7. Curricula: AP CS Principles

Week 7 (March 9)

Due: Media Quicksheet: Processing

Assigned: Media Quicksheet: NetLogo

No video today

Check out how we are using NetLogo in a collaboration with the Bioinformatics class at Research Lab High School.

Readings

College Board. AP Computer Science Principles Course Overview. (Link).

Killen, H., Weintrop, D., & Garvin, M. (2019, February). AP Computer Science Principles' Impact on the Landscape of High School Computer Science using Maryland as a Model. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1060-1066). (Link).

• Infrastructure for K12 Computing Education
• Assignments
• Department-Wide Policies
• Schedule
• 1. Course overview
• 2. Media: Scratch
• 3. Standards: NY CS&DF
• 4. Standards: K-12 CS Framework
• 5. Curricula: Exploring Computer Science
• 6. Curricula: Mathematical approaches to CS
• 7. Curricula: AP CS Principles
• 8. Spring break
• 9. Curricula: AP CS A
• 10. Implementation: Scope and sequence
• 11. Implementation: Interdisciplinary CS integration
• 12. Implementation: State support and professional development
• 13. Implementation: Design of a UB-BPS high school focused on computing
• 14. Implementation: Your future as a CS educator.
• Syllabus