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Edhesive

An online AP Computer Science course for high schools aligned specifically to College Board’s Advanced Placement Computer Science A Exam.

Our unique approach is driven by our belief that online learning has the power to reach all learners regardless of their location or resources, yet can only succeed if students feel a personal connection to it. Our coaches, who are often teachers at local schools and are not required to have expertise in our course subject, meet with students regularly to inspire, challenge and guide them through the process. In doing so, students are enriched and motivated to do the work of learning in ways that technology alone cannot do.

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Computer Science via Game Programming

Aligned to the AP Computer Science A exam. Progress tracking, auto graded quizzes and coding exercises. Open ended game building projects. Expected release fall 2016. Course Description: Coming in Fall 2016, DevPro Computer Science via Game Programming will be a new, full-year course, geared towards true beginners and aligned with AP Computer Science A. It…

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Software Engineering School Was Teacher’s Idea, but It’s Been Done City’s Way – NYTimes.com

By JENNIFER MILLER Published: March 29, 2013

At last year’s State of the City speech, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the creation of a public high school called the Academy for Software Engineering. The school would be part of an ambitious expansion of computer science education in the city, and Mr. Bloomberg called it the “brainchild” of a local teacher named Michael Zamansky.

Mr. Zamansky was seated on the stage, a few steps from the mayor. But by that point, he said recently, the project was his in name only: he said he had been effectively cut out of the school’s planning process, and his vision of an elite program had given way to one that was more focused on practical job skills.

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The Beauty and Joy of Computing

The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) is an introductory computer science curriculum developed at the University of California, Berkeley, intended for non-CS majors at the high school junior through undergraduate freshman level. It was one of the five initial pilot programs for the AP CS Principles course being developed by the College Board and the National Science Foundation. We offer it as CS 10 at Berkeley.

via The Beauty and Joy of Computing.