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Computer Programming 1

• Mr. Simon
• Lowell High School
• San Francisco, CA

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An Introduction on how to program computers in C

• Course Requirements
• No previous programming experience is expected
• You should feel comfortable using the internet
  and email
• A web based email account (e.g. HotMail or Yahoo
  mail) that you can access from the school lab is
  required

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Who should take this class?

• Anyone interested in a career as computer
  programmer or game designer
• Anyone considering a college major in
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Math
• Physics
• Biology
• Economics
• Information Science
• Anyone curious about how software is created

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What youll learn

• How to make simple programs in C (including two
  computer games "Pong" and "Tron")
• Data types (e.g. int, float)
• Control structures (e.g. if, while)
• Functions
• Computer Graphics
• Good Programming Style
• A good foundation for studying computer science
  in college

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Grading Policy

• Each six week grade
• 70 tests and quizzes
• 20 programming assignments
• 10 productive use of lab time
• The Semester grade
• Average of the 3 six week
• grades and the final exam

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Programming Assignments

• Use free Windows software Dev C
• Available online or on CD
• Its critical to your success that you spend
  adequate time programming and fully understand
  the assignments
• Programming can be very time consumingclass time
  alone may not be enough
• All programs should be sent by email to
  room334_at_gmail.com

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Style

• Building a working program is not enough
• Other programmers need to read, understand and
  modify your program
• Every class, book and job may use a slightly
  different style
• Good style will significantly improve your grade

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10 point Program Grading Scale

• 1 pt Name, class, assignment in comments at top
• 2 pts Sample Output
• 2 pts Correct Style
• 5 pts Program Correctness
• Always put your name, class and assignment on the
  subject line of the email message

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Web and email

• Send programs to room334_at_gmail.com
• Send questions to mrsimon_at_earthling.net
• Check mrsimon.net for assignments, grades,
  software and other information

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Logging On

• User Name The last digit of graduation year
  (Class of 20055) plus first initial and last
  name, 9 characters maximum, in the user name
  field
• Password last 4 numbers of student id
• Log on to Choose "Lowell" from pull down menu

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Examples

• Example 1
• Student nameLinda Smith
• Class of 2004
• ID 123456789
• User Name4lsmith
• Password 6789
• Example 2
• Student nameLinda Shakespeare
  
• Class of 2007
• ID 111110012
• User Name 7lshakesp
• Password 12

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Logging On

• If Lisa Wong and Linda Wong are in the same
  class, they would have the same user name (e.g.
  5lwong)
• To differentiate those students, a number was
  added to the end (e.g. 5lwong2)
• There is a list of those students online at
  http//inside.lowell.edu

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The first time you log on

• You will be prompted to change your password
  Choose a password that you can remember that is
  less than 8 characters in length

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Saving your work

• In "My Computer" you should see two network
  drives
• Save your work to the network drive with your
  username
• If you check Tools Folder Options Offline
  files Synchronize All offline files before
  logging off your work will still be available
  even if the school network "goes down"

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Log Off!

• Please remember to logoff each time you finish
  with the computer, otherwise other people will be
  able to access your home folder!

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You can now access your work

• on any classroom computer in any classroom
• the library
• the Mac lab
• room 215
• JROTC resource center

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Assignment 0

• Send an email to room334_at_gmail.com with the
  following information
• Your name, reg, class and computer
• Your parents/guardians name, home phone and email
• Your parents work/daytime phone
• Secret Code (4 digits/characters, examples AOK1,
  1776, KT85)
• Log Off when youre done