What's Going On? December 21 and 22nd

Winter Break is Coming Soon!
This is just a reminder that we will follow a "Monday-style" schedule on Monday and Tuesday this week.  On Tuesday we will have a winter pep assembly, so we will be following a modified schedule.  You can check it out here.


Final Exam Schedule
For those of you who like to plan ahead, you can check out the final exam schedule for the week of January 18th here.

Fundamentals of Programming
This week students should make sure that their portfolios are up to date and they should complete the tutorial for the "Presidential Quiz" app.  When we return from winter break we will talk about the different components that went into creating the app as well as adding some customization elements to it.




Programming the Web 1
Students should have web assignment 12A complete and uploaded to Google Drive.  Students who
finish this assignment early can continue on with assignment 13 where we add the three supporting pages to this website.  Once we return from winter break, students will finish our lesson 13 assignment and begin work on the final web assignment.  Please remember that students who signed up for WCTC transcripted credit class need to pass the class with a "C" or higher in order to earn college credit.

Programming the Web 2
Students have just finished a very quick crash course in JavaScript.  This week, students should complete the JavaScript portion of the St Mary's Neonatal Website and upload it to Google Drive.  Students need to make sure that their portfolios are up to date before leaving for winter break.

Have a great break!  

What's Going On? December 14-18th

Hour of Code

Thank you to all of the students that participated in last week's Hour of Code event.  As I write this blog post, over 166 million students from 180+ countries participated in this worldwide Hour of Code event.  If you were not able to join us or you would like to find out more about computer programming, you can check out the code.org website or the Hour of Code website that I used for our event.






Fundamentals of Programming

This week students will be working with lists and images in order to create the "Presidential Quiz" app.  Students will learn how to work through items in a list and to incorporate a timing element into the app.  By the end of the week, students will have created the basic app and added some customized elements to it.






Programming the Web 1


This week students will be working on lesson 12.  For this week, we will focus on how to format
images for a website using tools in Photoshop.  We will also focus on creating a layout.  Students will have the lesson 12 reading guide, the lesson 12 review questions, and web assignment 12A to complete for the week.  We are winding down in the semester and we only have one more formal lesson week for the course.  Soon students will be working on their final web page assignments which will be due during the last week of the semester.  

Programming the Web 2

This week students will dive into JavaScript.  Students will learn how to add an interactive piece to their web pages.  One of the first assignments we will work on for the week involves creating a web page for a restaurant that will automatically show the daily specials.  We will also work on a "Countdown" web page that will automatically calculate and display the number of days until winter break.