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DAY 1
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Morning Session I
: Introductions & Understanding the Course
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Participant Activities: MineCraft, CodeCombat, LightBot
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Introductions: APSI Host/ Leader, Participants
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AP CSA Course Binder
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Morning Session II
: Planning the Course
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Units 1 & 2 : Primitives & using Objects
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Participant Activities:
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Terminology, Code, &
"Rules of Three,"
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Afternoon Session I
: Teaching the Course
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Units 3 & 4 : Boolean, if, & Iteration
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Participant Activities:
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Pedagogy, BlueJ. CodingBat, Exemplar Lab : Chatbot
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Afternoon Session II :
Teaching the Course
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Units 5 : writing Classes
Participant Activity: PetRock - boolean, Strings, accessors, mutators;
Design : PlayingCard
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DAY 2
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Morning Session I
: Teaching the Course
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Unit 6 & 7 : Array and ArrayList
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Participant Activity: Deck of Cards, algorithms or Exemplar Lab : Elevens
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Morning Session II
: Teaching the Course
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Unit 8, 9, & 10 : 2D Array, inheritance, recursion
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Participant Activity: Exemplar Lab : Picture
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Afternoon Session I
: Designing the Course
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Workshop Binder & Units
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Participant Activity: Unit Guide "Treasure Hunt"
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Afternoon Session II
: Designing the Course
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Learning Objectives & Essential Knowledge Statements
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Participant Activity: Individually identify challenging LO's and EK's
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Morning Session I : Teaching the Course
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Introduction to Algorithm using
Modeling
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Searching & Sorting
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Participant Activity: Selection Sort
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Morning Session II : Teaching the Course
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Introduction to Algorithms
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Participant Activity: Picture Lab Activity 5
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Afternoon Session I : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding
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AP Exam
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Design Questions: Inheritance ["is a" versus "has a"]
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Afternoon Session II : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding
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AP Exam
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Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Techniques
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Participant Activity: Writing MC Questions
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DAY 4
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Morning Session I : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding
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AP Exam & AP Classroom
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Participant Activity: Scoring Free Response Questions
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Morning Session II : Assessing Student Progress & Understanding
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AP Exam & AP Classroom
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Participant Activity: FRQ - Mock Reading
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Afternoon Session I : Teaching the Course
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Audit
& Course Plan/Schedule
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Afternoon Session II : Teaching the Course
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Designing Unit & Lesson Plans
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DAY 5 [where available]
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Morning Session I : Becoming a Member of the AP Community
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Best Practices - Teaching Techniques 1
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Morning Session II : Becoming a Member of the AP Community
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Best Practices - Teaching Techniques 2
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Afternoon Session I : Becoming a Member of the AP Community
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Afternoon Session II :Review of AP CSA Summer Institute
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Closure, Feedback, & Evaluations
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