Computer Science

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Smartphones are everywhere; learn to make your own apps! This course will introduce the development of mobile apps for the Android platform through both MIT’s App Inventor and the Java programming language.  Students will begin by learning the basics of the Java language and then apply those skills to labs that will create applications that can be launched on a mobile phone emulator and then on an actual mobile phone.  As time permits, students will be able to generate their own ideas for apps and create apps that access phone features such as GPS and movement/acceleration.

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Learn how to layout and program an interactive website. This course is intended for students with a strong interest in web page design techniques.  Students must have experience in web page design or computer programming in order to enroll; either Computer Concepts or Python Programming will provide this prior experience.  The course will address a series of design tools including HTML, Photoshop, CSS, JavaScript, and database programming using SQL.  The main design software used during the course will be Adobe Dreamweaver.

Robots, robots, everywhere! This is a robotics course where students will learn to program microcontrollers such as Arduino. Students will program Arduino boards using C++ and use them to interact with sensors and external equipment. Students will program Arduino bots to find their way out of a maze, not fall off a table, and follow each other.   

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A continuation of Networking Academy I.  A large portion of this course involves a design project where students perform all of the necessary tasks to plan and implement a network.  Topics include advanced routing protocols, wireless, access control lists, classless routing, switch configuration, virtual LANS, LAN design, WAN design, private addressing, PPP, and Frame Relay. This course may be taken independently online.

Create 3D video games of your own design.  This course is for students who have studied computer science during one or two years of introductory and/or advanced courses.  Students will build upon their programming knowledge and skills by designing and implementing games and simulations that utilize input and output, and involve complex logic. Students will use the Unity game engine and code in C#.

Get creative! This course will provide an opportunity for students to develop their own advanced, independent projects and dive deeper into a particular language (or learn a new language) by working with another staff member to develop an application that the staff member would use in their classroom or daily job.  For example, a student may approach a science teacher about creating an app that would demonstrate a particular science concept or a member of the office staff about an app that would simplify their job.  This course would ONLY be offered as an independent study.

Design and build logic circuits and robots.  Digital electronics is the foundation of all modern electronic devices such as cellular phones, laptop computers, digital cameras and high-definition televisions. The major focus of the DE course is to expose students to the process of combinational and sequential logic design, teamwork, communication methods, engineering standards and technical documentation. Students will design the logic and physically build a series of projects including message displays for digital scoreboards, a toll booth gate that opens and closes, and a device that detects jams in copy machines.  Students will also construct and program small robots to move in particular ways.  THIS COURSE IS NOT NCAA APPROVED.