APCSA Presentations (DEC)

Shannon Anderson-Rush – AP Computer Sci A – Presentations

Shannon Anderson-Rush

AP Computer Science A

Presentations

Students are prepared for presentations by selecting a topic and creating some type of visual aid.
Students learn to introduce themselves to their audience, tell the audience what they are going to,
present, present the information, tell the audience what they just presented and answer any questions.

Presentations

Month Topic Number of Skills Covered Standard
August
Students
September
Software Development Model 1 Presentation, CS.A.1A:
October demonstration, Program and
November Infographic and analysis Classes
January Presentation, CS.A.2A:
Flowcharting an if/else decision in 1 demonstration, Implementation
a simple program and analysis Techniques
CS.A.2B:
Programming
Constructs

August

Directions: Create an infographic of the software development model assigned to you. Your
infographic must include:

 Title of Software Development Model
 Definition or description of model
 Picture (cannot use my picture or any picture from the Unit 1 lesson)
 3 advantages of using this model
 3 disadvantages of using this model
 Other important or interesting information

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September
Directions: Write a method that takes in two doubles, averages the doubles, and
returns an int. The returned value must round to the next int if the averaged
value is .5 or higher. Note: You cannot use Math.round.
Method Header:

• visibility modifier
• return type
• methodName
• list of parameters (type & variable name)
Method Body:
• a method that returns a value must have a return statement

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