Class 1 - Notes

Schedule

Before 8:29pm on Thursday, 21 January:

Visit the course site, xplorecs.org, to find the on-line version of these notes with links to follow.
Submit Registration Survey.
Join the https://cs1120.slack.com group and send an entertaining message to the group to announce your presence.
Add the course calendar to your calendar (if you don't use Google calendar, do this using ical).
Read and sign the course pledge (and bring to class Friday). If you don't agree to everything in it, make sure to talk with me.
Register at udacity.com and start the first lesson of Intro to Computer Science (cs101).
Read Chapter 1: Computing of the coursebook.

Before 11:29pm on Sunday, 24 January:

Complete Lesson 1 of Intro to Computer Science (cs101), including "Lesson 1: Problem Set".
Read Chapter 2: Language of the coursebook.
First opportunity to take "White Belt" test will be in class on Monday, 25 January. It will cover material from the first two classes, Chapters 1 and 2 of the coursebook, and cs101: Lesson 1 and cs101: Lesson 1: Problem Set.

What is a computer?

How many computers are you carrying right now?

What is Computer Science? (We didn't cover this, but think about it, and we will cover it in Friday's class)