1. AP Computer Science - A Course & Exam :

3-ring Binder

1. AP Central : College Board : AP CSA

apcentral.collegeboard.org

2. AP Computer Science Principles : Leader website :

www.meinzeit.com

3. Shared google drive :

link to be shared at APSI

• DAILY SCHEDULE - subject to change

• 8:00 - 8:30AM : Breakfast & Morning Roundup

• 8:30 - 10:00AM : Morning Session I

  • 10:00 - 10:30AM : Break

• 10:30 - noon : Morning Session II

• 12:00 - 1:00PM : Lunch

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  1:00 - 2:30PM : Afternoon Session I

  • 2:30 - 2:45PM : Break

• 2:45 - 4:15PM : Afternoon Session II

• 4:15 - 5:00PM : Work Session

• 5:30 - 6:30PM : Supper

• DAY 1

• Morning Session I : Introductions & Understanding the Course

  • Participant Activities: MineCraft, CodeCombat, LightBot

  • Introductions: APSI Host/ Leader, Participants

  • AP CSA Course Binder

• Morning Session II : Planning the Course

  • Units 1 & 2 : Primitives & using Objects

  • Participant Activities:

    • Terminology, Code, & "Rules of Three,"

• Afternoon Session I : Teaching the Course

  • Units 3 & 4 : Boolean, if, & Iteration

  • Participant Activities:

    • Pedagogy, BlueJ. CodingBat, Exemplar Lab : Chatbot

• Afternoon Session II : Teaching the Course

  • Units 5 : writing Classes

     

    Participant Activity: PetRock - boolean, Strings, accessors, mutators;
    Design : PlayingCard

• DAY 2

• Morning Session I : Teaching the Course

  • Unit 6 & 7 : Array and ArrayList

    • Participant Activity: Deck of Cards, algorithms or Exemplar Lab : Elevens

• Morning Session II : Teaching the Course

  • Unit 8, 9, & 10 : 2D Array, inheritance, recursion

    • Participant Activity: Exemplar Lab : Picture

• Afternoon Session I : Designing the Course

  • Workshop Binder & Units

    • Participant Activity: Unit Guide "Treasure Hunt"

• Afternoon Session II : Designing the Course

  • Learning Objectives & Essential Knowledge Statements

    • Participant Activity: Individually identify challenging LO's and EK's

• DAY 3

• Morning Session I : Teaching the Course

  • Introduction to Algorithm using Modeling

    • Searching & Sorting

    • Participant Activity: Selection Sort

• Morning Session II : Teaching the Course

  • Introduction to Algorithms

    • Participant Activity: Picture Lab Activity 5

• Afternoon Session I : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding

  • AP Exam

    • Design Questions: Inheritance ["is a" versus "has a"]

• Afternoon Session II : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding

  • AP Exam

    • Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Techniques

    • Participant Activity: Writing MC Questions

• DAY 4

• Morning Session I : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding

  • AP Exam & AP Classroom

    • Participant Activity: Scoring Free Response Questions

• Morning Session II : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding

  • AP Exam & AP Classroom

    • Participant Activity: FRQ - Mock Reading

• Afternoon Session I : Teaching the Course

  • Audit & Course Plan/Schedule

• Afternoon Session II : Teaching the Course

  • Designing Unit & Lesson Plans

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• DAY 5 [where available]

• Morning Session I : Becoming a Member of the AP Community

  • Best Practices - Teaching Techniques 1

• Morning Session II : Becoming a Member of the AP Community

  • Best Practices - Teaching Techniques 2

• Afternoon Session I : Becoming a Member of the AP Community

  • Group Presentations

• Afternoon Session II :Review of AP CSA Summer Institute

  • Closure, Feedback, & Evaluations