CS+20

Please feel free to use this page to keep track of all your assignments, due dates and missed classes throughout the semester. If it happens in class, you'll find it here. Whenever possible, I will also post links to assignments so that you can keep up with your missed work or download lost papers. My email is also available on the home page. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Apr 17 - Once you have finished the fruit game and the BrickBreaker activity, you are ready to design your own video game. You game should You may use any sprites available to you in the Game Maker Folders. Remember, the more effort and detail you put into your creation, the more your players will enjoy the experience. Your final project should be saved as a file called "Final Game" in your Game Maker Folder, and should be ready to be graded by Apr 24.
 * be an original creation
 * keep track of score and have a high score section at the end
 * Contain sound effects and music
 * Have more than one screen or level

Apr 10 - Once you've got your GameMaker tutorial completed, you're ready to try and create one of your own... Follow this link  to find the instructions for your next project. Project 2 - Brick Breaker Apr 9 - Students began exploring object oriented programming by using the Gamemaker program. Their first task is to complete the tutorial for the fruit game. Mar 21 - User Manual Assignment - Over the next few days, you will be working to create a User Manual for a program that is installed on your computer. You will need to take a large amount of information and organize it in a way that makes sense to your reader. The instructions must be clear, organized and easy to follow. These are skills that will come in handy when you start coding. This project will be due a week from tomorrow - The Thursday before Easter Break.  Mar 16 - 20 - Flowcharts #2 Mar 13 - 15 - Students worked on the following flowchart challenges. Mar 7 - Presentation day! Finally. Once finished with the presentations, we will begin looking at flowcharting as a problem solving technique. Feb 26 - Today students begin work on their Hardware and Software Final Presentation. The next four days will be committed to this project, with final presentations ready to go on Friday. Details below  Feb 15 - 16 - Students were assigned the PC Doctor project. They must take each of the given problems, research the solutions and explain them in a clear and concise manner. Feb 14- Students will learn how the binary system works. Sheets attached. Feb 9 - Today students will finish reading the articles from yesterday and responding to the questions. Once finished, they should read the attached article on Canadian Copyright law <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> and respond to the following questions. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1. Compare and contrast some of the differences between Canadian and US law. 2. What is the current procedure for dealing with Canadian copyright infringement? 3. Do you think the Canadian tactics are an effective deterrent? 4. Would you stop your current online behavior if you received such a letter? 5. What about if your parents opened the envelope first? Feb 7 - 8 - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will begin working on their Plagiarism worksheets. While they are completing this assignment, I will be pulling students out for component testing. Feb 2 - 6 - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Today, students are designing a PowerPoint presentation on the internal components of a computer. They are to investigate the 10 components identified in the handout linked below and create one page for each component. Information should include <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1. The name of the component 2. A picture of the component 3. How you can identify the component in the tower (symbols, color etc) 4. The function of that component 5. Where you can find the component in the computer.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The components you should include are

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Hard Drive, Sound card, Video Card, Power Supply, CD ROM, CPU, Motherboard, BIOS, RAM, USB port

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">When completed, you should save this project in a folder called CS20 and name it "Components.ppt" media type="youtube" key="66ko_cWSHBU" width="560" height="315" media type="youtube" key="etqkEFBMsXE" width="560" height="315" Sept 5 - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Today we will be going over the course syllabus and exploring some of the various aspects of the course. If there is time at the end of the class, we will begin looking at computer input and output systems.