1. #NETA15netasite.org Wireless Network: NETA Wireless Network Password: neta2015 Computer Programming in a Small School Deb Bulin Thayer Central High School

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3. What we offer at Thayer Central Currently we offer a one-year course of Computer Coding. Next year we plan to offer a Beginning Computer Programming for the first semester and an Advanced Computer Programming for the second semester.

4. #NETA15 How the course is currently organized We start with writing programs for their TI-84 calculators ● Quadratic Formula ● Distance Formula ● Midpoint Formula ● Slope ● Binomial Probability

5. #NETA15 Some Additional Activities ● Peanut Butter and Jelly Activity ● We also do some Base 2 and Base 16 math ● Hour of Code and Code.org Activites ● Khan Academy

6. #NETA15 What Language to Use? We use Visual Basic from Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional We did a few activities using Python this semester as well

7. #NETA15 Resources ● An Introduction to Programming Using Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 - Lawrenceville Press ● Hour of Code - http://code.org/learnhttp://code.org/learn ● Code Combat - http://codecombat.comhttp://codecombat.com ● Codin Game - http://codeingame.comhttp://codeingame.com ● Computer Science Unplugged - http://csunplugged.orghttp://csunplugged.org

8. #NETA15 Resources - continued ● Code Studio Training for K-5 - part of Code.org ● Khan Academy ● Teachers Pay Teachers ~ Python Activities ● Other teachers that belong to CSTA

9. #NETA15 What other schools do Lincoln Southwest - Intro to Programming (1 term - block schedule) and Adv Programming (1 term - block schedule) - Python for both Lincoln Southeast - Intro to Programming (1 semester) and Adv Programming (1 semester) - Java for both, but explore others in Adv Lincoln Pius X - AP Computer Science with Java Lincoln Lutheran - Programming 1 (1 semester) - Python and Programming 2 (1 semester) - Python and explore other languages

10. #NETA15 Additional Opportunities UNL CSE Day ● written exam this year ~ copies are at the CSTA table ● programming contest as well ● contact: jeff@unl.edu or chuckr@unl.edu for more information - they can get you copies of the contest problems from this year and past yearsjeff@unl.educhuckr@unl.edu

11. #NETA15 Additional Opportunities - continued Nebraska Career Education Conference in Kearney ● Pre-conference Workshop - ● Corinne Hoisington - Central Virginia Community College o Create your First Android App - Gently! ● June 1, 2015 - 9:30 am - 4:00 pm ● Register online by May 8 - cost is $80

12. #NETA15 Additional Opportunities - continued Tom Price - Lincoln Christian (formerly Norris) He would like to get LOGO into middle schools. He wants to find a way to train/equip teachers. tprice@mail.lcs.k12.ne.us

13. #NETA15 Additional Opportunities - continued

14. #NETA15 Questions? Suggestions? Thank You for attending! If I can be of any assistance, please email me: deb.bulin@thayercentral.org