Welcome to Workshop Session 3 for Computer Science Principles. We have created modules for each workshops session. Each Module will contain the session's agenda, learning objectives, and a repository of files and resources. If you have any questions, please ask us.

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Agenda Workshop Session 3

¨Peer Instruction Pedagogy: Slides/Examples (I-Clickers)¨

Individual Thinking, Vote: Quiz Clicker Questions
Group discussion: Participation Clicker Questions

Review: Creating an Animation with Alice

SnowPeople Alice world
Is your program similar?

¨Online Textbook and Teacher Companion Site

Online Textbook: Expeditions Through Alice
Online Teacher Companion Site

You’ll need a Google account to access the teacher site

Break at 5:30 – 5:40
¨Alice: Modules 2-3

Dividing the Story
Stories from Pieces
Practice with a neighbor
Redo the example
Try using the same concepts in a different example

Programming Problem

Learning Objectives

Module 2: Module 2: Methods (Dividing the Story) (Links to an external site.). Key concepts you will learn are:

Define, describe, and/or explain Methods.
Define, describe, and/or explain Abstraction, or managing complexity in computing.

Vocabulary for Module 2

Abstraction.
Call a Method.
Execute/Play.
Method.
Method Definition.

Files and Resources Workshop Session 1