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2023

Week 1: (May 30th - June 2nd)

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


Week 2: (June 5th - June 9th)

Monday (6/5)

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


Week 3: (June 12th - June 16th)

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:
  • 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


Week 4: (June 19th - June 23rd)

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


Week 5: (June 26th - June 30th)

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


Week 6: (July 3rd - July 7th)

Monday (7/3)

  • Created the slides for presentation for Wednesday

Tuesday(7/4)

  • Off for holiday

Wednesday(7/5)

  • Attended the weekly REU meeting
  • Gave my presentation on Exploring Computer Science and the progress of the ECS website.

Thursday(7/6)

  • Attended the Harley-Davidson Museum.
  • Touched base with Mary about future work.
  • Started making updates to the teacher side view of students.

Friday(7/7)

  • Finished making updates to the teacher side view of students.


Week 7: (July 10th - July 14th)

Monday (7/10)

  • Met with Syd and Mary. Assigned them tasks involving the revision of the ECS curriculum.
  • Found inefficiency within database. Started modifying files to fix that.
  • Started planning and started building the notification system

Tuesday (7/11)

  • Finished notification system (Not including multi-page webpages)
  • Started making UI for teacher student sorting.

Wednesday(7/12)

  • Attended weekly REU meeting
  • Met with group and modified curriculum
  • Made changes to website based on modifications to curriculum
  • Had meeting with Brylow to discuss changes to curriculum and website.

Thursday(7/13)

  • Met with group to continue making changes to curriculum.
  • Finished teacher student sorting

Friday(7/14)

  • Fixed bug in which did not allow teachers to click on template code
  • Fixed multi page color bug
  • Added titles to notification icons


Week 8: (July 17th - July 21st)

Monday (7/17)

  • Attended the ECS Professional Development.
  • Met with Sheryl Knox and Dianthe Morgan to talk about what needs to be completed this week and how we plan on this week of PD working.
  • Planned a lesson to present at the PD the next day.

Tuesday (7/18)

  • Attended the ECS Professional Development.
  • Presented the lesson on "Web Scavenger Hunt"

Wednesday(7/19)

  • Attended the ECS Professional Development.
  • Attended the weekly REU meeting on poster presentations.
  • Met with research team to receive updates on projects.

Thursday(7/20)

  • Attended the ECS Professional Development.

Friday(7/21)

  • Attended the last day of ECS Professional Development.
  • Met with research team to gather updates on the various projects we are working on.


Week 9: (July 24th - July 28th)

Monday (7/24)

  • Started typing up lessons from ECS Curriculum with updates from the professional development from last week.
  • Began planning for my final poster presentation.

Tuesday (7/25)

  • Met with Dr. Brylow and some fellow REU students to talk about expectations for the poster presentation.
  • Worked through more of Unit 3 with Mary and Syd, clarifying instructions.
  • Continued updating lessons from the ECS curriculum with changes made from the professional development last week.

Wednesday(7/26)

  • Worked on the poster presentation and its aspects.
  • Attended the weekly REU meeting.
  • Continued working on my final poster presentation.

Thursday(7/27)

  • Continued working on my final poster presentation
  • Attended the REU Boat Tour of Milwaukee.

Friday(7/28)

  • Finished making my final poster presentation.
  • Started the outline of final paper
  • Continued modifying ECS curriculum


Week 10: (July 31th - August 4th)

Monday (7/31)

  • Started rough draft of final paper

Tuesday (8/1)

  • Met with Mary and Syd to work on the ECS curriculum (Through Day 23)

Wednesday(8/2)

  • Finished rough draft of paper
  • Finished modifications to midway presentation for final presentation


2022

Week 1: (May 31st - June 3rd)

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


Week 2: (June 6th - June 10th)

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


Week 3: (June 13th - June 17th)

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


Week 4: (June 20th - June 24th )

Family Emergency, Off All week

Week 5: (June 27th - July 1st)

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


Week 6: (June 4th - July 8th)

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


Week 7: (June 11th - July 15th)

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)


Week 8: (June 18th - July 22nd)

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)


Week 9: (July 25th- July 29th)

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