What's Going On? February 10th through February 14th

Programming the Web 1

This week, students will start our third lesson of the semester.  For this lesson, students will learn how
to create lists using HTML tags.  Our list types include an ordered list (numbered), an unordered list (with a bullet point), and a description list (hanging indent).  We will also spend some time learning about div tags, which allow us to set up a foundational structure that will extremely helpful when we start our more focused study of design with CSS.  Along with this week, students will read chapter 5 from our textbook and complete the accompanying reading guide.  During the week, students will have class time to complete two summative web assignments, 3A and 3B, where students can demonstrate their ability to create lists and add structural tags to an HTML document.  We will end the week with our summative ten multiple-choice questions.

Programming the Web 2

This week, students will continue their work on their first summative assignment, creating a home page for their semester portfolios.  For this assignment, students will pay close attention to the choice of colors and fonts in order to create an aesthetically-pleasing design.  Students will be incorporating a variety of web design techniques in order to craft this portfolio home page, including implementing responsive design.  Once our home pages are complete, we will dive into discovering the use of tables and forms within a webpage.



App Development 2

We will start off this week by investigating "Persistence", or permanent data storage within our app.  So far, every app we have created does not have the ability to save changes in between app openings.  This will allow us to preserve data and enhance our app's capability.  We will complete an in-class demo and then students will have a chance to test their knowledge with the "Persistence Code Challenge".  Once this study is complete, students will apply their knowledge to the end of the unit summative app, Assignment Notebook.



AP Computer Science Principles

This week, we will take a look at a couple of concepts.  First, we will look at how to create a simple web page using HTML and CSS.  Next, we will look at some of the ways information can be sent securely over the internet.  During this investigation, we will look at Caesar Ciphers and Public Key Encryption to talk about how messages can be encoded and decoded.  Also, students are expected to turn in their final version of the "Explore" Performance task by Friday, February 14th.  This task accounts for 16% of the AP score.