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Computer Science is Changing EVERYTHING!

https://codinginthewild.com/

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VIDEO: AP Computer Science Principles

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What to Expect 2023-24

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One Performance Task

30% of Overall AP Score

Create (30%) - 9 Hours - Applications from Ideas

The Create performance task focuses specifically on the creation of a computer program through the collaborative and iterative process of programming.

It consist of three components—program code, video, and a Personalized Project Reference containing screen captures of their list and procedure.

*Students need to submit their final performance tasks on the AP Digital Portfolio by April 30.

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End of Course Exam

70% of Overall AP Score

Wednesday, May 15, 2023 (Afternoon)

70 Questions - 2 Hours
57 single-select multiple-choice
5 single-select with reading passage about a computing innovation
8 multiple-select multiple-choice: select 2 answers

Please download this document Assessment Overview and Performance Task Directions for Students, as it provides instructions around the performance tasks and explanations on questions they will see on the AP Exam.

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Computational Thinking

J. Wing Article

“Thinking like a computer scientist means more than being able to program a computer. It requires thinking at multiple levels of abstraction.”

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Computational Thinking

When you go to school in the morning, you put in your backpack the things you need for the day; that’s prefetching and caching

When your son loses his mittens, you suggest he retrace his steps; that’s backtracking.

At what point do you stop renting skis and buy yourself a pair?; that’s online algorithms.

Which line do you stand in at the supermarket?; that’s performance modeling for multi-server systems.

Why does your telephone still work during a power outage?; that’s independence of failure and redundancy in design.

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Google Using Computational Thinking

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Grid Activity

move()

Go forward one square

right()

Turn 90° turn right

left()

Turn 90° turn left

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What is Innovation?

What is an innovation that impacted the first half of your life?

What is the newest innovation you have added to you day-to-day tech?

Mindset List

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Growth Mindset

In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic abilities are fixed traits. People with fixed mindsets often develop negative self-talk: “I’m not smart,” “I’m bad at math,” “I’ll never be able to do this.”

In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed. These people often rely on positive self-talk.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10PvyfWNQ1lnqftBM_M8ztEDykL0pwIoUuV5-iCeJdyk/edit?usp=sharing

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