Difference between revisions of "User:Samolson"

Revision as of 22:35, 23 June 2017

Week 1 (5/30/2017)

• Init new wiki page for Sam Olson
• Set up Arduino hardware and software, and familiarize with interface
• Set up Adafruit Circuit Playground hardware and software, and familiarize with interface
• Continue to work with Arduino and MUzECS shield
• Read "A Browser-based IDE for the MUzECS Platform"
• Research CS Discovery, Code.org curriculum for Circuit Playground and IDE AppLab
• Help finish project overview paragraph
• Read "A Browser-based IDE for the MUzECS Platform"

Week 2

• Read "MUzECS: Embedded Blocks for Exploring Computer Science"
• Brainstorm methods to survey local schools utilizing the MUzECS platform
• Responsible Conduct of Research training
• Develop research question first draft
• Attend working lunch
• Investigate MUzECS IDE platform version 3, get working on Linux, Windows, and MacOS
• Why won't the IDE work on Chromebook?
• Read "To Block or not to Block, That is the Question: Students' Perceptions of Blocks-based Programming"

Week 3 (6/11)

• Research other applications built with Blockly
• Continue reading "To Block or not to Block, That is the Question: Students' Perceptions of Blocks-based Programming"
• Complete CITI RCR Session 1
• Attend working lunch
• Why can't MUzECS board be detected by MUzECS IDE or Codebender or AppLab on Chromebook?
• Not enough data for current research question -- rethink research question

Week 4 (6/18)

• Try programming Circuit Playground with MUzECS IDE
• Research parameters to support Circuit Playground on avrgirl
• Research Circuit Playground-specific code blocks from AppLab
• Attend working lunch
• Scan code.org for Johnny-Five usage
• Investigate error with installing Firmata on Circuit Playground via MUzECS: "could not reconnect after resetting board."
• Setup Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
• Attempt building MUzECS IDE