Mr. Minich's Classwork Calendar
September 2005
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.Aug 29

VB -

Seating chart, rules, textbooks, fill out student info sheet

Introduce Hello World program & tomorrow's quiz

Java  -

Seating chart, rules, textbooks, fill out student info sheet

Review Hello World program

Data St -

Seating chart, rules, textbooks, fill out student info sheet

Lecture (Computer # systems counting in octal & hex)

.30

VB -

Turn in signed rules form, textbook cover check

Hello World program quiz

Begin Ch. 1 lecture

Java  -

Hello world program quiz

Begin Ch. 1 lecture

Data St -

Continue lecture (Computer # systems) adding in binary, octal & hex)

 

.31

VB -

Continue Ch. 1 lecture

Java  -

Continue Ch. 1 lecture

Review Ch1Demo2

Data St -

Continue lecture (Computer # systems decimal to binary/octal/hex conversion, binary/octal/hex subtraction)

.Sept 1

VB -

Continue Ch. 1 lecture

Discuss use of computers & file management

Begin Ch. 1 vocab assignment

Java  -

How to download and install JCreator

file management

Type & execute Hello World program

Data St -

Finish lecture (Computer # systems decimal to binary/octal/hex conversion)

Octal/Hex conversion quiz

.2

No School

 

.5

Labor Day

.6

VB -

Type & execute Hello World program

Java  -

Continue Ch. 1 lecture (computer # systems)

(if time) Introduce Ch1Proj1

Data St -

Review the AP Java practice midterm exam

.7

VB -

Open & edit Hello World program that was saved yestereday

Review the VB IDE interface & elements that are common in the Windows interface (instructor demonstration & pp. 3-12)

Practice changing properties of labels & buttons

Java  -

Continue Ch. 1 lecture (computer # systems)

Data St -

Review Ch 1 & 2 lecture notes

Review Ch. 3 lecture notes (types, overflow, precision, String, Random)

.8

VB -

Begin Ch 1 vocab

Java  -

Per 2 - Finish lecture on converting binary to octal/hex

Per 2 & 3 - Submit computer # systems worksheets #2 & 3. Test MS Word & begin Ch. 1 vocab.

Per 5 - Do computer # systems worksheets #2 & 3

Data St -

Classwork - Do Ch 1 & 2 Practice Test

Type your own Ch 1 & 2 practice test as "Ch 1 & 2 Practice Test John Doe" in your Ch02 folder. You must have 5 or more good true/false questions, 3 good fill in the blanks & 1 good "write the code" exercise. Print the answers in pencil with your name on the back of the printout(s).

.9

VB -

Finish Ch 1 vocab

Begin Ch 2 vocab

Java  -

Do Ch 1 vocab

Data St -

Classwork - Do Ch 3 worksheet #1

Finish the Ch. 1 & 2 practice test that we started yesterday, print it out, and put in the inbox with answers printed on the back side.

Type, save & printout your own Ch 3 worksheet #1 as "Ch 3 Worksheet 1 John Doe" in your Ch03 folder. It must have at least 5 good questions. Print the answers in pencil with your name on the back of the printout.

.12

VB -

How to sign out the free VB.NET software

Review Ch. 1 Practice Test & practice writing code segments

Java  -

Begin Ch. 2 lecture (object variables, objects, object references, constructors)

Practice drawing a diagram that reflects the relationship between object variables, object references, objects, the RAM, & hexadecimal memory addresses

Data St -

Review & collect homework

.13

VB -

Review Ch. 1 Practice Test & practice writing code segments

Java  -

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (write a Fish class with constructors, accessors, modifiers & interesting methods and compare the syntax to Visual Basic)

Data St -

Review Ch. 5 (if), Ch. 6 (loops), Ch. 7 (classes), Ch. 9 (interfaces, polymorphism), Ch. 11 (inheritance)

.14

VB -

Ch. 1 Test

Java  -

Type out, debug & execute a Fish class and a FishTest class into JCreator

Data St -

Ch. 1-3 Test

.15

VB -

Ch. 1 Test Post-mortem

Introduce Ch1Proj1 & Ch1Proj2 (discuss how to make an interface sketch)

Java  -

Finish typing out, debugging & executing a Fish class and a FishTest class into JCreator

Discuss incremental testing & debugging

Be prepared on any class day to recite the Fish class on a quiz

Data St -

Review Ch. 5 (if), Ch. 6 (loops), Ch. 7 (classes)

.16

VB -

Work on Ch1Proj1

Java  -

Fish class quiz

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (overloaded methods, local variables, constants, imported packages, this, explicit & implicit parameters, parameter lists, actual & formal parameters, exploring the Java & AP exam subset API's, BankAccount, 2 object variables containing same reference, using Strings)

Data St -

Review Ch. 5 (if), Ch. 6 (loops), Ch. 7 (classes)

.19

VB -

Work on Ch1Proj2

Discuss the VB Coding Standards

Submit Ch1Proj1 & Ch1Proj2

Java  -

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (actual & formal parameters, exploring the Java & AP exam subset API's, BankAccount, 2 object variables containing same reference, using Strings)

Data St -

Review Ch. 5 (if), Ch. 6 (loops), Ch. 7 (classes)

Ch 1-3 Test Post-Mortem

.20

VB -

Begin Ch. 2 lecture (variables, data types, declaration statements)

Build or trace Ch. 2 demo programs

Java  -

Finish Ch. 2 lecture (actual & formal parameters, exploring the Java & AP exam subset API's, BankAccount, 2 object variables containing same reference, using Strings)

Review Ch. 2 demo programs (Tank, Bot, etc.)

Introduce Ch2Proj1 . Write out this homework on paper for tomorrow's class.

Data St -

Ch 5 - 7 Test

.21

VB -

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (assignment statements, variable scope, overflow, counting in binary, truncation, order of operations)

Java  -

Quiz - Ch. 2 wksht #1

Discuss Coding Standards

Type, compile, debug, execute & print Ch2Proj1

Data St -

Review Ch. 9 (interfaces, polymorphism), Ch. 11 (inheritance), Ch. 13 (arrays)

.22

VB -

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (history of binary numbers & cavemen, Math.pow, ^)

Java  -

Review for Ch 1 & 2 Test

Data St -

Review Ch. 9 (interfaces, polymorphism), Ch. 11 (inheritance), Ch. 13 (arrays)

.23

VB -

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (focus, TabIndex, keyboard shortcuts)

Survey of how focus travels in other programs & discussion of Stephen Hawking's use of a computer

Design (storyboard) Ch2Demo1TabIndex & purposefully create a bunch of objects in a logical, accessible order. Add keyboard shortcuts as well.

Java  -

Ch 1 & 2 Test

Data St -

Review , Ch. 9 (interfaces, polymorphism), Ch. 11 (inheritance), Ch. 13 (arrays)

.26

VB -

Begin Ch. 2 worksheets #1, 2, 3, & 4 packet

Java  -

AP - AP-style Mult Ch Test

Honors - Hello World & Fish class quiz

Data St -

Review , Ch. 9 (interfaces, polymorphism), Ch. 11 (inheritance), Ch. 13 (arrays)

.27

VB -

HW check & review

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (order of operations, Val/CInt/Str/ToString, concatenation, empty string, mixed mode addition & assignment, truncation, overflow)

Java  -

AP - AP-style Free Response Test

Honors - CNS wksht #4 (finish for homework)

Data St -

Review , Ch. 9 (interfaces, polymorphism), Ch. 11 (inheritance), Ch. 13 (arrays)

.28

VB -

Create "Ch2Demo Datatypes" (Val, Str, overflow, concatenation, mixed mode, performing calculations & displaying results)

Java  -

Begin Ch. 3 lecture (data types, overflow, Integer.MAX_VALUE)

Data St -

Ch. 9, 11, & 13 Review Test

.29

VB -

Finish "Ch2Demo Datatypes" (Val, Str, overflow, concatenation, mixed mode, performing calculations & displaying results)

Java  -

Continue Ch. 3 lecture (++ operator, loss of precision, rounding errors)

Data St -

Begin Ch. Ch. 14 lecture (exceptions)

.30

VB -

Create "Ch2Demo vbCrLf" (assigning values to labels with vbCrLf line breaks, line continuation operator, txtName.Clear(), empty string, Visible property)

Create "Ch2Demo Breakpoints" (breakpoints, debugging tips)

Create "Ch2Demo call statements and variable scope" (interesting methods, call statements, local variables, scope)

Create "Ch2Demo Graphic Coordinates" (PictureBox, coordinate system)

Create "Ch2Demo DrawLines" (Color constants, DrawLines, etc.)

Continue Ch. 2 lecture (variable scope, local variables, module variables, call statements, "interesting methods", PictureBox, coordinate system, FromArgb, DrawLine)

Work on Ch 2 projects including Ch2Proj4 (due middle of next week)

Java  -

Continue Ch. 3 lecture (loss of precision, rounding errors, integer division, String class, instantiating String's, parseInt, substring, String class length, indexOf, charAt, Math class & its static methods, MATH.PI, static vs instance methods, Integer/Double static methods, console input, how primitives are copied differently than objects, BufferedReading, JOptionPane)

Ch. 1 & 2 Test Post-Mortem

Data St -

Review Ch. 14 (exceptions), Ch. 17 (recursion), Ch. 18 (sorting)

Coming Soon:

Ch. 14, 17, & 18 Review Test

(if time) Review AP Exam Free Response questions

(if time) Marine Bio Review