“‘Be shapeless and formless.. like water’ (Bruce Lee)” by Akinini.com is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Have a mind like water.”

― David Allen,  GTD

SUMMARY

• i did a lot of work Thursday and Friday to get caught up in all of my classes

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

Construct 3 / PlayCanvas – Javascript

Unity – C#

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• I learned how to make a character move and how to design a character

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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• my walk helped me feel better because this week had not been to good. i like to go on walks every once in a while to clear my mind

STUDIO (CREATIVITY)

• i was able to get my character done and some of my background done. i feel like once i get the hang of C3 i will use it to make my games

CONTROL ROOM (PRODUCTION)

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• what i learned was how to handle emotions. a problem i solved was getting work done

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Your toughest work is defining what your work is! –  Peter Drucker

SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• what we did in class this week was how to use a GTD, and how to organize it

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 5 minutes
• Write a list, here in this section of your blog,
  • All the things you need to complete for school
  • All classes, all assignments
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
• get my math work done
• get my weekly notebook done in science
• get my schology organized

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 5 minutes
• Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
  • Most important at the top
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
• get my math work done
• get my weekly notebook done in science
• get my schology organized

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 20 minutes in this ‘room’
• Watch the first 30 seconds of this Oct. 2020 interview with David Allen

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Literally, read the article and go for another walk 🙂

“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.”  – Read more about Katia…

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes reading…
  • FastCompany Magazine article about Katia Verresen’s techniques and GTD, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
• Then, go for another 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
• i noticed on my walk that the things I like to do are based outside, all the activities and video games I play are based outside.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• TITLE THIS BLOG POST: 
• PLACE A CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE  FROM SEARCH.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG
  • WATCH MR. LE DUC IMAGE PLACEMENT TUTORIAL
• REVIEW A BLOG POST EXAMPLE
  • Neremia’s Post
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s ALL UPPERCASE INSTRUCTIONS

When asked the most important thing I should teach my students, the MIT student I was interviewing simply stated , ‘ teach them logic.’ – Mr. Le Duc

SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
• This week was not all that good because of my emotions getting the better of me. tho I was able to get them under control Thursday was by far my worst day this week.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript or C#  (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas

• https://www.sololearn.com/Course/JavaScript/
• Write the latest lesson you have completed today

Unity

• https://www.sololearn.com/Course/CSharp/

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Mr. Le Duc’s Flowchart Shape Guide

More Flowchart Creation Resources

• http://capitalcomtech.info/2017/02/28/design-elements-flowchart/
• Design Elements Flowcharts (PDF)

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• i was not able to do this

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 35 minutes,
  • 20 minutes watching Elizabeth Gilbert
  • 15 minutes walking

• Something I found interesting was the leaf patterns

STUDIO (GAME DESIGN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 60 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the game engines below, (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas

Unity

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
• Some problems I fixed were finding ways to handle my emotions

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Spend 3 minutes on this activity
• Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
  • Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
• The data you submit helps you demonstrate 21st Century Employability Skills
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE