The Wisconsin Idea Project

To us the Wisconsin Idea is a way to give back the knowledge gained through the University of Wisconsin to the public. The University receives a large amount of aid from the state of Wisconsin and it's taxpayers and the Wisconsin Idea is a way to give back and make the world a better place on a local, state, national, and international level.

Topic

We choose this topic because neither of us had been exposed to computer programming prior to taking CS 302 and believed that the information provided would be useful to high school and incoming college students to give a good background of what Computer Science is all about. We both wished we had been exposed to this prior to enrolling in CS 302 and hope it helps aid our target audience with course and career decisions.

Team Members

•Paul Schmidt
•Alex Krizek

Target Audience

The project is target toward high school and incoming college students with zero to limited exposure to computer science topics.

Description

We chose to include two slideshows explaining the relevance of Computer Science and Java programming. These slideshows were meant to introduce viewers to Computer Science topics and show them what can be done with experience in Computer Science and Java. We also included a brief video explaining how to create a basic "Hello World" program in Eclipse that walks viewers through creating their first program.

Links to Our Creation
Link to our page What is Computer Science?: Basics of computer science from Paul Schmidt
Java Basics and Application: Java basics and applications from Paul Schmidt

Link to our page

Link to our YouTube video
Hello World Walk-through: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IF-Vjpyk98

Sources: http://www.ehow.com/about_5326816_importance-computer-science-degree.html http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/10/pf/college/graduate-salaries/index.html
Java for Everyone by Cay Horstmann
Lecture Notes from CS 302

CS302

The Wisconsin Idea Project

Spring 2013 Instructor: Deppeler