- people are not doing his blog, nor are their projects on github. If they're so great, they should be acing all the assignments. I'll talk to him.
- I rearranged the groups a little
- Afternoon Groups: (Olivia, Caelen, Nidhi), (Rohan, Jon), (Joyce, Neel), (Jonathan, Christine), (Rahul,Tony), (Jerry, Sindhu, Akane), (Maxine, Vrinda, Jannani)
- yay field trip tomorrow? :)
- the next day we'll be doing A* search, with heavy review of Objects and Shortest Path.
- any other feedback?
Feedback on groups?
Afternoon Groups: (Olivia, Caelen, Nidhi), (Rohan, Jon), (Joyce, Neel), (Jonathan, Christine), (Rahul, Jannani), (Jerry, Sindhu, Akane), (Maxine, Vrinda, Tony)
QUESTION: Should I permanently keep Jon and Rohan together?
Feel free to email me, if you feel stuck during lab. I realized that there is a problem with variable names in Processing.js. These are problems I can solve quickly. This was pretty minor though.
Tomorrow we are doing adjacency matrices.
Here's the starter for sorting animation.
The for loop has to move into the draw loop! I'll do it in class.
Let me know how things are going for you both. We should have a meeting sometime, but I can't imagine when we'd all have free time together.
int cheesesticks [] = {21, 33, 44, 22 ,55 ,66 ,77, 33, 22, 11, 44, 33, 22, 11, 55 ,66, 5, 2, 100, 20}; void setup () { size (500,500); /* for (int i=0; i<20; i++) { int min = cheesesticks[i]; for (int j=i+1; j<20; j++) { if (cheesesticks[j]<min) { min = cheesesticks[j]; int temp = cheesesticks[i]; cheesesticks[i] = cheesesticks[j]; cheesesticks[j] = temp; } } println(min); } for (int i=0; i<20; i++) println(cheesesticks[i]); */ } void draw () { fill (0,255,0); for (int i=0; i<20; i++) { rect(0, i*20, cheesesticks[i]*5, 10); } }
Can you encourage those who think there are too many topics or anything negative, that this is Stanford and they should realize that they're coming here for a challenge.
Some of them sound a little bit entitled.
I'm doing the best I can to readjust.
Finally, let me know if you need anything from me. Or if you have concerns!
I'm deciding to stay within Processing, so no more foreseeable new languages.
When you two get a chance. Break out the kit and take a look.
I'm just using the book in the box.
Today went fantastic!!
SPCS: Anonymous First Week Assessment
Can I get an update on the lab today? There's not much info on the spreadsheet.
I encourage you to see the guest speaker tomorrow, but dont feel like you have to.
Before Monday (over the weekend), can you check with each student to see how they're doing?
During lab, please have the students install processing first thing. The download is big.
Encourage the students to teach themselves coding. They shouldn't just be copying code without trying to learn what's going on.
Try making your own small processing program and turning it into a Processing.js page.
Today was a bit rough for me…
Tomorrow, we are starting Processing.js
The assignment should be up now.
- Again, Week 1 is the roughest. Day 1 is the most stressful (for me atleast… lol). The rest of class will be smooth sailing. Especially Session 2.
- Remember, you both can take the morning off (but do look at Assignment Day 2). Just help them not get lost (remind them on a map or something). Or walk them if you want to. You can also feel free to sit in my lecture as a study hall, I won't bother you at all. (Again, you can look at the assignments from anywhere!.. in your PJs in bed, if you want)
- I'm giving a pep talk first thing in class. We're going to watch a TED talk (6 min) about grit and perseverance. I can't really slow down the class too much more. There will always be too much work, because of the advanced students. It's ok if they don't finish.
- I got a Windows laptop from the office and will try to get a github/JS tutorial this morn down for them. That may or may not happen.
- The teams are mostly boy/girl. I don't really know them yet, but they seem a little less mature than the AI class was. They need to tough it out and work in groups. Sometimes these are learning opportunities for them, but I also don't want them to be miserable. Let me know how the boy/girl thing goes. I really like how you've gotten to know each of the students.
- There's a surprise lock activity this afternoon!
- The assignment is straightforward. Gh-pages = priority.
This is the toughest day!