AP Computer Science Principals

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Overview
Computing innovations impact our lives in ways that require considerable study and reflection for us to fully understand them. In this performance task, you will explore a computing innovation of your choice. A computing innovation is an innovation that includes a computer or program code as an integral part of its functionality. Your close examination of this computing innovation will deepen your understanding of computer science principles. Please note that once this performance task has been assigned as an assessment (rather than as practice), you are expected to complete the task with minimal assistance from anyone. For more clarification see the Guidelines for Completing the Through-Course Performance Tasks section.You will be provided with a minimum of 8 hours of class time to develop, complete, and submit the following:
Written responses
Scoring guidelines and instructions for submitting your performance tasks are available on the AP Computer Science Principles Course Home Page. When completing the Explore – Impacts of Computing Innovations performance task, you will be expected to conduct investigations on a computing innovation. A computing innovation is an innovation that includes a computer or program code as an integral part of its functionality. You must ensure you have identified relevant, credible, and easily accessible sources to support your creation of a computational artifact as well as to support your responses to the prompts. You can search for print or nonprint sources as part of your investigation. You can refer to a journal, Web page, or an expert that is being quoted as part of your written response. Avoid plagiarism by acknowledging, attributing, and/or citing sources throughout your responses
Students need to submit their final performance tasks on the AP Digital Portfolio by April 30.
Resources
College Board Documents
Examples-
Explore A: Artifact
Explore A: Written response
Explore B: Artifact
Explore B: Written response
Explore C: Artifact
Explore C: Written response
Explore D: Artifact
Explore D: Written response
Explore E: Artifact
Explore E: Written response
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