Programming in High School

Programming in High School

1. Crtical Thinking

   • Problem Solving Strategies
     • Divide and Conquer
     • Brute Force
     • Determining if a Strategy will work
   • How to approach difficult problems
     • Problems inside problems

2. Supplment to other courses

   • Relations to Mathematics
     • Proofs
     • Operators
     • No ambiguity
       • Algorithms
         • Recursion
         • Iteration
   • Relations to Art
     • Creativity
       • Game Design
     • User Psycology

3. Real world applications

   • Gateway to Demanded Jobs
     • Information Technology
     • Software Engineering
     • Security
   • When programs don't work
     • Fixing computer problems
     • Avoiding viruses and malware