IB Computer Science 1

Tuesday (9/20/11)

Warmup:

• Draw a triangle on the screen that has dots at each of its corners

Agenda:

Friday (9/16/11)

Agenda:

• Make sure you demo the Python - Moving and Drawing Assignment
• More Python Turtle Commands
  • exitonclick() reminder
  • home()
  • goto()
  • circle()
  • dot()
• Practice
  • Draw a bullseye target in the middle of the screen
  • Draw dots in a row
  • Draw a circle in each of the four corners
  • Draw dots in a row of increasing size that are touching each other

Monday - Wednesday (9/12/11 - 9/14/11)

Warmup:

• Using the power of the internets, what was the first commercial graphical user interface (GUI) developed for the personal computer?
• In what year was the first GUI introduced?
• In what year was the Unix operating system developed?

Agenda:

• Introduction to Unix/Linux
• Media:BasicProgrammingTerms.ppt
• Introduction to Python Turtle
  • Python turtle library
• Python - Moving and Drawing Assignment

Tuesday - Thursday (9/6/11 - 9/8/11)

• Introductions
• Name cards
• Lab setup/config
  • Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
  • Your password is your student ID number
  • Go to Apple (upper left) -> System Preferences -> Accounts -> Change Password
  • Acceptable-use policies apply in this lab!
• Student Surveys
  • Fill out and submit
• Misc logistics
  • 20/10 no pass policy
  • Location of bathrooms
  • Sign in/out sheets
• IB Computer Science I Syllabus

• What is computer science?
  1. List 3 people/things/systems that use computers (e.g. air traffic control)
  2. For each of the above people/things/systems, write down the information that they use (e.g. flight information)
  3. List 3 things you have done in any science class
  4. Define the term: "to compute" or "computation"

• How many steps are necessary in making a PB&J sandwich?