What's Going On? May 18th through May 21st

AP Computer Science Principles

URGENT: THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT THE PERFORMANCE TASKS FOR THE AP EXAM IS TUESDAY MAY 26, 2020 AT 10:59PM. THE ENTIRE AP SCORE FOR APCSP WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TWO PERFORMANCE TASKS (CREATE AND EXPLORE).

For this week, we will be focusing on "Data". Monday's assignment is to view the TED talk video on "Big Data is Better Data" by Kenneth Cukier and answer some reflection questions related to Big Data. For the rest of the week, students will be working with the Gap Minder website to analyze data trends. Students will investigate the website in order to make comparisons and analyze Big Data.


Programming the Web 1

The beginning part of the week will be devoted to wrapping up Lesson 13 on formatting images for
the Web. At the end of the week, students will begin work on Lesson 14.  In this lesson, we will learn a little bit about hosting a website live online.  Along with this lesson, students will need to view the video lesson.  Additionally, students will have one web site to create (building on lesson 13), and ten multiple-choice questions to complete.  Students are considered "on pace" for the class if lesson 13 is completed by Wednesday, May 20th and lesson 14 is completed by Thursdsay, May 29th.

Looking Ahead: The final project for this class is a website that contains at least 4 web pages (the home page and three supporting pages).  For this project, students can choose their own subject matter and show off all they have learned in the class.  We will also have a 20 multiple-choice question summative assessment.  The questions included in this assessment have previously appeared on the other summatives we have seen throughout the semester.



Web 2

This week, students will be working on creating their own dice-
based game.  Through the tutorials from last week, students should have a functioning beginning to their program that shows how to roll two dice and make decisions based on the outcome of the game.  Students have some choice in their game, but must adhere to the requirements listed on Blackboard.




App Dev 2

Now that we have completed our chart related to some of the Swift frameworks and libraries, now it is time to analyze an app. This week, students will choose a school-appropriate app from their iPad or iPhone and analyze it. Students will need to identify the intended audience, the purpose of the app, and identify the components used to create the app.

Looking Ahead: Schedule Changes

Friday, May 22nd is a "work day" for teachers and an "off day" for students.  Monday, May 25th is Memorial Day, so we will not have school.  This means that the remainder of that week (Tuesday through Friday), we will have school.  We will not have our "catch up" day on Friday, instead, we will have our regularly scheduled classes.

Please Note: Our last day of school will be Friday, June 5th.