User:Mazzone

2023

Tuesday (5/30)

• Attended REU introduction meeting
• Attended research team meeting
• Looked over different states landscape reports and saw how they varied

Wednesday (5/31)

• Attended REU meeting on how to conduct research.
• Attended research team meeting
• Went over previous documentation to review website

Thursday(6/1)

• Reworked the code for existing HTML compiler. The bugs fixed include:
  • Bug in security: Instead of the word "script" just being banned, we have implemented dompurify to prevent any malicious code being run. Also prevents scripts, iframes, and other harmful elements from being run.
  • Bug in which special characters sometimes don't work: Made code more efficient to run to combat this.
  • Bug in which CSS would only work if class and the opening bracket were on the same line: Now acts as default CSS would.

Friday(6/2)

• Updating both the user and project entries in Wiki to make more organized and insightful
• Implemented feature in website that detects and points out errors within HTML code

Monday (6/5)

• Implemented feature in website that detects and points out errors within CSS code
  • This includes within the style brackets within HTML
• Read the following research papers:
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2493394.2493405?casa_token=WBQjLpZ7Y7oAAAAA:M6stIzVF0uWOO7b4QxLYhoLkDFtCtLJwXi3LjC7_7P6BXyZNgURY_r6gNbpntDy_ZmFtelCrk-BWEQ
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-019-10037-x
• Made presentation on Towards a taxonomy of errors in HTML and CSS
• Started to apply website changes to rest of days. (Days 10-19 are finished, not including learning checks)

Tuesday(6/6)

• Gave presentation on Towards a taxonomy of errors in HTML and CSS
• Listened to presentation that other REU students gave on research papers
• Applied website changes to rest of days. (Days 1-19 are finished)

Wednesday (6/7)

• Attended REU meeting on Technical Writing
• Made presentation on Sphero
• Made bug fixes including:
  • Error line on css errors within html now being in the correct place
  • Link to homepage was broken if user was found to not be logged in

Thursday(6/8)

• Gave presentation on Sphero
• Listened to presentation that other REU students gave on software and hardware for classrooms
• Reviewed collected research papers and added newly read research papers into document
• Met with Sujeeth to discuss potential of papers

Friday(6/8)

• Started update of curriculum to include header files not previously possible, to be more specific, and to improve formatting (Days 1-6 complete)
• Updated the wiki

Monday (6/12)

• Continued update of curriculum to include header files not previously possible, to be more specific, and to improve formatting (Days 6-13, 15 complete)
• Read research paper:
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2729094.2742606
• Made presentation on research paper

Tuesday (6/13)

• Gave presentation on Teacher Perspectives on Web Design Instruction
• Listened to presentation that other REU students gave on research papers
• Continued update of curriculum to include header files not previously possible, to be more specific, and to improve formatting (Days 14, 16-19 complete)

Wednesday (6/14)

• Attended REU meeting on a mock presentation and reviewed project with everyone
• Created and finished Day 20 in the curriculum

Thursday(6/15)

• Created and finished Day 21 in the curriculum

Friday(6/16)

• Created and finished Day 22 in the curriculum
• Modified the CS Tool Research slides to add Sphero

Monday (6/19)

• Started working on Day 23 in the curriculum (got Starter Code and Notes for 23A-23D)
• Gave presentation on Sphero to K-5 teachers

Tuesday(6/20)

• Added Sphero specs to spreadsheet
• Completed meeting with K-5 teacher on Sphero
• Integrated teacher made curriculum to github

Wednesday(6/21)

• Attended weekly REU meeting and Listened to a sample mini presentation
• Met with lab group
• Met with teachers to discuss what they want to incorporate into their classroom
• Started working on Day 24 in the curriculum

Thursday(6/22)

• Continued meeting with teachers to discuss what they want to incorporate into their classroom
• Finished working on Day 24 in the curriculum
• Finished working on Day 25 in the curriculum

Friday(6/23)

• Demonstrated the projects that we had created during the week
• Met with lab group to discuss travel plans

Monday (6/26)

• Presented on Sphero and Ozobots to Connecticut teachers
• Met with teachers in Connecticut to discuss ways to incorporate Computer Science in their curriculum

Tuesday(6/27)

• Met with teachers in Connecticut to discuss ways to incorporate Computer Science in their curriculum
• Started modifying the Template Teacher Code

Wednesday(6/28)

• Met with teachers in Connecticut to discuss ways to incorporate Computer Science in their curriculum
• Continued modifying the Template Teacher Code.

Thursday(6/29)

• Met with teachers in Connecticut to discuss ways to incorporate Computer Science in their curriculum
• Finished modifying the Template Teacher Code.

Friday(6/30)

• Gave presentation on Area and Perimeter demo, and Playground Blockly demo

2022

Tuesday (5/31)

• Attended REU introduction meeting

Wednesday (6/1)

• Attended REU meeting on how to conduct research.
• Attended research team meeting.

Thursday(6/2)

• Started learning about HTML for website creation
• Started on website design

Friday(6/3)

• Attended REU meeting about ideas for interactive tool
• Completed Responsible Conduct of Research

Monday (6/6)

• Attended RCR Mandatory training sessions for all federally-funded researchers

Tuesday (6/7)

• Worked on Talking Points to bring up to teachers who will provide feedback on improvements

Wednesday (6/8)

• Started Working on Design for Home page of the website

Thursday (6/9)

• Continued Working on Home page of the website
• Started Worked on Design for Teacher/Student Login page of the website

Friday (6/10)

• Continued working on Design for Teacher/Student Login page of the website

Monday (6/13)

• Started working on Design for Registration page of the website

Tuesday (6/14)

• Continue working on Design for Registration page of website

Wednesday (6/15)

• Attended REU check in meeting with other researchers
• Started implementing data fetching for Firebase

Thursday(6/16)

• Continued working on data fetching for implementing firebase
• Started working on data retrieval for implementing firebase

Friday(6/17)

• Family Emergency

Monday (6/27)

• Meeting with Dr. Brylow and Sujeeth to catch up
• Reviewing project status

Tuesday (6/28)

• Made presentation about progress that has been made so far for fellow REU students

Wednesday (6/29)

• Gave presentation about progress that has been made so far for fellow REU students

Thursday(6/30)

• Started working on live stream live chatroom

Friday(7/1)

• Continued working on live stream live chatroom
• Started working on live stream video

Monday (7/4)

• Off for Holiday

Tuesday (7/5)

• Continued working on live stream live chatroom
• Continued working on live stream video
• Started working on online HTML compiler

Wednesday (7/6)

• Continued working on online HTML compiler
• Gave presentation to Milwaukee ECS teachers on roadmap of project

Thursday(7/7)

• Started to fix bugs from Firebase and live stream

Friday(7/8)

• Continued to fix bugs from Firebase and live stream

Monday (7/11)

• Started working on Google Calendar integration (Backend)

Tuesday (7/12)

• Day Off

Wednesday (7/13)

• Attended REU Meeting

Thursday(7/14)

• Continued working on Google Calendar integration (Backend)

Friday(7/15)

• Continued working on Google Calendar integration (Backend)

Monday (7/18)

• Continue working on Google Calendar integration (Frontend)

Tuesday (7/19)

• Continue working on Google Calendar integration (Frontend)

Wednesday (7/20)

• Attended REU meeting about Poster Presentation
• Attended ECS meeting

Thursday (7/21)

• Day Off (Milwaukee Boat Tour)

Friday (7/22)

• Started working on Google Classroom integration (Backend)

Monday (7/25)

• Started working on poster for presentation
• Attended ECS meeting

Tuesday (7/26)

• Continued working on poster for presentation

Wednesday (7/27)

• Continued working on Google Classroom Integration
• Attended REU meeting

Thursday (7/28)

• Started working on gathering resources for future use

Friday (7/29)

• Started working on frontend for upload center