Com Sci 11: Fri Sept 29 - Lines!

 Today you wrote QQQ #3, and then we had a small reminder look at how to graph lines, so that you can teach a computer how to graph them for you (in Scratch). Towards the end of the class we watched a bit of a movie on Analogue Computers.

Com Sci 11: Thurs Sept 28 - Modular Arithmetic, JoW, and Custom Blocks

 Today we had a look at Modular Arithmetic! You had time to work on your projects, and then we had a look at the J.o.W, and how to do custom blocks in Scratch.

Com Sci 11: Tues Sept 26 - User Input, Comments, and CHOMP!

 Today we had a quick look at how you can incorporate user input into your code and how to put comments into your code. Then you had project work time to see if you could beat the computer at CHOMP!

Com Sci 11: Monday Sept 25 - Layers of Programming, and Scratch Data

 Today we had another look at where we are in the "layers" of computer programming. Then I showed you a few things about the data types and variables in scratch before you had the rest of class to work on your projects.

Com Sci 11: Fri Sept 22 - QQQ #2, Scratch Time and About Mr. B

 Today we had our QQQ #2, and you had a bunch of time to work on your intro scratch projects. Towards the end you got to learn a bit about Mr. B. in preparation for your You Assignment (Scratch version!).

Com Sci 11: Thurs Sept 21 - Install Eclipse, Finish up Logic...etc and start SCRATCH!

 Today we had a full day. You had a good chunk of time to work on your current practice and projects (see the XP chart for details of anything you're missing!). You also installed Eclipse for me :).  After break we did the J.o.W. and then we started in on Scratch!

Com Sci 11: Tues Sept 19 - More Implications

 Today we had a look at some more logical terminology: Implications, Converses, Inverses, and Contrapositives. Next class we'll be wrapping up our first part of the course with how computers work!

Com Sci 11: Mon Sept 18 - Formal Logical

 Today we began the final leg of the first part of the course - Formal Logic. We had a look at how to write these "new" types of truth tables, and then you had time to work on the practice.

Com Sci 11: Fri Sept 15 - QQQ and Combining Logic Circuits

 Today we had our first QQQ! After that, we looked at how to combine logic circuits to make Adders! You had a bunch of time to work on your projects (past and present!).

Com Sci 11: Tues Sept 12 - Com Sci Skills, JoW, Bin & Dec Project, & Logic Gates intro

 We crammed a bunch into today... We had a look at 4 key Com Sci thinking skills: Decomposition, Patterning, Abstraction, and Algorithms. We did our first Jar of Wonder question, and you had time to work on your projects, particularly the Binary & Decimal Project. To prepare for my absence tomorrow, we had a look at the basic ideas of how Logic Gates work.

Com Sci 11: Mon Sept 11 - Binary Adding & Dec -> Binary

 Today we looked at how to count/add in binary, and then you had a bunch of time to work on converting Decimal into Binary.

Com Sci 11: Friday Sept 8 - Binary Time!

 Today we had a deeper look at Binary Numbers. We looked at how to write out the powers of 2 needed for converting binary numbers to decimal numbers, and you had time to do the Binary -> Decimal Practice. After that we introduced Counting in Binary. Are you one of the 10 kinds of people???

Com Sci 11: Thurs Sept 7 - Number Systems

 Today we had a look at our first key question in the course: How Does a Computer Work?

To investigate that we first had a look at What Is a Computer?

Then we had a look at how our Decimal Number system works (you did the Decimal Expansions Practice), so that we can get started on understanding Binary Numbers in computers.

Com Sci 11: Wed Sept 6 - Course Intro

 Today we discussed how this course will work: what we'll study, how you'll manage your coursework, and how you'll be assessed. We also had time to work on the Getting Used to OneNote Practice, and some time for Code Studio.