1. GRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT PRESENTATION: 2014--2015 Computer Science Edition Gunn HS, Palo Alto (CA) Thank you for donating to PiE!

2. Josh Paley is Old 13 th year at Gunn BS in Math & CS from UIUC MS in Applied Math from UIUC ABQ&D in Sci. & Math Ed from UCB 3 years summer lecturer in CS at UCB 2 summers Google CAPE 10 years high tech industry experience 26 years fantasy baseball experience

3. Computer Science Principles UC-Berkeley’s CS10: The Beauty and Joy of Computing –http://bjc.berkeley.eduhttp://bjc.berkeley.edu –Driven by AP CS Principles For students interested in computing who either don’t have enough math for Functional Programming or just want to learn about computing without taking a hard-core programming course

4. Functional Programming Previously “Programming Concepts” Modeled after UCB’s long-time CS3 course Topics learned include –Abstraction –Recursion –Higher-order functions –List processing –Trees

5. Object-Oriented Programming Topics learned include –Abstraction –Iteration –Data types –Arrays and ArrayLists Covers 90% of AP CS A curriculum Both Functional Programming AND Object-Oriented Programming are needed to apply to take AP CS

6. AP Computer Science Reality: 10% AP, 90% advanced stuff Modeled after old CS61A and CS61B at UCB Topics learned include –Abstraction –OOP –Sequential Programming –Data structures –Mind-bending problems –Working with other people

7. The Successful Student… Comes to class with a great work ethic Perseveres on challenging problems Asks great questions Works well with others

8. Factors That Prevent Success Time management Non-productive computer usage –Games –Facebook –Etc. Procrastination Avoidance –If there are difficulties, please let me know before they grow into huge problems!

9. More Information http://paleyontology.com –Full class syllabi –Policy information Email: jpaley@pausd.orgjpaley@pausd.org –I do not post grades online, so if you want details, please email! Field trip(s) (maybe, TBA)