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Intermediate Programming/Mobile Apps, Games, and Simulations - July 16-20th, 2012

Intermediate Programming Teacher Workshop (July 16-20th)

Registration List for Intermediate Programming/Mobile Apps, Games, and Simulations 2012

All teachers must register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z3WY7PT. Georgia public school teachers must also register at http://www.ctaern.org for workshop CTAERN3515 (new catalog).

The Institute for Computing Education (ICE) will hold a 5 day Intermediate Programming/Mobile Apps, Games, and Simulations workshop July 16-20, 2012 at Georgia Tech. This workshop will be lead by Ria Galanos. The workshop will begin each day at 8:30am and end Monday - Thursday at 4:00pm and on Friday at 11:30am. Teachers must attend all 5 days, and participate in work during class, to receive 3 PLUs. This workshop will help prepare a teacher to teach Intermediate Programming using Mobile Apps, Games, and Simulations. The location of the workshop will be in the Pettit Microelectronics Building (791 Atlantic Drive) in Room 102. We will be using App Inventor from MIT which allows you to create Mobile Apps using drag and drop programming and Greenfoot that lets you create games and simulations in the programming language Java. We will also use the Microsoft Kinect with Greenfoot.

This workshop is for teachers who have some programming experience in Java. If you don't know any Java please take Beginning Programming\CS Principles first!

App Inventor Links
CS Principles App Inventor Pilot http://turing.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/syllabus.html
App that lets you text even without a SIM for android phones http://www.textplus.com/2011/12/textplus-launches-free-calling-on-android/
Preliminary draft of App Inventor book http://www.appinventor.org/text2011
Course schedule for App Inventor course http://turing.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/schedule.html
Online Blown to Bits book http://www.bitsbook.com/
App Inventor Tutorials https://trinity-appinventor.appspot.com/learn/tutorials/index.html
Georgia Tech's distance learning website http://ice-web.cc.gatech.edu/dl/?q=node/641
How to Put Apps Into Google Play

Terry's Favorite Videos
Augmented Reality Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A1l4Jn6EY
Google Glasses (Project Glass) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrfXtAHYoVA
Kinect Fitting Room http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_cYKFdP1_0
Karmin Covers (used as my "launching activity" discussing reusable code. I explain to students that just as an artist covers another artist's song, you can reuse code that's been tried-and-true. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just put your personal spin on it) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khCokQt--l4

Greenfoot Links
Greenfoot http://www.greenfoot.org/door
Greenfoot room for teachers http://greenroom.greenfoot.org/door
Greenfoot videos http://www.greenfoot.org/doc/videos.html
Greenfoot book http://www.greenfoot.org/book

Additional Links
CS Recruiting Methods https://docs.google.com/document/d/10_uR_eLFo3g_Rnd1iCckOYHCI7vclzZ7gAu_NBxhvRU/edit#
Dr. Christina Gardner's site http://home.cc.gatech.edu/cmgardne/89
Briana Morrison's site http://Cse.spsu.edu/bmorrison
Ellen Yi-Luen Do's site http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~ellendo/ her lab site http://acmelab.gatech.edu/
Mr. Michaud's (Music Teacher) site http://www.nebomusic.net/
My IT Department Will Not Let Me
RSA Animate - The Secret Powers of Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=A3oIiH7BLmg

Instructions on Installing Kinect to Greenfoot
Be sure to do the first 4 steps + find and run the NIUserTracker file + install and run the Kinect server. http://www.greenfoot.org/doc/kinect/windows.html

Game Design Resources
Game Design Workshop - Tracy Fullerton
Introduction to Game Development
The Art of Game Design
Game Feel

Upon completion teachers will know what activities they can use to introduce:

Thanks to our National Science Foundation grants there is no fee for this workshop for teachers. Due to a NSF grant we will be able to cover a room, parking, and food at the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel for teachers who live greater than 30 miles from campus. Alcohol and room service are not covered. Guests will be staying with two teachers per room, unless you wish to pay an additional cost for a private room. Private rooms are $59.50/night. We will also cover lunch and parking for all teachers. Teachers who get credit for the workshop (can't miss more than 10%) will earn a stipend of $800. Preference is given to teachers who are teaching this material in the fall of 2012 or who are teaching AP CS A in the fall of 2012.

Please bring a laptop if you have one, or notify us if you need to borrow a laptop.

Tenative Agenda:
Monday July 16th
8:30am - 9:30am Introduction to the design of user interfaces http://www.csunplugged.org/human-interface-design
9:30am - 12:00pm Introduction to App Inventor - Cowbell and Fortune Teller (User interface, random number generation, and lists)
12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm - 1:00pm CyberSecurity talk - Joshua.Davis@gtri.gatech.edu
1:00pm - 3:00pm App Inventor Projects - Push Me (variables, saving state)
3:00pm - 4:00pm Group work on App Inventor

Tuesday July 17th
8:30am - 9:30am Questions from previous day and review of group work
9:30am - 12:00pm Pong game
12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm - 1:00pm
1:00pm - 3:00pm Other projects from the App Inventor website like Quiz Me
3:00pm - 4:00pm Group work on App Inventor

Wednesday July 18th
8:30 - 9:30am Questions from previous day and review of group work
9:30am - 12:00pm Introduction to Greenfoot - try scenarios and create crab simulation
12:00pm - 12:30pm lunch
12:30pm - 1:00pm Ellen Yi-Luen Do [ellendo@gatech.edu] Things that Think
1:00pm - 3:00pm Extending the balloon world and using the Kinect
3:00pm - 4:00pm Group work in Greenfoot

Thursday July 19th
8:30am - 9:30pm Questions from previous day and review of group work
9:30am - 12:00pm Doing Breakout or Asteroids in Greenfoot
12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm - 1:00pm Augmented Reality - Blair MacIntyre [blair@cc.gatech.edu]
1:00pm - 3:00pm Media Computation in Greenfoot
3:00pm - 4:00pm Group work in Greenfoot

Friday July 20th
Group Picture Today
8:30am - 9:30am Questions from previous day and review of group work
9:30am - 10:30am Software Eng
10:30am - 11:15am Teachers sharing materials and ideas
11:15am - 11:30am surveys http://findings.GaComputes-Teacher-Workshop-Feedback-L.sgizmo.com/s3/

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