UNIV 101 Index Page

University 101 - Building Virtual Worlds

An index page for various class resources

last modified 12/5/2006

Syllabus

Schedule

Announcements

If you haven't taken the final yet, you must take it Thursday at 10:35 a.m. in our regular classroom. If you wish to check your assignment status before then, please see me in my office.
The final exam time, as written on the course syllabus, in incorrect. The time noted, Monday, December 11, at 1:10 p.m. is actually for classes that meet at 11:30 on Tuesday/Thursday, NOT Monday/Wednesday/Friday. The correct time for the final is Thursday, December 14, at 10:35 a.m. While some students may have a conflict with the Monday time, no one can have a conflict with the Thursday time. On the other hand, it is possible that some students made travel plans based upon the bad information. Therefore, the final exam will be given at BOTH times; you may take either exam. Note that if you have a Tuesday/Thursday 11:30 class, you have no choice (unless that class has no final); on the other hand, you should have discovered the conflict before you made any travel plans, so there is no real problem here. By a happy coincidence, our room (PL 157) is available in both time slots; that is the location of the final.
A schedule of hours when course assistance is available has been linked.

Readings

11/27 ACM Code of Ethics
10/30 Cooper et. al., Chapters 4 and 5
10/1 Cooper et. al., Chapter 3
9/12 Suskind, finish book by class on 9/20
9/12 Cooper et. al., Chapter 2
8/30 Cooper et. al., Chapter 1

Homework

Oral Presentations, to be given Dec. 4 (and possibly Dec. 6), in class.
Final Alice project, due Dec. 8, 4 p.m. (known pairings)
Cornell note taking assignment, due Dec. 8, 4 p.m.
You are to build an Alice world that completes any of the exercises on pages 110-114 OR one of the following from pages 136-141: #3 ( Robot Remote Control), #4 (Typing Tutor), #5 (Rotational Motion), #6 (Mad Scientist Magic), #7 (Ninja Motion), #8 (The Cheshire Cat), #11 (Carousel Go-round), 12 (Snow Festival), #13 (Flowerbox), #14 (Penguin Slide), #15 (Hockey), or #16 (Slappy). When your world is complete, email it to your instructor. This email must be received by Tuesday, November 21, at 10 a.m. Keep in mind that doing the minimal amount of work will probably not result in an "A" on the assignment.
You are to build an Alice world that completes one of the following exercises on pages 68-69: #3 (Hop), #4 (Volleyball jump), #6 (Blimp and Dragon), or #7 (Snowman to Stool). When your world is complete, email it to your instructor. This email must be received by Friday, October 20, at 4 p.m.
Schedule assignment, due Oct. 16, noon.
Three Questions assignment, due Dec. 8, 4 p.m.
Read the associated Word document (one page) about the MBTI and take the test described at http://typefocus.com. Do this before class on Monday, Sept. 25. You are to email me your four-letter code by 9 a.m. on the 25th.
Prepare (mentally, not on paper) answers to the study questions regarding A Hope In The Unseen.
Work through Chapter 2 and complete ANY ONE of the five exercises at the end of the chapter. When your world is complete, email it to your instructor. This email must be received by Wednesday, September 20, at 4 p.m.
Launch the Alice software and complete the first tutorial. If you can, do so before Wednesday's (8/30) class.
Send me an email including an introduction, an interesting fact about you, and a good joke.

Other stuff

Results of the self-reported skills inventory are here
Final project pairings are announced here

Journal Topics

Week 16 (Finals, 12/14) "Finals..."
Week 15 (12/8) "My biggest success this semester..." NOTE: see line below for 'due date' adjustment
Week 15 (12/6) "My fall semester..." NOTE: This was published a day late, so all responses will be granted a one-day grace period; same for next entry)
Week 14 (12/1) "Returning to Bonaventure after break..."
Week 14 (11/29) <No start sentence - rather a "title">; "My Life and a Code of Ethics"
Week 13 (11/24) <No second journal this week>
Week 13 (11/22) "Over Thanksgiving break, ..."
Week 12 (11/17) "To deal with end-of-semester stress..."
Week 12 (11/15) "Of mental health, physical health, and spiritual health..."
Week 11 (11/10) "One thing I would change about Bonaventure..."
Week 11 (11/8) "To land my first job (after graduation), I will need. .."
Week 10 (11/3) Choice: "My Clare courses..." OR "The Richter Center..."
Week 10 (11/1) "If I could have one 'do over' for the semester..."
Week 9 (10/25) <No starting quote>; write about the registration plenary presentation and the behavior of the students at the one you attended...
Week 9 (10/23) "Outside of classes..."
Week 8 (10/18) "One concern I have about registration is..."
Week 8 (10/16) "For the second half of the semester..."
Week 7 - Between midterm break and my failing memory, no journal was posted (or thus required) this week.
Week 6 (10/6) - "Over midterm break, ... "
Week 6 (10/4) - Due to a posting error, no entry was posted in time. Everyone gets full credit for this journal entry.
Week 5 (9/29) - <In recognition of Ron Suskind's talk> "I am a bit like Cedric in that..."
Week 5 (9/27) - "Based upon my personality type, success at Bonaventure..."
Week 4 (9/22) - "One way in which the Franciscan values lecture seems to relate to campus life is..."
Week 4 (9/20) - <No starting quote>; write about some aspect of your physical well-being
Week 3 (9/15) - "Academically, ..." Note: again, I published this a day late, so it is really due on 9/16.
Week 3 (9/13) - "The most intriguing organization at the organizational fair was..." Note: nothing here implies that you wish to be associated with that intriguing organization!
Week 2 (9/8) - "From the FLRC, I learned..."
Week 2 (9/6) - "If I had to do Monday's talk over again, I would..."
Week 1 (9/1) - "My biggest surprise thus far has been..." Note: due to an error of mine, this did not get posted until 8/31; thus the real due date is noon on 9/4. My apologies.
Week 1 (8/30)- "My biggest challenge in college will be..."