Friday, April 28, 2017

Week of May 1st - 5th, 2017

Monday:
By today, finish all 12 problems in Warmup-1, and do at least 5 problems from Logic-1, String-1, and List-1. This will be treated as a homework assignment. Make sure you are logged in before you start! Otherwise I won't have any evidence that you completed it.

Work as a group on Python subroutine practice handout


Tuesday:

Review Subroutine Quiz Practice worksheet answers
Remaining class time to work on Machine Learning paper (due Thursday, May 11th)

Wednesday:
Subroutine quiz (10 points, about 50 minutes)
Give out Cartoon Guide to the Computer - read through page 64 for Monday

Introduce computer hardware basics - input, output, storage, processing worksheet in class

Thursday:
Computer dissection
Remaining time to work on computer hardware vocab (due Monday, May 8th)

Friday:
Read Cartoon Guide to the Computer handout through page 64.

Begin discussing history of computers - Jacquard, Babbage, Lovelace, Hollerith, WW II computers
Videos:

Babbage's Difference Engine
The Queen of Code
ENIAC
SAGE
(optional: Getting Busted in NJ with Core Memory)
Herman Hollerith