CSC260SylS2024 < CenterForComputing

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---++ Details
   * Professor: Dr. Cathy Bareiss
   * Office SB 31
   * Class Time: 2:00-2:50 W
   * Class Location: S 025
   * Textbook: Student membership in ACM. Resources from ACM Learning Center that will be used include:

---++ Course Content
---+++ Policies
   * [[OnLineHelp][Use of Internet Resources]]
   * [[AcceptableWork][Integrity]]
   * [[LatePolicy ]]

---+++ Assignments
   1 Learning journal, plan
      a. HTML/css learning journal
      a. Javascript learning journal
      a. php learning journal
      a. Professionalism learning journal
      a. Learning plan
   1. Exams
      * two exams on the learning

There are two additional assignments involving reactions to current events. Announcements will *not* be made in class.  You are responsible to track these yourself.  Standard late policy will apply to these assignments.<br>You are to react to current events/publications.  A reaction to an article includes enough to convince me that you have read the entire article and not just the headline or first paragraph.  It should include a summary of what was said and your reaction.  Be sure to give a complete reference to the item.  These should be turned in as a hard copy in class within one week of the item being published.  You may pick when.  Each one does have a deadline.  The ones you pick must be unique to this course
   a. Write a reaction to one article in the ACM !TechNews. It must be programming related. This needs to be completed by midterm.
   a. Write a reaction to one article in XRDS. It must be programming related. This needs to be completed before the final.
---+++ Extra credit
   * Extra credit will only be made available based on the entire class needs.  Such as an exam that most people did poorly on despite a good effort.
---+++ Grades

Your grades are made up of:
   1 Each exam is worth 10%
   1 The two ACM assignments are worth (combined 5%)
   1 Each learning journal is worth 15%
   1 First draft of the learning plan is 10%
   1 Final draft of the learning plan is worth 20%


   * Grade scale
      * 93% &lt;= average &lt;= 100% -&gt; A
      * 90% &lt;= average &lt; 93% -&gt; A-
      * 87% &lt;= average &lt; 90% -&gt; B+
      * 83% &lt;= average &lt; 87% -&gt; B
      * 80% &lt;= average &lt; 83% -&gt; B-
      * 77% &lt;= average &lt; 80% -&gt; C+
      * 73% &lt;= average &lt; 77% -&gt; C
      * 70% &lt;= average &lt; 73% -&gt; C-
      * 67% &lt;= average &lt; 70% -&gt; D+
      * 63% &lt;= average &lt; 67% -&gt; D
      * 60% &lt;= average &lt; 63% -&gt; D-
      * 0% &lt;= average &lt; 60% -&gt; F

---+++ Tentative Schedule (needs fixing)
| *Wednesday* 			|
| 1/10: 	| 
| 1/17: Tracking Learning		| 
| 1/24: Learning Levels	| 
| 1/31:  10 Things Software Developers Should Learn about Learning					| 
| 2/7: Deciding what to learn  					| 
| 2/14: How to use what you have learned					| 
| 2/21: Demonstrating what you have learned				 	| 
| 2/28: Creating a learning plan					|
| 3/6: Spring Break			| 
| 3/13: 			 		| 
| 3/20: 					| 
| 3/27: 					| 
| 4/3: 	 				| 
| 4/10: 					| 
| 4/17: 					| 
| 4/24: Classes			| 
| 5/1: Finals Week			| 
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