SVCTE PM Mechatronics Engineering: Friday, March 13, 2020 - Plan For While We Are Home For The Next Few Weeks

Dear Student and Parent or Guardian,

The Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools and all county district superintendents have decided to close schools for three weeks from Monday, March 16, 2020, through April 3, 2020. This closure is to plan for the implementation of guidance from the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health

We are attempting to keep the learning going while the SVCTE campus is closed. To this end, we are allowing students to take home some class equipment and lab components.

We will also be holding class on-line, through Blogs and video conferences. The details are still being worked out, but the following is how I will be communicating with the students. I will be posting a blog post for Monday, and giving you information on how to keep learning. My plan is that we are not “off school” for a while. I will be holding class in an online environment. This could be a mix of live instruction, and posting videos of me lecturing about a lab or lesson.

I will be providing students with class work EVERY day. Students should check the class blog EVERY day. They also should check their @metroed.net email EVERY day. For any materials you you need to pick up, I will set up a location and time for students to pick up. Please stay tuned. I hope to have more information on rolling this out on Monday.

I want to make sure every one has access to computers and technology, I think I know who has access or not. I will be reaching out to some of you to make sure, if you need to borrow a lap top or tablet. If you don't have access to a computer, please reach out to your home district of contact me directly.

My plan:

8 Bit Computer project - All students continue to work on the 8 Bit Computer project (all students will have access to pick up the kits)
Python - We will be getting back to learning Python. We will be doing much of this work on a web platform found on https://repl.it/~ (I'll have a lesson soon on using this)
Professional Learning found on our Job Ready Skills site. All students should be able to log in to this. hint it's your metroed id...