VB - 0809 - September

Tuesday (9/30/08)

Agenda:

• Complete the Concert Tickets program (p. 279)
• Complete the Taxi Fare program (p. 281)
• VB Grades - turn in missing work and you will receive credit

Friday (9/26/08)

Warmup:

• Create a program that has the following:
  • a textbox named XBox
  • a button named CalcButton
  • a label named OutputLabel

Agenda:

• Review textboxes, buttons, and click-events
• Review math calculations
• Introduction to variables
• Number-Squared Program
  • Create a program (you may use your warmup) that calculates the square of a number. It should output the result to the OutputLabel
• Complete the Concert Tickets program (p. 279)
• Complete the Taxi Fare program (p. 281)

Wednesday (9/24/08)

Warmup:

• Buttons and textbox review

Agenda:

• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division demo

Back to School Night

• Media:B2snVB.ppt

Monday (9/22/08)

• Complete Form designer demos
• Button click events
• TextBox properties

Thursday (9/18/08)

• Reminder: Turn in your computer shopping assignment
• Form Designer continued
  • Calculator interface demo
  • Web browser interface demo
  • Survey form interface demo

Tuesday (9/16/08)

• Computer shopping spreadsheet results
• Computer shopping checkoff
• Introduction to Visual Basic
  • Form Designer
  • Using the form designer, create the interface for a calculator
  • Using the form designer, create the interface for a web browser
  • Get checked off for the two forms

Friday (9/12/08)

• Complete your computer shopping spreadsheet. Make sure that your spreadsheet has a total price.
• Print out your computer shopping spreadsheet.
• Print out the specifications and price quote of your brand name computer.
• Compare the two and see if you beat their price.
• Staple the two printouts together and put it in the tray on Mr. Bui's desk.

Wednesday (9/10/08)

• Hand out books
• Begin reading Chapter 1
• How does a computer work?
• What are the parts of a computer?
  • case / tower
  • motherboard
  • central processing unit (CPU / processor)
  • random access memory (RAM / memory)
  • hard drive
  • optical drive (CD / DVD)
  • network card (could be included on motherboard)
  • graphics card (could be included on motherboard)
• Computer shopping
  • Find a pre-built computer on any website (e.g. Dell, Apple)
  • Create a new spreadsheet with the following fields: Part, Price, Description
  • Find the corresponding parts on-line at newegg
  • Fill the spreadsheet with the computer parts and prices
  • Compare the total price of a pre-built machine against your do-it-yourself (DIY) machine

Monday (9/8/08)

• Usability lesson

Tuesday - Thursday (9/2/08 - 9/4/08)

• Introductions
• 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 the same as your username (e.g. pbui)
  • CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD
    • 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
• Student experience levels
• Usability lesson