DMA - Intro to Programming
- - Rules
  - Resources
- Schedule
  - Monday
  - Tuesday
  - Wednesday
  - Thursday
  - Friday
- Student Teams
  - Student Pages

DMA - Intro to Programming

http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/teen-summer-camps/teen-computer-courses-summer-camps/programming-with-java/

Classroom: Hamm

Instructor

Sherol Chen: sherol.chen@createthenext.com

Richard: richard.mendelsohn@createthenext.com

Objective: This is an introductory overview of programming in Java and fundamental Computer Science.

Rules

If you are playing it, then I want to see a review!
Helping other people makes you awesome
Be respectful of yours, mine, and everyone's time

Resources

Schedule

Monday

8:30 - Welcome
9:00 - Introductions
- Sherol Chen - http://thoughtfulplay.com
9:30 - Personal Websites Assignment 1
10:00 - Practice exercises Assignment 2
10:40 - BREAK
11:00 - Assignment 3
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Recap: WP Housekeeping
- [BLOG] Game Review: http://armorgames.com/play/4309
  - 1 photo / screenshot
  - 1 sentence about the game (at least)
  - a link to the game itself
2:00 - Assignment 4
2:30 - BREAK!
3:00 - Project: Happy/Sad Face Assignment 5
3:45 - Final Project Discussion
4:00 - Catchup Time
Review 1

Tuesday

9:00 - Review - Assignment 6
9:30 - Computer Fundamentals - Slides
- Assembly Code Sample
10:00 - Proj: Bouncing Ball - Assignment 7
10:40 - Break
11:00 - Professional Websites, Prototypes, Demos
- Lab Bunnies: 0 1 2 3
11:00 - Assignment 7
- [BLOG] - Game Review: http://mariotetris.com/
- Photo/Screenshot, Link to the Game, One sentence (at least) review
11:30 - Object Oriented Programming - http://processing.org/tutorials/objects/
1. Class Name
2. Data
3. Functions
4. Constructors
- Read: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/arduino-vs-raspberry-pi-which-is-the-mini-computer-for-you/
12:00 - LUNCH
1:00 - Introduction to Java/Eclipse
1:40 - Hello World - Assignment 8
2:30 - Break
2:50 - Functions
3:00 - More Assignment 8
4:00 - Catchup Time
Are these concepts hard or easy? (see handouts)
- starter/solution
- Download the solution and open it as a project in Eclipse to see what it does

Wednesday

9:00 - Review (For Loops, Arrays, API)
- Fill out: survey
- Play: http://codeincomplete.com/posts/2011/6/11/javascript_breakout/
- Sign into Google Drive
9:30 - Assignment 10
10:00 - Introduce Breakout
10:40 - Break
11:00 - Do these AFTER you've completed Assignment 10
- Read: http://java.dzone.com/articles/getter-setter-use-or-not-use-0
- Game Review: http://candies.aniwey.net/
- Assignment 11 - Resume
12:00 - LUNCH
1:00 - Assignment 12: Breakout
2:30 - Break
2:50 - Review
3:10 - FileIO
4:00 - Catchup Time

Thursday

9:00 - Review - Candies Source - http://candies.aniwey.net/
- Poll Results: Feedback
9:30 - Javascript: jsfiddle || Breakout
10:00 - Algorithms: Sorting - http://visualsort.appspot.com/
- http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/
10:40 - Break
11:00 - Sorting / Breakout Proj Assignment 13
- Survey #2: Poll
- Game Review: http://www.kongregate.com/games/onimatrix/sandtest
- Screen Shot / Link / Sentence
- Read: Exception Handling
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Final Project Proposals Assignment 14
2:30 - Break
2:50 - Final Projects Assignment 15
3:30 - Review
4:00 - Creative Time
- Reading: Java or Javascript?
- Reading: Java Web Issues
- Reading: Random
- Random: Java Security Release

Friday

9:00 - Review
- Poll 2: Results
- Game Review: http://www.sophiehoulden.com/games/thelinearrpg/
  - Screen Shot / One Sentence / Link
- Game Loop
- Sorting
- Review 2
- Minecraft and Android
9:30 - Java/Javascript
10:00 - Final Project Proposal Presentation
12:00 - Lunch
1:30 - Final Touches
2:30 - Break
2:50 - Survey
3:00 - Parents
3:15 - Show N Tell
4:00 - Goodbye!

Student Teams

The One Man Band (1)

Agent 47 Kills a Squirrel - Text Adventure

Pandahats (2)

Circles of Doom - Processing Game

Team Cake (1)

Project batmobile - Processing Game

IF ELSE: (2)

Large Mammal 2 - Java Platformer Game

The King Of Spades (1)

Operation Mozzart - Virtual Piano

Toga (2)

Project 1 - Processing Music Game

Potato Games (1)

renamelater - Text Adventure

Alexander Chow (1)

hippy - Text Adventure

xXxYOLO_$wagMaster$xXx (3)

AntEater_Tractor$ - Text Adventure

Banana Beach (BB) (1)

the kid went bananas - Java Dodgeball Game

Matthew Hou (1)

Breakout - Java Game

TEAM NICE DYNAMITE (3)

dark eagle is rising - Text Adventure

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