Some Schools |
Some Activties |
MS, Nuclear Physics, MIT |
Army officer, Lt. Colonel (retired): Ranger, missiles, nuclear weapons |
MBA, General Business, Long Island University |
Mathematics professor, West Point |
BS, Engineering Science, West Point |
Industry: Senior Scientist, Operations Manager, Vice President, President |
Graduate, Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
Computer Science, Astronomy, AP Physics, & Electronics instructor, college prep school |
I created this site to assist students taking my computer science courses. The site is owned and maintained by me; it is neither affiliated with nor supported by any organization. Please see the copyright notice. I optimized it for viewing at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
My ideas concerning the creation of a credible computer science program are summarized in a presentation I gave to a group of mathematics and science educators at Taos, New Mexico in 2001. The presentation begins with a discussion of the origins and definition of this relatively new field. It then looks at the relevant guidance, some of the challenges to implementation, and the program (as of 2001) that I developed at the Academy.
The computer science courses were developed in accordance with guidelines established by the Association for Computing Machinery - the gererally accepted authority for the discipline. Click here for a description of each course. I also established a number of course support and co-curricular activities (clubs, contests, and guest speakers).