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Students will be introduced to the Alice 3.0 environment, as well as the difference between the code and scene editors. Students will learn how to add, place and resize objects in the environment. While creating objects, we will take...
Students will be assigned a historical person computer scientist to research. Students will use their research to create a poster about the person using http://piktochart.com/. Students will also...
Description of a class activity we did in the APCS Principles class using sidewalk chalk to develop algorithms as a part of the Programming Portfolio
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In my CS Pricniples class we are working on conditionals in programming. I want them to connect the boolean logic with the underlying hardware the system is built on.
To do this we built logic gates using play-doh and LED.
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As I am talking to folks about the CS Principles pilot this material is generating the most questions. Traditionally we just don't do data at the high school level.
Right now my classes are working on the Data Portfolio as a...
This is a one day activity I did with my ECS students. Anijo Mathew, instructor from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology faciliated the Lo-Fi prototyping activity which focuses on brainstorming, problem solving,...
