pre-project

09 / 98

Initial meeting at Stanford.

10 / 98

Project proposal submitted.

11 / 98

Project proposal accepted.
Information gathering trip in Bermuda.

12 / 98

Meetings at the Curry School with University of Virginia team.

year 1, 1999-2000

01 / 99

Curriculum design begins.

02 / 99

Conference call with Bermuda-based participants.

03 / 99

Initial Computing Curriculum Summary presented at IT Fair in Bermuda.

Stanford project team meet with participating teachers and the Ministry of Education in Bermuda.

04 / 99

Revised Computing Curriculum Summary submitted.

Stanford high school enrichment program (SHEP) courses begin as pilot for CS curriculum.

Development of Introduction to Computing and Introduction to Programming curriculums begins.

06 / 99

Initial draft of Introduction to Computing and Introduction to Programming curriculums are released.

3-week professional development session in Bermuda focussing on Introduction to Computing course.

09 / 99

Teachers begin teaching Introduction to Computing course.

Brigid Barron observes classes at Cedarbridge and Berkeley.

year 2, 2000-2001

01 / 00

Cedarbridge begins teaching Introduction to Programming course.

Revision of Introduction to Computing curriculum begins.

03 / 00

Saturday professional development session in Bermuda.

Classroom observation at Berkeley and Cedarbridge

04 / 00

Revision of Introduction to Programming curriculum begins.

06 / 00

Student assessment through interviews and collection of student web design projects.

08 / 00

2-week professional development session in Bermuda focussing on Introduction to Programming course.

Final Introduction to Computing course distributed.

09 / 00

Pre tests administered in four Introduction to Computing classes.

Initial Intermediate Programming and Advanced Programming course content outline developed.

11 / 00

1-week professional development session at Stanford University.

year 3, 2001-2002

01 / 01

Student assessment through interviews and collection of student web design projects.
Post tests administered in four Introduction to Computing classes.

Revised Introduction to Programming course distributed.

02 / 01

2-day professional development session in Bermuda focussing on Introduction to Programming course.

06 / 01

Post tests administered in two Introduction to Programming classes.

Informal teacher interviews with 6 computing teachers about curricula, professional development, personal development, and student achievement.

08 / 01

1-week professional development session in Bermuda focussing on general programming conceptual foundations, and teaching computer science. Included an introduction to the language to be used in Course C: MiniJava.

09 / 01

Revision of Introduction to Programming course begins, based on summer feedback from teachers.

Final development and production of Intermediate Programming course begins.

year 4, 2002-2003

01 / 02

Student assessment through interviews and collection of student web design projects.
Post tests administered in two Introduction to Computing classes and one Introduction to Programming class.

02 / 02

2-day professional development session in Bermuda focussing on Introduction and Intermediate Programming courses.

Pre tests administered in two Introduction to Computing classes and two Introduction to Programming class.

04 / 02

Afternoon professional development session focusing on Intermediate Programming course.

08 / 02

Seven-day professional development session in Barbados focusing on developing teacher cases based on adaptations of curriculum, Fundamental programming with MiniJava, Assessment of complex student programming activities, and Multimedia applications and designs.

09 / 02

Revision of Introduction to and Intermediate Programming course begins, based on summer feedback from teachers.

year 5, 2003-2004

01 / 03

Final production and printing of Introduction to Computing and Introduction to Programming. Semi final production of Intermediate Programming.

Curricula submitted to ISTE for review based on student standards in IT.

05 / 03

Final production and printing of Intermediate Programming.

2-week data collection trip to Bermuda focussing on third and fourth year students with different IT course taking patters to compare interest, experience, knowledge and future plans. 98 surveys and 38 interviews conducted.

06 / 03

ISTE finds the curricula to meet the National Educational Technology Standards for students and awards it the ISTE NETS seal of alignment.

Project members from Stanford, the Bermuda Ministry of Education, and the IECF present at the NECC (National Education Computing Conference).