What's Going On? November 5th through November 9th

Need to Touch Base?  Sign Up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on Wednesday

This Wednesday, from 5:00-7:00pm, North will be hosting parent-teacher conference by appointment.  If you would like to talk about your student's progress, please sign up for a time through Sign-Up Genius:   https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4daba628a1fe3-math.  If you are not available this night, but would still like to touch base, please contact me.

App Development 1

This week, we will be talking about "conditionals".  Students will work on our "Conditionals Challenge" during class on Monday.  After this, we will move into talking about the scope of variables and how to work with gesture recognizers such as the "Pan Gesture" and the "Tap Gesture.



Programming the Web

This is midterm week!  Students will have the week to complete our midterm exam.  This is made up of two parts: a set of multiple choice questions and creating a website.  We will complete the 20-question multiple choice assessment at the beginning of class on Thursday.  This will be made up of 20 out of the 80 multiple choice questions that we have seen so far this semester.  Students will not be able to use any resources during this time.

The second part of the midterm exam will involve creating a four-page website.  I will show students pictures of the final product, and it will be their job to recreate it.  For this, students may use any resource, except for each other.  All work for this site must be submitted by the end of class on Friday.  While the midterm is designed to be completed during class time, students who need additional time need to make arrangements with me to get into the lab before school, after school or during lunch.


AP Computer Science A

This week, we will start our fifth unit of the year on conditionals.  Students will focus on the use of if, if...else, and if...else if...else statements in order to determine which statements in a program are executed and when.  Along with this unit, this week students will work on our notes template to guide the textbook reading and some practice exercise sets.  Students who need additional work time in the lab should make arrangements with me to get into the lab before school, after school or during lunch.



Registering for the AP Computer Science A Exam

Students should also be aware that the registration portal to register for the AP exam is now open.  Students can register at http://www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/502389.  Students must register by January 28, 2019 to avoid any late fees.

For students who are already starting to plan ahead, you can see which colleges accept the AP Computer Science score.  Please check out https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/creditandplacement/search-credit-policies or http://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/prep-for-college/credits/testing-ap-ib for more information about the type of credit that will be received for successfully completing the AP exam.