Computing Insights for Teachers at UTM

Computing Insights for Teachers (Advanced Session)

What is Computing Insights for Teachers?

Computing Insights for Teachers is an intensive one-week workshop sponsored by the University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science. It is intended to give high school teachers the tools to teach Java effectively, which is important since Java is the object-oriented programming language favoured by the Advanced Placement Program..

This workshop discusses examples and projects for high school computer science classes, including self-paced units, assignments, class exercises, and projects. This workshop is also a forum for computer science teachers from all over Ontario to gather, exchange ideas, and develop new approaches for teaching.

You can find some educators comments about CIT at UTM here.

This summer, we have expanded CIT!! There are now three sessions...

Advanced session for Teachers with some previous exposure to Java.
This is a 5 day session (July 31-Aug 4) at the Mississauga UofT campus.
The cost for this session is $175 or $155 if you are an ACSE member.
Some of the topics we will cover are listed below (from summer 2005)...
Introductory session for Teachers that have programmed before and now wish to learn Java.
This is a 5 day session (Aug 14-18) at the downtown UofT campus.
The cost for this session is $175 or $155 if you are an ACSE member. See the course website at http://www.cs.toronto.edu/cit/.
Fundamentals session for Teachers with no previous exposure to any programming language.
This is a 3 day session (Aug 9-11) at the downtown UofT campus.
The cost for this session is $100 or $80 if you are an ACSE member. See the course website at www.cs.toronto.edu/cit.

How do I apply

Contacts

You can email me (the Advanced/UTM instructor) at arnold@cs.toronto.edu
You can email the Fundamentals and Introductory/StGeorge instructor at sengels@cs.toronto.edu

Advanced Session (UTM) Specifics

Where can I find the UTM newsletters that have been mailed out?
For the 2006 session, the newsletters are below...
Where is the UofT at Mississauga (aka Erindale) home page?
- You can find the hompage at http://www.utm.toronto.edu.
Where is the UTM Campus located?
- It is on Mississauga Road, south of Burnhamthorpe Road (which is south of the 401). The campus is in Mississauga, west of Toronto.
- Here are directions to the campus.
Can I see a map of the UTM campus?
- here it is (as well as some additional maps)
- As well, you can find an older map marked up with both the CCIT building as well as LOT 4 here
Where will the course be taking place?
- The course will be taking place in our new lab (CCIT 2140 (Computer Science Lab)). This is in the CCIT building (see the UTM Map above). The CCIT building is in the center/top, below Lot 3. The Map shows it under construction. It is now complete!
Where can I park?
- Parking is free for UTM CIT attendees. Here is what the parking office had to say about it...
Where can I stay?
- You can find a short list of Hotels near the campus
What will a typical day look like?
- We go from 10-4.
- Lectures and labs will be intermixed throughout the day. This will give you a chance to immediately work on presented concepts.
- Lectures will take place in the lab. This will give me a chance to ask questions and together work on the solutions.
- There will be coffee and muffins for breakfast (9:45 outside CCIT2140) as well as lunch 1-2 (outside CCIT2140).
Am I prepared?
- Please see the online Quiz. If you find that you can solve all of these problems using the language of your choice, then you are ready for the Introductory session. If you can solve these using Java, then you are ready for the Advanced (UTM) session. Some of them may be difficult.
- If you have difficulty, or are not comfortable with procedures, if statements, loops, expressions etc. Please contact the instructor for the Introductory session.
What will the week look like?
- The schedule for the Advanced session will appear.
Where can I send more questions?
- Mail arnold@cs.toronto.edu, or phone him at 905-828-3830.
More questions and answers to appear

Contact Information

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to e-mail Arnold Rosenbloom (the UTM coordinator) at arnold@cs.toronto.edu, or phone him at 905-828-3830.