APEX but a quick search revealed several universities offering this.
Anyone read Disrupting Class? ;-)
Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314.434.5141
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ann Hamel
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:19 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: AP Computer Science
Please keep this open. We are in a similar situation. Thanks!
Ann
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:24 AM, "Duff, Carole" <DuffC@notredameprep.com> =20
wrote:
> Greetings all!
>
>
>
> We are trying to build a computer science program, however, at this
> point, we do not have the numbers to justify hiring a teacher. We =20
> have
> tried to find a teacher who could teach AP Computer Science along with
> other classes (ex. Math, Science) but to little or no avail. Of =20
> course,
> computer science majors have dropped over the past two decades, so =20
> it's
> not surprising that hiring qualified teachers in this area is =20
> difficult.
>
>
>
> Is anyone involved in an online consortium or something that would
> provide quality AP Computer Science instruction? We're investigating
> now since we have students taking intro tech and programming classes,
> and we'd like to be able to provide an option for those who wish to
> pursue higher-level studies.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
>
> -C.D.
>
>
>
> Carole Duff
>
> Curriculum Technologist
>
> Notre Dame Preparatory School
>
> 815 Hampton Lane
>
> Towson, MD. 21286
>
> 410-825-6202 ext. 1022
>
> 443-921-2880 (direct)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, =20
> attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
[ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
[ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
