Algorithms and Programming - Control

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Pi Day Celebrations?

Did anyone else celebrate Pi Day this year? I usually encourage my students to make parody songs. So this year, I joined in. Here's my parody of 7 Years by Lukas Graham: 7 Lines of Code.
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Teaching Flowcharts?

Does anyone here teach flowcharts to elementary students? I recently had this thought that flowcharts could be a great way to introduce sequencing, selection, and iteration (the building blocks of an algorithm) to elementary students.
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New Year--New CS Goals!

Happy New Year! I know it's the middle of the school year, but something about New Year's celebrations does get me thinking about what I might resolve to improve or try for the first time with my computer science classes.
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2021 Exam Results!

Whelp... the AP CSP exam results were posted today. (At least, for the first group of testers...). How did your students do? What will you do differently next year as a result? And/or what worked really well for you this year? 
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AP CSP Exam Reading Reflection

The AP CSP exam changed this year and as a seasoned reader, I thought it might be helpful to share some reflections from my reading experience.