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** Tried "lsusb" in developer mode, the board does appear there.  
 
** Tried "lsusb" in developer mode, the board does appear there.  
 
** Tried connecting with other Chromebook applications, none of them work.
 
** Tried connecting with other Chromebook applications, none of them work.
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==== June 14 ====
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* Did the ethics quizzes that were required for the REU. Still have to do the assignments.
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==== June 15 ====
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* Tried to use another Chromebook, it still doesn't work.
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* Talked to Dr. Brylow and considered the possibility of changing research question due to the difficulty of obtaining the required information during this summer.

Revision as of 05:17, 16 June 2017

About Me

I'm a Computer Science student at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus.

Progress

Week 1 - May 29 to June 3

May 30

  • Created my wiki page.
  • Talked with Dr. Dennis Brylow about possible research areas.
  • Installed the MUzECS platform and got it working.

June 1

June 2

  • Read 2 papers. One based on the Scratch programming interface and another paper based on Snap! high school students' transitions to Java.
  • Attempted to get MUzEC's most recent Chromebook web app to work. No success yet.

June 3

  • Received a very informative paper from Dr. Brylow and read it. It's about how blocks impact the learnability of languages.

Week 2 - June 4 to June 10

June 5

  • Looked up and started learning about Blockly and its alternatives.

June 6

  • Attended the Responsible Conduct of Research training.

June 7

  • Sam and I came up with a research question and other considerations for the project.

June 8

  • Was able to run the latest MUzECS code on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Having issues recognizing the Arduino port on Chromebooks.

June 9

  • Began learning how to use the Johnny-Five library for Node.js.

Week 3 - June 11 to June 17 =

June 12

  • Continued understanding MUzECS source code.
  • Kept on attempting to get the Chromebook to work with last version of MUzECS. It still does not appear in the "Serial Ports".
    • Tried it in normal mode and developer mode.
    • Tried it after a factory reset, and both modes after reset.
    • Tried all Chromebook channels.
    • Tried "lsusb" in developer mode, the board does appear there.
    • Tried connecting with other Chromebook applications, none of them work.

June 14

  • Did the ethics quizzes that were required for the REU. Still have to do the assignments.

June 15

  • Tried to use another Chromebook, it still doesn't work.
  • Talked to Dr. Brylow and considered the possibility of changing research question due to the difficulty of obtaining the required information during this summer.