Development Cycle

This week we built our background knowledge in the field of computer science.  Students researched a specific field of study in computer science, presented their findings to the class, then wrote a reflection about the field they would most like to follow as a career choice.

Next, we talked about the development cycle.  We compared development cycles to various companies and talked pros and cons of each method.  The development cycle we will be using in our class has 5 steps.

1. Define the Problem
2. Develop/Plan (pseudocode)
3. Code
4. Test/Debug
5. Publish

We emphasize that this is really a cycle and that once publishing is done, we go back to number 1 to continue to make our program better.

Next week we will be utilizing this development cycle to create a basic program that will allow users to utilize a keyboard to move an image sprite through a created maze.  Once students are finished, we will go back through the cycle one more time to improve our program in a way each student sees fit.