Award-Winning Private Computer Science Tutoring in Shoreline, WA

"Today, the student and I began looking through a list of tasks he needs to be able to complete on Excel. Of the 50 required tasks, we completed the first 25. So far, we looked at some of the basic functions in excel: creating, saving, and opening documents, formatting text, numbers, and currencies, creating tables, and manipulating columns and rows."

"Tonight we upgraded the student's shipping software and then set up a printing program and one of the student's Excel files from work. We were able to successfully set up the program and get labels printed as he desired. I coached him on setting up a customized profile so he could learn how to setup the program to work well with any Excel file. (We have been using the sample profiles provided with the program up to this point.)"

"The student was able to work his homework problems today with me, and I was able to address new coding techniques with him. He has been building up on his knowledge on how to code, and it seems our sessions are helping him to get more comfortable with the program. He is learning quickly, and I am very pleased to tutor him!"

"We covered print statements, variable declaration/assignment, and Java code conventions. In addition, I directed the student to install the Java SDK and Netbeans IDE so he can begin coding on his computer. I had briefly described the format and common topics of the AP Computer Science test so he may have a better idea of which programming aspects to focus on in his review. From the first lesson, I don't see any particular difficulties in his ability to grasp the concepts, but I will continue to pay attention and adjust as necessary. In future sessions, I plan to adopt the format of introducing a topic and asking him to apply it in his programming to solve basic problems. With these pieces in place, I believe that we will make great progress moving forward."