| Item Title: | Santa Barbara High School New Course Approval – Mobile Programming with Linear Algebra | | Agenda Title: | Santa Barbara High School New Course Approval – Mobile Programming with Linear Algebra | | Background: | Mobile Programming with Linear Algebra provides a stimulating and fun yet rigorous follow-on to the AP Computer Science course. All types of learners are welcome to this course if they meet the prerequisites of having prior programming experience equivalent to AP Computer Science and are currently in Algebra 2 or higher.
Mobile Programming with Linear Algebra objectives are to learn and master the Objective-C programming language, including basic syntax, primitives, flow control, operators, pointers, messages, objects, and classes, the Xcode IDE and Apples Cocoa Frameworks and selected topics including Cocoa classes, events, memory management, views, view controllers, gestures, and drawing. Linear Algebra includes basics of implication and equivalence, set theory, functions, combinations and permutations, matrices and matrix calculations, special matrices, determinants, solving linear systems, vectors and linear independence, and linear transformations including scaling, rotation, translation, and 3-D projection and perspective. | | Recommendation: | That the Board of Education approve the Santa Barbara High School new course approval for Mobile Programming with Linear Algebra. | | Resource Person: | Dr. Ben Drati, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education | | Fiscal Impact: | The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra by S. Takahashi and I. Inoue ($25) Cocoa with Objective-C by P. Butterfield-Addison and J. Manning ($40) | | Funding Source: | Funds from Santa Barbara High School General Funds |
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