Agenda & Assignment 3, January 27

CSC 101/IMM 120

Spring 2009

Summary of Class Activities:

Quick overview (shooting for < 30 minutes):

1. Thinking computationally: achieving a goal vs. learning what something does - a Scratch Demo.

• Here is what is in my head, now how do I make it happen?
  
• Learn the tool box (e.g. explore all the bricks)
• Sometimes you have to let go of the thing you want to do and get some basic skills first.
• What to do went it doesn't do what you want it to do: break it down into a smaller problem.
• When you look at the work of others, deconstruct it, literally take it apart and put it back together again.

..... what else?

2. Project process revisited.

• a design specification, (an old example, a real assignment)
• draft implementation,
• final implementation,
• summary report/documentation

3. Search is a crutch aka Put your toys away after you play. - organizing your 'deliverables' for this class.

• Search makes us sloppy in how we can locate projects and folders.
• Web coding requires getting organized: files and folders.
• For grading purposes your homework needs to be organized

• on you flash drive (or on the desktop) create a folder with your last and first name (e.g. wolzUrsula)
• in that folder create a folder called Week1
• put all of your homework due today in that folder.
• later you will copy that folder to "the little red drive"

• We will you a "pass it" on system to learn how to copy to the little red drive.

4. Homework review (not that much!)

5. The rest of the session:

• Move your homework to the little red drive.
• Pitch your design idea to Dr. Wolz
• Show your work to some one thus far to some one and critique their work as well.

HOMEWORK

 

Due January 30: Submit an electronic version of your design document. Use the templates mentioned above. Simply replace the prose with your own words. (e.g. remix the documents linked above).

Due February 3:

Reading: Greenberg, Chapter 2.

Programming Assignment:

Start implementing your Scratch project and by February 3, be prepared to demo a partially working version.

Journal Assignment:

What is DAHLIA and how does it apply to the Scratch project you are developing over the next two weeks? How does it relate to your formal project proposal? Explain the difference between a designed and experimental project. Contrast the process of writing the small tutorial programs and working on your "Scratch project."