CS1 - 0910 - September

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Back to School Night

Tuesday (9/29/09)

  • Continue with GvR Steps 11-13
  • Demo any missing GvR Steps
  • GvR Steps 1-10 Quiz should be taken by those who took GvR Steps 1-7 Quiz last week
  • Demo GvR Steps 11-13
  • Quiz on GvR Steps 11-13 on Thursday (10/1/09)

Friday (9/25/09)

Wednesday (9/23/09)

  • Complete GvR Steps #6-10
  • GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz on Friday (9/25/08)
  • Complete GvR Steps #11-16
  • Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey

Thursday - Monday (9/17/09 - 9/21/09)

Agenda:

  • Demo your Introduction to Unix/Linux evaluations
  • GvR Steps #1-5 overview
  • Complete GvR Steps #6-10
  • GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz on Friday (9/25/08)
  • Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey

Tuesday (9/15/09)

Friday (9/11/09)

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

Tuesday - Thursday (9/8/09 - 9/10/09)

  • Introductions
  • 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!
  • Student Surveys
    • Fill out and submit
    • Share several snippets with class
  • What is computer science?
  1. Pair up
  2. Take out a sheet of paper
  3. Put both of your names on the top right of the page
  4. Complete the following:
    1. List 5 things that use computers
    2. List 5 things you have done in any science class
    3. Define the term: "to compute" or "computation"
  • How do we solve problems?
  1. Pair up again (with a different partner)
  2. Take out a new sheet of paper and write your names on it
  3. Problem: Mr. Bui is hungry. How would you solve that problem? Write out the steps.
  4. Pause until Mr. Bui says to continue
  5. One solution: Make him a PB&J sandwich. Write out the steps involved in making a PB&J sandwich.
  6. How many steps are necessary in making a PB&J sandwich?
  7. Turn in your steps
  • Share sandwich stories
  • What does programming mean?


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