At long last

There isn't much to post about.  Our lives have become pretty much routine here at Bug Theater.  Tutorials, posters, quizzes, games, classifying, repeat...  We're getting pretty good at the routine though.  Everything will be up and running perfectly for fall semester. 
We do have one bit of news though...we have all received scholarships for the Grace Hopper conference this fall.  They cover our lodging, meals, and airfare so we are beyond thrilled to receive them since it means we will be able to attend the conference together. 
The minor changes in our routine will be arranging things with our scholarships, creating a new more compact poster, and a few other little details for the conference. 

Quizes

Well along with our normal schedule of posters, games, and videos we are also creating quizes for the beginning CS class (CS1400).  We are creating mini quizes to test the students on the chapters in the book.  Each quiz covers 2 chapters and will have about 5 questions, and then some different ways to solve each question.  Hopefully these quizes will help prepare the students for their tests all along the way and improve their understanding.

So Much To Do

Over the last couple of weeks we have finished some Flash games, Camtasia videos, started some practice tests, and made a few minor changes to the website.  We still have lots more to do though.  The website will be posted tomorrow and we are doing some usability testing on it this week.  If it sounds like we do the same things every week, it's because a lot of the time we do, just with different bugs.

Usability Testing

As we start adding more applications to the website this summer we figured we should have some people test it out before we add all the other stuff.  We have written up a few things we will have each tester do to see if things are easy to find, that the website looks organized, and it's user friendly.  We also have two new Camtasia videos and a Flash game to go on the website. 
Our Grace Hopper info for the conference info booklet.  Not only will there be an overview of our project but there is a little bio and photo to go along with it.  You know you've made it to the big time when your photo is published!
We are also starting a new page for our website that will have possible test questions for the CS 1400 and CS 1410 classes.  After solving the problem they will be able to see 3 or 4 correct solutions for each problem.  Right now we're in the process of finding some good problems and creating the new page for it.

Grace Hopper...Again

All of our Grace Hopper program information is due at the end of this week. We are gathering all of the needed information and praying that there isn't something we're forgetting.  Last week we started preparing this information and created some new tip posters for the tutor lab.  We've also finished some Camtasia and Flash stuff that should be posted on the website soon. 

Accepted

We have been accepted to the Grace Hopper poster session in September.  Although this is exciting it has added a few things to our to-do list.  We have to submit bios and pictures of all of us, a 700 word abstract, and the poster must be re-designed (the old one is too big). 
Last week we started on our new how-to videos and test your skill games.  Our work has been a little impeded by the ever changing weather which has gotten a few of us sick and slowed us down a little.  With everyone on the mend we should be able to catch everything up and hopefully submit all the needed info for Grace Hopper this week.

Welcome to Summer...

Over the last week we have...finished classifying the April bugs, created a schedule for the summer, updated the website, and finished our Grace Hopper scholarship applications.  This summer we will each be making one how to movie and one Flash game per week, creating practice problems, and making new posters.