What's Going On? January 31st through February 4th

 Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

For the first two days of this week, we will focus on parallel and sequential computing.  We will complete an in-class activity to take a look at how a computer may be able to complete a task.  For the last two days of the week, we will take a look at the legal and ethical concerns related to computing.  We will talk about licensing issues and other things to keep in mind as we develop software.  Students will check-in with a couple of AP Classroom Quizzes in order to prepare for the types of questions they may expect to encounter during May's AP Exam.

App Development

This week, we will focus on "Actions and Outlets".  In the most basic terms, an action allows our app to "do something" while an action allows our app to "display something".  We will spend Monday's class completing reading and taking notes on the general features of both. On Tuesday, we will complete a class-led hackwich to put our knowledge into practice.  The rest of the week, students will work more independently on our "Actions and Outlets Code Challenge" to further develop our skills.

Web 1

Monday's class will be devoted to summarizing our reading and completing our lesson 1 reading guides.  We will also spend some time planning the answers to the questions for our first set of summative multiple-choice questions about some of the basics of web design.  For the rest of the week, we will dive into creating a web page.  On Tuesday, we will go through our notes and create a sample page together.  For the rest of the week, students will start to put their knowledge into practice with our first two web assignments of the semester.  Students will complete Project 2A: Black Goose Bistro, a tutorial from our textbook.  Students will also complete Project 2B.  For this project, students will create a short personal web page about themselves.

It is important to note that this class is offered in partnership with WCTC.  Students may opt to enroll in this class with WCTC.  Students who choose this option and complete the semester with a "C" or higher based on the WCTC grading scale will earn free transcripted credit.