Monday, August 29, 2011

Week of 9/5/11

Welcome to the first week of AP Computer Science!
This blog will be updated at least once every week.
Check here for the agenda, classwork, and homework assignments
as well as test dates and other important info.


WEEK 1
DAY 1:  Wed. Sep. 7
Lab procedures
Class requirements
Class description
Resources
First programs
HelloWorld.java
Schedule.java (each item on a separate line)
DAY 2:  Thu. Sep. 8
Chapter 1
pg. 25 problem solving steps
pg. 26 - 32 - the Java programming language
Why Java?
Java statements
comments
identifiers and reserved words
rules and style
white space and formatting

classwork:
Identifiers and Reserved Words
page. 48 self review question 1.16
page 50 multiple choice 1.6 to 1.8
page 50 true/false 1.1
page. 51 short answer 1.8
programming:
Program1_3.java (on p. 53)
DAY 3:  Fri. Sep. 9
Setting up pbworks account
This is a wiki which you will use to keep class notes online
Ch. 1:  The importance of binary.  p. 7 - 9, 13
handout: Converting to and from binary
classwork:
page 47 1.4, 1.5
page 49 multiple choice 1.1 to 1.4
programming:
Program1_5 (on p. 53)