June 2022 - Instructions for Mr. Rich's Students - Devon Middle School

Mr. Rich created this page for his DMS students so they would know the options and be able to provide feedback.
Students can use Microsoft Teams to send messages to Mr. Rich or they may use the form at the bottom of this page.

Activities for grades 7 and 8

Students in grades 7-8 have these options during classes while Mr. Rich is out.
  • Option #1 - Minecraft:  Students in grades 7-8 to use code to build a house in Minecraft (and be creative with the house features).  Please follow this YouTube video to get started (but he makes a lot of mistakes!)
  • Option #2 - Coding:  Students in grades 7-8 can go to Hour of Code and try one of their coding tutorials (https://code.org/hourofcode)  Students may try any activity, even ones for younger grades.
    ​NEW: Minecraft has an Hour of Code activity.  
              Open Minecraft -> Play ->Library -> Subject Kits -> Computer Science -> Hour of Code
  • Option #3 - Inkscape:  Students in grades 7-8 can copy silhouette images from Google (or Bing) and paste them into Inkscape, and then trace them.  
  • Option #4 - Typing.com:  Students in grades 7-8 may continue learning to type using Typing.com.
  • Option #5 - Scratch Coding:  Students in grades 7-8 may work on coding using SCRATCH.
  • Option #6 - EVERFI:  Students in grade 6 may login and continue learning using EVERFI.
  • NEW: Option #7 - TinkerCAD 3D:  Students in grades 7-8 may work on 3D designs using TinkerCAD.com.​

Activities for grades 6

Students in grades 6 have these options during classes while Mr. Rich is out.
  • Option #1 - Photoshop:  Students in grade 6 may continue photoshopping with The GIMP.
  • Option #2 - Typing:  Students in grade 6 may login and continue learning to type using Typing.com.
  • Option #3 - Scratch Coding:  Students in grade 6 may login and continue coding using SCRATCH.
  • Option #4 - EVERFI:  Students in grade 6 may login and continue learning using EVERFI.
  • Option #5 - Coding:  Students in grade 6 can try a coding tutorial on Hour of Code  (code.org/hourofcode) 
    NEW: Minecraft has an Hour of Code activity. 
              Open Minecraft -> Play ->Library -> Subject Kits -> Computer Science -> Hour of Code​
  • NEW: Option #6 - TinkerCAD 3D:  Students in grades 7-8 may work on 3D designs using TinkerCAD.com.​

Reminders for Grade 6 students doing photoshopping with The GIMP
  • GIMP – Photoshopping Challenges
    • Challenge #1 – Mr. Rich is an Alien
    • Challenge #2 – Celebrity is an Alien (not all classes did this)
    • Challenge #3 – Photoshop water,fire,concrete,star/sun (not all classes did this)
    • Challenge #4 – Celebrity / Animal Hybrid
    • Challenge #5 – Celebrity Detouching
    • Challenge #6 - FAKE MAGAZINE COVER
      • Include a photo of a celebrity.  (It may be a new photo or any of the celebrity photos you have already worked on.)
      • Include fake story titles (make them up!)
      • Bonus: Include a photo of you

    • REMINDERS:  As we did last class, students should go on the Internet and copy a photo.  (Choose any celebrity.)  Right-click and choose “Copy Image”
    • Open GIMP and choose:
      • FILE --> CREATE --> From Clipboard
        This will insert the photo into GIMP as a new file
      • Use the CLONE tool (stamp) to copy (CTRL-click) and paste (click-and-drag)
      • If you PASTE an image, but it's a FLOATING layer, then click the GREEN button to make it a proper layer so you can SCALE it (using the small box with an arrow to the big box) to make it bigger or smaller, or use the ERASER.
      • If the ERASER isn't working, then in the LAYERS window, right-click on the image and choose "Add Alpha Channel".


Student Feedback Form

Students can use Microsoft Teams to send messages to Mr. Rich or they may use the form at the bottom of this page.
Here is a direct link to the form, just in case it doesn't appear properly below.