CS Head Start

Fall 2019

Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Monday

09:00 – 09:30am Welcome Reception

We will provide coffee, tea, and breakfast pastries for a welcome reception just outside of LS G12. (Note: Breakfast will not be provided the rest of the week.)

09:30 – 10:45am Introductions

We will introduce the program and ask everyone to introduce themselves.

10:45 – 11:00am 15m Break
11:00 – 12:00pm CS Major and Advising

We will introduce the CS major and break into small groups for advising.

12:00 – 01:00pm Lunch

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

01:00 – 02:00pm Careers in CS
02:00 – 03:00pm Mission Bit

We will have a presentation on service learning by Cynthia Chin, Program Manager with Mission Bit. Mission Bit strives to “eliminate the tech divide for youth living in urban poverty and rural areas across the San Francisco Bay Area by building computer programming and professional opportunity pathways for public school students.”

03:00 – 03:30pm 30m Break
03:30 – 04:15pm Computer Hardware

We will have a presentation on computer hardware by Elias Husary, System Administrator with our CS Support group. This group helps maintain all of the computing equipment used by the CS department, including the CS lab computers and login accounts.

04:15 – 04:45pm Using Unix

We will cover how to use a Unix-based operating system using the CS lab computers available in the LS G12 classroom. Students will login to their CS lab accounts, learn about file systems, and how to use the command line (or terminal) in Unix to navigate and execute code.

There are many other resources for learning how to use the command line in Linux. Here are a few:

This lesson will be continued on Tuesday.

04:45 – 05:00pm Baseline Survey

All participants received an email with the subject “2019-20 USF S-STEM Baseline Survey” from smartstart-er.com, our external evaluator for this program. If you have not yet completed the survey, please do so now. It is important to complete this survey before you have gone through the majority of activities for this week.

Remember, we must have our program evaluated as a condition of our funding. This survey is used to evaluate our program, not you.

05:00 – 06:00pm Dinner

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

06:00 – 08:00pm Social

Harrison and Daniel from the CS Tutoring Center will be hosting an evening social. Light snacks will be provided.

Tuesday

09:00 – 09:30am Warmup
09:30 – 10:45am Python Programming
10:45 – 11:00am 15m Break
11:00 – 12:00pm Python Programming
12:00 – 01:00pm Lunch

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

01:00 – 02:00pm Active Study – Part 1

This is a workshop offered by Rachel Brunson, Assistant Director with the Learning Center. The workshop description is:

Students have many different approaches to learning and studying. It is important to recognize and build upon the active study skills that work best for you and will help lead you to academic success. This workshop provides an introduction to “The Study Cycle” as well as tools to identify your current study methods that are working and those that could be improved. The aim of this workshop is to help you maximize your study efforts throughout your college career.

02:00 – 03:00pm Career Services

This is a presentation by Miriam Karpilow, Director of Employer Relations with the Priscilla A. Scotlan Career Services Center.

03:00 – 03:30pm 30m Break
03:30 – 04:00pm Using Unix

This will be a continuation of the “Using Unix” lesson started on Monday. See the Monday schedule for a list of resources.

Some of the commands and concepts demonstrated include: ., .., ~, *, man, date, pwd, ls, cd, mkdir, rmdir, touch, cp, mv, rm, cat, head, tail, more, less, python

04:00 – 04:30pm Digital Scavenger Hunt

Use what you have learned to discover the correct hidden poem! It is hidden somewhere on the CS lab computers at:

/home/sjengle/hunt

You should first attempt to discover the hidden poem on your own. Once you have discovered the answer, try helping out someone that hasn’t! The only rules are you cannot tell them the answer directly, can only suggest commands to try, and cannot type on anyone else’s keyboard.

04:30 – 05:00pm CS Unplugged

We will do a modified version of Parity Magic exercise from the CS Unplugged website in class.

You can try this exercise online to test whether you can guess the error using parity bits.

05:00 – 06:00pm Dinner

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

06:00 – 08:00pm Social

Chia and Pablo from the Diversineers student group will be hosting an evening social. Light snacks will be provided.

Wednesday

09:00 – 09:30am Warmup
09:30 – 10:45am Python Programming
10:45 – 11:00am Break
11:00 – 12:00pm Python Programming
12:00 – 12:15pm Lunch (Grab and Go)

Students are encouraged to quickly grab a meal to go from on campus. (There is an area we will be able to eat at the Exploratorium.)

12:15 – 01:00pm Leave Campus

We will leave from LS G12 for our field trip at 12:15pm. We will use public transportation to travel to the Exploratorium museum in downtown San Francisco. We will likely break into two groups (with one coordinator per group). The directions are:

  1. Walk to the Muni bus stop at the Turk and Chabot Terrace corner (across the street from the Lone Mountain stairs).

  2. Take the 31 Balboa bus inbound to downtown. Stay on this bus for 28 stops (approximately 35 minutes).

  3. Get off at the Spear and Market stop. This stop is next to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and near the Hyatt Regency and Bank of America buildings.

  4. From there, walk along Market Street towards the Embarcadero (towards the bay) and iconic Ferry Building and wait for the other groups to arrive.

  5. Once everyone is together again, we will walk approximately 15 minutes along the Embarcadero (along the bay) to the Exploratorium building.

See the transportation page for details on costs.

01:00 – 02:45pm Field Trip: Exploratorium

Exploratorium
Pier 15, The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94111

Enjoy exploring the Exploratorium! Ticket costs will be paid on behalf of students by the head start program.

02:45 – 03:00pm Leave Exploratorium

We will leave from the entrance of the Exploratorium at 2:30pm. We will walk along the Embarcadero to the Autodesk Gallery, which is approximately 15 minutes away. Students may also opt to take the F Market streetcar there as well (10 minutes, 5 stops).

03:00 – 04:00pm Field Trip: Autodesk Gallery

Autodesk Gallery
One Market, Floor 2
San Francisco, CA 94105

We have a guided tour starting at 3:00pm sharp at the Autodesk Gallery. Entrance is free.

04:00 – 04:45pm Leave Autodesk

Students should try to be back on campus by 4:45pm using public transportation. The directions are:

  1. Go to the Steuart and Market stop and catch either they 31 Balboa bus outbound to the Richmond.

  2. Get off at the Turk and Chabot Terrace stop infront of the Lone Mountain stairs.

  3. Walk back to the LS G12 classroom.

See the transportation page for details on costs.

04:45 – 05:00pm Recap

We will discuss our experiences on the field trip.

05:00 – 06:00pm Dinner

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

06:00 – 08:00pm Social

Maria and Natalia from the Women in Tech student group will be hosting an evening social. Light snacks will be provided.

Thursday

09:00 – 09:30am Warmup
09:30 – 10:45am Python Programming
10:45 – 11:00am 15m Break
11:00 – 12:00pm Python Programming
12:00 – 01:00pm Lunch

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

01:00 – 02:00pm Time Management and Prioritization

This is a workshop offered by Rachel Brunson, Assistant Director with the Learning Center. The workshop description is:

While every student is different and has a unique pathway towards success, all students have at least one thing in common: there are 168 hours in each week to manage and plan for important commitments and priorities. Students bring with them a broad array of circumstances and obligations, making time management and prioritization essential. This workshop will provide tips and strategies to assist you in planning ahead in order to enhance your ability to make the most out of each week within the semester, as well as enabling you to reach consistent personal and academic success during your college years.

02:00 – 03:00pm Campus Advising Services

This is a presentation by Sara Solloway, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Success with the Center for Academic and Student Achievement (CASA). CASA is “your home for compassionate academic and personal support that promotes holistic student development.”

03:00 – 03:30pm 30m Break
03:30 – 04:30pm Faculty Scavenger Hunt
04:30 – 05:00pm Recap

We will discuss our findings from the faculty scavenger hunt.

05:00 – 06:00pm Dinner

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

06:00 – 08:00pm Social

Michelle and Graham from the USF Chapter of the ACM will be hosting an evening social. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday

09:00 – 09:30am Warmup
09:30 – 10:45am Python Programming
10:45 – 11:00am 15m Break
11:00 – 12:00pm Python Programming
12:00 – 01:00pm Lunch

Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.

01:00 – 02:00pm Active Study – Part 2

This is a workshop offered by Rachel Brunson, Assistant Director with the Learning Center. The workshop description is:

Students have many different approaches to learning and studying. It is important to recognize and build upon the active study skills that work best for you and will help lead you to academic success. This workshop builds off of the tools provided in “Active Study – Part I” and walks you through a personal exploration of higher-order thinking skills (Bloom’s Taxonomy) in order to increase awareness and understanding of your own thought processes (metacognition) and learning styles/preferences. This workshop also discusses the assess stage of “The Study Cycle” in more depth than Part I.

02:00 – 03:00pm Stress Management

This is a presentation by Kamal Harb, Senior Director of Health Promotion Services (HPS).

03:00 – 03:30pm 30m Break
03:30 – 05:00pm Wrapup

We will reflect on the week, discuss any on-campus student services we missed throughout the week (e.g. CAPS, SDS, Food Pantry), and finally discuss the upcoming university and CS major orientations schedule.

End of Program

There is no social planned for Friday evening. The university-wide New Student and Family Orientation (NSFO) begins on Saturday, August 17th and the Weeks of Welcome (WOW) begin on Monday, August 19th.