Designing Solutions Through Programming

Friday 30 August 2024 - Block 6
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Daily Note

Hello! 

Let's take a look at your club website. 

New tool alert! We have a collaborative code editor, where you can copy code I've typed - making it easier for you to keep up with the class. 

1. We will take a look at our daily reminders; as I'm taking attendance, please ensure you are working from your programming folder!

2. We will continue to learn about html, including a deeper look at HTML tags (this becomes important later).

3. We will learn about a container elements, div

4. We will start learning about CSS

  1. We will watch this video about css
  2. We will learn about selectors
  3. We will learn about external stylesheets
  4. We will look at the following CSS properties:
    1. border
    2. padding
    3. margin
    4. cursor
    5. float
    6. width
    7. color
    8. background-color
    9. text-align
    10. text-spacing
    11. text-shadow
    12. google font

5. we will discuss the difference between class and id

6. We will learn about developer tools (you should use google chrome for this)

7. We will not have time for positioning, please watch this video for homework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx5jmI0UlXU

 

Statement of Inquiry

The big idea for today is Course orientation.

The essential questions for this topic are:

What do I need to know, understand and do to be prepared for this class?

It takes time to explore and really understand a big idea. If you want to
learn more about course orientation (which is connected to today's daily note), please click here .

We are learning this because as a designers must understand scientific and technical innovation. Designers use systems, models, methods, and processes to solve problems.



Reminders & routines:

IF (this_block == first_block_day) {
     read_daily_bulletin;
}

IF (today == Friday) {
     computing_careers()
}

As I am taking attendance:

  1. For students who are physically at ASW: Please check now: am I connected to the American School of Warsaw wireless network
  2. Please check now: is visual studio code working from my programming folder?

To remember: 

  1. All the files you need for this course can be found at this link. Please pay attention to the time the file was last updated. 
  2. You can access a web-based view of your database by clicking this link.
  3. Please be aware of course videos to help you understand our content.