Category: AP CSP

Summary: Today we started by finishing our review of our plaintext protocols (Yesterday’s Activity). We then discussed our next project Rich Text Protocol.

The Rich Text Protocol is very similar to our Plaintext Protocol but must include support for the following features…

• Size: small, medium large
• Color: black, red, green, blue
• Style: none, bold, underline, italic
• Script: noscript,  _subscript, ^superscript

The default text is medium size, black, no styles, no script.

Your protocol will be evaluated on the same following aspects…

• Functionality – The protocol accomplishes the task at hand. It always works.
• Clarity – The protocol is written clearly and is easy to understand
• Formatting – The document looks polished and professional.
• Efficiency – The protocol uses as few bits as possible.
• Ease of Use – It is fast and easy to use.
• Examples – The protocol includes at least one example.

Homework: Rich Text Protocols are due Tuesday at 8:00am (submit via Google Classroom)(CA-05)

Summary: Today we shared and evaluated the plaintext protocol that we made over the last two days.

Today’s Activity.

Homework: Complete slides #8 and Slides #11 (CA-04). If you need help slide #9 is kind of an example (answers for slide 9 would be somethings like b_f or bc_ or _df where the underscore symbol represents a space)

Summary: Today we worked to finish our Plain Text Protocol in Google Classroom (due Tomorrow before class)(CA-03).

Write a protocol (set of instructions) on how to turn plaintext into binary and vice versa. You protocol should include the ability to write the following

• a-z
• A-Z
• Punctuation . , ? ! “
• Numbers 0-9
• Basic Math Operations + – * /
• And of course a “blank space” to separate words.

Be sure to include at least one example in your protocol to help illustrate how it works.

Rubric: Your work must meet the following requirements…

• Functionality – The protocol accomplishes the task at hand. It always works.
• Clarity – The protocol is written clearly and is easy to understand
• Formatting – The document looks polished and professional.
• Efficiency – The protocol uses as few bits as possible.
• Ease of Use – It is fast and easy to use.
• Examples – The protocol includes at least one example.

Homework: Complete your Plaintext Protocol in Google Classroom

Summary: Today we started by doing some bellwork in Today’s Activity and then went back to review yesterday’s test questions (we did not do the candy protocol). We then made sure that everybody created the following accounts below…

• Join Code.org here (code: SYRFPR ). Login with Google using your @fwusd8.org Google account.
• Join Classroom.Google.com here (code: F5JLPZL) Login with Google using your @fwusd8.org Google account.
• Join Student.Desmos.com Here (code 7PPGFX). Login with Google using your @fwusd8.org Google account.

Finally we introduced the Plaintext Protocol (due Thursday)(see Google Classroom for details).

Homework: Plaintext Protocol (due Thursday)

Summary: Today we answered any questions students had about Friday’s practice questions. Then we took our Number Systems Quiz (TQ-01)

After the quiz we continued to work on our isometric drawings. We tried to draw a tetromino rotated around all three axis. We also tried to recreate the two isometric solids below.

Homework: none

Summary: Today we practiced to prepare for our number systems quiz. We also turned in our bellwork.

Please sign up for our Desmos Classroom here. The class code is 7PPGFX. Make sure you “Sign in with Google” and use your @fwusd8.org address!

After you have signed up for our Desmos Classroom you should be able to access the Number System Practice assignment.

Homework: Coming soon…

Summary: Today we learned about why hexadecimal is useful and shortcuts to convert between binary and hexadecimal.

• Byte – Typically 8 bits
• Data – Any type of information. Could be represented using words, numbers, bits or other forms.
• Overflow Error – An error that occurs when you don’t have enough room to store your data.

At the end of class we drew isometric terominos and tried to rotated them around the x, y, and z axis.

Homework: none

Summary: Today we learned about the hexadecimal system.

• Hexadecimal – A base 16 number system. Common among computer scientists because it is easy to convert to/from Binary. The sixteen symbols are 0123456789ABCDEF, and we typical write them as hex pairs (eg: 5G A7 BB)

Homework: Fill in the blanks of this table

Summary: Today we continued working with number systems and got our first look at the base-2 number system called Binary.

• Binary – A way of representing information using only two options.
• Bit – A “Binary Digit”. The single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1

Homework: Fill in this decimal -> binary table

Summary: Today we arranged shapes in sequences for bellwork. We then dived into number systems by exploring the base-9 number system (nonary). We also added the word protocol to our vocabulary sheet.

• Protocol – A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

Homework: Work on filling out the missing values in this table.