BYOB (byob.berkeley.edu) is an extended version of the popular 2-D programming tool Scratch (scratch.mit.edu). BYOB version 3.0 (released August, 2010) allows programmers to create user-defined functions and variables of specific types, functionalities that are crucial for writing structured, hierarchical programs.
Alice Programming An introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) using the Alice programming language developed by Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Computer science concepts including basic control flow structures, methods, functions, classes, objects, variables, parameters, and solving problems using computer science methods. The course is a prerequisite to the AP Computer Science: Java Programming class, which prepares the student for the APCS-A Exam.
Exploring Computer Science is a year-long class for developing the computer science skills of algorithm development, problem solving and programming.Students will be introduced to topics such as interface design, limits of computers and societal and ethical issues of software engineering. ECS is preceded by 3 units from the Intro to Computer class: File System Organization, MS-Word Macros, and Excel programming.
The combined course consists of the following 9 units:
File System Organization and Absolute Paths
MS-Word: Keyboard Shortcuts, Search/Replace Pattern-Matching, and Macros
MS-Excel: Programming Spreadsheets using Functions and Formulas
Binary Number System
Web Design: Broad Overview of HTML, CSS and Javascript
The 1st semester of this course is an introduction to HTML and CSS conceptual programming (rather than Web Design). Students will learn how to code and debug static HTML pages. The 2nd semester of this course consists of Javascript, DHTML (Dynamic HTML) and the DOM (Document Object Model).
