COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH MRS. WHITLOCK
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GBEA:  Thanks to all who came to my session.  Below are the links to the presentation and to the APCSP review questions that we discussed.
         Whitlock's presentation on Personalized learning in the CS classroom
​          APCSP review questions
         Runestone APCSP textbook with review questions

If you are a teacher and would like a copy of my lesson plans for 2018 - 19 for either APCSP or APCSA, please email me using your school email address.   whitlock@fultonschools.org


One of my goals for 2018-19 is to take APCSA in a more personalized, standards based approach.  I have discussed this with many of you at workshops this year and I told you that I would post a unit when I have it completed.  So...here it is!  This unit is on Loops (for, while and nested loops).  It starts with an optional pretest.  Based upon those results, students may be exempt from specific modules in the unit.  The unit itself consists of 7 modules and ends with a unit test.  I am still demonstrating & lecturing about specific topics on specific days but the students are encouraged to work through the units at their own pace.  If a student has "placed out of a module", they can continue working during these small lectures.  I did a similar unit with conditionals and found that the class discussions were more productive.  I also had more time to work with the students who needed extra attention.

Loop Unit PreTest
Loop Unit Pretest choice form - I use a google form to let students choose to either take the pretest or participate in the                     introductory lecture.
Sample results of choice form
Loop Unit Overview
Loop Unit Modules
Loops Unit Standards
Loops Unit Calendar 

If you are a teacher and you would like keys to the activities or other teacher materials, please email me using your school email address.  whitlock@fultonschools.org
 


Presentations 2018-19:
GBEA folder for Intro to Java code files


PowerPoint presentation for Intro to Java

PowerPoint presentation for APCSP Performance Tasks

Links to APCSP Performance Task materials


Changes to Scoring guidelines 2019
Copyright , 2019  Pam Whitlock

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