Week of December 2nd - 6th
Monday:
- Robotics/AI topic signup opens at 7:30AM
- 10-15 minutes to get group organized before presentations
- Begin Medical Informatics presentations
Tuesday:
- Complete Medical Informatics presentations
- Give out Cartoon History of Computers packet - read through page 65 for Friday
Wednesday:
- First current event due
- Part II of Medical Informatics project due (summary of all the topics in your group)
- Introduce Soldering: How To Solder video
- Hardware basics - input, output, storage, processing worksheet
- Begin discussing history of computers - Jacquard, Babbage
- Video: Babbage's Difference Engine
Thursday:
Friday:
- Last day for Robotics/AI topic signup
- Be sure you've read Cartoon History packet through page 65 for today
- Discuss basic electronics - circuits, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, transistors
- Continue with computer history through Hollerith
- Start "Busses and Chips" if time allows
- Give out computer hardware vocab worksheet
