Bethany Miller Week 1 blog 6/9/09

Bethany Miller - Week 1 blog
1. What was planned?
- learn basics of XNA C# through creation of pong game
- complete IRB tutorial
2. What was done?
- finished pong game in order to learn XNA C#
- IRB tutorial completed
Bunny Generals
- Informed Consent
- IRB Protocol Application
- Professor Recruitment
- Recruitment Poster
- Demographic Survey
3. Problems encountered?
The physics of the ball bouncing in pong proved to be more difficult than expected
Pre and post test questions for only bubbleSort are hard to think of, however we will also be implementing other forms of sorting as well so questions will come easier when that is finished.
4. What did you learn this week? (esp. computer science, or anything surprising or interesting)Be sure to cite any resources you used (e.g. online tutorials, etc).
I had never worked with XNA C# before so I gained experience with it and also created my first real game that is actually presentable.
5. What's planned for next week?
objective: complete bunny generals
- IRB applications with pre and post test
- include player logging
- list player sequence of operations
- add instructional screens
- include other sorting algorithms
- analyze number of steps and Big Oh notation
6. Hours worked.
full 40 hour week