Computing in the Modern World Resources
Programming Concepts
Using Scratch: teaches about flowcharts, event handling, simple sequential execution, loops, variables, conditionals, parallel execution, and message passing.
IntroScratch-short.ppt - short introduction to Scratch
SimpleWitchGame-6-4-2009.ppt - creating a simple game in Scratch
LessonPlanForScratch-6-5-09.doc
SCRATCH Animation Rubric.doc
Textbooks teachers are using:
Discovering Computers 2009 Complete (ISBN 13:978-1-4239-1198-2 and ISBN 10: 1-4239-1198-9) with on-line materials
Discovering Computers: Fundamentals, Fourth Edition (ISBN 13: 978-1-4239-1209-5 and ISBN 10: 1-4239-1209-8)
However, neither of these covers the programming part of the standards. You can use Scratch, Alice, or LEGO robots to cover that part. For more
information on Scratch see http://scratch.mit.edu and for more information on Alice see http://www.alice.org.
Maganize on computing http://www.cs4fn.org/
Free flowcharting and network diagramming software http://www.drawanywhere.com
Free flowcharing software http://raptor.martincarlisle.com/
Sample Syllabii:
Computing in the Modern World - Year.doc by Cheryl Deas is for a year long course
Computing in the Modern World Syllabus Spring 08.doc
ACM Computer Science in the Modern World Course
Level_2_Objectives_Outline.pdf
Also see materials in the CSTA web respository for a Level II (2) course from the ACM Model Curriculum. You must
be a CSTA member, but membership is free. See http://csta.acm.org I strongly suggest you join the Computer
Science Teachers Association (CSTA)!
You can use activitites from CS Unplugged. See http://www.csunplugged.org
A short lesson on CPUs and ALUs http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/theteacher/gcse/newgcse/others/cpu.htm
A short lesson on web browsers http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/theteacher/gcse/newgcse/others/webbrowser.htm
A short lesson on the internet http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/theteacher/gcse/newgcse/others/internet_use.htm
You can also use actvities from http://www.mathmaniacs.org/
A binary number game that tests decimal to binary and binary to decimal is at http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm
A magic trick with binary numbers is at http://www.mathmaniacs.org/lessons/01-binary/Magic_Trick/
For a lesson plan on buying a computer see http://wvteched.k12.wv.us/word_docs/computer.pdf
For several lesson plans for computing such as the peanut butter and jelly one see http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Computer_Science
Here is a web course with php
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse190m/08sp/
Here is material for web design and free software from Microsoft
http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/dd252934.aspx
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