ends with the students achieving first year univeristy credit for computer programming. There are no prerequisites for this coures. That's right, no prerequisites for the course. 'Is it hard?', or more often asked, 'Is it easy?' is a difficult question to answer. Some students find it very easy, some students find it very hard. It's different than most high school courses. Little memorization, little repetition, little notes, lots of problem solving.

wants to see what programming is about. All learning is focussed around creating games. Games are great to focus on because they provide a clear goal and present challenges from super easy to super hard when it comes to programming them in. The best thing is that everything you learn in programming games applies to programming at higher levels. So why not create some explosions and give out some bonus points as a term project?!?

This is the first year that this course is running so we are experimenting with a variety of topics related to 3d modeling and animation. The goal of the course is for students to be able to create short animated videos with characters or objects that they have designed and created on their own from scratch. We even have a 3d printer arriving soon so students will be able to print out their computer designs.

many different topics throughout the year. Programming games, website development, charts, surveys, audio and video editing, computer ethics, how the Internet and networks work, taking computers apart and putting them together to form a LAN, and a wide variety of othe computer topics are explored. Students leave knowing how to use the computer more as a tool rather than only for games and late night chatting.