Discipline Resources: CS/IS

Contact Person: Brett Miketta

GCC Resources for Teaching CS/IS

• Standardized CS/IS 101 Student Wed Site Template - Initial Web site layout and content
• Video: How to create the first version of your Google student Web site
• Video: How to share a Google folder containing your work for this class
• Standardized CS/IS 101 Projects - All CS/IS 101 students are assigned these 4 projects
• P1 - Word Processing: Internet Research
• Basic Outline
• P1 - Preliminary Research Links
• Example Document with Bogus Content
• Video: How to Accomplish Project 1
• P2 - Spreadsheet: Educational Cost Plan Summary
• P2 - Example Document
• Videos: How to Accomplish Project 2 - A Playlist of 8 videos
• P3 - Database: Career/Job/Course Plan Directions
• Videos: How to Accomplish Project 3 - A Playlist of 9 videos
• P4 - Presentation: Education & Career Plan

Other Online Resources for Teaching CS/IS

• Git - Open Source project version control system
• GitHub - Collaboration, code review, and code management for projects
• JS Bin - A place to enter, edit, and test your JavaScript code
• JS Hint - JavaScript tool to help detect typos and language gotchas
• Lucidchart - Online DFD Tool to draw and share your DFD's
• SCRATCH - Learn to code with a cool graphic tool
• SketchUp - 3D modeling software for people who shape the physical world
• WIKIVERSITY School of Computer Science - Wed site with free resources and textbooks

Professional Organizations for Teaching CS/IS

• KHAN Academy - Computer science practice excercises and instructional videos
• edX - Online courses in computer science from the world's best universities
• MIT App Inventor - Step-by-step tutorials show how to build all kinds of apps
• Codeacademy - Introduction tutorials for JavaScript and PHP
• LearnStreet - Introduction tutorials for JavaScript, Ruby, and Python

Links For Students to Learn About CS/IS

• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook for Computer and Information Technology Occupations - Career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook
• Association for Computing Machinery: Computing Degrees & Careers - Learn about degrees and carrers in computing
• Association for Computing Machinery: Career & Job Center - A place for job seekers and employers in the computing industry to connect with each other
• Warner Brothers Key List of Job Skills - Overview of file based knowledge necessary for media packaging at Warner Brothers

Sources of Information for Use in Teaching CS/IS [Data Sources, Bibliographies, Readings]

• IEEE Computer Society - Organization dedicated to computer science and technology
• Association for Computing Machinery - Educational and scientific resources for the advancement of computing as a science and a profession
• Computer Science Teachers Association - Organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines