Lecture Schedule
Unit #s refer to the unit on Code.org. This schedule is tentative and subject to change including dates for the projects, topic coverage, and ordering.
| week# | date | topic | project | assignment/quiz | readings (most from Code.org lessons) |
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| 1 | Tue Aug 27 | Creativity (Unit 3, L1) | |||
| Thu Aug 29 | Creativity (Unit 3, L2/L3) | Syllabus Quiz due | Learn to Program Video | ||
| 2 | Tue Sep 3 | Creativity (Unit 3, L4) | Pair Programming Video Turtle Programming Video |
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| Thu Sep 5 | Creativity (Unit 3, L5) | Homework 1 due | Intro to Functions Video | ||
| 3 | Tue Sep 10 | Creativity (Unit 3, L7) | |||
| Thu Sep 12 | Creativity (Unit 3, L8) | Homework 2 due | |||
| 4 | Tue Sep 17 | Creativity (Unit 3, L9) | |||
| Thu Sep 19 | Creativity Fractal Trees Randomized Fractal Trees |
Creativity group planning doc due | |||
| Sat Sep 21 | Quiz Unit 3 due | ||||
| 5 | Tue Sep 24 | Technology Showcase | |||
| Thu Sep 26 | Midterm 1 | ||||
| 6 | Tue Oct 1 | Big Data (Unit 4, L1) | |||
| Thu Oct 3 | Big Data (Unit 4 L2/L3) | Creativity project due Creativity project submission |
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| 7 | Tue Oct 8 | Data Analysis (U4 L3 / U7 L2) | |||
| Thu Oct 10 | Data Analysis (Unit 7 L2/L3) | Data Visualization 101 | |||
| 8 | Tue Oct 15 | Data Analysis (Unit 7, L6) | |||
| Thu Oct 17 | Data Analysis (Unit 4, L5) | Computing in the News due | |||
| 9 | Tue Oct 22 | Fall break! (no class) | |||
| Thu Oct 24 | Privacy/Security (Unit 4) | Creativity project resubmission | In the News Summaries Blown to Bits pages 32-35 |
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| 10 | Tue Oct 29 | Privacy/Security (Unit 4) | Quiz Big Data due | ||
| Thu Oct 31 | Midterm 2 | ||||
| 11 | Tue Nov 5 | The Internet (Unit 1) | |||
| Thu Nov 7 | The Internet (Unit 1) | Data Story due Data Story submission |
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| 12 | Tue Nov 12 | The Internet (Unit 1) | |||
| Thu Nov 14 | The Internet (Unit 1) | ||||
| 13 | Tue Nov 19 | Digital Information (Unit 2) | |||
| Thu Nov 21 | Digital Information (Unit 2) | ||||
| 14 | Mon Nov 25 | Extra credit 3D printing project due | |||
| 14 | Tue Nov 26 | Digital Information (Unit 2) | |||
| Thu Nov 28 | Thanksgiving break! (no class) | ||||
| 15 | Tue Dec 3 | Digital Information (Unit 2) | Exploration project due | ||
| Thu Dec 5 | Digital Information (Unit 2) | ||||
| Finals | Thu Dec 12 2:00pm - 3:50pm | Final Exam | Final Study Guide |