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

Tues. November 24 - 5:30-7:30 pm

Sign up for a time here: 

https://calendly.com/smithall/parent-teacher-conference

If you are not available at these times please send me an email

(smithall@orange.k12.nj.us) with your preferred times. I can meet during my office hours from 1:15 to 3:15 on Monday 11/23 or Tues 11/24.

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.