Agenda & Assignment 2, January 23
CSC 101/IMM 120
Spring 2009
Summary of Class Activities:
Quick overview (less than 30 minutes):
The "DAHLIA" model: (10 minutes minus class start up costs)
- Data
- Algorithm
- Heuristics
- Logic
- Interface (to humans, machines and sensors)
- Abstraction
Introduction to the ideas of a "designed" project and an "experimental" project. (10 minutes): examples are on "momgeeks" page. The whole idea of "remixing" Slide show from the rebooting computing summit.
Introduction to the four phasese of project development: (10 minutes)
- a design specification,
- draft implementation,
- final implementation,
- summary report/documentation
Discussion of "BIG projects" (see "be prepared" below)
Project show off time. Admire each others work. Give constructive criticism. Help debug.
HOMEWORK
Create a folder with your name and Jan27 as the title e.g (WolzJan27). Put all necessary files in that folder for submission on Jan27.
Homework due Tuesday 1/27 was posted on 1/20! (There are two places to find it, can you navigate there?)
Be Prepared 1: On January 27 you will be asked to "pitch" an idea for your "major" Scratch project. This can be an extension or enhancement of your work on the challenge project, it can be a remix of a project on the Scratch site, or it can be something entirely new and novel. Be prepared to talk a bit about what you want to do and why.
Be Prepared 2: On January 27 you will hand in your first homework. To streamline the process, please create a folder on your USB drive titled your Last and First name (e.g. WolzUrsula). Inside that folder put another folder called Week1. Put your journal document as well as your Scratch programs in that folder. (Yes, your Scratch work is on the Scratch site, but please put it in the folder as well.)