the digital portfolio site by April 30th at 10:59pm. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY!!! If you do not submit your project by the due date, you will forfeit 30% of the AP Score!!!! Please see Mrs. Kamenar ASAP if you have any technical issues.
Waukesha North Computer Science
Monday, April 22, 2024
What's Going On? April 22nd through April 26th
the digital portfolio site by April 30th at 10:59pm. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY!!! If you do not submit your project by the due date, you will forfeit 30% of the AP Score!!!! Please see Mrs. Kamenar ASAP if you have any technical issues.
Friday, April 5, 2024
What's Going On? April 8th through April 12th
Thought for the Week
For the first part of this week, students will work to complete their midterm project, "Border Collie
Rescue". Students will have through the end of class on Thursday to complete this project. Students who need additional time are encouraged to come in during JIT to have additional time to work in the lab. At the end of the week, we will move on to Lesson 9 where we will learn how to adjust the placement of some of our elements using floating and positioning. Along with this lesson, students will complete the following:
- Read Chapter 15 in the Learning Web Design textbook
- Complete the Lesson 9 Reading Guide
- Lesson 9 Review Questions
- Project 9A: 15-1 (page 395), and 9B: 15-3 and 15-4 (pages 414 and 416)
Friday, March 22, 2024
What's Going On? April 2nd through April 5th
Thought for the Week
AP Computer Science Principles
On our return from break, students will spend some time learning about the exciting world of copyright!Students will learn the difference between the different types of Creative Commons licenses and learn when it is ok to use someone else's work and when it is not. We will also receive our "5 Steps to a 5" books this week, so we can start a more targeted process for preparing for our AP Exam.
Friday, March 8, 2024
What's Going On? March 11th through March 15th
Thought for the Week
Friday, March 1, 2024
What's Going On? March 4th though March 8th
Thought for the Week
Programming the Web 1
We will start off this week with some work days where students can work to complete our lesson 5assignments: 5A - Black Goose and 5B - Allco Services. At the end of this week, students will learn about how to apply more styles of our web pages using CSS. Students will learn how to add colors, font changes, and more to enhance the look of our pages. Along with lesson 6, students will have a reading assignment, a reading guide, and 10 multiple-choice questions. Additionally, students will demonstrate their ability to add style changes to our web pages through three tutorial-based web assignments.
This week, students will have the remainder of their class time to complete their official Create performance tasks. By the end of class on Wednesday, students should have their code completed, or nearly completed, to submit to the AP board. During class on Wednesday, I will lead students through the official submission process. This will include submitting the program code, video, and personal project reference sheet. All of these items must be uploaded to the AP portfolio site before April 30th at 11:00pm. As I have been telling students, PLEASE do not wait until the last possible moment to submit the project!
Once we have wrapped up our class project time, we will move on to learning about data. We will explore the different types of numbering systems used by the computer, including binary, hexadecimal, and ASCII.
Looking Ahead
In preparation for the new block schedule next year, we will do a trial run. Students will participate in the block schedule experience during the week of spring break. See the schedule below to know what you can expect.
Friday, February 23, 2024
What's Going On? February 26th through March 1st
Thought for the Week
9 class hours to complete their project but may work on their code outside of class. That being said, the majority of the project should be done in class. At the start of the week, students will have just over 6 hours of class time left to work on the project.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
What's Going On? February 19th through February 23rd
Thought for the Week
Programming for the Web 1
This week, students will focus on how to create links. We will learn how to create absolute links or links to other websites such as Google. We will learn how to create relative links or links to other pages within our website. Lastly, we will learn how to create link fragments that link to other parts within a web page. Along with this week, students will read chapter 6 in our textbook and complete the accompanying reading guide. We will also create two web projects. In project 4A, students will create links for the "Jen's Kitchen" website. In project 4B, students will create link fragments that link letters at the top of the web page to the alphabetical section of the site. Students will complete our weekly multiply choice questions at the start of class on Friday.AP Computer Science Principles
This week, students will begin our 9 hours of class time to work on our official AP "Create Task" that willbe submitted to the AP board as part of our AP exam grade. Monday's class was devoted to getting organized for the task ahead. The rest of the week, and next week, will be work time for the project. Students must submit their AP projects to the AP board by April 30th. Late work is not accepted by the AP board.