I hope everyone enjoyed their extended weekend after we wrapped up the first semester. Now that you have had a little break, it's time to get back to work! Since we are starting a new semester, everyone will be starting with a blank slate for our new grading period. Since we have a short week, each day this week will be run as a "Monday-style" schedule.
Programming the Web 2
Since it has been a while since a few of our students have been enrolled in Web 1, we will spend this week refreshing our memories of some basic HTML and CSS techniques. Students who have Web 1 fresh in their minds will have the opportunity to investigate some new CSS techniques that they would like to incorporate into their websites.
App Development 1
This course is an introductory course to app development. In this course, we will develop apps for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) using the Swift programming language. We will be using the computer program XCode in order to complete our work. Throughout the course of the semester, students will have the opportunity to complete several apps, including:
- Hello World (A basic intro app)
- Multiply (An app to get used to creating buttons and creating a response)
- Tip Calculator
- Word Play (A mad-lib style app)
- Tic-Tac-Toe or Rock, Paper, Scissors
We will start with the basics. During Wednesday's class, students will start with an "unplugged" activity and discover some basic ideas behind programming. Later in the week, we will begin to investigate our XCode programming environment and try a little bit of Swift programming.
App Development 2
This is a continuation of our App Development 1 class. Since it has been a while since some of our students have been enrolled in App Dev 1, we will start out with a review activity to refresh our memories on some basic Swift programming items. Once we complete the review, we will dive into our second semester curriculum and investiage dictionaries.
This week we will continue with our unit on HTML and CSS. We will spend Wednesday and Thursday using Cloud9 to create our first webpage. Students will learn how to mark up text using HTML and to add style to it using CSS. We will finish out the week by talking about secure protocols and how cryptography plays a part in sending and receiving messages through the internet.
AP Exam
Have you registered for the AP Exam yet? Please be sure to register through Total Registration by January 29th to avoid the $10 late fee. All registrations must take place by February 7th at 11pm.
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