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Weekly preparation activities will be found on Blackboard assignments along with any ancillary reading assignments.

Week	Weekly Theme	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	PA due	Reading-Gaddis
1 Aug 29	What's an algorithm?	Groups Group icebreaker Algorithm Play	Writing a better algorithm	Explore algorithms Hardware concepts	Be the computer! Rule the computer!		Chapter 1
2 Sept 5	Hello World?	Anatomy of a Java program Side by side	Coding standards and Hello World!	File systems Develop algorithms	Orientation to the lab environment		Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
3 Sept 12	What is 3/2?	Data and data types Chart	Two meanings of Plus and data and data types.	Relearning division Using operations to solve problems	Submit system!		Chapter 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 2.13
4 Sept 19	How do I take a big problem and make it a bunch of small more easily solved problems?	Apply the Syle Guide. Chart	Celcius to Fahrenheit	Quiz Review of past material	printf	PA 1 due Friday 5pm	Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.4
5 Sept 26	Exam 1	Problem solving with methods Terminology practice Solution	Separate compilation	Review	Exam 1		Chapter 5.5, 5.3, 5.6
6 Oct 3	Which way do we go?	Your questions about methods, A lecture	Method practice	Special guest lecture Introduction to relational operations and decisions	Introduction to decisions.		Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
7 Oct 10	Lather, rinse, repeat.	More decisions	PA2 due Tuesday 11 pm	RelationalQuiz	Magic 8 ball		Chapter 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.12
8 Oct 17	More loops	IntroToLoops	Loopy 8 ball	Integrity case studies	Bottles of Pop	PA 3 due Friday 5pm	Chapter 4 Gaddis (4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4, 4.5,4.6,4.7,4.9,4.11 Chapter 4 (all)Horstmann
9 Oct 24	Loops	Loopy8Ball.java BottlesOfPop.java BottlesOfPopV2 Practice with Loops	Single loop practice OR Stars	More looping practice	Stars OR Target/Wall of Bricks
10 Cot 31	Arrays	Basic intro to arrays	Array practice	Review ppt Code Exercises Solution	Exam 2		Gaddis - 8.1 - 8.4 Gaddis - 8.5 and 8.6
11 Nov 7	Arrays/Objects	Day off after the exam	Standard Deviation PA4 due Tuesday 11pm	Wrap up arrays ArrayPlay.java StdDev.java StdDeviationHelper.java	Car		Gaddis - Chapter 6.1-6.3
12 Nov 14	Objects	Exploring object oriented programming Quiz	Working with two objects in a class	Exploring objects and overloaded methods	Color139	PA5 due Friday 5pm
13 Nov 21	Thanksgiving break - Have a wonderful and restful week
14 Nov 28	Objects Arrays of Objects	What do we know about objects?	Static variables and methods	Arrays of objects	Yahtzee
15 Dec 5	Wrap Up	Object followup Object followupObject tracing Argument lists Array lists (introduction)	Calvin Snowmen or time to work on the PA	Semester review Questions for the final exam	Coding final during lab time	PA6 due Friday 5pm (NO LATE PAs)
Finals Dec 12 wk	Final Exam Written Capaccio - December 12, 2011 - 3:30 - 5:30pm Harris - December 16, 2011 - 8 - 10:00am

	Theme or link to specific document	Link to update document (if necessary)
PA1 -Which Car?	Input/Output/Operations
PA2	Divide and Conquer
PA3	Decisions
PA4	Looping Basic
PA6	Arrays
PA7	Objects

Updated 08/01/2011 - NLH