Creative Computing (HS)
- Level High School
- Contact Hours 65
- Timeframe Semester
The Creative Computing course is a first year computer science course introducing the basics of web design and programming concepts. Students learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and students create a culminating personal portfolio website showcasing projects they build throughout the course.
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MODULES - 3
Students learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and the processes involved in viewing web pages on the internet.
Students learn about JavaScript syntax, functions, control structures, and proper programming formatting by giving commands to Karel the dog.
Students move beyond Karel into real JavaScript and learn the basics of variables, user input, and basic graphics.
Explore programs that your students will build throughout this course!
Here are a few examples of teacher resources and materials to use in the Creative Computing (HS) course
| Standards Framework | Alignment |
|---|---|
| North Carolina Computer Science I | 88% View |
| Virginia 8 | 77% View |
| West Virginia Discovering Computer Science | 73% View |
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HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Students meet JavaScript through Karel the Dog and then work with it directly in a graphics unit.
No. It is described as a first-year computer science course introducing the basics of web design and programming concepts.
A culminating personal portfolio website showcasing the projects they build across the course.
This one is shorter and narrower. It runs 65 hours on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and adds a JavaScript graphics unit and a networks and security unit. Creative Computing (MS) runs 80 hours and adds Python through Tracy the Turtle, which this course does not cover.
What computing is, digital information, the internet, and networks and security.
About 65 contact hours, built to run as a semester course.
