Mobile CS Principles

Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Mobile CS Principles course. To see the updates and changes that were made for this edition, click here.

This course is supported by the Mobile Computer Science Principles Project (Mobile CSP), an NSF-funded effort to provide a broad and rigorous introduction to computer science based on App Inventor, a mobile programming language for Android devices. The course is based on the College Board's emerging Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles curriculum framework for introductory computer science.

In this course you will learn computer science by building socially useful mobile apps. In addition to programming and computer science principles, the course is project-based and emphasizes writing, communication, collaboration, and creativity.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants Nos. CNS-1240841 and CNS-1440947. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Staff

Ralph Morelli, Trinity College
Jen Rosato, College of St. Scholastica
Chery Lucarelli, College of St. Scholastica
Chinma Uche, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Windsor, CT and CTCSTA
Pauline Lake, Trinity College
Cassandra Beckworth, College of St. Scholastica
Dave Wolber, University of San Francisco
Lawrence Baldwin, Baldwin Associates

Syllabus

Teach Mobile CSP website Lesson Plans, Assessments, Pedagogy, etc.
Unit 1 - Getting Started: Preview & Setup
Unit 2 - Introduction to Mobile Apps & Pair Programming
Unit 3 - Creating Graphics & Images Bit by Bit
Unit 4 - Animation, Simulation, & Modeling
Create: Programming Performance Task #1
Exam 1 - Midterm
Explore: Impact of Computing Innovations Performance Task #1 (REVISED)
Unit 5 - Algorithms & Procedural Abstraction
Unit 6 - Using and Analyzing Data & Information
Explore: Impact of Computing Innovations Performance Task #2
Unit 7 - Communication Through The Internet
Create: Programming Performance Task #2
Unit 8 - AP CS Principles Exam Prep
Exam 2 - Final
Unit 9 - Beyond the AP CSP Exam
Unit 10 - Additional Resources