individual meeting: https://meet.lync.com/teals/williamvaughn/BNSZQDMY

Warm Up!

Meta Mini Quiz (but not really a quiz)

We have learned a lot since the beginning of the year. We have stacked blocks on blocks on blocks. Both in our editor and in our brains. Let's review some of those things we have learned in preparation for a group discussion on problem solving.

On your own, answer the following questions in an email with subject WU 11/8

• What are the three block types?
• What are they used for?
• What do the Predicate and Reporter block have that the Command block does not have inside of it?
• What does the report block do?
• When is this useful?
• What is the reporter block we use the most?
• Why do we use variables? What makes them such a useful part of our coding tool-belt?
• What makes traversing a list a powerful coding tool?
• Why is it important to find general solutions that work on a multitude of different inputs instead of creating very specific answers to very specific inputs?

When we provide you a question or exercise what are some giveaways as to what blocks you should be using?

For instance what blocks do you know you need to use if the requirements include the following:

• "do this task 10 times"?
• "save/keep/store/hold onto/remember for later"?
• "create a script that compares two numbers"?
• "stop running the script if your code finds a negative value, otherwise keep looking"?

break this one down if need be

• "stop"?
• "if"?
• "finds negative value"?
• "otherwise"?
• "get input from a user"?
• "combine two words together"?

Do you have any examples of tell tale language that are not listed but you see repeated often?

• How did you know the answers to these questions? What clues are embedded in the language? What clues can you use from previous labs?

• For each of the above "requirement" examples write down a previous lab or exercise where we have done a task similar to what is being presented.

Do this for each individual "requirement". Even if it is one lesson that does more than one of these things list it separately as an answer. Use at least 3 separate unique lab or exercise examples when writing your response.

• What is the benefit of code reuse?
• Lastly and most importantly, what kind of project would you like to make before the year is over?

bonus: explain the word play in today's class title