So day two has come and gone and Tuvia came home today just as excited and happy as he did yesterday! For those of you who are educators reading this blog, examine carefuly some of Tuvia's comments about expectations and impressions. These are unedited comments that give a wonderful insight into the mind set of a 10 year old boy. Feel free to add comments (and questions for Tuvia) via the comments on the blog page!
Day Two...
What was the big thing you were anticipating for today?
Tuvia: Working with Kano and modifying the games on the Kano.
What was the first thing you did at camp today?
T: waiting in the drop-off area for camp to start and watched people play games.
Why didn't you play any games?
T: I didn't want to PLAY the games. I wanted to watch other people play. I wanted to see HOW other people played so that I could get information that I could use for my own programming in the future.
So what was the first thing that you did when the camp started?
T:Rotation one was Kano part one. Here I played one of my favorite games - Minecraft Pi Edition. It played like an old version of Minecraft Pocket Edition (the iOS version) with a few little PC features included.
So, you are a minecraft expert?
T: Well, I know a lot about the game... I work in Red Stone, I create my own maps of my minecraft world, make my own server, install mods and I customize the .bat files... so not really an expert. (My Note... yes, he is an expert!!!)
OK... so what happened next?
T: I went for snack break - the two cookies you packed - Thanks Tattie (Yiddish for father)... Then next was scratch class.
Like yesterday?
T: Yes, except I added to the game from yesterday by adding a timer and a better score keeping algorithm. Then we had recess and I played Handball - I really like handball. I was playing with about seven other kids...
Then what?
Lunch -I ate my whole sandwich... thanks again Tattie!! After lunch I went to rotation 3
What is Rotation 3?
I made circuits with snap circuits (http://www.snapcircuits.net) and with this cool magnetic circuit thing... you use magnets to attach the circuits (http://littlebits.cc). The magnet stuff was really cool and I was learning a lot. Can we get that set Tattie?
Not for now, son. I know that you love making circuits... how much fun was this?
T:It was good. Not as complicated as I do at home... there were no transistors. Besides at home, I am going to start bread-boarding soon!
What was next?
T: Rotation four. Kano Part Two!!!! (Tuvia said this with MUCH enthusiasm!)
So what did you do here?
T: I got to edit Pong and Minecraft. This is where I get to customize the games and change them to the way I want them to be. Then it was drop off and I got to play chess with one of the kids.
On a computer?
T: No Tattie!! on a chessboard!!!
So, what was the most challenging thing you did today?
T: Making mods to Pong and Minecraft. I had a lot of concepts to learn before I could make things work the way I wanted.
So there you have it folks... Impressions from a real 10 year old!
Regarding Tuvia's journal, I told him to include some words with his pictures. So today, he went all "word" and no pictures. Hopefully tomorrow he will get the balance!
Stay tuned for day three!!!
Yossie
Yossie Frankel
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