I created this site to assist students taking my computer science courses: Mobile Robotics, C++, Java and AP Java. It was later expanded to include additional courses that I teach including Electronics,  Physics II,  AP Physics, Astronomy, and a variety of independent study courses.

 

The site is owned and maintained by me; it is neither affiliated with nor supported by any organization. Please see the copyright notice.  I optimized it for viewing at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels using Microsoft Internet Explorer. The site was developed originally using FrontPage, then upgraded to Expression Web 1. The current version uses Expression Web 4.

 

My ideas concerning the creation of a credible  computer science  program are summarized in a presentation I gave to a group of  mathematics and science educators  at Taos, New  Mexico in 2001. The presentation begins with a discussion of the origins and definition of this relatively new field. It then looks at the relevant guidance, some of the challenges to implementation, and the program (as of 2001) that I developed.

 

The computer science courses were developed in accordance with guidelines established by the Association for Computing Machinery - the generally accepted authority for the discipline.  I hava also established a number of course support and co-curricular activities.

 

The AP Physics course content is in accordance with recommendations of the College Board; the content of the Electronics and Astronomy courses was modeled after typical college-level introductory courses.