Difference between revisions of "Computer Science"
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* Introduction to Conditionals | * Introduction to Conditionals | ||
+ | * 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] | ||
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== Friday - Monday (9/17/10 - 9/20/10) == | == Friday - Monday (9/17/10 - 9/20/10) == |
Revision as of 08:21, 22 September 2010
Contents
Tuesday - Wednesday (9/21/10 - 9/22/10)
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:
- Work on GvR Steps
- Introduction to Conditionals
- Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey
Friday - Monday (9/17/10 - 9/20/10)
Agenda:
- GvR Steps #1-5 overview
- Complete GvR Steps #6-10
- GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz next week
- Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey
Tuesday - Thursday (9/14/10 - 9/16/10)
- Complete the Introduction to Unix/Linux
- When you are done, demo to Mr. Bui
- Introduction to GvRng (GvR)
- Applications -> Programming -> GvRng
- GvR Lessons
- Work through Step 1 of GvR as a class
- Proper GvR File Naming Rules
Friday - Monday (9/10/10 - 9/13/10)
Warmup:
- How do we solve problems?
- Pair up (with a partner on the other side of the room)
- 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
Agenda:
- Share sandwich stories
- What does programming mean?
- 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?
- Introduction to Unix/Linux
Tuesday - Thursday (9/7/10 - 9/9/10)
- Introductions
- Name cards
- 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!
- Student Surveys
- Fill out and submit
- Misc logistics
- 20/10 no pass policy
- Location of bathrooms
- Sign in/out sheets
- Computer Science I 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"