Use the Real Studio curriculum to teach core programming skills. The curriculum is designed for secondary grade students with little or no programming experience.
The Real Studio Curriculum is a computer science course that uses Realbasic as an underlying tool. It will help you teach good computer science and will help your students become better programmers.
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Outline
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Introduction to Real StudioThis lesson introduces students to the Real Studio programming environment, and begins to introduce event-based programming using the Realbasic language.
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Expressions, Assignments and Data TypesThis lesson introduces students to expressions and data types in Realbasic.
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Conditionals and the DebuggerThis lesson introduces students to if expressions and the concept of setting breakpoints and stepping through code.
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Variables and LoopsThis lesson introduces students to variables. They will write simple code using variables and For... Next loops.
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Modules, Methods, and RecursionThis lesson introduces students to functions, arguments and recursion. They will write a function with arguments, create a module to store methods and functions, and use recursion for simple tasks.
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Arrays and String Processing AlgorithmsThis lesson introduces students to arrays and a basic algorithm. They will begin to use some special array functions.
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Algorithms and FlowchartsThis lesson introduces students to expressions and data types in Realbasic. They will begin to define and write simple algorithms.
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Objects as Abstract Data TypesThis lesson introduces students to expressions and data types in Realbasic. They will define an abstract data type by creating a class with public data and private operations.
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PolymorphismThis lesson introduces students to Polymorphism. They will learn to implement two or more classes with a common ancestor, sharing behavior through events.
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ElizaThis lesson is a bit of a breather, looking at a fun little application using a few of the things we've learned so far.
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Events and ControlsThis lesson looks in more detail at Events and inheritance chains in Realbasic. Students will learn to implement a custom event and to implement simple inheritance chains.
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Class InterfacesThis lesson introduces students to the concept of interfaces. They will learn to define a class interface and how to add the interface to a class.
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Bubble SortingThis begins a series of lessons that will introduce a few different sorting algorithms, along with some basic efficiency analysis.
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Insertion Sorting and EfficiencyWe continue our look at sorting algorithms with the Insertion Sort. We also start using a framework that lets us compare sorting speeds of different algorithms.
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Insertion Sort 2 - More on EfficiencyWe continue looking at sorting algorithms by improving the Insertion Sort algorithm.
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QuickSortThis lesson introduces students to a more complex but much faster algorithm: the famous Quicksort.
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Exceptions, Constructors, and OverloadingWe take a bit of a breather from complex algorithms, and learn a few fairly straightforward concepts: Exceptions, Constructors and Overloading.
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File EnumeratorFollowing this lesson, students should be able to write basic recursive code involving file-system traversal.
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Data Structures 101Following this lesson, students should be able to employ any of the demonstrated data structures in an appropriate fashion.
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File Enumerator 2In this lesson, students will learn how data structures can be applied to improve the previous File Enumerator project.
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HashingWe add a hash table to the simple linear list from an earlier lesson, quickly making it faster than the binary array.
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Cyclic Redundancy CheckIn this lesson, we learn about binary arithmetic, leading up to a project in which we implement a Cyclic Redundancy Check.
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Simple RPN CalculatorIn this lesson, students create a simple Reverse Polish Notation Calculator. This project helps students contemplate implementing and using a stack.
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Programmable RPN CalculatorIn this lesson, students will use RBScript to make their RPN Calculators programmable.
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Graphics 1In this lesson, students will learn to programmatically generate basic graphics.
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CommunicationsIn this lesson, students will create a very simple yet useful application to demonstrate the use of TCP ports. The application sends messages to another computer running the same application.
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Simulation and AnimationIn this lesson, students will learn to use sprites to create moving graphics objects.