Have to take the SAT? Then it’s probably a good idea to get yourself an SAT Test Prep book that will give you SAT practice questions that will familiarize you with the test and review and strategy sections that will…
Have to take the SAT? Then it’s probably a good idea to get yourself an SAT Test Prep book that will give you SAT practice questions that will familiarize you…
Always look for opportunities to practice and coach troubleshooting. One came for me the other day with the classroom stapler…
A bright student in a hurry urgently asks me, “Mrs. Canaga, Mrs. Canaga…the stapler won’t work!”
As thoughts rolled through my head (like…what has someone done to the stapler now?), I stopped and asked, “Well, have you tried to troubleshoot the problem?“
With an extemely annoyed look on his face, the student replied, “Troubleshoot the stapler?”
Mrs. Canaga: “Sure…what is the problem you are having?“
Student: “It won’t staple my paper.”
Mrs. Canaga: “Did it work recently?”
The student now realizes he’s been caught in a teachable moment and reluctantly responds, “I think so… maybe it needs more staples?”
Mrs. Canaga: “Did you check?”
Student: “How do I do that?”
Mrs. Canaga: “I don’t know…have you examined the stapler?”
Student looks over the stapler, “Well it looks like there might be two ways.” After a bit of trial and error, he opens the stapler and finds it empty. A quick reload, and he’s back to work with a stapled paper in hand and troubleshooting on his mind. He might have been mumbling something about me too, but hey…that’s the art of troubleshooting!
Increases in tuition at public schools for th e2005-2006 school year were a good deal lower than those of the previous year, while private schools had similar tuition increases as the year before. All this and much more tuition data…
Increases in tuition at public schools for th e2005-2006 school year were a good deal lower than those of the previous year, while private schools had similar tuition increases as…
My “specialty” is the software development process and project management. I was a programmer, analyst and manager for 15 years, before I found my passion for education. This is my 8th year with the Issaquah School District in Washington state, and I teach a variety of high school technology courses that include hardware and operating systems, web authoring, programming and AP Computer Science.
As I developed the curriculum for the programming classes, I was drawn to online resources that taught Visual Basic, C# and ASP.NET. I embraced Visual Studio.NET, and my students successfully pass APCS tests with their J# knowledge. One thing led to another, and last year I was asked to help develop online course material to teach the software development process.
This resource will be available to you soon. In future posts, I will describe its features and my beta experience last spring. Designed to be a project to work on after the AP test, students work in project teams to develop a game over the course of about six weeks. During this time, they learn and practice the four Ds–Discovery, Design, Development and Deployment.
In the navigation panel on the left, you will see links to the Computer Science Blogs of my colleagues. I learn something from them every day….
Many colleges now allow applicants to apply with either the traditional paper application, or through online applications. The online applications have a lot of things going for them: they’re more efficient and they cost less for both the applicant (no…
