What's Going On? January 2nd through January 4th

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a relaxing winter break and had a chance to spend some time with family and friends.  We have a short time between now and the end of the semester, so I hope we are all refreshed and ready to finish the semester strong!

App Development


This week, students will work on our last group unit of the semester.  This week, we will focus on loops and arrays.  This is in preparation for our last end-of-unit app challenge: Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Programming the Web

This week, students will work on hosting web assignment 13.  We will learn how to make our page visible to the public.

Once we have completed our hosting assignment, students will have the remainder of the semester to work on our final project.  For this assignment, students will create a web site that includes four pages.  Throughout the four pages, students will highlight many of the techniques we have learned about.  Students will demonstrate their knowledge of HTML and CSS coding by creating and designing a website of their choosing.

AP Computer Science


This week, students will dive into our seventh unit on Arrays and Array Lists.  We will focus on how to create an array, search through an array, and how to perform some common algorithms.  Students should be analyzing the material while completing the guided notes template.



Registering for the AP Computer Science A Exam

Students should also be aware that the registration portal to register for the AP exam is now open.  Students can register at http://www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/502389.  Students must register by January 28, 2019 to avoid any late fees.

For students who are already starting to plan ahead, you can see which colleges accept the AP Computer Science score.  Please check out https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/creditandplacement/search-credit-policies or http://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/prep-for-college/credits/testing-ap-ib for more information about the type of credit that will be received for successfully completing the AP exam.



January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

What's Going On? December 17th through December 21st

App Development

This week, students will work on our end of unit app called "Word Play".  This app is similar to "Mad-Libs".  The app will prompt for an adjective, noun, and verb and insert the provided information into a story.  Students should finish up this app before winter break.






Programming the Web

This week, students will work on web assignment 13.  For this assignment, students will build on the "home page" we created for web assignment 12.  Additionally, students will complete the lesson 13 review questions during class on Thursday.




AP Computer Science


This week, students will spend time on Monday finishing up our programming project 6 and our Magpie lab.  Both of these assessments are summative.  On Tuesday, we will review for our summative.  On Wednesday, we will complete our summative.  All reviews, programming projects and labs are also due on this day.  We will spend the rest of the week focusing on discussing how computing connects to the global society as well as taking a diagnostics test from our "5 Steps to a 5" book.



Registering for the AP Computer Science A Exam

Students should also be aware that the registration portal to register for the AP exam is now open.  Students can register at http://www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/502389.  Students must register by January 28, 2019 to avoid any late fees.

For students who are already starting to plan ahead, you can see which colleges accept the AP Computer Science score.  Please check out https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/creditandplacement/search-credit-policies or http://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/prep-for-college/credits/testing-ap-ib for more information about the type of credit that will be received for successfully completing the AP exam.



January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

What's Going On? December 10th through December 14th

App Development

This week, students will complete our "Intergalactic Travel" hackwich where we will practice creating multiple screens and passing information between them.  Once this is complete, students will work on our end of unit app called "Word Play".  This app is similar to "Mad-Libs".  The app will prompt for an adjective, noun, and verb and insert the provided information into a story.






Programming the Web

This week, students will continue to work on web assignment 12.  For this assignment, students will need to format photos appropriately for the web.  Once the photos have been formatted, students will create the "home page" for the website we will be building over the next two weeks.  Additionally, students will need to complete their reading guides by Wednesday and the lesson 12 review questions during class on Thursday.




AP Computer Science

This week, students will spend time on Monday finishing up programming project 6 where we focus
on how to incorporate loops in order to repeat a section of code.  Students should be working on our review exercises and turn them into Google Classroom by the start of class on Tuesday.  Once this is complete, students will begin work on our first lab: Magpie.  For this assignment, students will practice interacting with existing code in order to create a chatbot program.  Students will read in a user's input and design the program to respond appropriately to the input based on keywords.  Students should finish up the lab by the end of class on Friday.



Registering for the AP Computer Science A Exam

Students should also be aware that the registration portal to register for the AP exam is now open.  Students can register at http://www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/502389.  Students must register by January 28, 2019 to avoid any late fees.

For students who are already starting to plan ahead, you can see which colleges accept the AP Computer Science score.  Please check out https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/creditandplacement/search-credit-policies or http://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/prep-for-college/credits/testing-ap-ib for more information about the type of credit that will be received for successfully completing the AP exam.



January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.