- Sign up for the online zyBook textbook if you haven't already
  done so.  Instructions are on the class webpage.

- Read zyBook sections 1.1 through 1.6.  Complete all 
  participation exercises for these sections.  You do not need
  to complete the challenge exercises.

  Note that some of the content, mostly from 1.5 and 1.6, was
  not covered in class yet.  This is intentional --- I will 
  assign zyBook sections often where you will read the text ahead
  of time to familiarize yourself with content for the next class.
  In these situations you are still expected to complete the 
  participation exercises to show you have done the reading.

- Download Python to your own computer.  This will give you
  IDLE, the Python interpreter, and the ability to write and run
  your own Python programs on your computer.  There are download
  links on the class webpage.

  Once you have downloaded and installed Python, try to recreate
  the "print the average of three numbers" program that we 
  constructed in class on January 12*.  Get it running from a 
  separate file (where you run it from the menu bar: Run > Run Module).