The Center for Excellence in S.T.E.M. Education (at TCNJ) is providing FREE professional development to k-12 educators that is designed to help with “Building Computer Science Capacity in New Jersey.”  All levels of experience are welcomed!

One of the workshops being offered is for those looking to teach Java in the near future.  If this is YOU, this workshop will cover the basic things you need to know (including materials and pacing for a YEAR or a semester long course) to get started, even with NO background in computer programming.

Details about this workshop from the website:

“This workshop will run for 3 days, starting at 9:30 and ending at 3:30 each day.

Day 1: Working with the Eclipse IDE, Karel J Robot (basics of writing programs)

Day 2: Working with the console, variables, data types and the String class, flow of control and logic

Day 3: Working with error handling and file access, arrays and graphics (building games)

Presenter: John Hajdu”

Additional information:

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided

If you have any questions, you can contact the Building CS in New Jersey team at buildingcsnj@tcnj.edu