Assignments

Mr. DW’s Contact Info

  • email: dw@stuy.edu
  • office: 301
    • Periods 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    • Pre-arranged appointments get preferred treatment.
  • In case of emergency, break glass
    • Zoom link for potential remote class.

Important Note

This is still a relatively new course. I have clear ideas about what the class will look like, but those will evolve as the year goes on. You all will help create this course. Changes will almost certainly be made based on my observations and your feedback. Things like assignment and assessment types (i.e. projects, tests, presentations) may change during the semester, but those changes will always be made clear to you all.

Your Responsibilities:

  1. Be a good human being!
    • Treat each other (and me) with respect and kindness.
    • Take care of the classroom and the equipment contained within.
    • Be courteous to your classmates.
  2. Come to class!
    • “80% of success is showing up.”
    • If you’re not here, you can’t learn, and you can’t work with your classmates.
    • If you are absent or late, have a note ready.
  3. Do the work!
    • There will be smaller assignments and large projects.
    • “work” assignments
      • There will not be nightly homework assignments.
      • When you’ve learned enough to create something reasonable, there will be an assignment.
      • Most of these will be individual assignments unless otherwise noted.
      • Somewhere between a couple days and a week after an assignment, solutions will be posted to github.
      • Once a solution is posted, late assignments will not be accepted. You cannot submit all missed work at the end of the semester or marking period and expect to get credit.
    • “project” assignments
      • There will be a project at the end of each marking period.
      • These will increase in scope as the semester goes on.
      • You will have the option to work in groups for these.
    • You cannot submit all missed work at the end of the semester or marking period and expect to get credit.
    • These assignments will form the bulk of your grade.
    • My goal is to not overburden you with work, but that means that missing an assignment in this class will have a larger impact on your grade than missing an assignment in a class with nightly homework (because that’s how math works).
    • Submit your own work. Anyone caught plagiarizing will receive a 0 for the assignment along with further disciplinary action as required by school policy (Check out How to compsci at stuy if you need a refresher on academic dishonesty).
  4. The only way to fail this class is to violate the previous 2 points (I cannot give poor grades for not being a good human being, but there are much larger repercussions for failing in that area that will last much longer than a high school class grade).

My Responsibilities:

  1. Be a good human being.
  2. Create a class environment that is welcoming and conducive to learning.
  3. Teach you something about computer science, programming and using Processing.