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and knowledge. Since all members of this class are familiar with basic programming concepts and techniques, most of the activities use coding to extend and strengthen their skills. e students use various programming languages and work individually or in teams on projects of their choice and own creation. Trevor partnered with Upperline School of Code to offer a two-week Introduction to Software Engineering course for High School students during the summer of 2016. Participants gained a comprehensive understanding of the technologies used to build web applications. Primary areas of concentration included object-oriented programming with Ruby, front-end development and design using HTML and CSS, and web integration with Sinatra. e course culminated with students building their own functional web applications. is year, 12 girls in the High School started a local chapter of the nationwide Girls Who Code club. ey have been working on programming "challenges" created by an outside instructor, who is a professional developer. ey are learning about web programming and creating a web-based application designed to help fellow students and teachers stay organized and in command of their school schedules. embedded technology Technology and digital apps are embedded into the curriculum in varied and creative ways. In 6th-grade science, for example, students will integrate voice recordings into their science projects and provide web links to the recording in the form of a QR Code. When viewing the work, classmates and parents can use their smartphones to scan these codes and listen to their audio. In 6th-grade Spanish, students video recorded themselves as they were being interviewed by their project partners. Each student asked and answered questions about their personal preferences, likes, and dislikes, as a means to practice and expand their vocabulary. To make them even more engaging, they edited the videos and added background music. In the MiniTerm Computer Modeling and Simulation class, students practiced building computer models using the StarLogo Nova programming environment. ey created computer simulations of ecosystems consisting of predators and prey, and manipulated the parameters of the systems to keep the ecosystems in balance for as long a period as possible. In Programming Fundamentals, two 9th graders built a 3-D printer using recycled computer parts. Students in 11th-grade physics classes were introduced to computer modeling using the Processing programming language. ey were required to modify programs that incorporated physics equations, thereby exercising their knowledge of physics in a practical way. In High School art history, students used Facebook to collaborate with students at another school as they analyzed and wrote about works of art. Students and faculty use Trevor's Portal for organization, scheduling, and communication. Grades 3–12 teachers upload subject area/course content to the Portal, and beginning in 5th grade, students receive assignments via the Portal. roughout the school, teachers and students use Google Apps (specifically Google Drive). Much of their work is done in and stored online in the cloud. Trevor's emphasis on technology integration and computer programming serves our students well by fostering their computational and logical thinking skills, providing them with a solid foundation in digital and media literacy, exposing them to the basics of computer science, and offering them coding courses at various levels of ability in multiple programming languages. ey leave Trevor as anytime, anywhere learners, fully prepared to utilize current and future digital tools and applications needed to function in an ever-changing digital world. NOT A TYPICAL PROGRAMMING PROJECT? NO PROBLEM! In Programming Fundamentals, 10th grader Caroline H. and 9th grader Jordyn W. demonstrate their progress in creating a 3-D printer entirely constructed from recycled computer parts. ough not a typical programming project, both students expressed interest in studying this topic. Mr. Golanka, Upper School Educational Technology Specialist and Computer Science Teacher, readily agreed—an example of teachers happily adapting the curriculum to encourage students to pursue what fascinates them. 0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010

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