NEIT16+Open+Space+4B+-+Study+(off+Lake)

Notes

Attendees: Nick Marchese- Berkeley Carroll, Tony Tanael - Convent of the Sacred Heart, Andrew Abate- Riverdale Country Day, Michelle Sherry - School of the Holy Child, Jim Anderson -Packer Collegiate School Sue Heintz - King Low-heywood Thomas in Stamford
 * Assessing Computer Science**

Berkeley Carroll: > 9th/10th Grade classes required and Pass/Fail BUT no homework permitted. Embed Processing with HTML - This is the easiest and simplest one that I've found, but there are a few others out there. (My Example)
 * 5th Grade: Hopscotch
 * 7th/8th Grade: HTML and Scratch
 * 9th Grade: Scratch, Processing
 * 10th Grade: Java and Sphero, Blue Jay
 * 11th Grade: iOS development, Game Design - Unity, Web Design and CSS,
 * No APs

Riverdale:
 * 9th Grade Design Your Life - all students (App Inventor)
 * Mini Courses (2x per week pass/fail) - Intro Web Design and Robotics
 * Intro to Computer Science: Scratch, Processing, JavaScript
 * Advanced Topics: Presentation to Tech Committee. (Using Unity and Connect)
 * No APs

King:
 * STEM Research Development Course
 * 8th grade: Python
 * Hangman: Final project in Java

School of the Holy Child > Changing in 16-17: 6th grade: Robotics, 7th Grade: Gaming, 8th Grade: [|Beetle Blocks] (Block programming and 3D Printing) App Inventor, Processing
 * MS: Currently 6th/7thGrade: Robotics with NXT ( changing to either M Bot -thanks Andrew! or VexIQ), 8th grade: Gaming with Scratch
 * US: Intro to CS with CodeHS....... trying to decide the bridge to AP CS.

Packer Collegiate
 * No APs so no AP Computer Science, instead, Advanced Topics

Convent

Assessment:
 * Daily journal of progress/portfolio
 * Monthly presentation in front of tech committee
 * [|Video Blog] - Holy Child
 * Rubrics
 * Comments included in code
 * Give students a chance to revise and learn from failure
 * Flipped class
 * Other ways to have students explain. Have students present in front of class? Maybe create tutorial videos? Present as groups instead as individuals.
 * Avoid open-Processing
 * Some using Pseudocoding and Flowcharts. Scratch is actually pseudocode
 * Setting up independent study as a competition?
 * Make more Gaming opportunities for the entire school?

AP CS Principles - Thriving in Our Digital World Online Course - @https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/884561/modules

**Github Classroom/Education** @https://classroom.github.com/  @https://education.github.com/   Swift: Mobile App development  IBM Swift Sandbox  Scribe: Michelle Sherry, School of the Holy Child, Rye