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2. About today  Logistics: W-9 form, evaluation at end of day  The CS Principles materials  Today starts out with CS Principles.  Yet MORE activities  Scratch  Processing  Yet MORE information  CSTA K-12 CS Curriculum Standards  And MORE activities  Puzzles to Algorithms  AppInventor

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4. CS & IT 2012

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7. Computer Science Education Act Introduced in Both Houses (9/22/2011) The bill focuses on K-12 education  Fund planning grants for states to work with stakeholders to assess their computer science offerings in K-12 and develop concrete steps to strengthen them. http://techpolicy.acm.org/blog/?p=1796

8. Computer Science Education Act Introduced in Both Houses  Fund implementation grants for states, in partnership with local school districts and institutions of higher education, to carry out state plans by:  developing state computer science standards, curriculum, and assessments;  improving access to underserved populations; building professional development and teacher certification programs;  creating on-line courses; and, ensuring computer science offerings are an integral part of the curriculum

9. Computer Science Education Act Introduced in Both Houses  Establish a blue-ribbon commission to review the state of computer science education nationwide, and bring states together to address the computer science teacher certification crisis  Establish computer science teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education  Create an independent, rigorous evaluation of state programs funded under this Act with results reported to Congress and the Administration

10. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s1614

11.  Jan Cuny (Program Officer in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation)  Her Critical Perspective begins by assessing the current state of computer science education in the United States. Finding a significant lack of diversity among CS college graduates, and few opportunities to learn substantive computer science at K- 12, she analyzes how these two problems (and others) can be addressedthrough focusing on pre-college education. CS Principles

12. Results of Faculty Colloquium October 2008 The following information reported by College Board to colloquium participants in December 2008

13. Rationale  66 key computer science faculty members were convened from top-tier institutions  The goal of the meeting was to inform faculty about the AP Computer Science course and exam, and to gauge interest in a potential different, future direction for AP Computer Science

14. Participating Institutions Rose-HulmanStevens Institute of Technology Florida State UniversityHarvard University Virginia TechUniversity of Texas Arlington Illinois Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California San Diego San Diego State UniversityUniversity of California Davis New Jersey Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Columbia UniversityUniversity of Minnesota Rice UniversitySwarthmore College University of AarhusCollege of William and Mary University of MichiganMichigan Technological University Northwestern UniversityUniversity of California Irvine University of South FloridaMetropolitan State College of Denver University of California BerkeleyFlorida International University University of Southern CaliforniaColorado School of Mines University of Central FloridaCreighton University Harvey Mudd CollegeUniversity of Washington Dartmouth CollegeBoston University Purdue UniversityVanderbilt University Michigan State UniversityUniversity of Florida Baylor UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin Rutgers UniversityCarnegie Mellon University Indiana UniversityDrew University University of Texas at DallasRochester Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of TechnologyTexas Tech University George Mason UniversityUniversity of California Riverside Tufts UniversityPrinceton University University of VirginiaThe Ohio State University University of WisconsinUniversity of Arizona Drexel UniversityColorado State University University of IllinoisBryn Mawr College Amherst CollegeStanford University SUNY Stony BrookUniversity of Houston University of MarylandDuke University

15. Methodology  The AP Computer Science FC online satisfaction survey was sent out Sunday, October 26, 2008 just after the meeting ended  All 66 Computer Science Faculty Colloquium attendees responded to the survey

16. Executive Summary  Faculty believe that if only one AP Computer Science course is offered by the College Board, we should maintain a course such as the current AP CS A course, making incremental improvements, but keeping it focused on programming so that it aligns with the first course within the major.  However, there seems to be a desire for the current AP Computer Science A course and exam NOT to be the AP Program’s stand- alone Computer Science offering.

17. Executive Summary  College faculty see much potential in the idea of the College Board also providing a new and different AP Computer Science program that would broaden the appeal and perceived relevance of Computer Science and would attract a greater diversity of students to the major.  So long as the proposed new AP CS program would not replace outright the current AP CS A (programming-focused) course, there is considerable interest in the proposed new AP course.  However, they found it difficult to perceive the parameters of a proposed new course, and without a clear description of what the new course would entail, found it impossible to provide good information about the likelihood of credit, placement, and overall value of such an addition to the AP Program.

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19. AP Computer Science: Principles  Using Computational Thinking to Model a New Course Advanced Placement Computer Science: Principles.  NSF award: $2,093,450 effective September 1, 2009 and expires August 31, 2012.  Principal Investigator: Owen Astrachan, Duke University  Co – PIs:  Amy Briggs, Middlebury College  Lien Diaz, The College Board, AP Program November 2009

20. AP CS: Principles  Not a replacement for the current AP CS A course  Must be a course for which college credit and/or placement is given (AP)  Not designed as a required course for majors  Designed to appeal to a vastly larger and more diverse set of students November 2009

21. Commission Members  Don Allen – Troy HS, CA  Christine Alvarado – Harvey Mudd College  Stacey Armstrong, Cypress Woods High School, TX  Owen Astrachan – Duke University (PI)  Charmaine Bentley – FDR High School, TX  Amy Briggs – Middlebury College (Co-PI)  Rich Kick – Newbury Park HS, CA  Mark Guzdial – Georgia Institute of Technology  Jody Paul – Metropolitan State College of Denver  Chris Stephenson – Executive Director, CSTA November 2009

22. Advisory Group Members  Duane Bailey – Williams College  Tiffany Barnes – UNC Charlotte  Gail Chapman – Director, Leadership and PD, CSTA  Tom Cortina – Carnegie Mellon University  Stephen Edwards – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University  Dan Garcia – UC Berkeley  Joanna Goode – University of Oregon  Susanne Hambrusch – Purdue University  Michelle Hutton – President, CSTA  Deepak Kumar – Bryn Mawr College  Jim Kurose – U Mass Amherst  Andrea Lawrence – Spellman College  Richard Pattis – UC Irvine  Eric Roberts – Stanford University  Katie Siek – U Colorado at Boulder  Beth Simon – UC San Diego  Larry Snyder – University of Washington  Lynn Andrea Stein – Olin College  Fran Trees – Rutgers University November 2009

23. Commission and Advisory Board  Commission has task of delivering framework for course/exam using evidence centered design  Advisory board provides feedback, guidelines, advice to commission  Advisory board actually advises

24. Timeline  2009-2010  Big Ideas, Practices, Claims/Evidence  2010-11  Pilot I: Five colleges  Draft College Survey  Test item prototype  2011-12  Pilot II: 10+ colleges, 10+ high schools

25. Possible Next Timeline  Necessary and sufficient conditions to continue  How do we ensure “substantial” buy-in?  2012-2013  Curricular framework finalized?  Exam format identified  Deploy exam and course  2016? 2017?

26. Key ideas  Computer Science Principles is designed to introduce students to the central ideas of computing and computer science, to instill ideas and practices of computational thinking, and to have students engage in activities that show how computing and computer science change the world. Annotated Course Outline

27. Key Theme: Creativity  We want students to create artifacts that they want to show off to their friends and family, using simulation to explore questions that interest them, and designing and implementing solutions employing the iterative and sometimes messy process that artists, writers, and engineers use to translate ideas into tangible form. Annotated Course Outline

28. Key Theme: Use of Technology  Use of technology as a means for solving computational problems and exploring creative endeavors, rather than a focus on a specific tool or language.  programming is one of the seven big ideas  programming is a tool students use to explore concepts and create exciting and personally relevant artifacts.  students will work with "big-data"—to analyze it, to visualize it, to draw conclusions from trends in it Annotated Course Outline

29. Key Theme: People and Society,  Students will explore computer science’s relevance to and impact on the world today.  They will investigate the innovations in other fields that computing and computer science have made possible.  They will examine the ethical implications of new computing technologies.  They will perform activities that develop their communication and teamwork skills.  They will talk and write about their solutions, the importance of these problems and their impact on the world. Annotated Course Outline

30. Success in the course  Compelling curriculum  Engaging pedagogy  We’re not just changing content, we’re changing how Computer Science is taught and, in turn, who chooses to take it. Annotated Course Outline

31. Resources Available  http://www.csprinciples.org/ http://www.csprinciples.org/  Seven Big Ideas, Key Concepts, Supporting Concepts Seven Big Ideas, Key Concepts, Supporting Concepts  Six Computational Thinking Practices Six Computational Thinking Practices  Claims and Evidence Statements Claims and Evidence Statements