Week of Feb 3th - 7th, 2014

Monday:
(snow day. . . )

Tuesday:
Review loop exercises sheet
Review for final exam
Continue with experiments with Processing

Wednesday:
Review for final exam
Take self assessment
Here is the link to the Steve Jobs commencement speech from 2004.  And here's a video.
Continue with experiments with Processing

Thursday:
Final exam
That's it!  Thanks for a great semester. . .

Week of January 27th - 31st, 2014

Monday:

• Continue with Robotics/AI presentations

Tuesday:

• Complete Robotics/AI presentations (if necessary)
• Any remaining class time can be used to complete Pong game in processing
• Give out handout for loops, arrays, for loops, and nested loops

Wednesday:

• Current event #4 due
• Introduce while loops, arrays, for loops, and nested loops in Processing
• Start work on last Processing project

Thursday:

• Pong game project due by end of lunchtime -- no class time available.
• Discuss "Way of the Program" - you will need to be logged in to your MCVSD account to read it.
• Continue to work on last Processing project
• Give out final exam review sheet

Friday:

• Continue to work on last Processing project

Week of January 20 - 24, 2014

Attention homeroom:
Remember to bring in toiletry items for Lunch Break!

Monday:
Martin Luther King's Birthday
staff day for me, holiday for you

Tuesday:
continue to work on Pong game in Processing
Robotics/AI presentations due to me by tonight. Email me your powerpoint file, or a link to your Google presentation.

Wednesday:
Everybody comes to class ready to present!

Thursday:
Presentations continue

Friday:
Rutgers SHRP (former UMDNJ) testing

Week of January 13th - 17th, 2014

Attention homeroom: 
Please remember to bring in toiletries for Lunch Break!

Monday:
review for RUR-PLE test
continue to work with Processing - first drawing assignment

Tuesday:
test on RUR-PLE
last in-class time for first drawing assignment

Wednesday:
current event #3 due
Present "User Interaction with Processing" slides, use remaining time to experiment with mouse clicks and mouse position

Thursday:
Present "Variables and Conditionals with Processing" slides
Start "Processing Games Exercises"

Friday:
Continue with "Processing Games Exercises"

Week of January 6-10, 2014

Monday:

• continue working on RUR-PLE - review subroutines, for count in range
• introduce conditionals: if, if/else, if/elif, if/elif/else

Tuesday:

• introduce while loop
• continue to work on RUR-PLE
• everyone should be well into the second set of exercises by the end of today

Wednesday:

• continue to work on second RUR-PLE exercises

Thursday:

• last in-class time to work on RUR-PLE exercises
• students who have finished can work on AI/Robotics papers and/or presentations

Friday:

• AI/Robotics papers due - on paper and via TurnItIn (paper can be turned in on Monday, Jan 13th with a 3% penalty.  Every day after Monday is penalized 8%.)
• give out RUR-PLE test review sheet
• Introduce programming with Processing: download it from http://processing.org/download/.