MVP's - Minimum Viable Products!

 

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It's been a while since I posted anything on this blog. When I first started it, it was used to highlight the things we were doing in our Middle School "Computer Science" Classes.

To see how and why we created the course like we did, take a look at the Overview Page at:

https://nav8ing.blogspot.com/p/course-overview.html

My idea for using MVP's in class stems from an Uber rider. I was driving a software engineer and we got talking about creating real work that is based on products rather than quizes and tests. With close to 100 students all possible working on different lessons, there was no way to grade things in a traditional manner. He said that his company (and others) use MVP's. (Minimum Viable Products)

This was perfect! It was extremely clear to learners and to me if a product met minimum standards. It is important to say that minimum doesn't mean LOW! The minimum standard product was one that showed that the learner understood the objective of the lesson!

After many years of editing and creating, we had over 85 modules in the 6 strands of learning for the class. Almost all of them had a coinciding MVP. Some did not. Online courses such as Code.org simply had completion requirements for the course. The product was the certificate of completion.

Below is a link to many of our MVP's. It is not all of them, but it gives a great sense of the type of work we had middle school learners complete.

This could be replicated easily in any school setting! Some of these are suitable for younger ages while some may be suitable for HS and beyond. I believe the rubrics speak for themselves, but it is good to point out the the minimum product (the A grade) is in the middle of the rubric...not the far right as most rubrics would have. I did this so that young learners could see that there are "minimums" but those that are highly successful go past the minimum and are rewarded for it. In our class, those products would be shared out through social media and our Learner Management System (Schoology) as exemplars!

Here is a shared folder with our MVPS. If you are reading this and have questions, please don't hesistate to contact me at: moore.1@napls.us 

Google Shared Folder:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QJakOSj_z70JKRe_mgNzTXTP-QChJaha?usp=sharing

Gamestar Mechanic Exemplar Games

These are all games created using the Gamestar Mechanic website. 

It is a great way to learn about game theory.

Example of:

Wide Variety
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633391/74ddaebbff3637c3a9e3cdc2f7b19b27

Learning a Pattern:
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633392/98207c80b5b89acea760e1285d9427f3

Level Building:
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633393/7fa9568751fee72a943f22202aeee3d8

Story Theme (although there are some grammatical errors)
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633411/3e61a5e7a08fb3b4ac87e827299fff52

https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633448/778242163c61c288a899f49f9036c7fe

Overall Design
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633418/d755f31913376f21036d38085ef2a46e

Pattern Recognition - Movement Skills
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633424/1c6c7ad565e6671e2792ea0c00eb1a3d

Overall Design
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633427/f4bccf594bd7fd0385c6c2be55130dd5

https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633447/23c56ff0e66b9e786c5de423e29a9234

https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/633449/bc361341bf7212a483447e8994af938c

What's Inside?

This module has you taking apart and old toy or appliance and figuring out "What's Inside?"

Pick an item that can be taken apart and hopefully put back together. Your job will be to figure what what each part does and document the process of disassembly and reassembly.

Introduction to Fusion 360

This page will introduce our module that gets learners started with Autodesk Fusion 360.

Fusion 360 is a free software download as long as the learner is still a student. You can download that at:
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators?mktvar004=668081&internalc=true

NOTE - you will need to create an Autodesk account to download this. If you are under 13, your adults will need to help you create this account. I cannot be your New Albany (@napls.us) account as they will attempt to send you a confirmation email that you will not receive.

The crux of this module is simply to go through the Autodesk Getting Started tutorials at:
https://f360ap.autodesk.com/courses/getting-started-in-fusion-360/lessons/course-overview

Have Fun!
Go Past Comfortable!

Design Your Dream House with Sketchup

This module takes what you have learned in your 3d Modeling with Tinkercad and drawing and ramps it up into designing your own virtual dream house!

Make sure you watch my Introduction video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QePijMNQqrQQG3F3qUjBbly5i0JcHz3s/view

You can find the app at: https://edu.sketchup.com/app

NOTE: Level 3!! This will take you a while to complete! It will be worth it!

Have Fun!
Go Past Comfortable!

Orthographic Drawings

The next step in Engineering drawing is Orthographic Drawings!

You started by creating Isometric Drawings

This module will teach you how to create Orthographic Drawings which are much more complex.

You can see an overview with the video below.

Have Fun!

Go Past Comfortable!

TinkerCAD Advanced Projects

This module will take you a little more in to 3d modeling.

Tinkercad has advanced project tutorials that will walk you through step-by-step how to design more difficult objects.

Visit their Tinkercad Project page for these projects. Submit an .stl file when completed!

Have Fun!
Go Past Comfortable!