POS 371 Week 3

Individual Assignment: Basic Alice Programming: Loops and Logic

This assignment will take your knowledge of programming and progress it to a new level. Along with creating worlds, objects, and people, you will develop higher levels of motion by creating loops. You also begin using logic, such as Boolean logic.

Submit an Alice A2W file and either a flowchart or a pseudo-code for each of the following projects:

Space Jump: Create a world with an astronaut (Web Gallery). Using the ask the user for a number function, have the astronaut jump a specific height. At the top, use a loop to spin the astronaut a specified number of times, using the same function. The astronaut falls down to the surface, raises his or her arm, and says a message. Use variables for the height of the jump and the number of spins.

Big 12 Ranking (former): Create a world that asks the user to enter a rank between 1 and 12 for the former Big 12 college basketball teams. A character of your choice (People) must associate that rank to a team name, using the table below. The person should say the rank and the team name. If the rank is not between 1 and 12, the person should say the number is invalid. The method should end.

Week 3 Individual Assignment: Basic Alice Programming: Loops and Logic

This assignment will take your knowledge of programming and progress it to a new level. Along with creating worlds, objects, and people, you will develop higher levels of motion by creating loops. You also begin using logic, such as Boolean logic.

Submit an Alice A2W file and either a flowchart or a pseudo-code for each of the following projects:

Space Jump: Create a world with an astronaut (Web Gallery). Using the ask the user for a number function, have the astronaut jump a specific height. At the top, use a loop to spin the astronaut a specified number of times, using the same function. The astronaut falls down to the surface, raises his or her arm, and says a message. Use variables for the height of the jump and the number of spins.

Big 12 Ranking (former): Create a world that asks the user to enter a rank between 1 and 12 for the former Big 12 college basketball teams. A character of your choice (People) must associate that rank to a team name, using the table below. The person should say the rank and the team name. If the rank is not between 1 and 12, the person should say the number is invalid. The method should end.

Week 3 Individual Assignment: Basic Alice Programming: Loops and Logic

This assignment will take your knowledge of programming and progress it to a new level. Along with creating worlds, objects, and people, you will develop higher levels of motion by creating loops. You also begin using logic, such as Boolean logic.

Submit an Alice A2W file and either a flowchart or a pseudo-code for each of the following projects:

Space Jump: Create a world with an astronaut (Web Gallery). Using the ask the user for a number function, have the astronaut jump a specific height. At the top, use a loop to spin the astronaut a specified number of times, using the same function. The astronaut falls down to the surface, raises his or her arm, and says a message. Use variables for the height of the jump and the number of spins.

Big 12 Ranking (former): Create a world that asks the user to enter a rank between 1 and 12 for the former Big 12 college basketball teams. A character of your choice (People) must associate that rank to a team name, using the table below. The person should say the rank and the team name. If the rank is not between 1 and 12, the person should say the number is invalid. The method should end.

Week 3 Individual Assignment: Basic Alice Programming: Loops and Logic

This assignment will take your knowledge of programming and progress it to a new level. Along with creating worlds, objects, and people, you will develop higher levels of motion by creating loops. You also begin using logic, such as Boolean logic.

Submit an Alice A2W file and either a flowchart or a pseudo-code for each of the following projects:

Discussion Questions

Find a website that explains the use of a selection structure or an iteration structure in programming. Provide the link and explain why the site is helpful.

How are logical comparison operations used to create Boolean conditions? Provide an example.

Based on the Mund, Fabiano, & Cassola (2007) article, discuss lessons that beginning or experienced computer programmers can learn. In what way can you apply these lessons to your current position or a future position?

Explain a software internationalization challenge from Mlers (2007) article. Suggest another challenge not discussed and how a software company might address it.

Leibs (2008) reports on a novel form of outsourcing software development. Describe the approach and share your opinions about this approach to software development.