Friday, February 28, 2014

Week of March 3rd - 7th, 2014

Monday:

  • Please remember your field trip permission slips! Give them directly to Ms. Romano.
  • Scratch projects due at the beginning of class:
    • Hand in printed writeup
    • To turn in the actual program,  go to "file->download to your computer" menu item, and download the program file to your computer.  Name it "period - yourname.sb2" so it looks like "per2 - christinas.sb2" for example, and email it to Mr. J..  If the file is too big to email, you can bring it in on a USB, or we will figure something out. 
    • Make sure your project is shared on the Scratch website, then add your URL beside your name on this spreadsheet.  This will allow your classmates to admire your work, and you to admire theirs.
    • You will have class time to try out one another's projects
  • Continue to work on "Introduction to HTML" handout from Friday. Part 3 is the only part you need to hand in -- it's due by the end of lunchtime on Tuesday.  There won't be any class time to work on it after today.
  • Download TextWrangler for Mac - free
  • Download Notepad++ for Windows - free
  • Download Notepad2 for Windows - free

Tuesday:
  • Read "Design Principles" handout for today -- there will be a very small quiz on the contents.
  • Discuss Design Principles
  • Introduce Computer Pioneers project, due next Tuesday.
  • Start presentation on CSS styles.
  • Start working on second HTML assignment
Wednesday:
  • Why not do a current event?
  • Everyone working on second HTML assignment
Thursday:
  • (flip day for HSPAs, periods run 4-3-2-1)
  • Everyone working on second HTML assignment
Friday:
  • JSUMC rotation begins!
  • Remember to watch Cosmos this Sunday at 9 PM on Fox. 
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Friday, February 21, 2014

Week of Feb 24th - 28th, 2014

Monday:
  • First part of Scratch Project due at beginning of class.
  • Everyone working on Scratch projects
Tuesday:
  • Everyone working on Scratch projects
Wednesday:
  • (Why not do a current event?)
  • Last full day of class time for Scratch projects
Thursday:
  • Quiz on Scratch
Friday:
  • give out Design Principles reading (for Tuesday)
  • Introduction to HTML and CSS
Scratch projects will be due at the beginning of class on Monday, March 3rd:
  • hand in printed writeup
  • to turn in the actual program,  go to "file->download to your computer" menu item, and download the program file to your computer.  Name it "period - yourname.sb2" so it looks like "per2 - christinas.sb2" for example, and email it to me.  If the file is too big to email, you can bring it in on a USB, or we will figure something out. 
  • make sure your project is shared on the Scratch website, then add your URL beside your name on this spreadsheet.  This will allow your classmates to admire your work, and you to admire theirs.
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Week of February 17th - 21st, 2014

Monday:
  • President's day, no school
Tuesday:
  • In-class turtle graphics exercises
  • Demonstrate comments, help cursor, duplicate cursor, backpack, tips menu
  • Everyone working on Maze project.  "Individual Scratch Project" handout available if you finish.
Wednesday:
  • (It's Wednesday, why not turn in a current event?)
  • Last class time to work on aMazing project
  • Those who are finished can start on Individual Scratch Project
Thursday:
  • (aMazing project due at beginning of class)
  • Take some time to appreciate the mazes your classmates made.
  • Discuss Scratch concepts handout – parallelism, broadcast, race conditions, cloning.
  • Watch video about cloning.
  • Everyone working on individual scratch project. (Part 1 will be due at the beginning of class on Monday.)
Friday:
  • JSUMC orientation
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Friday, February 7, 2014

Week of February 10th - 14th, 2014

Monday
Tuesday
  • "Ask Some Good Questions" homework due
  • Continue to work on "Getting Acquainted with Scratch" worksheet
  • Start "Walking Boy"  project if finished
Wednesday
  • You could turn in a current event today. . . why not?
  • "Getting Acquainted with Scratch" due - hand in #15, #17 (by the end of lunch period)
  • Everyone working on "Walking Boy"
  • Maze project available if finished
Thursday:
  • snow day, no school
Friday
  • Walking Boy homework due by the end of lunch period
  • Everyone working on Maze project
  • Make sure your Scratch Maze project is shared, and then put a link to it by your name in this google spreadsheet so that others can see it.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

February 7th, 2014

Welcome to Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2014

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." – Carl Sagan

Friday:

Here are a few links you'll need for the first day of class.  You need to be signed into your ctemc.org email account to access these.
  • Who Are You? - a survey to help me know a little about you
  • What Do You Know? - a survey to help me evaluate how much the class already knows about things we're going to be discussing this semester.

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