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New iD Programming Academy Course Prepares Students for the AP Computer Science Exam
New iD Programming Academy Course Prepares Students for the AP Computer Science Exam
Campbell, CA (PRWEB) June 30, 2011
There’s a new way for students to prepare for next year’s AP Computer Science exam – the iD Programming Academy summer course Java Programming for the AP Exam.
Only 65% of students who took the AP Computer Science exam in 2010 passed with a 3 or higher. How will 2011 examinees fare in comparison? AP scores are set to be released on July 1st, revealing whether or not students managed to lower last year’s disquieting 35% non-passing rate.
One standard way that teens prepare for a round of AP exams is by taking outside prep courses. An increasingly popular option is to attend academic summer camps that specialize in AP topics. For AP Computer Science students, summer computer camps provide hands-on experience with the principles tested in the exam.
iD Tech Camps and iD Teen Academies, leaders in summer technology education, offer summer computer programs to students who want to prepare for challenging exams, gain an edge on their peers or simply learn cool new technologies. iD Programming Academy is one of three intensive iD Teen Academies and focuses exclusively on programming and coding. The Academy recently debuted a new programming course to help students prepare for the AP Computer Science exam: Java Programming for the AP Exam.
Students in the new Java course learn by doing – they make basic programs while reviewing core computer science concepts such as variables, operators, string manipulation and control flow. Students also practice test-taking skills and complete AP exercises both on and off the computer. By the end of two weeks, graduates have a strong understanding of the AP Java subset and standard Java Library Methods. Students also graduate with tools to help them maintain their computer science learning – resources for continuing AP study, as well as online portfolios of their programming projects to reference and share.
Randy Polliard, the Curriculum Manager for iD Tech Camps and iD Teen Academies, explains that the new course helps students absorb AP exam content by emphasizing the practical applications of the subject. “The curriculum gives students a hands-on experience with programming in Java, so it becomes much more than a test topic or something to memorize. Students actually build applications, and they see what can be accomplished with a solid grasp of programming.”
iD Programming Academy offers this two-week overnight camp for teens at Stanford University in the San Francisco Bay Area and American University in Washington, D.C. Other courses offered include iPhone® and iPad® App Development, Google Android App Development and C++ and Robotics Engineering.
By the July 1st release date for AP scores, iD Programming Academy students will have begun studying for the AP Computer Science exam. But they’ll also be making programs in Java and building real-world applications with their code. That AP Computer Science exam? It just became a stepping stone to a computer science career.
ABOUT iD TECH CAMPS AND iD TEEN ACADEMIES
iD Tech Camps, the World’s #1 Tech Camp, helps students do something BIG in technology every summer. The programs provide weeklong day and overnight STEM education courses for kids and teens ages 7-18. Students learn how to create iPhone games, 3D models and animations with Maya®, video games, websites with Flash®, C++ and Java programs, digitally edited films, robots and more. Courses are held at 60 prestigious universities nationwide including Stanford, UCLA, Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, Harvard, Princeton and more. Teens build online portfolios and learn during an intensive pre-college experience at iD Teen Academies: iD Gaming Academy, iD Programming Academy and iD Visual Arts Academy. Visit http://www.internalDrive.com or call 1-888-709-TECH (8324) for more information.
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Continuing Decline in Computer Science Graduates Expected
Continuing Decline in Computer Science Graduates Expected
(PRWEB) February 4, 2005
The IT Professionals Association of America, (ITPAA, inc http://www.itpaa.org) does not see any end to the decline of students pursuing degrees in Computer Science any time soon. Scott Kirwin, founder of the group states that shortage concerns voiced by industry leaders such as Microsoft, HP, and IBM are overblown.
“People vote with their feet,” Kirwin says. “Salaries continue to decline in IT, and entry-level positions for new graduates are hard to come by since most of these have been offshored to India and China. Given that the average college student graduates with $ 50,000 in debt, it makes sense that he or she would avoid fields such as IT that are disappearing, and go into those that provide the income necessary to pay back that debt.”
Kirwin believes that outsourcing and labor dumping – a term coined by Kirwin to describe flooding the American labor market with foreign workers – are to blame. “Pro-offshoring and pro-labor dumping industry sponsored groups like the IT Association of America (ITAA) and Compete America want talent, but they don’t want to pay for it – so they head abroad to find that talent on the cheap. The free market goes both ways,” he says. “If there are too many American IT workers, then their salaries go down and people avoid the field. If salaries began rising, then people would become interested in the field again, but that hasn’t happened, nor do we expect it to anytime soon.”
Kirwin believes that the IT industry has become hooked on cheap labor and has lost the ability to find the value of American IT professionals. “We see it in the lack of innovation across the board. There has been no major advance in software engineering in a decade, nor in hardware engineering or technical design – all fields that have been sent abroad.”
“Americans are extremely creative and the most productive people on the planet,” Kirwin states, “Yet that creativity and productivity has been ignored by the industry in pursuit of a few less dollars an hour.”
Kirwin remains extremely pessimistic about IT in the USA. “I’m not much for doomsaying,” he says, “but it’s hard to avoid thinking that way when you look at the state of the IT field today. It’s gone, and what little remains is packing its bags.” He believes that the United States will soon be under pressure in other areas because of outsourcing and labor dumping.
“Banks like Citibank and JP Morgan-Chase have educated tens of thousands of foreign nationals in banking and the backoffice that supports it. HP and IBM have taught tens of thousands of software designers and engineers. While HP executives like Carly Fiorina may not harbor patriotic or nationalistic feelings for their own nation, those they trained do – and will act to build their home banks and service firms to compete against America.”
When asked what solution he believes is necessary, Kirwin demurs. “I really believe it’s too late. I’ve studied the problem for three years now, and I don’t see any solution beyond letting the so-called ‘creative destruction’ force of the market go forward.”
“In a sense,” Kirwin adds, “it’s justice. American firms thought they could get something for nothing by firing Americans and hiring foreigners, and now the foreigners are coming back to compete with them. The people who gained from offshoring jobs will now be the ones who suffer, and the declining enrollment in Computer Sciences is only the beginning.”
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Survey Ranks Top 20 Best Buys Online Computer Science Degrees
Survey Ranks Top 20 Best Buys Online Computer Science Degrees
Essex Junction, VT (PRWEB) March 10, 2005
GetEducated.com, LLC, AmericaÂ?s only consumer-oriented, online degree clearinghouse, has released the results of their biennial survey of tuition costs at accredited, distance-learning computer science and information systems graduate degree programs nationwide.
The results include a list of the Top 20 Ranked Best Buys in Online Computer Science Degrees, archived at http://www.geteducated.com/articles/top20bestbuycsdegreeonline.htm
Premiering at the number one spot this year is East Carolina State University (North Carolina) with a modest cost of $ 3,270 for an online MasterÂ?s in Industrial Technology with majors in high-demand career areas, notably Information Security and Computer Networking Management.
The nationwide survey, the only of its kind, identified several trends in online degree pricing that directly impact consumers as they go online to earn masterÂ?s or doctorate degrees.
Â?Not surprisingly,Â? comments GetEducated CEO and chief analyst, Vicky Phillips, Â?eight of the top ten Best Buys came from publicly funded universities.Â? The survey highlights that online degrees can mean big savings in college costs for working adults. Â?Many publicly funded universities in low cost education states in the South and Midwest are beginning to offer their degree programs online for one flat fee,Â? reveals Phillips. Â?This means prospective students nationwide can begin enjoying low public college tuition rates that were once available only to the residents of selected states.Â?
Â?Columbus State University in Georgia is a remarkable buy for learners nationwide,Â? comments the analyst. Their Master of Science in Applied Computer Science can be earned online for under $ 5,000.
The GetEducated survey revealed the average cost of an online masterÂ?s degree in computers from a regionally accredited university to be $ 18,395. The most expensive online computer science degree was offered at just over $ 47,000 by New York University, a private college.
Phillips points to online degrees offered by the University of Illinois Springfield (ranked 4th) at under $ 6,000, and Dakota State University (ranked 5th) at under $ 7,000, as bargain buys for adult learners. A surprising number of name-brand public colleges made the Top 20 Best Buy list, including The University of Maryland, University of California Chico, and Colorado State University.
Â?College costs at residential programs have skyrocketed out of control the last decade. The same is not true for online degree programs,Â? reveals Phillips. Â?Instead, what we are seeing are amazing tuition bargains for those who take the time to ferret out their best buy.Â?
Complete details of the 44 graduate programs surveyed for the 2005 Best Buy list are available inside the clearinghouseÂ?s free downloadable ebook, GetEducated.comÂ?s Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools, Technology 2005. This free consumer-oriented publication profiles more than 90 online degrees (USA) in computer science, engineering, and allied technology areas. Download the free ebook at: http://www.geteducated.com/bdlgs_tech.htm
About Get Educated.com
Founded in 1989, GetEducated.com, LLC is the safest place in cyberspace to shop for your online degree Â?. In a nationwide campaign against online diploma mills, the clearinghouse accepts neither advertising nor listings from unaccredited online colleges or from colleges Â?accreditedÂ? by bogus agencies. The clearinghouse operates the Diploma Mill Police, (SM), a free online degree accreditation verification service designed to protect online degree seekers from fraud, and publishes a series of free downloadable guidebooks to online colleges.
CONTACT: Goldie McPike, Information Services, GetEducated.com, LLC, Essex Junction, VT. 05456. 802-879-1379. Email: goldie@geteducated.com. Website: http://www.geteducated.com
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Online Education Survey Ranks Online University Degrees: Computer Science & Information Systems
Online Education Survey Ranks Online University Degrees: Computer Science & Information Systems
Essex Junction, VT (PRWEB) May 29, 2008
Thinking of attending a computer science graduate school online? Want to save a few thousand dollars and earn your masters degree at a nationally ranked, name-brand university? Check out GetEducated.com’s new ratings and rankings of accredited online universities: Top Ranked Best Buys in Online Computer Science Master Degrees
A regionally accredited distance masters in computer science and information services can cost as little as $ 5,436 (Columbus State University of Georgia) or as much as $ 64,800 (Carnegie Mellon University – Pennsylvania) according to GetEducated.com’s just published online education survey of 67 regionally accredited universities which offer online graduate degrees.
Average cost of an online masters degree in the computer science career area: $ 23,620.
The top three most expensive online university options for a masters in a computer area: Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and New York University: all three private, name-brand brick and mortar colleges with price tags between $ 57,000-$ 65,000.
Consumers can avoid over-priced online degree programs and locate bargain buys by searching GetEducated’s rankings for online computer science graduate schools free online at GetEducated.com’s Top Ranked & Ranked Best Buys in Online Computer Science Master Degrees
Vicky Phillips, GetEducated’s founder, points to the least expensive online masters in the rankings this year, Columbus State University, as an example of the amazing deals available to online students if they take the time to compare online college degree options. Columbus State, a traditional brick and mortar publicly funded college, offers the same degrees they offer on campus in distance and online learning format for a modest cost of $ 5,436 for either an online Master of Science in Applied Computer Science – Information Assurance or a distance Master of Science in Applied Computer Science – Software Development.
“At a cost of more than $ 18,000 less than the national average, Columbus State University in Georgia is a remarkable bargain buy for learners nationwide,” comments Phillips.
GetEducated.com’s national survey of online computer science graduate schools, released this week, is the only survey of its kind. The national online education survey included 67 regionally accredited graduate schools and identified several trends in online degree pricing that impact consumers as they go online to earn masters or doctorate degrees in computers and information systems.
“Consumers should be warned that there is no relationship between cost and quality in online education,” states Phillips, Chief Education Analyst. In fact, the computer science and information systems survey revealed that the prime factor affecting cost is whether the college operates as private or public or as a non-profit versus a for-profit institution.
“For-profit colleges cost up to three times more than their publicly funded counterparts,” reveals Phillips. “These schools cost more because they spend so much more money on marketing and because they rely on the tuition paid directly to them by consumers to turn a profit.”
Not surprisingly, the online education expert recommends that cost conscious consumers explore publicly funded and state university systems, over 70% of which now offer graduate degrees online.
“GetEducated’s top 13 ranked Best Buys in online computer science and information systems degrees come from publicly funded universities,” reveals Phillips. “Many publicly funded universities are beginning to offer degree programs online for one flat fee. This means prospective students nationwide can now enjoy low public college tuition rates that were once available only to residents of selected states.”
Phillips points to online degrees offered by Jacksonville State University (ranked 2nd) at under $ 7,000 for Alabama residents ($ 13,500 for others); Indiana State University (ranked 4th) at $ 7,438 for all learners nationwide; Dakota State University (ranked 6th) at $ 8,081; as well as Colorado State University (ranked 23rd) at $ 16,341, as bargain buys for adult students online.
A large number of name-brand public colleges rated high on GetEducated’s Top Ranked Best Buys Computer Science list, including Dakota State University, North Carolina State, The University of Illinois Springfield, The University of Maryland, The State University of New York (SUNY), the University of California Chico, and Colorado State University.
Complete profiles of the 67 graduate schools surveyed for the top most affordable online computer science colleges are available inside GetEducated.com’s Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools, Technology: Computer Science
This free consumer-oriented ebook profiles more than 300 screened, accredited online degrees (USA) in computer science, management of information technology and allied career areas.
About: Founded in 1989, GetEducated.com, LLC is the safest place in cyberspace to shop for your online degree ™. In a nationwide campaign to assist consumers in locating quality online education schools the firm rates and ranks online colleges and universities and actively campaigns against online diploma and degree mills. In addition to rating and ranking online schools the clearinghouse operates the Diploma Mill Police, a free online degree accreditation verification service designed to protect online degree seekers from fraud.
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Components of Discretemathematics in Computer Science
Components of Discretemathematics in Computer Science
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