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Computer Software

Engineering

Teddy WyattPre-Engineering InstructorTulsa Technology Center

teddy.wyatt@tulsatech.edu918.828.1392

Participant Demographics

•Offering CSE this year?•Considering CSE for next year?• Looking for a quiet place to nap?

Periodic Table of CS Pathway

Intro Computer

Science

.5 15/16

16/17

ComputerSoftware

Engineering

1 13/14

14/15

Titlelength Pilot

Release

ComputerScience

Applications

1 15/16

16/17

Simulationand

Modeling

1 16/17

17/18

ArtificialIntelligence

.5 16/17

17/18

Cybersecurity

.5 17/18

18/19

Tulsa Tech CSE Pilot

25

8

Pilot Enrollment

MaleFemale

3 4 5 6 7 8 90

2

4

6

8

10EOC Scores

EOC Scores

2014-2015 Enrollment

61

13 Male

Female

Fun!

Relevant!

Popular with students.

Computing…• Enables creativity• Relies on abstraction• Enables data collection and analysis• Relies on algorithms• Relies on programming• Enables the Internet• Impacts society• Enables and requires collaboration• Is needed in all careers

CSE Curriculum Framework

Big Ideas across Four Units

Algorithms

The Web

Big Data

Simulations

PLTW CSEUnit 1: Algorithms and Collaboration (40%-Aug-Nov)

Unit 2: The Internet (20% Dec - Jan)

Unit 3: Big Data (20% Feb - Mar)

Unit 4: AI Robots and Simulation (20% Apr-May)

Aug - Feb

Mar-May

LOL! SMH

May 21st

Student-ready materials

Computational Thinking• Formulating problems so that

computation can help solve them• Logically organizing and analyzing

data • Generalizing solutions to problems and

patterns in data• Automating solutions with an

algorithm• Analyzing solutions for efficiency• Understanding, predicting, and

communicating with a model/simulation

CSE IS A

THINKING

CLASS

NOT A

PROGRAMMIN

G CLASS

CSE Lesson 1.1: Algorithms in Scratch

CSE Lesson 1.2: Algorithms with Android

CSE Lesson 1.3: Algorithms in Python

CSE Unit 2: The Internet and the Web

CSE Unit 3: Big Data

Image courtesy gapminder.org ©2012

CSE Unit 4: Robotics and Simulation

NetLOGO Image from Wilensky ©2010

Blown to Bits

• Highly recommended• Engaging• Informative• Provocative

Pointers and Opinions

• Relatively inexpensive to implement: $175 tablets

• Identify any ELL students• Decide how to get your students google accounts• Check your tools – round 1• Scratch• Appinventor 2.0• Connection to your android devices• Python

• Check your tools round 2• Github• Firefox and add-ons• Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Teddy WyattPre-Engineering InstructorTulsa Technology Center

teddy.wyatt@tulsatech.edu918.828.1392

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