My “specialty” is the software development process and project management. I was a programmer, analyst and manager for 15 years, before I found my passion for education. This is my 8th year with the Issaquah School District in Washington state, and I teach a variety of high school technology courses that include hardware and operating systems, web authoring, programming and AP Computer Science.
As I developed the curriculum for the programming classes, I was drawn to online resources that taught Visual Basic, C# and ASP.NET. I embraced Visual Studio.NET, and my students successfully pass APCS tests with their J# knowledge. One thing led to another, and last year I was asked to help develop online course material to teach the software development process.
This resource will be available to you soon. In future posts, I will describe its features and my beta experience last spring. Designed to be a project to work on after the AP test, students work in project teams to develop a game over the course of about six weeks. During this time, they learn and practice the four Ds--Discovery, Design, Development and Deployment.
In the navigation panel on the left, you will see links to the Computer Science Blogs of my colleagues. I learn something from them every day....