What's Going On? September 8th through 11th

Programming the Web 1

This week in Web 1 we will complete our first unit.  Students should have read chapters 1-3 in our textbook.  In order to help with the reading, I created a "reading guide" to help point out some of the important information and concepts.  Students should have the reading guide completed in time for Wednesday's class.  We will begin class on Wednesday with our lesson one review questions.  The questions have been posted on BlackBoard.  Students will complete the assessment on BlackBoard and may use notes and the textbook.

Once the lesson one review questions are complete, we will dive right into lesson two.  This week, students will be introduced to some basic HTML coding tags.  We will learn how to create a page and how to add some simple elements to it.  We will use "Notepad" in order to create a web page.  Later on in the semester, students will be able to use the industry-standard program, DreamWeaver, in order to create web sites.

For this lesson, students will need to read chapter 4 in the textbook and complete three web assignments.  Two assignments are presented as a tutorial in our textbook.  For the last assignment, students will begin to build their own personal web site that we will build on in the coming weeks.


Programming the Web 2

This week in Web 2 students will continue to brush up on their HTML and CSS skills by working through Codecademy's tutorial.  Once students have reviewed their web design skills they will begin to build a portfolio site that will house some of the work we will complete this semester.  By the end of the week, students should have designed and started to complete the home page for their personal portfolio site.


Fundamentals of Programming

Our Android tablets have arrived!  This week, we will work on testing our "Hello Purr" app to make sure everything is in working order.  We will also analyze our program and talk about some important programming concepts such as properties, events, and event handlers.  Students will post their "Hello Purr" apps and reflections to their online portfolios.