Hackety Hacking the Computer Science Classroom Workspace

What is a problem?

Problem Statement

Your Problem Statement is a short piece of writing (one or two paragraphs) describing a challenge. It should include all of the information the reader will need to solve the problem.

A strong problem statement is like an unfinished story to be completed by the reader.

Curriculum Connections

Provide a list of content goals to help teachers locate your problem. Some of these content goals will be Computer Science related (e.g. "Understanding if-else logic") while others might be from other fields.

Solution

Provide at least one solution to the problem in running code. It's important that this solution is well-documented with in-line comments.

Note about solution platforms

Initially, we planned to focus exclusively on Hackety Hack. However, now that I have seen your wide range of experience, I think you should feel free to experiment with different platforms, depending on the problem. For example, a particular problem might be better solved with Python rather than Hackety Hack.

Learning to use the appropriate tool is a part of learning to program. To help your audience, please explain why you chose a particular platform with your solution code.

Later on, we might collect multiple solutions for each problem. For example, imagine solving the same problem in Java, Python, and Squeak.