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AP Prep - March 17, 2010

The teacher survey is at http://findings.ice-teacher-feedback-s.sgizmo.com
Teachers who attended AP Prep 2010

The software that shows what is happening when you execute Java code is at:
http://cs.joensuu.fi/jeliot/webstart.php.
You can use this to step through a recursive problem and show the call stacks. I recommend that you stop at each step and ask the students what the answer will be. You can also show any Java program executing and follow along with what is happening.

Site for practice Java problems including ArrayList and Classes http://webster.cs.washington.edu:8080/practiceit/.
Javabat is at http://www.javabat.com
Custom javabat problems at http://codingbat.com/home/ericson@cc.gatech.edu amd http://codingbat.com/home/jpalmour@oconee.k12.ga.us
Problets site which allows operator precedence practice is at http://www.problets.org/about/topics/home.html

The Institute for Computing Education (ICE) is proud to host an Advanded Placement Preparation workshop on Wednesday March 17th, 2010 from 8:00am - 4:30pm at GA Tech. Teachers must attend the entire workshop and do 2 hours of additional work on JavaBat.com or on the AP database to get 1 PLU. All teachers must register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BXN73M9. Georgia public school teachers must also register at http://www.ctaern.org for workshop CTAERN2882.

This workshop is for teachers who are currently teaching AP CS A. It will help you prepare your students for the AP CS A exam. It will cover: tips for the exam, practice exam material, GridWorld, Greenfoot, advanced OO concepts, 2D arrays, recursion, and more.

This workshop is free for Georgia teachers, and if you live > 30 miles from Georgia Tech we will pay for your hotel for Friday night (2 teachers per room), Friday night dinner, and Sat breakfast. If you would prefer a private room you can pay 1/2 the hotel cost. We will cover parking for Georgia teachers who stay at the hotel and reimburse parking for Georgia teachers who do not stay at the hotel. We will pay for lunch for all teachers. Space is limited to 30.

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

Out-of-state teachers pay $140. Checks for $140.00 should be made out to Georgia Institute of Technology and sent to:

Felicia Auzla
College of Computing
801 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280

Her e-mail is fazula@cc.gatech.edu. Her phone is 404-894-6858.


After completing this workshop teachers will be able to:




Tenative Agenda:
8:00am - 8:15am Introductions
8:15am - 10:00am Materials to help your students prepare for the exam: http://www.javabat.com, released exams, old free response questions http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/ice-gt/1277 and http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questions/2000.html, Georgia Tech's database of questions http://ice.cc.gatech.edu/apexam/ or http://ice.cc.gatech.edu/apexam/TeacherRegistration.jsp to create a teacher id. Or, for the new ability to create and copy tests see http://ice.cc.gatech.edu/apexam_test/ or create a teacher login at http://ice.cc.gatech.edu/apexam_test/TeacherRegistration.jsp Sorting applets are at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~harrison/Java/sorting-demo.html. Sorting out sorting video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3oKjPT5Khg. A video on selection sort is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuANFAXgQEw&NR=1. Site for practice Java problems including ArrayList and Classes http://webster.cs.washington.edu:8080/practiceit/.

Custom javabat problems at http://codingbat.com/home/ericson@cc.gatech.edu amd http://codingbat.com/home/jpalmour@oconee.k12.ga.us
10:00am - 11:00am Working through recursion problems
11:00am - 12:00pm One and two-dimensional array hands-on problems and list problems.
12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm OO questions on the exam
1:30pm - 2:30pm GridWorld type questions
2:30pm - 3:30pm Greenfoot
3:30pm - 4:15pm Tips for taking the exam
4:15pm - 4:30pm surveys

Workers: Christina, Karmelia

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