November+2009

- revised Integer Comparison Tool, check box visuals for description and num rep - emailed swf link to Trish, Anne, Anne and Judi and Crystal for "tire kicking" - Range 'n Temperatures - input a sample of 5 arrays of data, used the thermometer class(recently created by Greg) to add thermometers to the stage for randomly generated data. Greg helped me to randomly place the selected data into an array. Things are all set up ready to go. - worked on Integer Comparison tool, getting the magnifier and pod to act properly when the graph rep check box is turned off, making progress, still hve some issues with the pod. Minor tweak to the mask, it was swapping depths repeatedly with the magnifier so every other time you changed to the vert rep the magnifier wasn;t there! OOPS! Took Karen to the walk-in clinic, while there, worked on Ranges 'n Temperature, refining the stage set up for the opeing few scenes, thinking through the logic of assigning temperatures to thermometers etc. Integer Comp Tool - made sure pod is closed before graph rep is closed, still have to deal with the flashing message. Team meeting with Greg and Judi re long range planning Spent most of the day searching for temperature data for the Ranges 'n temperature activity. Thanks to Greg for pointing me to a great site. [] Trying to build 5 sets of data that do not overlap and show a range of temperatures is harder than I thought, but I am getting there. PM: CLIPS -** minor tweaks to Integer Comparison Tool web search for weather data for Ranges 'n Temperature acitvity, emailed Trish to see what site she used, trouble finding daily average temps. Average monthly temps are no problem. Nov 23 ~Board Day** - Prep for Grade 9 focus group
 * Nov 30 ~** investigated Google wave, uploaded google chrome so I could use Google wave, had a quick peak at the sample file with the new thermometer class, emailed Cheryl re her activity, emailed Amy re OMCA banquet
 * Nov 27 ~** finished off organizing the data for Range 'n Temperatures, emailed it to Trish to ensure it matches the original intention of the activity.
 * Nov 26~** replied to a request from Cheryl re help with her part of the integer number line activity
 * Nov 25 ~ AM: Math Coaching
 * Nov 24 ~ Grade 9 Focus Group

Eric helped me fix the mask/zoom button layering issue. I helped various groups. Primarily, I worked with Kristen on Ranges 'n Temperature Activity Brainstormed ideas for a Thermometer class that Greg is going to code to use for that activity. Just noticed this afternoon: I forgot to fix the mask. Need to swap depths with the magnifiy button. Need help with this. When the graphical checkbox is unchecked, the magnifier and message still appear. Oooops! I need to delete the extra scenes so the tool ends nicely. Should there be a message to explain the checkboxes? What if someone turns them all off? Or is this not an issue since you assume they also then know how to turn them on? The tool is just about ready to have Judi and or Crystal "crash test" it. Packing up and driving to Aurora! Interactions between various representations are working, restrictions are in place such that pods must be closed before switching between number lines,magnifier does not show unles input is valid. ETC... Spent too much time tracking down a find and replace error that left my number line movie clip with _mc_mc. Stuttering is not good. When trying to ensure that the magnifier only shows up with valid input, I discovered that there was an error in the program when dealing with leading zeroes. Apparently the Number function converts expressions starting with 0 as if they were octal numbers. Hence, values like 064 do not graph correctly. Help Greg!!! Thanks to both Ross and Greg for such prompt assistance. Apparently I need to use the parseInt function with a radix of 10. Guess where I am going to start tomorrow?! worked on Integer comparison tool in the morning for 1.5 hours before leaving Nov 16 ~ Integer Comparison Tool**~ lots of head banging regarding the vertical magnifier. The magnifying glass is now showing up in the correct place (rotated number lines with points on top of them are challenging to determine the correct pixel location). The graph button which changes between hor and vert number lines is almost working. lots of scenarios: is the pod visible or not, are the points too close or not, what appears in one orientation should match what appears in the other when appropriate, etc....Next, I will need to actually make sure the correct graph shows up! MOre pixel stuff! Team meeting this morning with Greg and Judi to plan the NovoFlash weekend.
 * Nov 21 ~ Novoflash - Aurora**
 * Nov 20 ~ Integer Comparison tool -** changed all my Number functions to parseInt(text box, 10) functions so that the input values were no longer being converted to octal. Discovered that I had inadvertantly commented out a line which set my graphFlag to indicate it was using an open number line. This meant that none of my magnified number lines were working on the open number line. A few moments of panic, then I noticed a trace that showed the flag set to an unexpected value. Stupid error, easy fix! Fixed some other minor issues that I found while testing.
 * Nov 19 ~ Integer Comparison Tool** - vertical magnify pod is in the correct location with the correct contents.
 * Nov 18 ~ Personal Day (Sean to Sick Kid's)**
 * Nov 17 ~ College Math Forum (board day)

Nov 12 ~ Integer Comparison Tool** - magnifier for the horizontal number line is working well. Want to talk with Greg about what happens near the origin with multiple points. Began work on duplicating the magnify action for the vertical number line. PM** - worked on integer comparision tool. Graph is closer, but still not working properly!!! Head banging day! 2/3 of the values graph correctly! fixed the issue from yesterday, forgot to send it the new anchor value when the number lines changed Not sure how to deal with the scale for open number lines. Greg fixed the numberline tool so you can pass it a parameter to tell it where to start. Thanks! Nov 6 -** feedback from Anne Y about plotting 800 and 801 (too close to see the difference) led to the idea of adding a magnifier pod -button will appear to activate the pod if points are too close together, am also going to use it to deal with points that are too close to zero (rather than having them snap away) - began work on implementing this idea - talked with Greg regarding a logic issue and how the magnified number line should appear. - revised PLOTPOINTS function by creating a Num LIne set up function -saved all of this as VERSION 1 (scale is determined by input values and whether or not they are multiples of 5 or 10, orange point snaps to the nearest multiple, open number line rescales if orange point is dragged) Version 2 - number line scale is determined by size of input values, open number line does not rescale, points do not snap to ticks when dragged - check boxes now work (except for initial setup error) Version 2 posted on isenegger, sent email to CLIPS team and integer storyboarders asking for "tire kicking"
 * Nov 13 ~ BHNCDSB day
 * Nov 11 ~ AM - sick day, not feeling well
 * Nov 10 ~** Integer Comparison tool - working on getting the magnified graph to actually show the right thing! Almost working for scaled number lines. an issue with changing from one scale to the other. Will tackle this tomorrow.
 * Nov 9 ~ BHNCDSB day
 * Nov 5 -** finished (I hope) error checking for input and interactivity issues in particular "Leading zeroes...." message

- found a new issue related to changes cause by dragging the number line. Disabled the drag until after input is valid. - working on error messaging surrounding leading zeroes and dragging points. - had a peek at Eric's arcade fun activity and skyped him a few comments. It looks great! - searched clip art for the interior of an elevator for Greg, no luck. - archived Sept and OCt progress log. PM - checked out Greg's changes to the Tools icon - dynamic paper is a very cool find! - had a look at the +/- hockey stat story board that Anne Y sent to Trish - Comparing Integers Tool - worked on validating input, created the Display function, all invalid input such as 09, +0, -, etc now accounted for. - discovered a programming issue that allowed the user to leave one box in an incorrect state and still move on and change another box, so began working on fixing this bug. AM- - Talked with Greg about error checking inputs such as 09 should graph, compare but show a message indicating leading 0's are not necessary - same action for +09 and -03 etc. -began revising my code to reflect this ( done for one onchange function, need to update the other 3) - began creating a Display function - need to remember how to concatentate in string names, will look at this next - Talked with Greg about changing the tool so that the size of the input numbers rather than whether they are multiples of 5. 10 etc drives the tool - decided to go ahead and make changes and then show integer storyboarders for their feedback. PM - planning with Karen for workshop at the board Type in the content of your page here.
 * Nov 4 -** conquered most of the validating input issue! Asked Greg and Eric to tire kick it!
 * Nov 3 ~ AM -** Secondary Program Meeting - board
 * Nov 2 ~ Comparing Integers Tool**
 * -** revised so comparitors are not showing if the input is not valid (pointed out by Anne Yeager)