What's Going On? May 31st through June 3rd

 Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

We will start off this week by viewing our Social Media PSA videos.  Within these videos, students were presented with the opportunity to share their ideas on social media and give their recommendations for how students can thrive socially, emotionally, and academically.  We will critique our videos during Monday's class and complete an assessment of our work.  For the rest of the week, we will prepare for our PLTW end of course exam.  

App Development

This week, students will have the opportunity to work on their final project for the class.  Students can choose to either build a fully-functional app or learn how to use one new feature of their choosing.  Students can choose to either work alone or as part of a small group.  When students have completed their task, they will create a brief 5-minute video highlighting their project.

Programming the Web 1

This week, students will have the opportunity to work on their final project for the class.  Students can choose their topic for their four-page website.  Within this site, students will highlight what they have learned over the course of the semester.  Students should focus on good HTML structure as well as the style of the site.  The site must illustrate good principles of design.  When finished, students will post their final project online for the world to see.

Exam Schedule

What's Going On? May 23rd through May 27th

Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

This week, students will focus on filming their "Social Media" project.  The goal of this project is to think about how students will best thrive academically, socially, and emotionally while using social media.  Students will create a five-minute video presentation to talk about the pros and cons of social media and talk about the recommendations they have for incoming freshmen regarding their social media useage.  Within the videos, students will reference at least three sources they have come across in regard to social media.

App Development

This week, students will focus on wrapping up the "Word Play" summative app.  In this app, students will demonstrate their knowledge of how to create multiple screens, pass information between the screens, and create alerts.  Once this is complete, students will move into their final project for the semester.

Programming the Web 1

This week, students will focus on creating their final web project.  For this assignment, students will choose their own topic and create a website around it.  Through this website project, students will demonstrate their ability to create a site highlighting many of the HTML and CSS tools that we have learned throughout the semester.

What's Going On? May 16th through May 20th

  Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

Start off this week with a discussion based on the documentary "The Social Dilemma".  Students will share out the points that stuck out for them.  We will share what we agree and disagree with within the film.  After our discussion, the rest of the week will be focused on furthering our study of Python through a project.

App Development

This week, we will talk about Navigation Controllers, Strings, and Alerts.  At the end of the week, we will apply our knowledge to our summative app, "Word Play".  In this app, students will create a "Mad-Lib"-style story and demonstrate their ability to create multiple screens and pass data between the two.

Programming the Web 

This week, we will learn about how to host our websites live online.  Students will create a free account to a hosting site.  We will learn about the process to make our work public to the world.  Along with this week, students will complete our lesson 14 review questions and complete web assignment 14A.  For this assignment, students will add three sub-pages to our "Clear Reflections Photography" homepage. 

Looking Ahead: Exam Schedule

What's Going On? May 9th through May 13th

Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

The AP Exam is finally here! We will have our AP exam on Monday, May 9th at noon.  Please report to the testing location by 11:30 with a few #2 pencils and a pen.  You will not be permitted to have a cell phone, smartwatch, or other electronic devices during the AP exam, so be sure to store them in your locker or another secure location.  The exam testing time is set at 2 hours.

App Development

This week, we will start our "Word Play" unit.  We will start off the week by completing our pre-unit hackwich called "Intergalactic Travel".  In this app, we will learn how to make multiple screens and how to send data between them.  Once this is complete, we will take a look at the purpose of a UIViewController, learn how to add new screens and coding files to our project, and how to transition between them.

Programming the Web 1

Our focus for this week will be on graphics.  We will use Photoshop in order to properly format images to include in our webpage so that the images look their best and the pages load in an acceptable length of time.  Along with this week, students will read from our textbook and complete the lesson 13 reading guide (due Tuesday).  We will also have our "Clear Reflections" homepage to complete and our lesson 13 review questions (both on Thursday).

As a reminder, students who need extra help or some time in the lab are encouraged to come in before school or during lunch for JIT.

Exam Schedule

Please check the ***UPDATED*** exam schedule for our last three days of school.