Week of November 2nd - 6th, 2020

You should have completed all of 4.3 (Properties) and 4.4 up through and including 4.4.2 (if statements) by Monday morning.  I will grade your work before school starts.

Monday:
Remote learning day for students.  7 hour instructional day.

Continue to work on Unit 4 of CS Academy.

Tuesday:
Remote learning day for students.  7 hour instructional day

Current Events group #4 due today instead of Wednesday:
P1: Rachel, Vibha, Caroline, Aleza, Stella
P2: Olivia, Satya, Phoebe
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Wednesday:
Virtual Wednesday schedule,  P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05

Give out creative task for unit 4.

Thursday, Friday:
no school, NJEA convention

Note some upcoming events:

Next Tuesday (Nov 10th): 

You should have completed all of Unit 4 including the Unit 4 exercises by this morning.  I will grade them before school starts.  Remember, you don't have to do every exercise in every unit, just enough to get the number of points required for that set of exercises.  BUT . . . it is a great idea to do them all if you really want to master the concepts.

Your creative task plan is due by 4:00 PM

Next Wednesday (Nov 11th):

Midterm

Next Friday (Nov 13th):

Knee replacement distance learning

Week of October 26th - 30th, 2020

Monday:

Everyone working on CMU Units 4.1 and 4.2.

I will review some of the big ideas and gotchas here.

Tuesday:

Everyone working on CMU Units 4.1 and 4.2.

Wednesday:

(Shorter classes today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)
Group 3 current events:
P1: Anthony, Ryan, Jillian, Eva, Arnav
P2: Hannah, Juliana, Vismitha, Kelly S.
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Before class today, everyone needs to read 'The Way of The Program' and complete the vocabulary worksheet in the Google Classroom assignment.

Thursday:

You should be finished with 4.1 Functions and 4.2 Mouse Events (including onMouseDrag and onMouseMove, you'll want to know them) by this morning.  I will grade your work on 4.1.3, 4.1.5,  4.2.2, and 4.2.4 as a minor assessment when I get up this morning. 

Everyone working on CMU Units 4.3 and 4.4.

Check out the winners from CMU's Creative Task Competition.  Be sure to make it to slides 39 and 40 -- congratulations to Arvin and Ryan!

Friday:

Please take this survey!

Everyone working on CMU Units 4.3 (including 4.3.2) and 4.4.  I will expect you to have completed 4.4.2 by Monday morning.

Below are links to the Creative Tasks everyone did.  Check them out, they're terrific.

First period:

Adelyn: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/chartreuseSpider5442

Raina: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/burlyWoodFrog7323

Taylor: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/whiteHorse7779

Carly: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/maroonCat6906

Hannah C.: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/dimGrayGoat1668

Sophia: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/slateGrayCheetah9642

Margaret: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/salmonGoat4416

Farida: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/greenZebra2342

Anna: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/goldenrodTurtle3865

Rowena: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/deepSkyBlueWolf1076

Jordan: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/crimsonFox1586

Kelly M: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/lavenderDeer5045

Anthony: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/sandyBrownGiraffe3363

Ryan: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/cornSilkBee2170

Jillian: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/skyBlueAnt2551

Eva: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/crimsonBear2119 

Eva again: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/blanchedAlmondOwl5217

Arnav: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/violetDeer0223

Rachel: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/mintCreamSnail6557

Vibha: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/orangeRedMouse4932

Caroline: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/royalBlueBee2232

Alexa: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/rosyBrownPig8652

Stella: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/blanchedAlmondWolf8061

Second period:

Juhi: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/whiteDeer1683

Arvin: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/ivoryWolf8554

Lidhu: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/wheatFly6021

Jennifer: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/rosyBrownBee4783

Emma: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/limeGreenMonkey6016

Ethan: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/cornflowerBlueChicken5851

Jenna: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/saddleBrownBird8197

Mike: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/lemonChiffonTiger9400

Hanna H.: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/antiqueWhiteGoat8733

Juliana: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/aquaZebra6476

Vismitha: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/dodgerBlueDolphin3250

Kelly S.: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/blackDog0306

Olivia: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/yellowGreenCat0761

Satya: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/whiteSmokeGiraffe4838

Phoebe: https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/sharing/siennaHippo3315

Week of October 19th - 23rd, 2020

You should have completed CMU CS Academy Section 3.2 'More About Drawing' including 'Regular Polygons and Stars' as well as the Section 3.4 exercises by Sunday evening (October 18th) at 9 pm -- in other words, everything from section 3 except for the Creative Task. I will enter your grades based on your progress as of 9 pm Sunday, unless I hear from you via email before then that you need more time. 

Monday:

Everybody working on creative task
Planning assignment due by noon today

Tuesday:
Everybody working on creative task - code and reflection both due by Thursday morning.

Wednesday:

Group 2 current events:

P1: Margaret, Farida, Anna, Rowena, Jordan, Kelly M.

P2: Ethan, Emma, Jenna, Mike

Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Thursday:

Review for quiz on unit 3 of CMU material

Begin CMU unit 4: Functions, Mouse Events, and Conditionals

Friday:

We've been asked to show this video during homeroom.  Please watch it.

Creative task and reflection due by 7:30 this morning.

Quiz on unit 3

After the quiz, we will have an art show of everybody's creative tasks.

Continue with CMU unit 4 when done.

Week of October 12th - 16th, 2020

Monday:
Computer Pioneers project due this morning.  Make sure you submit it to both Google Classroom and turnitin.

Work on CMU CS Academy

You should have completed CMU CS Academy Section 3.1 'Drawing Basics' by this evening.  I will enter your grades based on your progress as of 9 pm, unless I hear from you via email before then that you need more time.

Tuesday:

We will begin the pioneer presentations today with Cohort A.

Use the remaining time for CMU CS Academy work.

Wednesday:
 (Shorter classes today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)
Current Events group #1 due today:
P1: Adelyn, Raina, Taylor, Carly, Hannah, Sophia
P2: Juhi, Arvin, Lidhu, Jennifer
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Cohort C (virtual) will do pioneer presentations.

Use the remaining time for CMU CS Academy work.

Thursday:

Cohort B will do pioneer presentations.

Use the remaining time for CMU CS Academy work.

Friday:

CMU CS Academy work. 

You should have completed CMU CS Academy Section 3.2 'More About Drawing' including 'Regular Polygons and Stars' as well as the Section 3.4 exercises by this Sunday evening (October 18th) at 9 pm -- in other words, everything from section 3 except for the Creative Task. I will enter your grades based on your progress as of 9 pm Sunday, unless I hear from you via email before then that you need more time.  

I will introduce the first Creative Exercise this morning.

If you're finished with the 3.4 exercises, please work on the CodeHS Python course -- sign up at https://codehs.com/go/1AA16

Week of October 5th - 9th, 2020

Computer Pioneers paper will be due by 7:30 next Monday October 12th rather than Friday, October 9th as originally planned.  Be sure to submit it to Turnitin as well.  The registration codes are in the assignment.

Monday:
Welcome back to meatspace, cohort A!

Here is the presentation we've been using for computer security.

Everyone, read the following before class today:

• How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
• The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018 - long but worthwhile) (This one has a really bad word, repeated three times. I wish people wouldn't do that, because outside of that it tells an important story really well.) If wired.com says that you have read all your articles for this month, try again with your browser in incognito mode, or try a different browser.
• Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet (2016) . (try this link if the other isn't working. . . )

Tuesday:

A worthwhile video for the week of respect.

Share study guide for Friday's test.

Video: Why learn to code?

Before today's class, please register with the Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Academy using the correct link for your period.

For your username, please use the first 4 letters of your last name

Click here to log in to the CMU CS Academy

Wednesday:
(All online today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)
Current Events group #4 due today:
P1: Rachel, Vibha, Caroline, Aleza, Stella
P2: Olivia, Satya, Phoebe
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Work with CMU CS Academy

Thursday:

Welcome back to meatspace, cohort B!

Anything you want to review before the test tomorrow?

Work with CMU CS Academy

Friday:

Test on analog/digital world, the Internet, and computer security.