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Mobile Computer Science Principles

The Mobile Computer Science Principles course (Mobile CSP) satisfies all requirements of the College Board’s new AP Computer Science Principles course, which has been designed to help broaden participation in computer science among high school girls and underrepresented minorities.

The Mobile CSP course uses the visual programming language, MIT App Inventor for Android, to provide a rigorous, programming-based introduction to computer science using a project-based curriculum.  Students learn computer science by building socially useful mobile apps.  In this way, student learning will be associated closely with their interests and grounded in their schools, their homes, and their communities.

The Mobile CSP project has the following main goals:

  • To develop a rigorous AP-level CS  Principles course based on mobile computing and to disseminate it for free to schools that wish to offer the AP CS Principles course.
    • A complete set of free, openly licensed, Mobile CSP curricular and instructional materials is available here.
  • To provide effective professional develop and ongoing support for teachers who wish the teach the Mobile CSP course in their schools.
    • A complete set of free Mobile CSP lesson plans, video exemplars, best-practice suggestions, and other classroom resources is available here. 
    • Professional development opportunities for teachers who wish to teach the Mobile CSP course are available in a variety of formats, including online, in-person, and self-paced.  Click here for details.
  • To sustain computer science education in high schools.
  • To broaden participation in Computer Science among girls and underrepresented minorities.

CS for All 

Mobile CSP is a proud member of the CS for All Consortium (www.csforall.org) and is committed to supporting the mission of expanding access to CS education for all K-12 students. 
 

AP CSP Endorsement

Mobile CSP is recognized by the College Board as an endorsed provider of curriculum and professional development for AP® Computer Science Principles (AP CSP). This endorsement affirms that all components of Mobile CSP’s offerings are aligned to the AP Curriculum Framework standards and the AP CSP assessment. Using an endorsed provider affords schools access to resources including an AP CSP syllabus pre-approved by the College Board’s AP Course Audit, and officially recognized professional development that prepares teachers to teach AP CSP.
 

Project Administrators

The Mobile CSP project is supported by NSF grants to Trinity College (CNS-1240841 CS 10K: Mobile CSP – Using Mobile Learning to Teach CS Principles in Connecticut Schools) and the College of St. Scholastica (CNS-1440497 CS10K: TeachIT – Scaling Mobile CSP Professional Development Online).
  • Ralph Morelli, Professor of Computer Science, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.
  • Chinma Uche, President of the CT-Computer Science Teachers Association
  • Jennifer Rosato, Professor of Computer Science, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN.
  • Chery Lucarelli, Professor of Education, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN.