What's Going On? December 20th through December 22nd

  Happy Holidays!

Wishing you a restful and relaxing winter break!

Schedule for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

This week, we will continue to take a look at how to use Tkinter to create a graphical user interface (GUI) for our program.  We will also look at how we can make our code more efficient and less error-prone.  Students should complete Activity 2.1.5 (Securing Sloppy Code) prior to leaving for winter break.

App Development 1

This week, students will complete our pre-unit hackwich called "Intergalactic Traveler".  In this app, students will learn how to create multiple screens for our app and pass information between the screens.

Programming the Web 1

This week, students will focus on wrapping up our work for lesson 13.  Students should turn in their lesson 13 reading guides on Monday and we will complete our lesson 13 multiple-choice questions on Tuesday. Students should submit their "Clear Reflections" home page by the end of class on Wednesday.

What's Going On? December 13th through December 17th

Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

This week, we will focus on creating programs with a graphical user interface (GUI) with Tkinter.  Students will work on using multiple screens and learning how to design and place elements into a frame for presentation.

App Development

This week, students will be working on the "Tip Calculator" summative end-of-unit app challenge.  In this app, the user can enter the amount that needs to be paid for a bill at a restaurant.  With the tap of a button, the tip amount will be calculated.  

Programming the Web 1

The first part of this week will be devoted to our lesson 12 project. In this textbook tutorial, students will demonstrate their ability to make a website responsive with media queries.  This means that we can design different looks for a webpage for when it appears on a desktop and when it appears on a phone screen.  Students will turn in their lesson 12 reading guide on Monday and complete their lesson 12 review questions during class on Tuesday.  On Wednesday, we will shift our focus to lesson 13 where we will learn how to get images ready to display online with Photoshop.

What's Going On? December 6th through December 10th

 Thought for the Week

Hour of Code Opportunity

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries.  Join us to learn a little bit about the growing field of computer science on Wednesday, December 8th in room 300.  See Mrs. Kamenar if you have any questions!

AP Computer Science Principles

This week we will continue our study of Cybersecurity.  Students will complete an activity where we talk about encryption and how we can safely send information through the internet.  We will end the week by reading about how how to increase password strength and multi-factor authentication.

App Development 1

This week, our primary focus will be on Gesture Recognizers.  We will learn how to respond to a tap, double tap, and some of the other gestures we might use on the screen of our phone.  Students will also have a technical blog post to summarize their learning of conditionals.

Programming the Web 1

The majority of this week will be focused on lesson 11, where we learn some more layout techniques using CSS.  For this week, students will be responsible for completing our lesson 11 Mt. Olympus web page.