Week of Oct 28th - Nov 1st

Monday:

• Web sites are due by 11:15 AM  -- files copied to PCT server, turn-in sheet checked off, signed, and handed in. Before you hand in your sheet, please go to the PCT web server home page, click on your name, and make sure sure that your files show up!
• continue with discussion of dynamic web pages
• read Cookie Monsters - discuss browser cookies
• video: What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)
• hand out review sheet for test on Wednesday
• begin discussion of binary numbers

Tuesday:

• review for test
• continue with discussion of binary numbers, representation of text, sound, images
• video: Autotune on Nova
• video: using Audacity

Wednesday:

• test on HTML, dynamic web pages
• wrap up discussion of binary numbers
• give out internet vocabulary worksheet

Thursday:

• Introduce Robotics and AI Paper
• Algorithms: difference between selection sort and merge sort
• Begin discussion of internet history and technology
• video: The Lighting of the Beacons
• video: Warriors of the Net

Friday:

• JSUMC rotation

Week of October 21st - 25th, 2013

Monday:

• All students working on 3 page web sites.

Tuesday:

• All students working on 3 page web sites.  Last class time for this.

Wednesday:

• Pioneer presentations
• Begin discussion of Google,  cloud computing, dynamic web pages.  Videos:

• Being a Google Autocompleter (2:37)
• How Google Search works (3:15)
• How Search Ads Work (2:38)
• How Google Apps Work (1:51)
• Google Data Center (4:52)
• What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)

Thursday:

• read Cookie Monsters
• continue with discussion of dynamic web pages

Friday:

• JSUMC rotation
• Please note the change: Web sites are now due by 11:15 AM on Monday -- files copied to PCT server, turn-in sheet checked off, signed, and handed in.  You are welcome to turn your site in earlier, if you are ready.

Week of October 14th - 18th, 2013

Monday:

• Staff day, no school

Tuesday:

• Introduce HTML table tags, rowspan and colspan
• Introduce <div> and <span> tags, css classes
• All students working on 3 page web site

Wednesday:

• PSAT - remember your #2 pencils!

Thursday:

• Students look at CSS Zen Garden
• All students working on 3 page web site

Friday:

• no class, JSUMC rotation

Week of October 7 - 11, 2013

Monday:

• Computer Pioneers project due: on paper and via turnitin
• Introduce CSS styles vi style attribute and tag, external stylesheets
• Students continue to work on individual web pages

Tuesday (short periods, TEAM meeting in PM):

• Introduce HTML validator: http://www.onlinewebcheck.com/
• Introduce "HTML ducks in a row" assignment
• Note: TextWrangler for Mac is a free download.  For Windows users, Notepad2 and Notepad++ are excellent free alternatives.

Wednesday:

• All students working on "HTML ducks in a row".
• 3 page website assignment available when finished

Thursday:

• "HTML Ducks in a row" assignment due by 11:15
• students working on 3 page website when done

Friday:

• JSUMC rotation