Orange Preparatory Academy
400 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
- Orange Preparatory Academy
- Overview
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Welcome to the SmartLab, Everyone can code with Swift, and Computing Ideas
Ms. Allyson Smith
smithall@orange.k12.nj.us
Online Office Hours 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Please email me or use remind to contact me with questions. Send me your phone number if you would like to talk in person. I am available during office hours.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Wed., Feb. 10, 1:15 to 4:00 pm
Thurs., Feb. 11, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Conferences will be held on Zoom. Make sure your name is on your zoom account.
Welcome, Back to school video for all courses.
Computing Ideas
Everyone Can Code - Swift
Smartlab/ Introduction to Engineering
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All work with explanations and due dates are posted to the google classroom for your class. Use the posted code to join the classroom for your period.
Computing Ideas
Course Overview and Goals
The Computing Ideas course is a first year computer science course introducing the basics of programming in Javascript with Karel the Dog, the basics of designing a web page, and how information is represented digitally and sent over the Internet. Students will create a personal portfolio website showing projects they build throughout the course. This course is available for freshmen and is a year-long class.
See https://codehs.com/course/649 for more details.
Everyone Can Code - Swift
Course Overview and Goals
Everyone Can Code Swift introduces the basics of programming using the Apple coding language Swift. Using fun game-like playground, students will learn variables, loops, what-if statements. This is a semester-long class for eighth grade. Students will use iPads to code.
Smartlab - Introduction to Engineering
Course Overview and Goals
This course covers the basics of engineering using hands-on projects. Computer programing, mechanical engineering, video production will be covered this fall. This is a semester-long class for ninth grade.