SOFT6008 Class 15

Students continued working on the cookies exercise

SOFT6008 Class 14

We looked at check digits.

I asked students to check their PPSNs, a book, and credit card.

Students who want to take a break from cookies can try to code some check digit verification functions.

SOFT6008 Class 13

Students continuted to work on the cookies exercise. I gave some tips on how to get it working.

I hope will will move this class from C134x soon. Still no word on the second lab class.

Computing Ethics

Students might be able to find some interesting topics for the assignments using this recource provided by the text book publisher


http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=mininav&bcsId=5329&itemId=0470509503&assetId=195702&resourceId=18802&newwindow=true

There are also some other resources at that site associated with the textbook

SOFT6007 Class 12

We looked at image maps.

I gave students an exercise. We will complete it in the labs.

Computing Ethics Class 09

We looked at duty based ethics, viture ethics, moral relativism and some other ethics concepts.

Students should listen to this radio programme on moral relativism.

I gave out a printout of the ACM Code of Ethics and asked students to write about it for their Week 03 blog entry.

SOFT6007 Class 10 & 11 Lab A

[Class on Thursday]

Students continued working on the table timetable, but accounted for double classes using either rowspan or colpan.

I asked students who were finsihed to code the (mary ahd a little lamb) table used for the in-class exercise.

SOFT6008 Class 12

We talked some more about cookies

SOFT6007 Class 10 & 11 Lab B

Students continued working on the table timetable, but accounted for double classes using either rowspan or colpan.

I asked students who were finsihed to code the (mary ahd a little lamb) table used for the in-class exercise.

Computing Ethics Class 08

Only one student turned up to class.

I spoke with that student about the essay.

Bye this weekend students should have their week 01 and week 02 blog entries sorted. Week 02 posts will most likely concentrate on the trolley problem.

No Week 03 blog entry is expected.

SOFT6007 Class 09

This class was canceled

Computing Ethics Class 07

Today's class was canceled

SOFT6008 Class 11

Students continued to work on getting to grips with cookies.

I gave out a handout.

SOFT6008 Class 10

I asked students to take a look at this online class about cookies from the class podcast.

Podcast URL http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/soft6008.xml

SOFT6008 Class 09

We started to look at cookies. But it didn't go very well.  Lots of puzzles faces.

Things might be clearer after lunch.

Computing Ethics Class 06

Class was canceled do to a timetable clash. We were in fact 100% right and entitled to stay. But we were few and they were many.

The promised examples of supernaturalism in tech debate:
http://www.whatwouldjesusdrive.info/
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/06/70308 

SOFT6007 Class 08

We looked at how colspan and rowspan can be used to merge table cells.

Students did an exercise in class with a complex table.

I explained how to code non-English characters

SOFT6008 Class 08

[Class on Thursday 10 Feb 2011]

We looked at functions and arrays.

Attendance was very poor today

SOFT6007 Class 07 Lab A

[Class on Thursday 10 Feb 2011] 

I explained how tables work. We looked at an example and I asked students to code a table of their timetable.

SOFT6007 Class 06 Lab A

[Class on Thursday 10 Feb 2011] 

Students coded the nested list from class and another list I displayed on the screen. Some students still don't get where to end li tags.