Movie Questions (p02a)
After watching the movie played in class, make a copy of the following document, name it p02a and answer the questions in the document:
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Binary Arithmetic (p02b)
Work in pairs.
Use the deck of cards or sheets (with dots on them) given to you in order to generate as many base-10 numbers (starting from 1) as possible.
Next, ask your partner to give you a random configuration of cards/papers (with dots on them) and work out which base-10 number it represents.
Watch the movie presented in class and answer the following questions:
What does binary arithmetic have to do with computers?
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With your assigned group members, work on the assigned problems, write out an elegant solution using Polya's method:
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Students practice thinking like a computer by building a binary decision tree.
Instructions:
Go to: http://www.20q.net/
Play the game. Now check this simpler version of the game:
Create a new Google sheet using the above example:
Define a category of 8 items and list the definition and limiters of the category in the upper left corner of the sheet.
Create 3 rounds of questions that divide the 8 items in half.
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Project 03
Students discover the history of the web by using the web to do research.
Instructions:
Make teams of 2 or 3 people. Group with someone with whom you have not spoken in the last week.
Your team will use a tool that you know how to use to create a shareable product (website, blog, Google doc, etc.) on web history by answering the following questions:
What is the difference between "the Web" and "the Internet"? (1.0 point)
Include an image of the Ebay logo. What is Ebay? (1.0 point)
What government agency created the Internet and when? (1.0 point)
Who invented the Web and when? (1.0 point)
What is the name of the online encyclopedia created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001? (1.0 point)
Find the first video ever posted to Youtube and embed it on your page or share the link. (1.0 point)
Find a way to link all the answers for questions 1 through 6 using a graphic or a paragraph. (1.0 point)
Submitting Work: One member from each team should submit their team's product using a shareable link and
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Students will learn the basics of HTML and CSS.
Instructions:
Go through the tutorial in W3Schools for HTML and CSS. Then complete the quiz and exercises. Take a screen shot of the last page of your exercises and quiz and show it to the teacher. No group submissions. This is an individual exercise. No points will be awarded unless the teacher sees four screen shots (html exercises, css exercises, html quiz, css quiz).
Design a page (p03c)
Open up a new google slideshow or doc. Feel free to do this by hand if you prefer.
Find a theme for your webpage. Pick something you are passionate about. You want this webpage composition to be interesting and informative.
Now map out your webpage - content and form.
Peer critique: Have one or two people give you feedback on the design and then jot that down in your slideshow or doc (on another page).
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Exploring user-friendly options (p03d)
You are going to explore one user-friendly webpage creation options before embarking on some serious web-coding in this assignment.
Create a google site and see how much of what you had designed in p03c you were able to realize with this tool. Make sure your website also includes the following:
A header (1 point)
Formatted text (1 point)
A properly positioned image (1 point)
A link to another webpage (1 point)
Embed a video (1 point)
The reflection below (1 point)
If you want all 7 points for this assignment embed a drop down menu into the page. Make sure the overall formatting of the page looks sensible and organized too.
Write a 250 word reflection within each webpage to comment on the following:
What aspects of the tool was useful? Not useful? Why?
What aspect of the tool was fun for you? Not fun? Why?
What were you NOT able to accomplish with this tool? Is this due to the lack of options or non-user-friendliness of the tool?
Submit the link to your webpage using the submit form below. This assignment will not be scored unless you turn in p03c
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Students will build a personal website about themselves or a topic of interest while learning the basics of HTML, CSS and FTP.
Instructions:
Make a folder called p03e on your Y drive and in it save your index.html. Create sub-folders inside p03e called _css and _media.
This website should contain the following:
A properly positioned image (1.0 point)
A link to a youtube video relevant to your content (1.0 point)
Meaningful content including 3 different sizes of text (1.0 point)
A link to another website that opens a new tab (1.0 point)
An ordered (numbered) list of at least three items (1.0 point)
A paragraph of text describing some aspect of your content. (1.0 point)
When done, make sure your site is a coherent composition representing one idea and the formatting is aesthetically pleasing. (1.0 point)
Teacher will show you how to do this:
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Students will create a scratch account and watch (attentively) the tutorial videos given the following link:
https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/
Students will then write a reflection by creating a document p04a and answering the following questions in it:
What is a sprite? What is its role in a scratch game?
What are the various movements you can make a sprite perform?
What is the role of costumes in a scratch game?
Give the differences between vector and bitmap?
What are layers used for in scratch?
What are some groups/categories we can classify games into?
What game do you play a lot and enjoy? How would you classify it?
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Name of game and story summary (1 point)
Well-defined characters (1 point)
Game mission/goal (1 point)
List of obstacles (1 point)
How to win (1 point)
How to lose (1 point)
How to play (1 point)
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p04c (Game Tutorials)
Complete assigned scratch tutorials in class and show it to the teacher.
p04d (Create your own game)
After completing all assigned tasks (game tutorials on basic game and one other game at the least), make your own game. And make sure it has the following characteristics:
Original characters (1 point)
Background image instead of a plain white screen (1 point)
A help screen with directions on how to play the game (2 point)
A variable that keeps score (1 point)
The ability to reset the game when pressing the green flag (score, character positions, and background should reset) (1 point)
Game stops when over and Game Over screen appears (1 point)
Share properly and submit link. Use SUBMIT FORM link to turn in your work.
Create two levels of the game for extra credit. Use these tutorials to assist you in the creation of several levels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPUjy665aU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bl-JDvj4X0&t=267s
Friendly advise: When in doubt or when things get messy, remember to keep it simple and go back to the structure and spirit of the basic game we discussed in our class.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/20059827/
Remember our game mantra: Characters, Movements, Interactions.
p05 (Robotics)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ejp9VQQjp6lxYhPUTLK_j0bTmEPEiZwgjVjfsesg4yw/edit?usp=sharing