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Computer Science and Information Technology Electives at the High School

Computer Science and Information Technology Electives at the High School. Don Sawyer dsawyer@methacton.org October 18, 2011. Introductory Electives. Web Programming I and 2 Web Based Programs HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL 0.5 credit courses. Visual Basic I and 2

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Computer Science and Information Technology Electives at the High School

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  1. Computer Science andInformation TechnologyElectives at the High School Don Sawyer dsawyer@methacton.org October 18, 2011

  2. Introductory Electives • Web Programming I and 2 • Web Based Programs • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL • 0.5 credit courses • Visual Basic I and 2 • Writing Programs for PCs • Focus on Procedures • 0.25 credit courses • Common Topics • Variables and Assignment Statements • Control Structures • Flash Programming • Game-Oriented Programming • 0.5 credit course • Introduction to Java • Object-Oriented Programming • 0.5 credit course

  3. Follow-On Electives • AP Computer Science • Object-Oriented Programming • Equivalent to First Semester College Level Computer Science Course • Most Students take the exam and all have received 4s or 5s • Advanced Java Programming • Open to Students that have completed AP Computer Science • In the Program Planning Guide for the past two years but never had enough eligible students to actually offer the course • Covers advanced data structures, possibly Android OS

  4. What Does Code Look Like? • private Triangle triA, triB, selectedTri; • private int x, y; • public TrianglePanel( Color backColor ) { • setBackground( backColor ); • int [] x1 = { 50, 100, 150 }; • int [] y1 = { 25, 25, 75 }; • triA = new Triangle( x1, y1 ); • int [] x2 = { 100, 250, 100 }; • int [] y2 = { 150, 225, 300 }; • triB = new Triangle( x2, y2 ); • selectedTri = null; • addMouseListener( new PanelListener() ); • addMouseMotionListener( new PanelMotionListener() ); • } Short snippet of java code from the AP Computer Science Class

  5. What Does Code Look Like? <html><head> <title>Exericse 4</title> <style type="text/css"> input{ text-align:center } .out{border-style:none; font-size:140%; text-align:left} </style> <script type="text/javascript" > function calcSlope(){ var x1 = parseFloat( document.frm.txtX1.value ); var y1 = parseFloat( document.frm.txtY1.value ); var x2 = parseFloat( document.frm.txtX2.value ); var y2 = parseFloat( document.frm.txtY2.value ); var c = ( y2 - y1 )/( x2 - x1 ); c = c.toFixed( 3 ); document.frm.txtC.value = "The slope is " + c; } </script> </head> Some source code from a web page in Web Programming 1

  6. Who Takes These Electives • The introductory electives are open to students in grades 9 to 12. • AP Computer Science is open to grades 10 to 12. • Generally successful in math • Mostly boys (would love to have more girls take these courses)

  7. Cost • Teacher salary. • Computer lab (though available for other uses) • All software is free except for Flash and Dreamweaver • AP Computer Science is the only course with a text book. All other courses rely on resources that either I develop or are free on-line. Go to www.mrsawyer.com to view course materials.

  8. Robotics Club • First year at high school. Lots of interest. • Design, build, and program robots. • Initial funds from parents ($2,000) and Home and School association ($200). • Initial purchases include Lego Mindstorms, Finch, and Arduino Inventor Kits. • Participating in MIT/NASA robot programming competition involving physics, advanced math, programming, and strategy. Placed 39th out of 88 high schools in the nation in the first round. Details of competition at www.zerorobotics.org

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