Video Introduction to Computer Science

The Wisconsin Idea Project

The Wisconsin Idea is a way for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to give back to the taxpayers & the world at large. By freely sharing our knowledge, the taxpayer has something to show for their investment, and it helps to educate anyone interested in the subject topic.

Topic

Our project was split into 4 basic videos.

• Video #1: The basics of how a computer worked, this video covered transistors, peripherals, Java, and input/output to the user.
• Video #2: This video showed the user how to download/setup Eclipse, and walked them through their very first program.
• Video #3: This video built upon the last, and overviewed the concepts of variables & user input.
• Video #4: This video showed the user some basic programming logic with if statements, and gave them an introduction to "loops" in Java.
• Video #5: This fifth video gave the viewer additional resources to expand their knowledge of various programming languages.

Team Members

Jared Herman: Producer, Editor, Narrator, and Makeup Artist.

Target Audience

The video was made to introduce anyone knew to computer science, but due to the pacing of the video, anyone less than 13 years old may have had trouble keeping up.

Description

The project was a 5 part series, uploaded to Youtube, to give the viewer an introduction to Computer Science as a whole, with focus on Java Programming. Rather than a simple series of programming tutorials, this series was made to give the viewer a comprehensive knowledge of programming, rather than just "following" along the creator's code.

Links to Our Creation

What's next?

To expand upon this project, I would have discussed AND/OR statements, then covered how to make separate methods, rather than coding everything in the main method.

CS302 The Wisconsin Idea Project Fall 2012 Instructor: Deppeler