Spring 2014 CS1301 Calendar

References

Week 1: January 6th-10th- Introduction, Background, and Graphics

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Jan 6th	Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy) Course Syllabus WhatIsAllowed.pdf Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy)	Why Python is cool. GIMP download CamelCase CS1301 - How it fits.ppt Spring 2012 class webpage. Fall 2012 class webpage Fall 2011 class webpage Spring 2011 class webpage Class Video: Introduction to Class [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday Jan 8th	Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy)	VariablesTypesMath.ppt keywords vs. identifiers Douglas Engelbart - NLS demo video Class Video: Variables, Expressions & Graphics [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	Read Chapter 1 - The World of Robots from Learning Computing With Robots (LCWR).	VIDEO: How to install Calico on a Mac Myro Robot Reference Manual Functions and Commands used by Myro. Calico Graphics Objects Interface Calico Graphics Reference.pdf Code:face.py
Friday Jan 10th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds (pgs 157-168) (LCWR)	List of Python 3 Modules (look at the math module) Scribbler Dancing video. AI for Games Class Video: Graphics & User Input [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 2: January 13th-17th - Functions & Expressions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Jan 13th	HW0 Due! Read Chapter 4 - Functions (thinkCSpy)	Functions.ppt Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday Jan 15th	Read Chapter 6 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy	Class Video: Base 2,8,16 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Algorithms.ppt
Recitation	Watch Video:Fun with Pair Programming Read Chapter 2 - Personal Robots (LCWR) RA_Circles.pdf	Check T-Square for your Pair Programming Assignments Decimal to Binary conversion Binary to Decimal conversion 0-255 Conversion Table Conversion Calculator Conversion Worksheet - Practice Problems KACB Walkway
Friday Jan 17th	Read Chapter 5 - Conditionals from thinkCSpy HW1 DUE before 11:55pm	Code:if_statement_example.py Code:simpleFlee.py Code:recursiveFlee.py Class Video: Functions/Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Conditionals [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 3: January 20th-24th - Control Flow & Iteration

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Jan 20th	MLK Jr Holiday - No Classes!
Wednesday Jan 22nd	Read Chapter 7 - Iteration from thinkCSpy.	code:rec_factorial.py Review Video:Explanation and example of Simple Recursion Chapter 18 - Recursion from ThinkCSpy. Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	Pair Programming: HW2 Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR
Friday Jan 24th	Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR. Lab 1 due before 11:55pm	code:flee.py Code:fact_2_ways.py Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 4: January 27th-31st - Iteration, Strings & History

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Jan 27th	Chapter 8 - Strings from ThinkCSpy. HW 2 due before 11:55pm Read Chapter 19 (Exceptions) from ThinkCSpy	Dream Spark (a.k.a.) MSDN Academic Alliance Class Video: Strings / Try & Except [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday, Jan 29th	Read everything in the Readings column above today again!	Code(IDLE/Python2):get_int.py Code(Calico/Python3):get_int_calico.py Code:turn5while.py turn5for.py turn5rec.py
Recitation	Bring your Robots! Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR.	Quickstart Guide.pdf Windows - Bluetooth Setup Macintosh - Bluetooth Setup Scribbler Setup Fluke Setup
Friday, Jan 31st	HW 3 due before 11:55pm	Short History of Computing.ppt Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast] Video: Programming the PDP11

Week 5: Feburary 3rd-7th - Lists, Exam

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 3rd	EXAM 1 Review	Python-review1.ppt Exam 1 Vocabulary List Sample Problems Code:funcs.py cs1301-fall09-exam1.pdf cs1301-fall09-exam1-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2013-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2013.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2013-answers.pdf
Tues Feb 4th	TA Led Review Session: 4:30pm Weber SSTIII Room 2
Wednesday, Feb 5th	EXAM 1	cs1301-exam1-spring2014.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2014-answers.pdf
Recitation	RA: Avoid Walls Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Watch: Robot Funkytown
Friday Feb 7th	Lab 2 Due Chapter 11 - Lists from ThinkCSpy. What is Clean Code?	Code Samples:stringStuff.py Python Data Types reference Code:rec1.py Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: (Calico/Python3)list_examples_calico.py Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 6: Feburary 10th-14th - Compound Data Types - Lists, Tuples, Robot Sensors

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 10th	Chapter 9 -Tuples from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] RobotSensors.ppt
Wednesday Feb 12th	Chapter 7 - Behavior Control from LCWR.	Code:behavior.py - subsumption architecture behavior control of the robot. Code: behavior2.py Class Video: Lists2 & Tuples [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	RA-Avoid Walls demos
Friday Feb 14th	Progress Report Grades next week HW 4 due before 11:55pm	Code:(Python3/Calico) bouncingBall.py Code: (Python3/Calico) BouncingBallsCalico.py Code: (Python3/Calico)keyBallsCalico.py Class Video: BouncingBall [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 7: Feburary 17th-21st - File Input/Output (FileIO) & Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 17th	Read Chapter 12- Modules from ThinkCSpy Read Chapter 13 - Files from ThinkCSpy	Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data.
Wednesday Feb 19th	Read Sections 1 & 2 (Namespaces, and Namespaces in Python), of this Webpage	Code: filter_comments.py Code: fileCopy.py Code: robotScript.py Required data file: robotCommands.txt Class Video: Reading Files [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	RA_robot_lists.pdf Watch Chapter 1 (A Hard Problem) of The Great Robot Race 6min 33sec. Watch Chapter 2 (The Red Army) of The Great Robot Race 7min 41sec
Friday, Feb 21st	Lab 3 - Webpage Due before 11:55 pm! Read about the Pickle Module Read: Chapter 20 - Dictionaries from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Dictionaries [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: dictionarySpanish.py Code: letterFreq.py Code: craps.py

Week 8: Feburary 24th-28th - Images & Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 24th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	images.ppt Code:picture.py Code:obamicon.py
Wednesday, Feb 26th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code (Python3/Calico): findGreenWall.py Class Video: Computer Vision [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample "robot" photos of the robot color arena: rca1.gif - Green Wall rca2.gif - Blue Wall rca3.gif - Yellow Wall rca4.gif - Red Wall High Res Fluke2 photos: [green] [yellow] [red] [blue]
Recitation	Pair work on HW5
Friday, Feb 28th	HW 5 Due before 11:55pm Last day to drop individual courses with a grade of "W" and change grade mode for courses.	Class Video: Computer Vision 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 9: March 3rd-7th - OpenSCAD & 3D printing, Starmaps

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 3rd	Open SCAD Watch: Using a 3D printer to make a prosthetic hand Project Daniel - Not Impossible's 3D Printing Arms for Children	OpenSCAD.org website UsingOpenSCAD.pdf OpenSCAD-Example.pdf OpenSCAD User Manual
Wednesday, March 5th
Recitation	CountChars-RemoveT.pdf pair_programming_partner_evaluation.pdf
Friday, March 7th		Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code (python3/Calico):plot_stars_calico.py stars.txt Code Sample:starmap_constellations.py stars.txt BigDipper_lines.txt Cas_lines.txt Gemini_lines.txt UrsaMajor_lines.txt Bootes_lines.txt Cyg_lines.txt Hydra_lines.txt UrsaMinor_lines.txt

TA Led Review Session: Sunday March 9th, 2pm, CULC 144

Week 10: March 10th-14th - EXAM & Barcodes

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday March 10th	Exam Review	Class Video: Review-2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python-review2.ppt VLC video player for mpeg files Review Lecture Video (1/2) Review1.mpeg Review Lecture Video (2/2) Review2.mpeg Exam2-vocab-list.txt Jeopardy Game.ppt cs1301-exam2-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring10.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring10-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2012.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2013-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2013.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2013-answers.pdf
Wednesday March 12th	EXAM 2	cs1301-exam2-spring2014.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2014-answers.pdf
Recitation	FileIO-RA.pdf and robo.txt	Robotic planter finds the best light
Friday March 14th	HW 6 (Random Color) due before 11:55pm. Read Code 39 Specification from the barcodeman.com website.	Lecture Slides:barcodes.ppt Free Barcode Generator Code:code39dict.py barcode_1_9.gif Class Video: Barcodes 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Barcodes 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Calico/Python3: scan_barcode_calico.py Needed example barcode picture: barcode_color.gif Print your own: A-Ebarcodes.doc Video Lectures: barcodes1.mpeg barcodes2.mpeg barcodes3.mpeg

Spring Break: March 17th-21st

Week 11: March 24th-28th - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 24th	Read about a Linear Search "algorithm" Read about the Binary Search Algorithm Play with the insertion sort Animator or here Read about the Insertion Sort Algorithm Then see an insertion sort implemented in python	Class Video: Searching [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sorting Algorithms animated side-by-side Code:bubbleSort.py Sorting algorithm animation applet.
Wednesday, March 26th	Watch an animated merge sort Read about Merge Sort. Then look at this implementation of MergeSort in Python.	Class Video: Sorting [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:sorts.py
Recitation	RA-colorswap.txt RA_colorswap_source.jpg RA_colorswap_source.gif
Friday, March 28th	Lab 4 Due before 11:55pm	Example Code: listDict_speed.py

Week 12: March 31st-April 4th - Functional Programming & Recursion

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 31st	Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday, April 2nd		Class Video: Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample Code:printComments.py Introduction to the Fibonacci sequence by Tool (Lateralus) More information about the Fibonacci series on Wikipedia Code Sample:fibonacci.py
Recitation
Friday, April 4th	HW 7 (Special FX) due before 11:55pm. Read Chapter 18 - Recursion from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Functional Programming examples, File I/O, Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Sunday April 6th

TA Led Review Session

2pm in CULC 152

Week 13: April 7th-11th - EXAM, Tag Cloud Example

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 7th	Exam Review Read Chapter 10 - Artificial Intelligence from Learning Computing With Robots. Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest	Class Video: Exam 3 Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Exam 3 vocab list.txt exam3-study-guide-cs1301.pdf searching_sorting_bigO_practice.pdf Simple examples shown in class cs1301-exam3-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010-answers.pdf FileIO_FunctionalProgramming.pdf Quick Reference cs1301-exam3-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2012.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2013-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2013.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2013-answers.pdf
Wednesday, April 9th	EXAM 3	cs1301-exam3-spring2014.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2014-answers.pdf
Recitation		Example Movies from previous classes: Packman RoboMovie The Scribbling Evel Knivel Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff Cops Indy-Dance Party Cow Death
Friday, April 11th		Class Video: Tag Cloud 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Sample: tagcloud.py Input file:art_of_war.txt Common words: common.txt Example output:tc_out.html Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py

Week 14: April 14th-18th - Object Oriented Programming, Javascript

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 14th	Read: Chapter 15 - Objects and Classes - The Basics from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Objects and Classes [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:classExample.py Code:cashRegister.py Code:animalsEating.py
Wednesday, April 16th	HW8 - Movies due before RECITATION
Recitation
Friday, April 18th		Class Video: Javascript for Python Programmers [Download .MOV] [webcast] Javascript for Python Programmers.PPT Kissing Trail Tower of Hanoi Fancy JavaScript Games Javascript game examples with source code Learn More about JavaScript alert box for loop

Week 15: April 21st-25th- n-grams, Quicksort

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 21st		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt What we learned from 5 million books
Wednesday, April 23rd	HW10 Due! No Late Turnin! Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: parallel_quicksort.py Read: How To Use cx_Freeze and the main cx_Freeze website w/ downloads CX Freeze on the Mac instructions cx_Freeze demo files: canvasDemo.py hello.py setup.py
Recitation
Friday, April 25th	Review

A TA led Review Session Recording [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Review Material

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Day 1		Class Video: Final Review 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] A Final Study Guide.pdf Review Session MP3 (fall 2008)
Day 2		Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Day 3		Class Video: Final Review 3 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Day by Day List of Topics covered in CS 1301 in Fall 2009 FinalReviewGuideV6.2-Calico.pdf CS 1301 Study Guide

Final Review: Sunday April 27th, 12 Noon, KACB 1443

Final Schedule

9 am class (A sections) Final Exam: Wednesday April 30th, 8am-10:50am (Period 7)

10 am class (B sections) Final Exam: Friday May 2nd, 11:30am-2:20pm (Period 14)