Very interesting presentation. There is a new course coming down the pike for AP.
This is the main reason I came to TCEA. I am also planning on going to similar presentations at SIGCSE in Dallas.
They feel, and yes, I agree, that the AP Computer Science A test is too technical for most students. They are purposing a principles course, that has programming as only one facet of the course.
The most amusing part was that the group presenting just couldn’t get their technology together. Probably wasted at least 15 minutes of their 90 minutes. But comforting to the rest of us.
Their website is at http://csprinciples.com/index.php
I think they are very ambitious and I hope it works.
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