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Verizon Communications — Investor Presentation
23 slides from Verizon Communications's investor presentation
Slide 1: Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Program
Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Program Course: Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Lesson: MakeCode Project C: Ideate and Prototype
Slide 2: Warm Up
Warm Up What does a cartoon tell us that a single picture does not? A. It shows change over time. B. It shows a sequence of events, happening in a particular order. C. It can tell a story. D. All the above. Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use proh
Slide 3: Warm Up - Answer
Warm Up - Answer What does a cartoon tell us that a single picture does not? A. It shows change over time. B. It shows a sequence of events, happening in a particular order. C. It can tell a story. D. All the above. – Correct! Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproducti
Slide 4: Lesson objectives
Lesson objectives • By the end of this lesson, you will be able to • Ideate and create a list of things your Biomagnification Game might do, then create a sketch/storyboard and pseudocode of how one of your ideas might work. • Remix the block code for a prototype of a Biomagnification Game. Verizon
Slide 5: Materials Needed
Materials Needed For this lesson, you will need the following materials: • A laptop or tablet • Video: What is Ideating? • Pencil • Paper • Coloring utensils (crayons, markers, etc.) • Access to their project’s specific presentation (2A, 2B, or 2C) • Access to MakeCode Verizon confidential and propr
Slide 6: Video: What is ideating?
Video: What is ideating? Ideating is the process of producing ideas. Another word for ideating is brainstorming. Watch the video to learn more about ideating and brainstorming. Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.
Slide 7: Review Chelsea's Wants and Needs
Review Chelsea’s Wants and Needs User Wants/Needs Technical Requirements 2C: Chelsea • Help explain to the world what Biomagnification Your MakeCode Biomagnification (MakeCode is and educate others about the harms of ocean Game must include these Arcade Game) creatures eating plastic. components: •
Slide 8: Ideating Time: Listing
Ideating Time: Listing Follow the steps on the following slides to brainstorm or ideate ideas for your project! All you need for this activity is a pencil and a blank sheet of paper. Label your paper “Project 2C: Chelsea’s MakeCode Game Simulator.” Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized
Slide 9: Step 1: List ideas for your MakeCode Game Simulator
Step 1: List ideas for your MakeCode Game Simulator Set a timer for two minutes. On your own, list as many ideas for your MakeCode Game Simulator as you can! Here are some questions to help get you started: • What is Dr. Rochman trying to educate the public about? Look at your Empathize and Define W
Slide 10: Step 2: Review your ideas
Step 2: Review your ideas • Look at your awesome list of ideas, then: • Underline your favorite idea • Put a star * next to your most creative/weirdest idea Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.
Slide 11: Step 3: Combine Ideas
Step 3: Combine Ideas • Take a couple of your favorite ideas and combine them into new ideas. • For instance, maybe one idea involved the Micro:bit picture display, like the Rock Paper Scissors Activity, while another idea involved the shake sensor detecting ocean waves or dangerous weather. • Could
Slide 12: Step 4: Share your ideas with a partner!
Step 4: Share your ideas with a partner! • With a partner, take turns sharing and discussing your ideas. • Write down any new ideas you produce! • Can you combine any ideas into a new idea? • Circle your three favorite ideas. Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproductio
Slide 13: Sketch and Pseudocode with your MakeCode Game Simulator
Sketch and Pseudocode with your MakeCode Game Simulator Create a sketch and pseudocode for your favorite idea. Be sure to... • Review the user requirements • Look at the eater princess game on arcade.makecode.com to play with the existing program code that you will remix for your code • How will you
Slide 14: Prototype: Program your MakeCode Game Simulator
Prototype: Program your MakeCode Game Simulator Follow the steps on the following slides to create your MakeCode program and share your creation! You will be remixing the “Eater Princess” game here to make it themed around ocean plastic and biomagnification: https://arcade.makecode.com/blocks-games/
Slide 15: Step 1: Review your Project Requirements
Step 1: Review your Project Requirements First, you need to review your sketch and pseudocode for the Project Requirements, which you made by creating a game story after you played the eater princess game. Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohi
Slide 16: Step 2: What is the story of my game?
Step 2: What is the story of my game? • In the eater princess game, a princess character can eat strawberry, cherry and tacos to increase her score. If she eats a 'deathpill' her hearts will decrease and on the third 'deathpill' there will be a Game Over. • I decided to remix this code and make a ga
Slide 17: Step 3: Turning my pseudocode and storyboard into Block Code
Step 3: Turning my pseudocode and storyboard into Block Code Be sure to: • Create pixel graphics for the princess, cherry, strawberry, taco and deathpill • Update the princess, cherry, strawberry, taco and deathpill variable names in the block code • Experiment with the percentage chance in the cond
Slide 18: Step 4: Creating Pixel Graphics and Updating Variable Names
Step 4: Creating Pixel Graphics and Updating Variable Names Inside the eater princess MakeCode Arcade program, click on the variable name to change it and click on the image to open a pixel editor and draw whatever you would like to fit the theme of your game - and your user's requirements. Verizon
Slide 19: Step 5: Update percentage in Conditional and Change Background color
Step 5: Update percentage in Conditional and Change Background color I clicked on the number in the Conditional to change the values and see what happened. You'll have to see for yourself! I clicked on the Background color as shown in the image and updated the color from pink to a more ocean themed
Slide 20: Step 5: Taking screenshots of my block code, pseudocode and screen recording
Step 5: Taking screenshots of my block code, pseudocode and a screen recording of my program. • Take a screenshot on the desktop of Block Code in Make Code Arcade. • Take a picture of pseudocode and sketch then uploaded it to the computer. • Use a screen recorder to capture the MakeCode Arcade progr
Slide 21: Resources for Your Project
Resources for Your Project Remix the “Princess Eater” Game found here: • https://arcade.makecode.com/blocks-games/eater-princess Need additional tips and tricks? Review the MakeCode Arcade Skill Map here: • https://arcade.makecode.com/--skillmap Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized dis
Slide 22: You did it!
You did it! • You created your Sketch, Pseudocode and Prototype to help Chelsea with her biomagnification game! Way to go! • Your end user is proud! In the next lesson, you will share your prototype with your classmates and submit your sketch, pseudocode and screenshots! Verizon confidential and pro
Slide 23: References
References Thank you to: • Funding: Verizon • Lesson: J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University: entrepreneurship.asu.edu Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.