Intro. to Programming Calendar

September
2011

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Off	School Closed	School Closed	1 School Closed	2 School Closed
5 Labor Day	6 First day	7 Login procedure Distribute Textbooks	8 History of computers Video   Test on Computer History	9 History of computers Video   Test on Computer History
12 Finish Computer History Test on history Computer History Practice	13 Physical Components of a Computer QBasic opening screen Text Pgs 1 - 10	14 Entering, running and saving a program Text Pgs 11-22	15 Chapter Review Loading & Editing a practice program L:\PROGRAM\ EXAMPLE1.BAS Text Pgs22-27	16 Review of chapter 1 Test on chapter1
19 Types of programming languages Structured Programming Text Pgs30-36	20 The programming process top down design Text Pgs36-41	21 Flowcharts & pseudocode REMark statements Text Pgs41-47	22 program -ASSIGN1 input -number ofhours Output - number of seconds in those hours Text Pgs48-49 # 1-15	23 Review of Chapter 2 Test on Chapter 2
26 Qbasic variables Constants Numeric & String Text Pgs52-59 CLS, REM LET PRINT and END Arithmetic operators +-*/and^ Text Pgs59-64	27 Labeling output Using the immediate window to debug programs Text Pgs64-71 c3l1n1 c3l1n3 c3l2n2 c3l2n5	28 Example Programming problem EXAMPLE2.BAS Text Pgs71-77	29 LAB Text Pgs80,81 c3l1n1 c3l1n3 c3l2n2 c3l2n5 Review of Chapter 3	30 Review of Chapter 3 Test on Chapter 3

STI Assessment
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Skills array & Objectives

Students will be able to:

1. List the three kinds of tasks a computer can perform.
2. Name the three features that make a computer useful.
3. Explain the purpose of the central processing unit and discuss its three components.
4. Discuss the different input, output, and secondary storage devices used with computer systems.
5. Explain the purpose of the computer's operating system.
6. Access QBasic and identify the different parts of the QBasic screen.
7. Explain how to select commands from the QBasic menu bar.
8. Enter a simple program, store it on disk, and load it back into the computer's main memory.
9. Edit program statements.
10. Describe the three levels of programming languages.
11. Discuss why structured programming was first developed.
12. Explain why structured programs are divided into modules.
13. Discuss the history of the BASIC language.
14. List the four steps used in problem solving.
15. Determine the needed input and output for simple programming problems.
16. Define the term algorithm and develop algorithms for problem solutions.
17. List the three basic logic structures.
18. Draw structure charts for simple programming problem solutions.
19. Define top-down design and give three advantages of using top-down design.
20. Define flowchart and pseudocode.
21. List and explain the purpose of the five flowcharting symbols discussed in this chapter.
22. Explain how the three basic logic structures are represented in flowcharts.