Name:
(as it would appear on official course roster)
Umail address:	@umail.ucsb.edu	section 9am or 10:30am
Optional: name you wish to be called if different from name above.
Optional: name of "homework buddy" (leaving this blank signifies "I worked alone"

ic00: In-Class: Pair Partner Matching

ready?	assigned	due	points
true	Tue 06/28 09:30AM	Tue 06/28 10:50AM

You may collaborate on this homework with AT MOST one person, an optional "homework buddy".

MAY ONLY BE TURNED IN IN THE LECTURE/LAB LISTED ABOVE AS THE DUE DATE,
OR IF APPLICABLE, SUBMITTED ON GRADESCOPE. There is NO MAKEUP for missed assignments;
in place of that, we drop the three lowest scores (if you have zeros, those are the three lowest scores.)

(10 pts) Please fill in the information at the top of this homework sheet, including your name and umail address. Put the time your discussion section starts (either 9am or 10:30am) in the space indicated. If the other two items apply, please fill them in as well. Please do this every single time you submit homework for this class.
(20 pts) Write a brief description of any previous experience you have with Java, if any (e.g. a high school course, working on your own)

If none, that’s ok too.

The description of previous experience is helpful in guiding people while choosing pair partners. It works best–i.e. your learning is maximized–when experienced people are with experienced people, and Java newbies are with Java newbies.
(20 pts) Write a brief description of any previous experience you have with writing code:
- for someone OTHER than yourself, i.e. the end user of the code is NOT you
- NOT for a class or school credit of any kind.
If none, that’s ok too.
(20 pts) You may be taking this course because it is a “requirement” for your major. Apart from that, do you have any specific goals for this course, i.e. what are you hoping to get out of it?

If you come with “no expectations” that’s ok too, but note that we often have a more successful experience when we define up front what we hope to accomplish. It is also good to pair with someone that has similar goals to our own.
(10 pts) In academic classes, the most important factor in “pair” success is often scheduling. So: find two times that you and your partner can meet outside of class for at least two hours to work on CS56 on two different days.

Ideally: Since the deadlines in this class fall on Wednesdays and Fridays, ideally one time should be between Wednesday 5pm and Friday 5pm, and the other should be between Friday 5pm and the following Wednesday 5pm. But if you can’t do that perfectly, at least try to space out the times you meet. Also agree on where you will meet: CSIL is one options, or you can supply your own laptops and meet anywhere with an internet connection.

Day Time Location

(10 pts) Now, find someone IN YOUR SAME DISCUSSION SECTION* that seems to have similar answers to your own. Ideally, that other person will have similar levels of Java and coding experience (whether that’s none, a small amount, or a lot of it.) Ideally, they will have similar goals to yours in terms of what they want to get out of the course.

Note: for M16 the person does not have to be registered in the same discussion section AS LONG AS both of you are willing to commit to coming for the full three hours 9am-11:50am on Fridays.

Fill in information about both you and your pair partner here. The third line is in case of a “trio” (which we only will have if there is an odd number of studnets), or in you need to cross out a line a rewrite it.

First and Last Name	Me or Pair?	Umail Address	github.com username

(5 pts) Now write down something interesting about yourself not related to computing—something you are willing to share publicly. You’ll share this with your pair partner. If you already know your pair partner from outside of class, consider sharing something they probably don’t already know.
(5 pts) What did your pair partner write? Exchange answers with them so that you can learn something about each other. Write a summary of their answer here.