CS170: Programming for the World Around Us - Journal Check (10 Points)

The Assignment

Throughout the semester, class activities ask you to create programs and solutions together. These are not submitted for grades, but the activities will often pose reflective questions for you to consider. You should write your informal thoughts on these questions in your class notebook. Additionally, you should post your own activities (for example, code, or the screenshot of a micro:bit program, or a picture of your micro:bit in action) to the notebook as a way to capture the concepts being explored for future reference.

Submission

In your submission, please include answers to any questions asked on the assignment page in your README file. If you wrote code as part of this assignment, please describe your design, approach, and implementation in your README file as well. Finally, include answers to the following questions:
  • Describe what you did, how you did it, what challenges you encountered, and how you solved them.
  • Please answer any questions found throughout the narrative of this assignment.
  • If collaboration with a buddy was permitted, did you work with a buddy on this assignment? If so, who? If not, do you certify that this submission represents your own original work?
  • Please identify any and all portions of your submission that were not originally written by you (for example, code originally written by your buddy, or anything taken or adapted from a non-classroom resource). It is always OK to use your textbook and instructor notes; however, you are certifying that any portions not designated as coming from an outside person or source are your own original work.
  • Approximately how many hours it took you to finish this assignment (I will not judge you for this at all...I am simply using it to gauge if the assignments are too easy or hard)?
  • Your overall impression of the assignment. Did you love it, hate it, or were you neutral? One word answers are fine, but if you have any suggestions for the future let me know.
  • Using the grading specifications on this page, discuss briefly the grade you would give yourself and why. Discuss each item in the grading specification.
  • Any other concerns that you have. For instance, if you have a bug that you were unable to solve but you made progress, write that here. The more you articulate the problem the more partial credit you will receive (it is fine to leave this blank).

Contract Grading

To Receive an A

  • At least five new entries are made into the Journal
  • Each entry contains a thoughtful and detailed response to the journal prompt

To Receive a B

  • At least five new entries are made into the Journal
  • At least three entries contain a thoughtful and detailed response to the journal prompt

To Receive a C

  • At least three new entries are made into the Journal
  • Each entry contains a thoughtful and detailed response to the journal prompt

To Receive a D

  • At least three new entries are made into the Journal
  • At least one entry contains a thoughtful and detailed response to the journal prompt

Please refer to the Style Guide for code quality examples and guidelines.