Friday, April 22, 2016

Week of April 25th - 29th, 2016

Monday:
Continue with 5 jobs of an operating system: processor management, memory and storage management, device management, application interface, and user interface
User interface videos:

Introduce file names and paths.

Tuesday:
Wrap up file names and paths.

Do hands-on OS with terminal window
Hand out review sheet for test on computer hardware, history, operating systems - Thursday, April 28th
Introduce Arduino, Sparkfun Inventor's Kit, begin Arduino labs


Wednesday:

Group 2 AI/Robotics current events:
P1: Katherine I., Eric, Thomas, Carly, Jillian
P2: Amanda, James, Nicholas, Grace, Andrey

Continue with Arduino labs

Thursday:
Review for test
Continue with Arduino labs -- last day?  We shall see. . . 

Friday:
test on computer hardware, history, operating systems
when finished, work on Robotics/AI paper


Thursday, April 14, 2016

Week of April 18th - 22nd, 2016

Monday:
Personal day for Mr. Judkis
Begin work on Robotics/AI paper

Tuesday:
Computer hardware vocab due (moved from Monday)
Begin signups for AI/Robotics presentations
Computer dissection

Wednesday:

shortened periods - distance learning
Group 1 robotics/AI current events:
P1: Juliana, Emily, Kristen, Alex, Eddie
P2: Keely, Abby, Katie, Lauren, Neha
Introduce computer bus and bus services


Thursday:
Fetch/execute cycle

Experiment with the Visible Computer - Class handout
Discuss computer chips, Moore's Law
Video: How do they make computer chips? Zoom into a microchip  Photolithography
Discuss modern computer history: 1960s to today.

Friday:
Complete computer hardware discussion:
Discuss how a disk drive works

Read "How Operating Systems Work" for today
Operating Systems vocabulary due
Introduce operating systems: two roles, five jobs of an operating system

Friday, April 8, 2016

Week of April 11th - 15th, 2016

Monday:
Read "Cartoon Guide" through page 65 for today
Computer hardware basics - input, output, storage, processing worksheet in class
Begin discussing history of computers - Jacquard, Babbage, Lovelace, Hollerith
Videos: Babbage's Difference Engine
Give out computer hardware vocab sheet for next Monday


Tuesday:
Finish "Cartoon Guide" for today
Review for midterm
Continue with history of computers: Babbage, Hollerith, WW II computers
Videos: The Queen of Code ENIAC SAGE


Wednesday:
Midterm exam

Thursday:
Return midterms, go over any questions

Introduce 2nd marking period current events plan
Take survey
Take the rest of the period to study for midterms

Friday:
JSUMC Rotation #5