Wiki Page, MsFernandezAP-CSP-2016-2017: Week 4 Daily Learning Targets: Learning the Basics of Alice

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2016-07-26T16:10:19-06:00

August 12 - 16

Week 4: Daily Learning Targets

For week 4, we will continue to learn about the basics of computer programming. You will also continue to learn the Alice program to learn about computer programming. Remember, Alice is a computer program that is used for teaching students computer programming in a 3-D environment.

You will learn computer programming concepts and create instructions for the computer to create animated stories or video games.

Daily Learning Targets

For week 4, you should learn the following.

The Basics of Computer Programming.pdf

Creating a program with a list of instructions (sequential programming).

Predicting: you will learn to predict what you think will happen when giving objects an instruction.

Run the program (in Alice, press Play) after typing a line of code or instruction (check your prediction and fix errors: debugging).

this will teach you to check if you predicted the instruction correctly.

if not, then you can fix it; this is known as "debuggging".

The basics of using Alice, a computer program used for teaching students computer programming in a 3-D environment. You will learn to do this by doing the following.

Completing the Alice Appendix A: A tutorial on getting started with Alice.

Completing the assignment: Essentials of Alice Tutorial by Susan Rodgers and her team from Duke University.

We will be learning a lot of new things this week!