Computer Corner
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Alliston, Ontario, Canada
About the store
I've taught computer science for 30 years. I have extensive experience in curriculum design and implementation. My resources have taken students from introductory programming to Advanced Placement success! My computer programming team had over 100 students from grades 9 to 12 and we regularly made it to the provincial finals. During the last few years I have had 90+ students write the Waterloo Computing Competition (CCC). On the computer engineering side, I designed the curriculum for an introductory engineering course and I also ran a FIRST robotics team for 5 years.
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🍿 Coding Projects
They are offered in 3 languages: Python, Turtle and Turing. Each project is unique because the student designs it on paper first, and students get to be creative while they demonstrate their mastery of the material. It's also great for differentiated instruction.
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Turtle Animation Coding Project Editable Resource Package
Kids can be super creative and they really have excellent ideas. I created a two-week coding project* so they could show off their imagination as well as their coding expertise. They use Python Turtle graphics with for loops to design and code an animation story. They design their own storyline and own animations. They have to plan it on paper to your satisfaction before they get to code it. Just be prepared for a noisy classroom as kids look at other creations in class! ✸ Some school boards m
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Computer Science - Technology
Also included in: The Complete Editable Coding Course For Beginners
Turtle Animation Coding Project 3 Version Resource Package
Kids can be super creative and they really have excellent ideas. I created a two-week coding project* so they could show off their imagination as well as their coding expertise. They use Python Turtle graphics with for loops to design and code an animation story. They design their own storyline and own animations. They have to plan it on paper to your satisfaction before they get to code it. Just be prepared for a noisy classroom as kids look at other creations in class! ✸ Some school boards m
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Computer Science - Technology
Also included in: The Complete 3 Version Coding Course For Beginners
Turtle Animation Coding Project Editable Resource Package
Kids can be super creative and they really have excellent ideas. I created a two-week coding project* so they could show off their imagination as well as their coding expertise. They use Turtle graphics with for loops to design and code an animation story. They design their own storyline and own animations. They have to plan it on paper to your satisfaction before they get to code it. Just be prepared for a noisy classroom as kids look at other creations in class! ✸ Some school boards may call
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Computer Science - Technology
Also included in: Python Turtle Unit 3 Animation with Videos Editable Unit
Turing Animation Coding Project 3 Version Resource Package
Using Turing graphics and loops to code an animation story. This coding project allows kids to express themselves. They design their own storyline. They design their own animations. However, the animation topic is already preset by the coding project. They have to plan it on paper to your satisfaction and then they get to code it. Just be prepared for a noisy classroom as kids look at other creations in class! This package builds on the Turing Animation package and finds out whether or not t
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Computer Science - Technology
Also included in: Turing Coding Course for Beginners 3 Version
Turing Animation Coding Project Editable Resource Package
Using Turing graphics and loops to code an animation story. This coding project allows kids to express themselves. They design their own storyline. They design their own animations. However, the animation topic is already preset by the coding project. They have to plan it on paper to your satisfaction and then they get to code it. Just be prepared for a noisy classroom as kids look at other creations in class! This package builds on the Turing Animation package and finds out whether or not t
Not Specific
Computer Science - Technology
Also included in: Coding Graphic Animation Turing Editable Unit 3
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About the store
Experience
I've taught computer science for 30 years. I have extensive experience in curriculum design and implementation. My resources have taken students from introductory programming to Advanced Placement success! My computer programming team had over 100 students from grades 9 to 12 and we regularly made it to the provincial finals. During the last few years I have had 90+ students write the Waterloo Computing Competition (CCC). On the computer engineering side, I designed the curriculum for an introductory engineering course and I also ran a FIRST robotics team for 5 years.
Teaching style
I have taught using differentiated instruction in a flipped classroom model long before either of them were buzzwords. Never give answers - only ask more questions! Students need to get there under their own steam otherwise they haven't earned the knowledge and it won't stick! You can't learn how to drive a car in a classroom. You need to be behind the wheel and experience the reality and then try to analyze what you did. The point of programming is to use it as a tool to help students learn how to learn. The language is just the vehicle.
Awards & shining teacher moments
The second year of our participation in FIRST Robotics we won Canada and advanced to the final championships in Houston Texas. Two of my CCC students made it to the University of Waterloo to participate in the Canadian Computing Olympiad and one of them made it onto the IOC team that competed in Thailand.
My own education history
I have a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I taught myself how to program and as a result of my own journey I understand how students learn programming.
Additional biographical information
I have been a certified Advanced Placement teacher for over twenty years in Java as well as C.
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