Reminder: use your mdusd.net email address for all accounts and school correspondence!
This couple of weeks you will work independently to complete Unit 1, from the pre-test up through unit 1.17: Getting Started exercises. If you're getting a slow start, please try to catch up. We will be meeting on Wednesdays to discuss and clarify: Tuesday and Friday class sessions are reserved as independent or small group work time.
Quiz Tuesday 9/15!
Become familiar with Java syntax, variable and data types, casting variables, expressions and assignment statements, and compound assignment operators.
Become familiar with the technical vocabulary terms IDE, language, script, blocks, workspace, canvas, preview, event, condition
Tuesday:
Work in breakout room on Unit 1 independently or as a group
Wednesday & Friday:
Work in breakout room on Unit 1 and practice problems independently or as a group
Independent Practice and Homework:
Finish Unit 1!
Work on Additional Practice Problems Assignment in Runestone.
Additional Resources:
This week we're going to start slow. We'll focus on getting set up in our Learning Journals and Vocabulary Logs, create accounts at CSAwesome, review the class expectations, syllabus, and distance learning tools we'll be using, and spend a little time getting familiar with CSAwesome @ Runestone, our online course and textbook.
We also need to decide on a time we can meet separately from the AP CS Principles class. How does Wednesday before Peak hours sound?
A: Wednesday at 9:30 it is!
Next week we will start working on the curriculum!
Understand the expectations of the class, grading policies, and attendance policies, and practice some standard "virtual classroom" routines.
Become familiar with the technical vocabulary terms IDE, language, script, blocks, workspace, canvas, preview, event, condition
Tuesday:
Welcome
Introduction to course, review syllabus
Intro to google classroom, class website
Distance learning tools and class expectations: google calendar
Q&A, scheduling concerns
Wednesday:
Introduction to CSAwesome: create new accounts and verify accounts; guided tour
Friday:
Introduction to learning journals and vocabulary logs
Distance learning tools and class expectations: Breakout Rooms and Reactions in Zoom
Independent Practice and Homework:
Email to teacher
Tech survey
Work through CSAwesome Unit 1.1 by Tuesday
Additional Resources: