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Advanced Programing on a Shoestring Mr. Keith Golebie and Mr. Matt Skoczylas Ellwood City Area School District
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Advanced Programing on a Shoestring

Mr. Keith Golebie and Mr. Matt SkoczylasEllwood City Area School District

Ellwood City Area School District

● Small Community in Western Pennsylvania● 40 miles north of Pittsburgh● North Side Primary School (K-2)● Perry Lower Intermediate School (3-4)● Hartman Intermediate School (5-6)● Lincoln Jr./Sr. High School (7-12)

Mr. Keith Golebie

Computer Science Teacher 9 -12(BCIT K-12)

Ellwood City Area School DistrictMany years in IT prior to public [email protected]

Mr. Matt Skoczylas

Elementary Computer Teacher2nd- 6th GradeEllwood City Area School Districtskoczylas.weebly.com

Programing on a Shoestring

Free Programs from Carnegie Mellon

What is a program?

● Not “computer program”● Why “Not a computer program?”

What is a program?

● What else can we program (phones, tablets, refrigerators, microwaves, TV’s, cars, airplanes, etc...

Programming

● A Set of Instructions ● Recipe● Sequence

Programming

● Is it easier to build something when you know what it is you want to build, or when you don’t?

● This is what most kids miss - They want to just make it without a plan.

Alice 2 or Alice 3Alice 2 can be taught for an introduction to programming course.

Alice 3 can be taught in advanced classes, or if the class is moving into a language by end of course.

Alice 2: Programming

Alice 3: Lets build something!

All programs are a solution to a problem

Reading for understandingProblem solving (math)Algorithm – (Science and math)

Standards

Programming is connected throughout all standards● PA Standards:● BCIT Standards:● Common Core (reading and writing)

Questions


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