Friday, January 31, 2014

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. . .


Thursday, January 23, 2014

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

Monday, January 20, 2014

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

Friday, January 10, 2014

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"





Monday, January 6, 2014

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/.