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AP Computer Science
AP iPhone Presentation: Building Something That Matters
This summer I presented a talk about our iOS App project, both at Punahou and at the Alan November conference in Boston.
We recorded the Punahou presentation, given in July at the Luke Lecture Hall. Thanks to Katie Morrow for the CBL Framework slide, and to Yuri Biersach for arranging the filming.
Part 1 (15 min.): Challenge Based Learning, AP Curriculum vs. Reality, Why Change?
Part 2: (30 min.): Flipping the Classroom, How a Classroom's Like a Startup, and Alternative Forms of Assessment.
We recorded the Punahou presentation, given in July at the Luke Lecture Hall. Thanks to Katie Morrow for the CBL Framework slide, and to Yuri Biersach for arranging the filming.
Part 1 (15 min.): Challenge Based Learning, AP Curriculum vs. Reality, Why Change?
Part 2: (30 min.): Flipping the Classroom, How a Classroom's Like a Startup, and Alternative Forms of Assessment.
Show and Tell
We used Quicktime's Screen Recorder on our laptops to show and talk about the work we did on our recent Objective-C lab.
Autotune the Objects
Some of you need to review the basics. Some of you really need to review the basics. So here you go. I make no apologies for the auto-tune.
Photobooth Reflections
Using PhotoBooth on your Mac laptop, create a 30-second response to the following prompt:
Talk about your experience of reading through the Apple Developer documentation.
Well, thanks for your honesty! As you can see, if you had a hard time reading through the developer documentation, you weren't alone! But remember that you can help each other by using the class forums, you don't need to understand 100% of it, and it will get easier as you go!
One of the major learning objectives of this course is getting you familiar with "doing your own fishing" through the same resources and documentation that programmers use in the real world.
Talk about your experience of reading through the Apple Developer documentation.
Well, thanks for your honesty! As you can see, if you had a hard time reading through the developer documentation, you weren't alone! But remember that you can help each other by using the class forums, you don't need to understand 100% of it, and it will get easier as you go!
One of the major learning objectives of this course is getting you familiar with "doing your own fishing" through the same resources and documentation that programmers use in the real world.
What's the Big Idea?
This semester, we are taking on the ambitious, scary, and exhilarating challenge of creating an iPhone app using Objective-C. We are following the Apple challenge-based learning framework to frame the challenge, come up with guiding questions, and finally, create solution to the following:
We are going to learn Objective-C using the Apple Developer Documentation, the Stanford iTunes U course, and any other resources we can get our hands on. Then, we'll write our app, and put it up on the iTunes App Store, as a free app available for anyone to download.
Create an iPhone app that is useful to the school community!
We are going to learn Objective-C using the Apple Developer Documentation, the Stanford iTunes U course, and any other resources we can get our hands on. Then, we'll write our app, and put it up on the iTunes App Store, as a free app available for anyone to download.
AP iPhone?
...and we're off!
This is the video I showed to your parents at Open House night so they know why you will be up so late and eating so many chocolate pretzels.
This is the video I showed to your parents at Open House night so they know why you will be up so late and eating so many chocolate pretzels.
AP iOS
This semester, I am doing a big experiment: I am changing the AP Computer Science curriculum to focus on building a first semester project that is meaningful and relevant to my kids. I am also taking advantage of this one-to-one class by structuring our work more like a business.
I think of this class not as a class in the traditional sense, but rather as a small company. Our class times are actually meetings in the business sense, a chance to get together and coordinate. Most of the work is going to need to be done outside of class.
I used to work as a developer at a dot-com. When we held a team meeting, we didn't sit there with our laptops open and do work. We would talk with each other, draw big pictures, share information and updates, help each other get unstuck, and plan new projects. The work was done outside of the meeting (hopefully) because if you showed up without having done what you committed to at the last meeting, it meant you had to explain yourself to your team members. My classes this year will be more like meetings -- less laptop use, less of me talking, less of everything but communicating and collaboration.
We started the class with the challenge: We are going to create an iPhone app that is useful to Punahou students. We only have a semester to teach ourselves Objective-C and come out with an app that will "go global" on the Apple App Store. It's going to be offered for free, but with the skills kids come away with, they could definitely use their skills to sell their own side projects on the App Store.
I also taped this portion of the class. I had one of the students do the taping. Documentation is a big part of what we are doing, and I am hoping to share that out here.
In our first class, we went through the basics of creating our first iPhone app -- kind of the equivalent of "Hello World" using Xcode and Interface Builder. I love that these tools are free! Although I had to buy an Apple Developer license and we are sharing that.
I gave the kids a pretty hefty reading assignment: Apple's introduction to Object-Oriented Programming. I also created a discussion topic in Moodle where I've asked kids to post three questions they have after doing the reading. I also asked them to try to answer any questions they felt they could answer.
My hope is that this will lead us to have an active bulletin board of discussion topics with real dialogue. I do this anticipating the big project that we have coming up. Building a self-reliant community of learners is important!
I think of this class not as a class in the traditional sense, but rather as a small company. Our class times are actually meetings in the business sense, a chance to get together and coordinate. Most of the work is going to need to be done outside of class.
I used to work as a developer at a dot-com. When we held a team meeting, we didn't sit there with our laptops open and do work. We would talk with each other, draw big pictures, share information and updates, help each other get unstuck, and plan new projects. The work was done outside of the meeting (hopefully) because if you showed up without having done what you committed to at the last meeting, it meant you had to explain yourself to your team members. My classes this year will be more like meetings -- less laptop use, less of me talking, less of everything but communicating and collaboration.
We started the class with the challenge: We are going to create an iPhone app that is useful to Punahou students. We only have a semester to teach ourselves Objective-C and come out with an app that will "go global" on the Apple App Store. It's going to be offered for free, but with the skills kids come away with, they could definitely use their skills to sell their own side projects on the App Store.
I also taped this portion of the class. I had one of the students do the taping. Documentation is a big part of what we are doing, and I am hoping to share that out here.
In our first class, we went through the basics of creating our first iPhone app -- kind of the equivalent of "Hello World" using Xcode and Interface Builder. I love that these tools are free! Although I had to buy an Apple Developer license and we are sharing that.
I gave the kids a pretty hefty reading assignment: Apple's introduction to Object-Oriented Programming. I also created a discussion topic in Moodle where I've asked kids to post three questions they have after doing the reading. I also asked them to try to answer any questions they felt they could answer.
My hope is that this will lead us to have an active bulletin board of discussion topics with real dialogue. I do this anticipating the big project that we have coming up. Building a self-reliant community of learners is important!