EBoard 40: Wrapup (Section 3)

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
• Friday, 9 May 2025 5:00 p.m. until 24 hours later. Where it always is. 30 minutes of 24 hours of improv

Multicultural

Peer

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

• Sunday 11 May 2025, 11:59pm, Grin City. Bakery run (bring your pcard)
• Monday, 12 May 2025, 5pm. Bucksbaum Rotunda. Con Brio sings Beyonce and others (Cowboy Carter Mashup)

Wellness

• Tonight. Noyce at Nerf
• Sunday 11 May 2025, 11:00pm. Your bedroom. (Or your partner’s.) Go to bed for the night.
• 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.

An arbitrarily large number?

No.

Are there therapy cats?

Not that anyone has told me about. I’ll suggest them if I can figure out who to suggest them to.

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.)
  • Tokens teach you to manage your obligations
  • Value the ideas of others, even if they are different than you
  • Use Math
  • You have awesome classmates; support them
  • Be patient; you won’t always get an answer immediately
  • Sam gave us so much damn work that we had to learn how to manage our time.
  • Cooperate with others.
  • Eat, bubala, eat. (Learning is better with snax.)
  • Pavlov was right.
  • It’s okay to ask for help. It’s often the right thing to do.
  • College is supposed to be hard. Keep trying. You can do it.
  • Never lose your childlike wonder. (Believe in the magic recursion fairy.)
  • Five things
    • You are awesome.
    • You should take care of yourselves.
    • People care about you.
    • Moderation.
    • Consent is essential but insufficient.

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