Meetings
We meet in Room 129 on Thursdays. If Ms. Gorski isn't there, she is still in Room 127. Go get her.
BCSS Programming Contest Details Here (Thursday May 19, 2:30 - 5:00, Room 129)
Our Goals in 2021-2022 are:
- Help develop lessons for Grade 9 programming for Arduino, Sphereos, Microbits, Problem Solving, Scratch
- Assist in Grade 9 classrooms with programming
- Prepare for programming contests
- Participate in ECOO and CCC
- Create our own competition so that BCSS students can get programming experience.
Old Meeting Content
- Converting between types
- Printing All Combinations: PowerPoint, Video, Java File
- String Functions: PowerPoint, Video
- Convert to ASCII & Caesar Shift: Code
Programming Contest Sites
Canadian Computing Competition - uWaterloo - early Feb
Scanner (avoiding the IO file, requirement of contest), Code
Chris Robart's Solutions (Milliken Mills High School)
ECOO Coding Competition - Team Competition - April
Video Introduction
Try/Catch: video: https://youtu.be/a8PHy9LlMPg, powerpoint:
Example Question (ECOO 2018 Q1), Code, File, Judges Marking
Other Coding Resources
Video Introduction
CourseWare from uWaterloo - at the bottom are 4 courses: Python from Scratch, Language Independent Courses, Web basics, Web programming
Coding Circles (Python) from uWaterloo
Khan Academy Computer Courses: a variety of courses including Webpages, Logic Gates, Internet, AP Computer Science,
Additional Resources form Hour of Code
Android Courses from Udacity (I have taken these)
- How to install Android Studio
- Android Basic UI
- Android User Input
- Multiscreen Apps
- Android Data Storage
repl.it - Online Java Compiler
CISCO - Free Online Courses (I haven't taken any of these yet)
University Skills and Applications
Supplementary Application Forms
AIF Questions from 2018 (Obviously, the current ones will change! Read your application form)
Text from Example Answers
What course should I pick?
Engineering vs. Computer Science
Skills for Success at University
Extra Resources: Building your Resume