Spring 2013 CS1301 Calendar

References

Week 1: January 7th-11th- Introduction, Background, and Graphics

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Jan 7th	Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy) Course Syllabus WhatIsAllowed.pdf HW 0 Assigned	Why Python is cool. GIMP for windows GIMP for MacOSX 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]
Workshop	Read Chapter 1 - The World of Robots from Learning Computing With Robots (LCWR).	Installation Guide How to install videos: Windows Vista Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Mac OS10.5 Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Myro Robot Reference Manual Functions and Commands used by Myro. Myro Graphics Objects Interface Myro Graphics Reference.pdf Calico Graphics Reference.pdf A List of "string" colors that work with Myro Zelle Graphics Object Reference Code:face.py
Wednesday January 9th	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]
Friday January 11th	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 14th-18th -Functions & Expressions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Jan 14th	HW0 Due! Read Chapter 4 - Functions (thinkCSpy)	Functions.ppt Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	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
Wednesday January 16th	Read Chapter 6 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy	Class Video: Base 2,8,16 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Algorithms.ppt
Friday January 18th	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 21st-25th - Control Flow & History

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Jan 21st	M.L.K. Jr Holiday, no classes!
Workshop	Pair Programming: HW2 Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR
Wednesday January 23rd	Read Chapter 7 - Iteration from thinkCSpy.	code:rec_factorial.py Short History of Computing.ppt Video: Programming the PDP11 Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:fact_2_ways.py
Friday January 25th	Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR. Lab 1 due before 11:55pm	code:flee.py Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 4: January 28th - February 1st - Iteration & Exam Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, January 28th	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]
Workshop	Bring your Robots! Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR.	Quickstart Guide.pdf Windows - Bluetooth Setup Macintosh - Bluetooth Setup Scribbler Setup Fluke Setup
Wednesday, January 30th	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
Friday, February 1st	EXAM 1 Review HW 3 due before 11:55pm	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

TA Led Review Session: Sunday Feb 3nd at 1pm in CULC room 152

Week 5: February 4th-8th - Exam, Strings, Lists

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday February 4th	EXAM 1	cs1301-exam1-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2013-answers.pdf
Workshop	RA: Avoid Walls Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Watch: Robot Funkytown
Wednesday, February 6th	Chapter 11 - Lists from ThinkCSpy.	Code Samples:stringStuff.py Python Data Types reference Code:rec1.py Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday February 8th	Lab 2 due before 11:55pm! What is Clean Code?	Code: (Calico/Python3)list_examples_calico.py Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 6: February 11th-15th - Compound Data Types - Lists, Tuples, Robot Sensors

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday February 11th	Chapter 9 -Tuples from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] RobotSensors.ppt
Workshop	CountChars-RemoveT.pdf
Wednesday February 13th	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]
Friday Feburary 15th	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: February 18th-22nd - File Input/Output (FileIO) & Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday February 18th	Read Chapter 12- Modules from ThinkCSpy Read Chapter 13 - Files from ThinkCSpy	Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data.
Workshop	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
Wednesday February 20th	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]
Friday, February 22nd	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: February 25th - March 1st - Images & Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday February 25th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	images.ppt Code:picture.py Code:obamicon.py
Workshop
Wednesday, February 27th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code (Python2.4.4/Idle): find_wall.py 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]
Friday, March 1st	HW 5 Due before 11:55pm Last day to drop individual courses with a grade of "W" and change grade mode for courses, for the Fall Semester.	Class Video: Computer Vision 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 9: March 4th - 8th - Review & Exam

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 4th
Workshop	FileIO-RA.pdf and robo.txt pair_programming_partner_evaluation.pdf
Wednesday, March 6th	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 Example Exam 2.pdf Example Exam2-answers.pdf Jeopardy Game.ppt cs1301-exam2-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2012-answers.pdf
Thursday March 7th	Exam Review Session: 7:30pm, CULC Room 144!
Friday, March 8th	EXAM 2	cs1301-exam2-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2013-answers.pdf

Week 10: March 11th - 15th - Starmaps & Other Uses of Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday March 11th		Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code (python2/idle):plot_stars.py Code (python3/Calico):plot_stars_calico.py stars.txt
Workshop		Robotic planter finds the best light
Wednesday March 13th	Read Code 39 Specification from the barcodeman.com website.	Free Barcode Generator Code:code39dict.py barcode_1_9.gif Class Video: Barcodes 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday March 15th	HW 6 (Find Wall) due before 11:55pm.	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 Lecture Slides:barcodes.ppt Class Video: Barcodes 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Python2.4.4/Idle: scan_barcode.py 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

March 18th-22nd - Spring Break!

Week 11: March 25th - 29th - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 25th	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] Code:bubbleSort.py Sorting algorithm animation applet.
Workshop	RA-colorswap.txt RA_colorswap_source.jpg RA_colorswap_source.gif
Wednesday, March 27th	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
Friday, March 29th	Lab 4 (Excel) Due before 11:55pm	Example Code: listDict_speed.py

Week 12: April 1st-5th Functional Programming & Recursion (again!)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 1st	Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop
Wednesday, April 3rd	HW 7 (Special FX) due before 11:55pm.	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
Friday, April 5th	Read Chapter 18 - Recursion from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Functional Programming examples, File I/O, Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 13: April 8th-12th - Tag Cloud Example & Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 8th	Read Chapter 10 - Artificial Intelligence from Learning Computing With Robots. Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest	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
Workshop		Example Movies from previous classes: Packman RoboMovie The Scribbling Evel Knivel Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff Cops Indy-Dance Party Cow Death
Wednesday, April 10th	HW8 - Movies due before 11:55pm	Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py
Friday, April 12th	Exam Review	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

TA Led Review session: Sunday April 14th, CULC room 144 3pm

Week 14: April 15th-19th - Exam 3

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 15th	EXAM 3	cs1301-exam3-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2013-answers.pdf
Wednesday, April 17th	Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: parallel_quicksort.py Py2EXE tutorial. Py2EXE demo files: bouncingBall.py hello.py setup.py
Workshop
Friday, April 19th	HW9 Due!	Class Video: Javascript for Python Programers [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 22nd-26th - n-grams, Object Oriented Programming

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 22nd		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt What we learned from 5 million books
Workshop
Wednesday, April 24th	HW10 Due
Friday, April 26th	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:animals_eating.py Code (Calico/Python3):animalsEating.py

TA Led Review Sessions:

Thursday April 24th, 7:30pm in Van Ler W200
Friday April 25th, 1pm in CULC room 123
Saturday April 26th, 12 noon in CULC room 144

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

Bonus - Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
1		Class Video: Final Review 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] A Final Study Guide.pdf Review Session MP3 (fall 2008)
2		Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
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

Final Schedule

9 am class (A sections) Final Exam: Monday April 29th 8am-10:50am

10 am class (B sections) Final Exam: Wednesday May 1st 11:30am-2:20pm