EBoard 40: Wrapup (Section 1)

Preparation

• Grab about a dozen white cards.
• Grab a pen.
• Sit where you’d like (within reason).

I am not recording you! I make no promises about the government or others.

Approximate optimistic overview

• Administrivia
• Q&A
• A class activity, part 1
• “The subject matter of the class.”
• EOCEs
• A class activity, part 2
• Final thoughts

Administrative stuff

Introductory notes

• I sent a long email message last night. Please check it for policy updates and such.
  • Let me know if you have questions.
• Revised grade reports went out last night.
  • I still need to award tokens for “early” MPs.
• Sunday is Mother’s day (in the US). If you have a mother figure, please send them greetings.
• Office hours next week are “by arrangement”.

Upcoming activities

Scholarly

Artistic

• Any day it’s open. GCMoA. BAX

Multicultural

Peer

Musical, theatric, sporting, and academic events involving this section’s students are welcome.

Wellness

• Tonight. Noyce at Nerf
• Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 5:00–6:00 p.m., HSSC Atrium. Therapy Dogs.
• Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:15–8:15 p.m., HSSC Atrium. Therapy Dogs.
• Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 9:00 p.m., JRC Lobby. Ice Cream with Dining Services

Misc

• Sunday, 11 May 2025, 7:30–8:30 p.m., Science 3819. Mentor Session: SoLA 5

Other good things

These do not earn tokens, but are worth your consideration.

Upcoming work

• Friday, 9 May 2025
  • End-of-course evaluations in class.
  • Submit post-reflection for MP9 on Gradescope
  • Submit post-reflection for SoLA 4 on Gradescope
• Monday, 12 May 2025
  • SoLA 5 released at 4pm!
• Friday, 16 May 2025 (5pm)
  • Submit final redo for MP1 on Gradescope
  • Submit final redo for MP2 on Gradescope
  • Submit final redo for MP3 on Gradescope
  • Submit final redo for MP4 on Gradescope
  • Submit final redo for MP5 on Gradescope
  • Submit final redo for MP6 on Gradescope
  • Submit final redo for MP7 on Gradescope
  • Submit SoLA 5 on Gradescope

Friday PSA

• You are awesome. Please stay that way.
• People care about you. Take care of yourself.
• Moderation in what you do.
  • Even schoolwork, if possible.
• Consent is essential, but not sufficient.

Questions

Administrative

Do we have pre-reflections and post-reflections for SoLA 5?

No.

When will we get SoLA 4 back?

Sunday, I hope.

When will we get MP 9 back?

Sunday, I hope.

When will you send out grade reports?

After SoLA 4 and MP9 are graded.

Probably after any redos are graded.

When will we get other MPs back?

TBD.

I forgot to submit part of MP9 / I want to fix MP9. What do I do?

Resubmit. (Let me know if you plan to do so, so that I don’t grade yours early.)

Will the entire size of the image be considered for MP9?

I will run (image-width (image-series n NUM1 NUM2)) and see if it’s NUM1.

I will run (image-height (image-series n NUM1 NUM2)) and see if it’s NUM2.

If not, no E.

Can I earn two tokens if I visit the therapy dogs at two separate sessions?

Yes.

How about if I visit two therapy dogs in the same session?

No.

Three?

No.

A class activity, part 1

Grab white cards. Write things down. Whee!

“The subject matter of this class”

• “Fill in the blank helped me learn the subject matter of this class.”
• The broad subject matter of the class
  • This is a course intended to help you learn computational thinking, develop problem-solving skills, and introduce you to the functional model of computation/programming.
• Scheme programming, Computational Thinking, Functional Problem Solving, How to build software (testing), General skills, …
• Another perspective
  • The 24 LAs
• Other things that aren’t evaluated, but may still be important. (TPS)
  • Be kind.
  • Be snarky. Snark is love. (Maybe “snark is life”, for Ted Lasso fans.)
  • The components of an algorithm (sequencing, conditionals)
  • Credit those you get help from
  • We can teach ourselves; Sam is pointless
  • Practice asking questions
  • We have multiple audiences for our code; documentation helps!
  • Decomposition is an important skill, one that need not be limited to CS
  • You don’t have to know everything; it’s good to ask questions and ask for help [+1]
  • The class is hard; acknowledge that hard classes sometimes suck
  • There was so much work that we learned how to manage our time better [+2]
  • Use math
  • Pair programming can be useful in other situations; think about the driver and navigator paradigm.
  • Pay attention
  • The big five: You are awesome. People care about you. Take care of yourselves. Moderation. Consent.

EOCEs

• The mentor and I will leave during this portion of the class. Someone will need to grab us after you are finished.
• Do not leave after EOCEs.

A class activity, part 2

See part 1.

Final comments