User:Gustavo
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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
- Began searching for papers on Block-Based programming.
- Me and Sam Olson created a page for the project we're working on: Advancing via MUzECS Platform.
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.
