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== Back To School Night (9/29/10) ==
* [[Media:B2snIBCS1.ppt]]

== Wednesday (9/29/10) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Use the internets and find images of a "computer punch card" and the machine that uses them

'''Agenda:'''
* Cybersecurity Field Trip - October 15th
* Introduction to Python
* [http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch01.html How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 1]
* Complete the [[HTTLACS: Ch 1 Exercises]]
* Introduction to data values, variables, and etc.

== Monday (9/27/10) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ survey]

'''Agenda:'''
* GvR Quiz today during 2nd half of class (Steps 1-13)
* [[GvR Steps 1-13 Quiz]]
* Finish any GvR step demos
* Introduction to Python
* [http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch01.html How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 1]
* Complete the [[HTTLACS: Ch 1 Exercises]]

== Thursday (9/23/10) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ survey]
* Create a world that looks like the on the board. It should have a single wall on the same line as Guido
* Using an if statement, check to see if the front is clear
** If true, then drop a beeper on the ground
** Move forward (this should also be under the if statement)
* Repeat the above if statement 8 times

'''Agenda:'''
* Review If conditionals
* Review Do looping
* Work on GvR Steps
* Introduction to While loops
* Random GvR 7-13 Demo Checkoffs
* Quiz next Monday (9/27/10)

== Tuesday (9/21/10) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Start Guido in the lower left hand corner
* Create a GvR program named gvr_warmup_9_20.gvr
* At the top of the code, define turnright
* Below turnright, define an instruction named stairs
*# Move Guido one step forward
*# Make Guido turn left once
*# Move Guido one step forward
*# Turn right
* In the main code, run stairs 5 times

'''Agenda:'''
* Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ survey]
* Introduction to Conditionals
* Work on GvR Steps

== Friday (9/17/10) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ survey]

'''Agenda:'''
* GvR Steps #1-5 overview
* Complete GvR Steps #6-10
* GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz next week
* If you are done with 1-10...keep going!

== Wednesday (9/15/10) ==
* Complete the [[Introduction to Unix/Linux]]
* When you are done, demo to Mr. Bui
* Introduction to GvRng (GvR)
** Applications -> Programming -> GvRng
* [http://gvr.sourceforge.net/lessons/rfrank/ GvR Lessons]
* Work through Step 1 of GvR as a class
** Proper [[GvR File Naming Rules]]

== Monday (9/13/10) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Using the power of the internets, what was the first commercial graphical user interface (GUI) developed for the personal computer?
* In what year was the first GUI introduced?
* In what year was the Unix operating system developed?

'''Agenda:'''
* What does ''programming'' mean?
** Hint: Think in terms of "programming a robot"
* [[Introduction to Unix/Linux]]

== Thursday (9/9/10)==
* Finish going over syllabus

* What is computer science?
# Pair up
# Take out a sheet of paper
# Put both of your names on the top right of the page
# Complete the following:
## List 3 people/things/systems that use computers (e.g. air traffic control)
## For each of the above people/things/systems, write down the information that they use (e.g. flight information)
## List 3 things you have done in any science class
## Define the term: "to compute" or "computation"

* How do we solve problems?
# Pair up again (with a different partner)
# Take out a new sheet of paper and write your names on it
# Problem: Mr. Bui is hungry. How would you solve that problem? Write out the steps.
# Pause until Mr. Bui says to continue
# One solution: Make him a PB&J sandwich. Write out the steps involved in making a PB&J sandwich.
# How many steps are necessary in making a PB&J sandwich?
# Turn in your steps

* Share sandwich stories

== Tuesday (9/7/10) ==
* Introductions
* [[IB Computer Science I Syllabus]]
* Name cards
* Misc logistics
** 20/10 no pass policy
** Location of bathrooms
** Sign in/out sheets
* Lab setup/config
** Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
** Your password is your student ID number
** Go to System -> Preferences -> About Me -> Change Password
** Acceptable-use policies apply in this lab!
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zvMHJNJBBkFPA Student Surveys]
** Fill out and submit

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