CS382:Class Notes - Revision history

Kay: /* Thursday, May 7, 2009 */

2009-05-07T18:56:40Z

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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	* Predator/prey needs a third lecture		* Predator/prey needs a third lecture
	* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points		* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points
			** Visualization platform across units
	* Squirrels question in Foundation unit (.1 to 82 squirrels per square acre), how do we define front campus?		* Squirrels question in Foundation unit (.1 to 82 squirrels per square acre), how do we define front campus?
	** Do how many trees on front campus instead (verifiable by aerial pictures)		** Do how many trees on front campus instead (verifiable by aerial pictures)
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	** Possibly need to do some trimming		** Possibly need to do some trimming
	** Are we married to a schedule, or can we have some room to wiggle?		** Are we married to a schedule, or can we have some room to wiggle?
			** Possibly one of the units really doesn't quite fit in an intro level modeling class
	* Visualization - lecture notes need to be done better		* Visualization - lecture notes need to be done better
			* Structural modeling
			** Develop unit a little better (lots of unknowns) - suggestions on the page
			* Marketing ideas:
			** Presentations for scidiv and faculty advisors
			** Table in Runyan
			** Send an e-mail out
			** Some sort of alternate gaming - hand outs on campus, answer a question and get something
			** Adds in the Word, ask Word to interview
			** Jelly bean estimate in saga (or Laundry money)
			** Talk in 128, fall science classes
			** Water rocket demo - people handing out food there, have Word reporter there

	=== Wednesday, April 8 ===		=== Wednesday, April 8 ===

Kay at 18:38, 7 May 2009

2009-05-07T18:38:56Z

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	* Be careful choosing which labs go into which weeks		* Be careful choosing which labs go into which weeks
	** With mid-sem break, sometimes labs get shifted back or forward from the lecture		** With mid-sem break, sometimes labs get shifted back or forward from the lecture
			** Possibly need to do some trimming
			** Are we married to a schedule, or can we have some room to wiggle?
			* Visualization - lecture notes need to be done better


	=== Wednesday, April 8 ===		=== Wednesday, April 8 ===

Kay: /* Thursday, May 7, 2009 */

2009-05-07T18:33:13Z

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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	* Rocket lab needs testing
	* Predator/prey needs a third lecture		* Predator/prey needs a third lecture
	* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points		* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points
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	* Finish Concepts, Techniques, Tools		* Finish Concepts, Techniques, Tools
	** Go through each unit and do a gen ed type assessment for these		** Go through each unit and do a gen ed type assessment for these
			** Need a strong thread/theme going through the whole course, and each unit needs to tie back to this
	* End Notes for the class still needs to be sorted out		* End Notes for the class still needs to be sorted out
	** These become a review of the Concepts, Techniques, Tools		** These become a review of the Concepts, Techniques, Tools
	* Fire ~~units~~ needs better student reading that outlines cellular automata (better than Wikipedia)		* Fire
	** Beginning of Rauch's article, ''Seeing Around Corners''?		** Fire unit needs better student reading that outlines cellular automata (better than Wikipedia)
	** Something written about Game of Life?		*** Beginning of Rauch's article, ''Seeing Around Corners''?
			*** Something written about Game of Life?
			** Fire also needs more quiz questions
			** Fire's lecture notes need to be extended
			* Equation modeling
			** The reading needs to be sorted out better and which uses of which decided
			** Rocket lab needs testing and needs to be more specific
			** Bill of materials needs to be sorted out more specifically
			** Should we consider using water instead of air?
			* Chaos
			** Lecture materials need more fleshing out
			** Cligen hasn't been built, instead Mikio made his own software - it's in the page
			** Better layout for the weather forecasting lab
			* Be careful choosing which labs go into which weeks
			** With mid-sem break, sometimes labs get shifted back or forward from the lecture

	=== Wednesday, April 8 ===		=== Wednesday, April 8 ===

Kay: /* Thursday, May 7, 2009 */

2009-05-07T18:22:32Z

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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	* Predator/prey needs a third lecture		* Predator/prey needs a third lecture
	* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points		* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points
			* Squirrels question in Foundation unit (.1 to 82 squirrels per square acre), how do we define front campus?
			** Do how many trees on front campus instead (verifiable by aerial pictures)
			* More reading material for Static Modeling
			* It would be cool if someone made the actual model for the movement of chairs on the heart
			* Finish Concepts, Techniques, Tools
			** Go through each unit and do a gen ed type assessment for these
	* End Notes for the class still needs to be sorted out		* End Notes for the class still needs to be sorted out
	* ~~Squirrels question in Foundation unit~~ (~~.1 to 82 squirrels per square acre~~), ~~how do we define front campus~~?		** These become a review of the Concepts, Techniques, Tools
			* Fire units needs better student reading that outlines cellular automata (better than Wikipedia)
			** Beginning of Rauch's article, ''Seeing Around Corners''?
			** Something written about Game of Life?

	=== Wednesday, April 8 ===		=== Wednesday, April 8 ===

Kay at 18:14, 7 May 2009

2009-05-07T18:14:58Z

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	These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.		These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.
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			=== Thursday, May 7, 2009 ===
			* Rocket lab needs testing
			* Predator/prey needs a third lecture
			* OpenOffice 3.2 (coming out in late November) should have a bubble graph capability ("3d"), but we're still missing the ability to calculate an equation based from data points
			* End Notes for the class still needs to be sorted out
			* Squirrels question in Foundation unit (.1 to 82 squirrels per square acre), how do we define front campus?

	=== Wednesday, April 8 ===		=== Wednesday, April 8 ===

Kay at 14:25, 8 April 2009

2009-04-08T14:25:00Z

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	These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.		These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.
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			=== Wednesday, April 8 ===
			Updating your unit pages:
			* Requirements section - Please flesh these out more. Referring to something above won't help when Charlie takes these as stand alone points - it's rather to copy it from above and reword it slightly so it makes sense in this context. Don't worry about repeating yourself from above.
			** Also, "None" requirements don't need have to have something written after it.

			Random:
			* [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2917167#2917167 Change the highlight color in Firefox]


	=== Monday, March 30 ===		=== Monday, March 30 ===

Kay: /* Monday, March 30 */

2009-03-30T14:49:29Z

Monday, March 30

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	* You're encouraged to use color in your units to help show importance, clarify, etc. but don't use the same colors as the reviewers! (Reviewers: red (Charlie), blue (Kay), grey/magenta (Ian))		* You're encouraged to use color in your units to help show importance, clarify, etc. but don't use the same colors as the reviewers! (Reviewers: red (Charlie), blue (Kay), grey/magenta (Ian))
			* The template has been changed slightly in the metadata section in order to allow for lab feedback.
	*For the metadata about each of the gen ed requirements, start with one of the following options:		*For the metadata about each of the gen ed requirements, start with one of the following options:
	** Complete		** Complete

Kay: /* Monday, March 30 */

2009-03-30T14:36:24Z

Monday, March 30

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	=== Monday, March 30 ===		=== Monday, March 30 ===
	For the metadata about each of the gen ed requirements, start with one of the following options:		* You're encouraged to use color in your units to help show importance, clarify, etc. but don't use the same colors as the reviewers! (Reviewers: red (Charlie), blue (Kay), grey/magenta (Ian))
	* Complete		*For the metadata about each of the gen ed requirements, start with one of the following options:
	* Partial		** Complete
	* None		** Partial
	Follow this with a period, and space, and then your prose about how it's justified as complete or partial (none doesn't require any further prose).		** None
			*Follow this with a period, and space, and then your prose about how it's justified as complete or partial (none doesn't require any further prose).

	=== Friday, March 13 ===		=== Friday, March 13 ===

Kay at 14:33, 30 March 2009

2009-03-30T14:33:20Z

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	These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.		These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.
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			=== Monday, March 30 ===
			For the metadata about each of the gen ed requirements, start with one of the following options:
			* Complete
			* Partial
			* None
			Follow this with a period, and space, and then your prose about how it's justified as complete or partial (none doesn't require any further prose).

	=== Friday, March 13 ===		=== Friday, March 13 ===

Kay at 14:45, 13 March 2009

2009-03-13T14:45:33Z

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	These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.		These are class notes for [[Discrete Modeling Development\|CS328: Discrete Modeling Development]]. They will be maintained by Kay and Charlie, but feel free to add parts we may have missed.
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			=== Friday, March 13 ===
			* We decided to hold off on Tufte and other stuff about visual display of quantitative information about the visualization in the first couple of units, just focus on simple graphics tools.
			* Everyone needs to make sure you answer your own quiz and CRC questions, please! Please put them in bold.

	=== Wednesday, March 11 ===		=== Wednesday, March 11 ===