Consider the five blogs that we looked at on Nov. 16. How might you use a blog in your own classroom — which parts of these blogs might you use, and what would you change to better meet the needs of your students? Please be concise! Write your thoughts as a comment on the blog post here.
Also: Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
Compass Design has a tutorial on Creating a Blog Site with Joomla — Joomla is the CMS (Content Management System) that Hillel’s web site is built with. Chevi Rimler tells me that blogs are set up, but not yet enabled (so the Compass Design tutorial is probably moot).
Seth Battis November 17th, 2010
Posted In: Handouts
Tags: AJU (American Jewish University), consulting, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy
Consider the five blogs that we looked at on Nov. 16. How might you use a blog in your own classroom — which parts of these blogs might you use, and what would you change to better meet the needs of your students? Please be concise! Write your thoughts as a comment on the blog post here.
Seth Battis November 16th, 2010
Posted In: Handouts
Tags: AJU (American Jewish University), consulting, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy
Seth Battis October 27th, 2010
Posted In: Handouts
Tags: Java, programming
Below are the code fragments referenced by the reading quiz.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 | // This class represents a walker with two feet. import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Graphics; public class Walker { public static final int PIXELS_PER_INCH = 6; private Foot leftFoot, rightFoot; private int stepLength; private int stepsCount; // Constructor public Walker (int x, int y, Image leftPic, Image rightPic) { . . . } // Returns the left foot public Foot getLeftFoot () { . . . } // Returns the right foot public Foot getRightFoot () { . . . } // Makes first step, starting with the left foot public void firstStep () { . . . } // Makes next step public void nextStep () { . . . } // Stops this walker (brings its feet together) public void stop () { . . . } // Returns the distance walked public int distanceTraveled () { . . . } // Draws this walker public void draw (Graphics g) { . . . } } |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | // A subclass of Walker that adds the turnAround method. import java.awt.Image; public class Pacer extends Walker { // Constructor public Pacer (int x, int y, Image leftPic, Image rightPic) { . . . } // Turns this Pacer 180 degrees // Precondition: the left and right feet are side by side public void turnAround () { . . . } public void turnRight () { . . . } public void turnLeft () { . . . } } |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | . . . imports omitted to save space . . . public class PacerTest extends JPanel { // Called automatically when the panel needs repainting public void paintComponent (Graphics g) { super.paintComponent (g); int x = 100; int y = 300; Pacer p = new Pacer (x, y, lshoe, rshoe); p.draw (g); p.firstStep (); p.nextStep (); p.stop (); p.turnLeft (); p.draw (g); p.firstStep (); p.nextStep (); p.stop (); p.turnRight (); p.draw (g); // Draw a cursor at the expected center of the first "shoe": g.drawLine (x - 50, y, x + 50, y); g.drawLine (x, y - 50, x, y + 50); } . . . other methods omitted to save space . . . } |
Seth Battis October 22nd, 2010
Posted In: Handouts
Tags: Java, programming