What's Going On? December 3rd through December 7th

App Development

This week, we will focus in on creating multiple screens and navigating between them.  We will set up our storyboard and define what each screen looks like, we will create a new coding file and attach it to each screen, and then talk about how we are able to travel between screens.

Programming the Web

At the beginning of the week, we will spend some time working on our lesson 11 web assignments on responsive web design.  Students should have their reading guides completed by Wednesday's class and we will complete our lesson 11 review questions on Thursday.  Once this is complete, we will spend the rest of the time diving into Photoshop and learning how to properly format images for a web page.

AP Computer Science A

During class on Monday, we will talk about common loop algorithms and on Tuesday we will finish the unit discussion by talking about nested loops.  For the remainder of the week, students will have time to work on our summative programming project #6.  Students should be prepared to finish this project by the end of the week.  Additionally, students should complete the review exercises which can be found on Google Classroom.

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.



January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

What's Going On? November 26th through November 30th

App Development

Now that our unit on "Tip Calculator" is complete, it is time to move into our next unit.  This week, we will focus in on how to work with arrays and generate random numbers.  To check our level of understanding, students will complete the "Arrays Challenge".

Programming the Web


During class on Monday, students will work on our assignment 10a.  During class
on Wednesday, we will run through assignment 10b as a group.  Students should have their reading guides for lesson 10 completed by Wednesday and be ready for our lesson 10 review questions at the start of class on Thursday.  After this, we will dive into lesson 11.



AP Computer Science A

During class on Monday, we will finish up our unit 5 summative assessment that ran long before Thanksgiving break.  Students who have finished the summative can get a head start on unit 6 where we will focus on loops.

For the remainder of the week, we will talk about while and for loops.  Students will have some practice exercises to complete so that we can spend a little time coding each day before we get to our end of the unit summative programs.  Additionally, students will get some practice working with a larger-scale program when we work on the assignment "Lab".

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.


On an Unrelated Note...

There will be a Cyber Monday sale on yearbooks.  If you have not yet pre-ordered your yearbook, they will be offered for a discounted price on Monday through yearbookforever.com.  Order forms can also be turned in to Mrs. Torzala in room 910 or Mrs. Kamenar in room 300 on Monday to take advantage of the sale.





January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

What's Going On? November 19th and 20th

It's a short week!

This is a reminder that with the Thanksgiving holiday, students will only be in school on Monday and
Tuesday this week.  On Monday we will run our 8-period day schedule with AE (yellow day) and on Tuesday we will run our 8-period day schedule without AE (purple day).  Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!




January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

App Development

This week, students will be finishing up their Tip Calculator Apps.  Students should complete their reflection forms and show off their working apps by the end of class on Monday.  Tuesday's class will include a code review for students to show off their products.






Programming the Web


During class on Monday, we will talk through our lesson 10 material on page layouts.  During class
on Tuesday, we will run through several methods that can be used to design the template for a website.  Students should have their reading guides for lesson 10 completed by Wednesday after Thanksgiving break.



AP Computer Science A

During class on Monday, we will review for our unit 5 summative assessment on conditional
statements.  Students will need to complete the summative review and Programming Project #5 by Tuesday in preparation for our summative.

We will complete our summative assessment on conditionals during class on Tuesday.  Students should expect to see 40 multiple choice questions in the style they will see for the AP exam.  Students will also have a free response section of the summative where they will need to write out Java code by hand to demonstrate their understanding of conditional statements.







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.

What's Going On? November 12th through November 16th

App Development 1


This week we will be wrapping up our unit with our third end of unit app challenge, "Tip Calculator".  For this project, students will be creating an app that will allow someone to type in their bill amount at a restaurant.  The app will then calculate the amount of money that should be left for a 15% tip.  Students can then expand on this project to allow the app user to select a different percentage for the tip.  Students will be receiving two grades for this summative project: one for the application development (the code) and one for the application design (how the app looks).



Programming the Web

Now that we have completed our midterm, it is time to move on with our next lesson.  This week, we will focus in on lesson 9 where we will continue to learn about new CSS techniques.  This week's lesson will allow us to practice floating and positioning.  Floating items will give us more control over the location of our elements on our web page.  This will allow us to position items next to each other rather than only stacking items vertically.



AP Computer Science A

This week, we will continue our study of conditional statements.  Students will finish reading chapter 5 in our "Big Java" textbook and should have a completed notes template to go along with it to check for understanding.  We will work on our Programming Project #5 this week, so students will have some time to work in the lab.  Students who need additional time in the lab should connect with me to come in during the morning or make an appointment for after school.

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.

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.

What's Going On? October 29th through November 2nd

App Development

This week, we will continue our study of functions.  Students will work on our "Functions Challenge" for the first two class periods this week.  This will allow students to practice writing functions and calling functions within the context of a larger Swift program.  This challenge will serve as a formative for the class.  Additionally, students will see a short multiple choice formative this week to gauge our level of understanding of how and why functions work.  At the end of the week, we will spend some time talking about conditionals.

Programming the Web 1

We will start off this week by finishing up lesson 7.  Students should upload our lesson 7 web

assignments (7A, 7B, and 7C) by the end of class on Monday.  On Wednesday, we will start with our lesson 7 review questions.  Once lesson 7 is complete, we will begin lesson 8.  This lesson will focus on the "Box Model" where we will learn how to apply padding and margins to different elements within our web page.  Students will have one web assignment tutorial to complete this week (8A).  We will end the week by checking in our lesson 8 reading guides and our lesson 8 review questions.

This is the last lesson before we complete our midterm exam.  For the midterm, students will see 20 questions from the 80 review questions we have completed so far.  Students will also have the week to create a four-page web site based on provided screenshots.  During the exam, students can use past assignments, our textbook, and Google.

AP Computer Science A

This week, students will spend the class periods on Monday and Tuesday working on our summative
Programming Project #4.  For this project, students will work on four different Java programs that demonstrate their understanding of reading in input from the program user, performing mathematical operations, and using methods from the String class.  Students should also be working on the Review Exercises and be prepared to turn them in by Tuesday.  During class on Wednesday, we will talk about our unit 4 summative assessment and during class on Friday, students will complete the unit 4 summative.  Students should also turn in their Summative Review (practice test) and Programming Project #4 by the beginning of class on Friday.


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.

What's Going On? October 22nd through October 24th

Modified Schedule October 22nd through October 24th

Since we have a shortened week next week (students do not have school on Thursday and Friday), school will start at 7:35 each day and students will see all eight classes each day.  Additionally, Wednesday is an early release day.  This is the schedule we will follow on Wednesday:

App Development 1

This week, we will move into our third unit of the year.  We will focus this shortened week on functions and analyzing function headers.  This will help us prepare for our end of unit app challenge, Tip Calculator.

AP Computer Science A

This week, we will continue our study of fundamental data types.  We will talk about how to format output, the Math class and how to modify strings.  Students will be working on our four Practice Exercise Sets this week to reinforce our discussions of Java concepts.

Programming the Web 1

This week, we will focus on lesson 7 where we will talk about backgrounds and colors.  Students will complete three web pages which are listed as tutorials in the book.  We will learn how to apply a background color and image as well as different ways colors are treated in web design.  Along with this week, students will also have a reading guide and our review questions.