Intro to Computer Science 

 

“Then you should say what you mean.” - The March Hare

“I do - at least, I mean what I say.  That's the same thing, you know.” - Alice

“Not the same thing a bit!  You might as well just say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!" - The March Hare

 

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Topics

Assignments

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9/2

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9/2

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9/2

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9/2

Review Policies & Expectations – sign electronically

Find Canvas and register

Policies and Expectations

Day 1 Survey

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9/2

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9/3

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9/3

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9/4

Create Alice Worlds

Adjust object orientation, position and size using mouse and methods

Set up Google Drive for submitting work

Lab 0-0 Alice Worlds

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9/3

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9/4

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9/4

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9/5

Work on Lab

 

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9/4

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9/5

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9/8

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9/8

Create a simple "programmed" animation

Use a “storyboard” comments to describe an animation

Move and orient objects in real time

Use "Do together" vs "Do in order"

Lab 0-1 Animation #1

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9/5

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9/8

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9/9

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9/9

Work on Lab

 

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9/8

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9/9

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9/10

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9/10

Work on Lab

 

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9/9

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9/11

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9/11

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9/11

Animate body parts in a new object method

Use Loop to repeat a set of actions

Add sound to animation

Lab 0-2 Animation #2

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9/10

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9/12

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9/12

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9/12

Work on Lab

 

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9/12

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9/15

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9/15

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9/16

Create a .mov of an animation (best efforts!)

Finish Lab

 

 

 

More Resources for this Unit…

Randy Pausch Last Lecture – Prof. Pausch’s work in virtual reality led directly to Alice as well as countless innovations in entertainment technology at Disney and elsewhere.  His last lecture at CMU moves and inspires me every time I watch it.  If you haven’t seen it, you should.  15 million views on YouTube and counting.

Alice Sounds Library – downloadable files pre-tested with Alice

Sound Effects files – all .mp3, all free for the downloading.  Please include the weblink in comments in an appropriate method.

Download Alice at home - works best on Windows, but also available for Mac and Linux

 

 

Course Units

Course Resources

WHS Links

Animations with Alice, Take 1

Policies & Expectations

WHS Home Page

Data Representation

Syllabus

WHS Math Department

Animations with Alice, Take 2

Advice from Alumni

WHS Science Department

Digital Logic

Canvas Course Page

Mr. Holthouse’s Home Page

Computer Architecture

Lab Applets

 

Algorithms and Python

CS Public Folder

 

Operating Systems and Networks

 

 

Android Apps