Objectives

This Conceptual Framework teaches College Boards 5 Big Ideas of AP Computer Science Principles, Python, JavaScript, and Web Site application development together in an integrated fashion. The purpose is to teach College Board requirements while adding languages, tools, frameworks, and methodologies that meet Career Technical Education (CTE) needs. The outcome is preparing the High School student for the AP Test and simultaneously building the skills required for Computer Science internships.

Blogs

  • API/Control, Backend, OOP, Python

    Between Model and View is Control. In this Web application it will be handled by APIs. Data will be input and displayed through View and stored in Model. Control will broker information between projects.

    Jan 19, 2023

  • Performance Task Scoring 3

    Students looks at scoring rubric to determine scoring for the performance task

    Jan 18, 2023

  • Database/Model, Backend, OOP, Python

    The project-based learning objective is to create a purposeful backend, something that can't be done in frontend via JavaScript. A database and storing persistent data is a primary focus of most backend systems. An SQLite Database using the Python SQLAlchemy framework will be the outcome of this lesson. As students learn databases using SQLAlchemy, they will also learn about Object-oriented programming in Python.

    Jan 17, 2023

  • Week of 01-16, API and Database Intro

    Student enable API/Control code to connect Database/Model for their Create Performance Task project

    Jan 16, 2023

  • View and Frontend Coding

    Frontend coding and backend design will always be related. In building Views you we will need to create in frontend designs that will work with the backend data or databases.

    Jan 12, 2023

  • Performance Task Scoring 2

    Students looks at scoring rubric to determine scoring for the performance task

    Jan 11, 2023

  • Model and Object-Oriented Programming

    Object Oriented Programming is a part of learning Python. The objective of this blog is to introduce OOP with the intention of PBL task to create a database. The foundations for a database is defining a Class and understanding instance data and methods. A database is often a focus of backend coding as it will store persistent data, that can be recalled after the immediate session is closed.

    Jan 10, 2023

  • Database from JavaScript

    A view of a JSON data defined in JavaScript.

    Jan 10, 2023

  • Week of 01-09, FE and BE Intro Tech Talks

    Student start Frontend and Backend development for their Create Performance Task project

    Jan 9, 2023

  • UX, Midnight Theme and SASS

    User Experience tips on customizing Midnight theme, plus concepts and terms on using SASS. Contributions on SASS from Charlie Zhu, class of 2022.

    Jan 5, 2023

  • Performance Task Scoring 1

    Students looks at scoring rubric to determine scoring for the performance task

    Jan 4, 2023

  • Creative, Collaborative, and Quality Culture

    Fun in software engineering is when Project Teams have a collaborative culture. My favorite projects inside a company have been when the division is not accountable for Profit and Loss P&L, just responsible for building something to change the world. Education can create a lot of those creative elements, you learn freely, only accountability is to points/grade.

    Jan 4, 2023

  • Week of 01-03, New Years Code Warmup

    Student review Frontend and start ideation for their Create Performance Task project

    Jan 3, 2023

  • Unit 3 Sections 17-18

    Algorithm Efficiency and Undecidable Problems

    Dec 14, 2022

  • Unit 3 Sections 16

    Simulations

    Dec 13, 2022