Friday, December 2, 2016

Week of December 5th - 9th, 2016

Monday:
Test on Python programming
When done, continue to work on Codingbat


Tuesday:

Signup for AI/Robotics presentation topics begins at 7:30 am.
Continue to work on Codingbat problems. Complete all problems in Warmup-1, and at least some of the problems in each of Logic-1List-1, and String-1.

Discouraged because this stuff is hard?  Watch this video from code.org:


Wednesday:
Group 3 Robotics/AI current events:
per 1: Grace, Ayaan, Hania, Nick, Matt
per 2: Katya, Anusha, Hannah, Erin, Candace 
Work on harder Python subroutine problems involving loops.

Thursday:
Give out quiz review sheet

Read Cartoon Guide to the Computer handout through page 64
Computer hardware basics - input, output, storage, processing worksheet in class

Begin discussing history of computers - Jacquard, Babbage, Lovelace, Hollerith
Videos: Babbage's Difference Engine
Give out computer hardware vocab sheet for next Monday

Friday:
Review for Python subroutines quiz
Finish "Cartoon Guide" for today
Continue with history of computers: Babbage, Hollerith, WW II computers
Videos: The Queen of Code ENIAC SAGE (optional: Getting Busted in NJ with Core Memory)

Herman Hollerith, at age 24