What's Going On? May 1st through May 5th

Programming the Web 2

This week, students will continue our study of JavaScript.  In addition to having some work time, students will also learn about some mathematical functions that allow us to countdown to a specific date.  Students will be creating a website, using JavaScript, that will correctly calculate and display the number of days left until the end of the school year.

App Development 1 (Fundamentals of Programming)

This week, students will continue working on their Word Play (Mad Lib) app.  Students have been making progress during our first week of app creation, so students should be wrapping up the app by Wednesday. Students who need additional lab time can talk with me to arrange a time to get into the computer lab.

Once this app is complete, we will spend some time preparing for our Tic-Tac-Toe app.  In preparation, we will learn about arrays and UIViews.

What's Going On? April 24th through April 27th

Programming the Web 2

This week, we will continue our study of JavaScript.  Students will work on their trig table assignment where we practice integrating loops into a table.  Once this is complete, we will work further with the "Date" object in order to create a countdown to a specific date.  Students will create a simple web page that correctly calculates and displays the number of days remaining until the end of the school year.

App Development

This week, students will work on our "Word Play" app.  For this app, students will create a "Mad-Lib" style app that prompts the app user to enter in several words and then forms them into a story.  This app allows students to demonstrate proficiency in creating multiple view controllers and passing variables between files.

What's Going On? April 18th through April 21st

Welcome back!  I hope you had an enjoyable spring break and are feeling ready to dive back into programming!

Programming the Web 2

This week we will continue our study of JavaScript.  We will investigate more about the JavaScript Math class.  We have already talked about generating random numbers and how to use the "floor" function to round a decimal number.  This week, we will look at how we can use loops (for or while loops) in order to generate a trigonometry table with sine and cosine values between 0 and 360.

Fundamentals of Programming (App Development 1)

This week, we will do a group "Hackwich" to try out some programming skills necessary for our App 3: Word Play.  For this "Intergallactic Travel" hackwich, we will practice creating different view controllers and passing variables between them.