Computational Literacies Lab

1. Imperative programming

Week 1 (August 28)

Due: 1.1. Turtle lab

Welcome to LAI 676. Setting norms, building culture. Course overview. Setting up our computers. First steps in programming.

Welcome!

Notes

  • Hello, welcome!
  • About me
  • Vision
  • This course
    • Goals
      • content knowledge (learning CS)
      • pedagogical content knowledge (learning how CS is learned and taught)
    • Hardware
      • Need a real computer
    • Structure
      • Weekly lectures
      • Weekly group meeting
      • Labs, problem sets, projects
      • Help: office hours, discord
  • Do now

Setup

This video guides you through the setup instructions.

Turtle Lab

Finally, this video introduces the first lab, Turtle!