What's Going On? October 19th-23rd

Fundamentals of Programming

Last week we were working on their "Android Mash" apps which is similar to "whack-a-mole".  Students have been doing a great job creating a customizing their apps.  Students need to make sure that they are answering the reflection questions and are posting them to their portfolio sites.  I want to make sure that students understand the underlying computer science principles that allow our apps to function.  If we truly understand the underlying concepts, students will be able to create much more robust and interesting apps when it comes time to design and implement their own ideas.

This week we will check in with a formative assessment to gauge our current level of understanding of the basic programming principles running behind the scenes of our apps.  We will look at control statements (if..else), events (clicking a button), and time.  Once we make sure that we have a solid foundation, we will turn our focus to animation and complete some challenge problems.

Programming the Web 1

This week students will be finishing up lesson 6 where we started to focus on adding style to our pages with CSS.  Students should have their lesson 6 reading guides completed by Monday's class.  We will take the lesson review question assessment during class on Wednesday.  Please keep in mind that these questions are open book, open note, and open internet.  The questions are posted and I encourage you to plan your answers before you get to the assessment.  We should be seeing perfect scores!  If you don't know the answer to a question, PLEASE ASK!  I can help point you in the right direction.

Students are considered "on pace" for the class if they have completed lesson 6 by the end of class on Wednesday.  This includes the reading guide, lesson review questions, and projects 6A, 6B, and 6C.  Please make sure that you are keeping up with the work as our midterm project is coming up soon!  We will complete the midterm after lesson 8.  If you need some additional time in the lab, please let me know.


Programming the Web 2

Last week students learned how to add a "button click" feature to links.  Students were considered "on pace" in this class if they have uploaded our portfolio home page, completed the "button click" web assignment 2 formative assessment, and added this feature to their portfolio site.

This week we will explore how to create an image gallery.  Students will then add a page to their portfolio that highlights this new skill.