Hellio students! Today will be my second of three days being gone this fall. Thank you for your patience while I’m dealing with some personal business. Please welcome our guest teacher, and please be helpful to each other while I’m gone.

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO TODAY…

APCS-Principles, Period 01 and Period 03:
Reminder that the MIT App Inventor app for Unit 4.2/4.3 Lights Off Projects is due today. You should UPLOAD your final AIA file for this project to my website at THIS LINK (must be logged in). To give you a bit of extra time if you want it, you will notice that the due date/time is now Sunday October 29th at 9:00pm. On Monday, we will discuss the grading of Steganography, PaintPot, and the Map app code and go over the comments.

APCS-A, Period 04:
Please continue on with ICT Lesson 8.1 and 8.2. Nothing is due until next week, and we will also have a quiz next Wednesday. More discussion of all this in class on Monday.

INTRO MOBILE GAME, Period 05:
Please continue with Assignment 03, Re-theming the Missile Command game. If you get stuck with anything related to the game, remember, you can continue gathering images and sound files for your new game theme. On Monday, I will help with any issues you may have with the game.

Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday ? –Mr. Eliot

Hello students! Today, as we discussed, I will be gone and you will have a guest teacher. Please be kind and helpful to our guest teacher. Also, be kind and helpful to each other, since I will not be there to answer your questions.

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO TODAY…

APCS-Principles, Period 01 and Period 03:
Today, you should be finishing any work you need to complete for UNIT 02 of Mobile CSP. All Unit 02 work is due today by 9:00pm for full credit. A reminder that all documents and work should be in the Unit 02 folder, shared with me, on your Google Drive. If you are done with Unit 02, consider starting Unit 3.1 today if you have time.

APCS-A, Period 04:
Today, you should be finishing ICT Lesson 3.1 (Easter.java and EasterTester.java) which is due today by 9:00pm for full credit. We are NOT doing any other labs in ICT Lesson 3. Don’t forget to paste in AT LEAST three sample runs at the end of the tester! If you are done early with Lesson 3, consider starting Lab 4.1 (Car class) and Lab 4.2 (Rectangle class). We will be doing both of these as part of ICT Lesson 4.

INTRO MOBILE GAME, Period 05:
Today, you have **THREE** things due. (1) make sure you do your final commit for your Lunar Lander game in Unity. (2) in Unity, create the Windows EXE version of your game. Everything that Unity creates for the Windows EXE must be in the ZIP file you create. Turn in the ZIP file on MrEliot.com under the week September 25 – October 1. (3) create a Google Keep entry as mentioned in the assignment directions. All of this is due by 9:00pm today.


Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday 🙂 –Mr. Eliot

The Back To School Night presentation used for all courses is attached below…

Welcome new students!

I hope you enjoy this class and learn a lot.
FYI, here is my daily schedule so you known where I am when needed:

Period 01: AP Computer Science Principles (APCS-P)
Period 02: Staff Tech Support
Period 03: AP Computer Science Principles (APCS-P)
Period 04: AP Computer Science A (APCS-A)
Period 05: Intro/Advanced Mobile Game Development
Period 06: Conference Period

A reminder that as per the Course Information packet from August 2022, final grades are not adjusted up or down to the next higher grade. As the course info packet states:

“No grade adjustments are made for students who are “close” to a particular grade. So an 89.99% grade is a B+ grade, and will not be “rounded up” to an A- grade. Grades reflect mastery of course content, not the effort expended by the student during the final few weeks of class. Plan ahead, track your grade closely, and work in advance to earn the grade you desire.“

Beyond this statement, I have scaled every quiz this year, I have scaled the semester final, I have scaled key assignments, and I have provided an extra credit project each semester to assist students in reaching the next higher grade. In short, I have done my part to assist every student in “moving up” to the next higher grade.

Thank you for all of your hard work in this class, and I hope you all have a great summer 🙂

Sincerely,
Mr. Eliot

Hello students. I have jury duty today. I was told Friday night at 5:00pm. I will hopefully be back tomorrow. Please Continue to work on assignments that are due Friday June 9th. Due dates have not changed. I remind you that your phones are still expected to be placed in the back and your are expected to be in your assigned seats at all times please. As you might imagine, the lab will not be open at lunch or after school today.

APCS-A:
Please continue working with Finch Robots. The cabinet has been unlocked. Obviously, nothing will be checked today. Please carefully get your robot when directed by the guest teacher after roll, and please return them to the cabinet at the end of the period.

APCS-P:
Please continue working with Webots. Obviously, nothing will be checked today.

Mobile Game Intro:
Please continue working on your final game project. Due date is the same.

Mobile Game Advanced:
Jay. Nothing has changed. Wednesday, we will do your final presentation. Friday, your 1.1 update is expected on the Google Play Store. Due dates are the same.

See you tomorrow,
Mr. Eliot

A quick YouTube video which discusses AP Computer SciencePrinciples for fall 2023, along with summer homework information.

(1) Here is the YouTube video for the presentation.

https://youtu.be/pHCn8caN3sg

(2) And here is the PDF Handout that goes along with the video:

A quick YouTube video which discusses AP Computer Science A for fall 2023, along with summer homework information.

(1) Here is the YouTube video for the presentation.

https://youtu.be/eyTBfag0VFY

(2) And here is the PDF Handout that goes along with the video:

The APCS-P Create Task is due **FINALIZED** on Friday March 31st before 5:00pm on the CollegeBoard AP Digital Portfolio website. Also, your series of MIT App Inventor AIA files is due in the “CreateTaskFinalAIA” folder we created on your PYLUSD Google Drive. This sequence of files must be shared with Mr. Eliot to receive credit and you should add a FINAL AIA file to this folder on Friday March 31st.

Friday March 31st. will be the last class time devoted to working on the AP Create Task. The lab will not be open after school on Friday March 31st for any reason.

Create Task Code PDF, Video, and Written Response submissions are NOT taken by email or any other format beyond the **FINALIZED** version on the College Board AP Digital Portfolio website.

Students will be able to make modifications for one week until Friday April 7th before 5:00pm without any late penalty. Any Create Task left incomplete and/or unfinalized after Friday April 7th at 5:00pm will be marked late for every 24 hours late. This includes weekends and holidays as per the Course Info packet from August 2022.

If you finalized any part of the Create Task early, and wish to perform additional work on it before Friday April 7th at 5:00pm, email Mr. Eliot directly (deliot *at* pylusd.org) **WELL BEFORE** Friday April 7th and ask me to “un-finalize” what you need to change/modify/update.

Classroom computers, Android tablets, and other equipment will not be available during Spring Break. If you decide to work on your AP Create Task during Spring Break, you do so on your own time, without Mr. Eliot’s assistance, with your own personal mobile devices.

A friendly reminder that final semester grades are not adjusted because the student was “close” to the next higher grade. As the course info packet from August 2022 clearly states:

“No grade adjustments are made for students who are “close” to a particular grade. So an 89.99% grade is a B+ grade, and will not be “rounded up” to an A- grade. Grades reflect mastery of course content, not the effort expended by the student during the final few weeks of class. Plan ahead, track your grade closely, and work in advance to earn the grade you desire.“

Beyond this statement, I have scaled every quiz this semester, I have scaled the semester final, and I have provided an extra credit project this semester to assist students in reaching the next higher grade. Also, for APCS-P, I scaled the Practice Create Task. In short, I have already done my part to assist every student in “moving up” to the next higher grade.

Thank you for all of your hard work in this class…

Sincerely,
Mr. Eliot