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CS Discoveries, 11-06-2024

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  1. THIS VIDEO REVIEWS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTENT COVERED IN CLASS TODAY!
  2. Objective:
    1. Students will understand the steps of the problem-solving process to better facilitate their success in the 2024-2025 School Year.
  3. Warm-Up:
    1. Answer the following question in Canvas.
      1. What's an example of a problem you've had to solve recently?
    2. Warm-Ups are usually a 5 point Independent Work grade if a written response is expected, or a 5 point Assessment grade if the Warm-Up is a quiz. They are due at the start of class and not eligible for late submission or re-submission.
  4.  Course Syllabus
    1. This link will always be at the top of this page.
  5. Deadlines: (Content is subject to change due to various factors.)

    1. Warm-Ups: Due daily
    2. Week 1 Assignments Due 11-08 (2 days)
      1. Lesson 1: Exploring Web Pages
        1. This slideshow will be used to go over the work.
        2. Problem Solving Process
          1. Identify
          2. Prepare
          3. Try
          4. Reflect
        3. Choosing The Right Web Design
          1. Log into Code.org through Clever and go to Lesson 1 Level 1 to see the templates.
        4. Exploring Web Pages Mock-Up
          1. Begin with a copy of this (mostly) blank document.
          2. Think about the templates you've already seen.
            1. What did you like about them?
            2. What didn't you like about them?
          3. Think about the kind of website that YOU would like to have.
            1. What do you want to share?
            2. Who is your target audience?
          4. Customize the 2nd slide of the template to be a rough draft of what you think you might want your home page to be. Include "links" to other portions of the web site (you do not need to make those today, just reference that they'd be there if this was a completed site.
          5. Export your template as a .png image and upload it here.
      2. Lesson 2: Intro to HTML
      3. Week 1 Exit Ticket
    3. Week 2 Assignments Due 11-14 (2 days)
      1. Lesson 3: Headings and Lists
      2. Lesson 4: Digital Footprint
      3. Week 2 Exit Ticket
    4. Week 3 Assignments Due 11-22 (3 days)
      1. Lesson 5: Mini-Project: HTML Web Page
      2. Lesson 6: Styling Text with CSS
      3. Lesson 7: Intellectual Property
      4. Week 3 Exit Ticket
    5. Week 4 Assignments Due 11-26 (1 day)
      1. Lesson 8: Using Images
      2. Lesson 9: Styling Elements with CSS
      3. Week 4 Exit Ticket Cancelled
    6. Week 5 Assignments Due 12-05 (2 days)
      1. Lesson 10: Mini-Project: Adding Style to a Web Page
      2. Lesson 11: CSS Classes
      3. Week 5 Exit Ticket
    7. Week 6 Assignments Due 12-13 (3 days)
      1. Lesson 12: Organizing Content with Flexbox
      2. Lesson 13: Flexbox Children for More Control
      3. Lesson 14: Chapter 1 Project (begin)
      4. Week 6 Exit Ticket
    8. Week 7 Assignments Due 12-19 (2 days)
      1. Lesson 14: Chapter 1 Project (finish)
      2. Lesson 16: Sources and Research
      3. Week 7 Exit Ticket
    9. Week 8 Assignments Due 01-10 (3 days)
      1. Lesson 17: Linking Pages
      2. Lesson 18: CSS Pseudo-classes
      3. Week 8 Exit Ticket
    10. Week 9 Assignments Due 01-16 (2 days)
      1. Lesson 19: Planning a Multi-Page Site
      2. Lesson 20: Project - Website for a Purpose (begin)
      3. Week 9 Exit Ticket
    11. Week 10 Assignments Due 01-21 (1 day)
      1. Lesson 20: Project - Website for a Purpose (finish)
  6. Exit Ticket
    1. This week's exit ticket will not "go live" today, because how are you going to say what you did all week when it's the first day?
    2. 4 pts Proofread your work.
      3 pts What did you accomplish in CS Discoveries this week?
      3 pts What did you learn in CS Discoveries this week?
    3. NOTE: If you do not describe WHAT you did, saying you worked on it is not enough information to earn credit.
      1. Example: "I completed Unit 2 Lesson 1" says nothing about what you did or learned. Describe what you did and what you learned as if to someone who does not have access to the course materials.
    4. Exit Tickets are always 10 point Classwork grades and not eligible for late submission or re-submission. They are due during the last 10 minutes of the last class of the week.