Today’s featured website:

• https://www.timetaco.com/ – Remember our countdown webpage? This site does it for you! My example: https://www.timetaco.com/svxych/

 Self-directed projects and challenges

• Counting today, you have 6 classes to work on anything you want! Do you want to make a webpage? An app? A game? Something else? Do you want to complete some self-paced tutorials to refresh what you’ve learned or to learn something new?
• Your choice– you can spend the remaining days on just one thing or on several things.
• Suggested goal: accomplish one thing every class, whether it’s a new thing each class or another step in finishing a project you’re working on.
• To do now: Review your choices below and then please fill out this project plan 

 Graphic design

• Challenge 1: create a helpful sign for our classroom wall. Examples: check out the wall to see some of the signs students have created in the past with helpful information about web design.
• Challenge 2: pick an inspirational quote and a nice background image for it to hang on our classroom wall. Use pixlr.com  to edit the image and stock image websites bing.com  (filter search), pexels.com , or unsplash.com .
• Challenge 3: Create a graphic to promote summer reading for Medford’s Facebook page. Tools- pixlr.com  (to create graphic), pexels.com , unsplash.com , or bing.com  (for images)
• Challenge 4: Create a graphic to promote the Medford Farmers Market for Medford’s Facebook page. Tools- pixlr.com  (to create graphic), pexels.com , unsplash.com , or bing.com  (for images)
• Challenge 5: Check out these pixlr.com tutorials  to learn some new pixlr editor techniques
• Challenge 6: Create a logo for something
• Challenge 7: Use one of Canva’s templates  to design something of your choice (postcard, invitation, poster, etc.)
• Challenge 8: Check out the Visual Design category on the Useful Stuff page  for some resources OR do your own thing.

 Web design

• Challenge 1: Create a new homepage for something you really love, like your favorite athlete, band, TV show, movie, restaurant, game, clothing store, etc., etc. Tools: Notepad++, code from previous projects.
• Challenge 2: This could also be related to Challenge 1- download a free template from HTML5UP!  and build a webpage with it. You could use this for Challenge 1 or just work with this on your own for practice.
• Challenge 3: Learn flexbox layout while creating an ID card for an Avenger 
• Challenge 4: Follow some cool tutorials; your choice-
  • W3Schools  (pick HTML, CSS, JavaScript, whatever you want)
  • https://hackr.io/ – Giant list of tutorials organized by category
  • DevTips videos  (please use headphones)
  • Best YouTube Channels for Coders  (headphones needed)
  • HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery tutorials 
  • http://freshdesign.io/tutorials.html 
  • Check out these coding games 
• Challenge 5: Find a stock image you really like and build a home page for a fake website that uses that image prominently (background, header, etc.). Tools: Notepad++, code from previous projects, stock image sites such as pexels.com , unsplash.com , or bing.com 
• Challenge 6: Continue working on a page you already created in this class
• Challenge 7: Check out this article  about one way to add a video as a background for your webpage and create your own by using one of these free stock videos 
• Challenge 8: Do your own thing!

 Apps

• Challenge 1: Follow a tutorial on the App Inventor site  and then download your app onto our test Android phone
• Challenge 2: Watch videos about iOS app development from Apple- 2018 videos  and/or 2019 WWDC videos 
• Challenge 3: Create an app design using FluidUI.com . You will have to sign up for a free account to save your work. Re-create an app you like or create a totally new app.

 Games

• Challenge 1: Try App Inventor’s Magic 8-ball  or Mole Mash  tutorial to create an app game that you can download and test on our Android phone. I’ve had students complete these tutorials so you can check out their apps on the phone.
• Challenge 2: Try http://www.jsdares.com/  and make a game with JavaScript
• Challenge 3: Read this article  about the principles of game design and visual effect
• Challenge 4: Check out one or more of the resources under Games on the Useful Stuff page

 Resumes

• Skills you can list on your resume: WordPress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, responsive design, graphic design, Bootstrap
• Google resume templates (use Google Docs ones since we have no Office on these computers). You can change the sections on the template to fit your needs. Make sure to list volunteer experience as real experience; it counts!
• Create a free LinkedIn profile (remember, it is one of the top search results so it’s a great opportunity to control someone’s first impression of you when they Google you)

 Update your portfolio: Don’t forget to check out your work from this year and to add it to your portfolio! This includes graphics for the Harvest of the Month and screen shots of projects you’re proud of. To access your portfolio, go to Student Pages  and then click on your name. Then, log into the website here.