User:Samolson

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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
  • 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