTube
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What's a beat? How do you make one?
Check out the following sites:
https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/beat-making-101-how-to-make-a-beat.html
https://blog.landr.com/how-to-build-a-beat-from-scratch
https://www.musicindustryhowto.com/how-to-create-your-own-beats-for-beginners/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We talked about colleges and universities that offered advanced degrees in Video Game Design. Well, here they are:
https://www.collegerank.net/best-video-game-design-degree-programs/
https://successfulstudent.org/best-video-game-colleges/
https://www.gamedesigning.org/video-game-design-schools/
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science/game-simulation-development
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Check out some related Kodu sites:
Discuss Everything About Kodu Game Lab Wiki | Fandom
Kodu Game Lab Review - Game On or Game Over? (connectedcamps.com)
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
More interesting Kodu videos:
How to make a football game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIyNYNeNUg
How to create an underwater world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdr1JEVfjs
How to make a racing game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJTBMe1I98
How to make pages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87g-mDfS7g
How to make a maze:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48BNpjmQ6d4
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Some interesting Kodu videos:
Timers and Scoring
Winning the Game
Kodu Game Lab - Winning a Game - Bing video
Interacting with Objects
Kodu Game Lab - Interacting with Objects / Scoring - Bing video
Spawning Characters
Create spawning characters in Kodu (creatables) - Bing video
Following a path
How to Follow a path in Kodu - Bing video
Leave a comment in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What is esports?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports
Check these out too:
https://gamequitters.com/what-is-esports/
There's even a youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/lolesports
How about this:
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/albuquerque-public-schools-hosts-annual-esports-expo/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
More about video games:
5 Building Video Games That Are Awesome (& 5 That Fall Flat) (thegamer.com)
And playing video games is not all bad:
15 Surprising Benefits of Playing Video Games | Mental Floss
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What are video games?
More on video games to inspire you as you create your own:
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time - IGN
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We're going to change platforms today.
Check out this website:
Ultimate List of Different Types of Video Games | 49 Genres & Subcategories (idtech.com)
and leave a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
If an astronaut yells in space and noone is there to hear it, does she make a noise?
Are there noises in deep space? If so, what do they sound like?
Find out @ http://www.aliensonic.com/
You can use google to translate your wicked awesome sayings into Spanish and French.
How about R2D2? Try this link: https://lingojam.com/R2D2Droid
Leave a comment in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Words, Words, Words.
How many words can you create from just one?
Try it out @ http://www.degraeve.com/subwords.php
How about creating your own word?
Try it @ http://www.degraeve.com/invent-a-word/
Leave a comment!
dmac
Today's GrokIt:
Robots, Robots, Robots! They seem to be everywhere..going to the moon, playing soccer, helping the elderly, teaching??? (now that's scary!)
What do they look like? What do they really do?
Check out these websites:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/robotics/types-and-applications.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Think personal computers have been around for a long time?
Behold, the history of personal computing, before your very eyes!
Step into the wayback machine and visit an online computer museum @ http://www.digibarn.com/collections/index.html#collection.
Find the funkiest computer and tell me about it.
Leave a comment!
dmac
