Three of Professor Walker's seven books focus on material in the AP CS Course Description. Professor Walker has extensive experience as a grader of Advanced Placement tests in computer science for the College Board and as a workshop leader throughout the United States for secondary educators of computer science. For example, his eight 2-day workshops for high school teachers from 1994 to 1996 were attended by 252 teachers in Iowa and Texas, with funding by the Noyce Foundation. The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust funded his week-long workshop last summer at Grinnell College for 23 teachers. Over the years, he has worked with individual high schools in Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas.
Negotiations are underway with several publishers regarding textbooks.
Rick Decker and Stuart Hirshfield, The Object Concept , PWS Publishing, 1995. A Tentative Workshop Schedule is available in both .dvi format and postcript format . The evening sessions on Monday and Thursday are optional. Highlights of this schedule follow. Adjustments may be made in the schedule, based on this discussion.