Babbage University
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Babbage University
Metapolis' famed university. Named for the inventor of the computer, Charles Babbage: the first programmer.Story Table of Contents
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Dijsktra Elementary
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Dijsktra Elementary
Named for a cool dude.Story Table of Contents
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Lovelace Elementary
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Lovelace Elementary
Named for Ada Lovelace, one of the world's first programmers. Her life was tragically short, but her legacy shall live forever.Story Table of Contents
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Margaret Hamilton Elementary
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Margaret Hamilton Elementary
Named for the an American computer scientist, systems engineer and business owner. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo space program.Story Table of Contents
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Pascal Elementary
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Pascal Elementary
Named for a cool dude.Story Table of Contents
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Bruce's House
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Bruce's House
Bruce is MetaCoder's newest Coding Coach in Metapolis; he was hired at the beginning of March. He lives here with his family.Story Table of Contents
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Jack's House
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Jack's House
Jack's place has an extra room that is used as an office space, this is where he will keep all the equipment.
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John's House
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John's House
John lives in a condo that has a side gate with easy access to his back door, inside he has a small room inside where he keeps all the equipment.
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Joseph's House
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Joseph's House
This is where Joseph lives. Or so he tells us.
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Kate's House
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Kate's House
Kate's house has a driveway and a garage where she keeps all the equipment.
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Ruby's House
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Ruby's House
This is where Ruby lives.
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Coder Cafe
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Coder Cafe
A quaint coffee shop frequented by coders of all sorts.Story Table of Contents
4 of 4Yu Learns a Language
When you join Yu at the usual table, you do so silently, realizing that Yu is in the middle of recording the same assessment video that you'll be recording for this chapter. Not wanting to interrupt Yu's recording or flow state, you quietly sit where you can look over Yu's shoulder out of the video frame.Yu speaks to the screen, "The language I'm learning is called
#lang survival. It was created by MetaCoders as a domain specific language to allow students to create, well, survival games! Survival games are games like Minecraft, Don't Starve and Ark, where the player is trying to last as long as they can collecting and crafting stuff to battle enemies but also hunger or cold. Survival lang games can have customized avatars, food, enemies, crafters and levels... "
After finishing the story of the langauge itself, Yu continues to record a coding session driven by several self-selected Game Modes. Some of them are skills and drills, others are more creative.
You're impressed with both the level of fluency that Yu has acquired to date, as well as Yu's ability to slip into a flow state while coding. Yu talks about the code while typing it and you can imagine Yu doing this in a classroom with students.
Not long after, Yu finishes the video and turns to you. "So what language are you learning?"
Important Note!
The assessment for this chapter requires that you show you have learned one of MetaCoders educational computer programming languages. But not just any language; Coding Coaches should be sure to work with the language they will be teaching next. If you aren't sure what that is -- ask!
Yu Learns a Language
Thu, January 7 1:00 PM
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Hopper Library
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Hopper Library
Named after Grace Hopper, who created the first computer language compiler, which led to the COBOL programming language.Story Table of Contents
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MetaCoders HQ
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MetaCoders HQ
The mothership hovers benevolently over the city of Metapolis. The population thrives in the cool shade beneath.Story Table of Contents
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Kick Butt Martial Arts
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Kick Butt Martial Arts
A local business owned by Johnny Lawrence.Story Table of Contents
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Metapolis Welcome Center
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Metapolis Welcome Center
Where all vistors to Metapolis are encouraged to begin their journey.Hint: Most quests will start here...
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2 of 4Chapter 8: Intro
Welcome back to Metapolis!This is it -- in this chapter you will be learning the first language you are going to teach, so make sure you know what language that is! There is only one short stop with Yu at Coder Cafe and a couple study guides because a lot of the work in this chapter is you working with the code!
You will get some tips on how to teach yourself, where to find the tools, and how to know when you are ready.
Have fun, and good luck!
Chapter 8: Intro
Thu, January 7 12:00 PM
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TechSquared
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TechSquared
A big business that does big, big things.Story Table of Contents
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Turing Recreational Center
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Turing Recreational Center
Named after Alan Turing -- considered the father of theoretical computer science and A.I.Story Table of Contents
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#lang mc-coach-assess
(view-deck (chapter-8))
(test-with-deck (chapter-8))
- Start at the Metapolis Welcome Center
- Find the green icons in order: 1 of 4
- There are 2 stories to find in this Chapter.
- Stories without these icons will not be on the test.