South Plantation High School - Courses & Tools

AI FOUNDATIONS COURSE PAGE OVERVIEW This page serves as the promotional and informational landing page for the AI Foundations course at South Plantation High School. It provides prospective students with course details, learning objectives, and career information. PAGE URL https://www.rickrodriguezjr.com/south_plantation/ai/ PURPOSE * Attract students to enroll in the AI Foundations course * Explain what artificial intelligence is and why it matters * Outline course activities and learning outcomes * Highlight career opportunities and earning potential in AI fields * Show that no prior coding experience is required COURSE HIGHLIGHTS * Open to all South Plantation High School students * No coding experience required * Hands-on learning with tools like Python, Teachable Machine, and Scratch * Real-world AI applications and project-based learning * Focus on problem-solving and critical thinking LEARNING ACTIVITIES Students will learn to: * Understand what AI is and how it works * Explore AI use in major companies (Google, Amazon, Netflix) * Train and test AI models with real-world data * Build projects analyzing images, text, and voice * Collaborate on AI problem-solving projects * Explore careers in machine learning, robotics, and cybersecurity TARGET AUDIENCE Students who: * Love technology * Are curious about smart systems * Want to explore high-paying STEM careers * Enjoy critical thinking and problem-solving KEY SELLING POINTS * Growing demand for AI skills * High earning potential in AI careers * Preparation for college and future workforce * Practical, hands-on experience SCHOOL DETAILS * School: South Plantation High School * Course: AI Foundations * Teacher: Mr. Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. * Contact: Ricardo.Rodriguez@browardschools.com Last Updated: 2025 School Year

# AI Courses Everything students need to prepare for the CIW AI Associate certification exam, using the uCertify course plus extra lessons, flashcards, and assignments. ## About the Course In this course students learn what artificial intelligence is, how it learns from data, and how to use it safely and responsibly. The main textbook and labs are on uCertify. The pages in this folder add review material and fill the gaps between the uCertify textbook and the CIW exam objectives. The CIW AI Associate certification gives students an industry-recognized credential that shows they understand the core ideas behind AI and machine learning. ## About the Exam - Exam name: CIW AI Associate - Provider: CIW (Certified Internet Web Professional) - Course platform: uCertify ## What the Course Covers 1. Ideas of AI - What AI is, deep learning, AI careers, and core NLP vocabulary - Rational agents and the environments they act in - Planning and reasoning under uncertainty - Logic systems: propositional, first-order, and fuzzy logic - Detecting misinformation, deepfakes, and compromised data - Planning an AI project: deployment, cost, and risk 2. Data Management - Data cleaning and dataset curation - Common data file formats: CSV, JSON, and XML - Feature engineering and sampling plans - Distribution shift and outlier detection 3. Algorithms - Algorithm families: classification, search, and optimization - Temperature and controlling generative AI output - Maximum likelihood estimation - Search algorithms and search operators - Linear regression, computational complexity, and k-means clustering 4. Legal, Ethical, and Privacy Issues - AI ethics and privacy - Copyright, training data, and evaluating source credibility 5. Machine Learning - Reinforcement learning and transfer learning - Decision trees, random forests, and ensemble methods - Underfitting, overfitting, and the bias-variance tradeoff - Naive Bayes, one-hot encoding, and logistic vs. linear regression - Explainability and the black-box model problem 6. Statistics - Data types: continuous, binary, categorical, and ordinal - Bayesian vs. frequentist approaches to probability - Cost functions, standard error, and bootstrapping - Hypothesis testing, the curse of dimensionality, and sources of uncertainty The course also covers generative AI, prompt writing, using AI to boost work and creativity, and the future of AI. ## Folders - ciw_ai_associate/ - Resources, flashcards, and assignments that follow the uCertify lessons. - gap_ai_curriculum/ - CIW AI Self-Study Course: 26 short units that fill the gaps between the textbook and the CIW exam. Each unit has a lesson, vocabulary, an example, flashcards, an activity, a quiz, and a vocab match assignment. - assignments/ - Extra reading assignments, such as What Is Deep Learning? Instructor: Mr. Rodriguez - South Plantation High School

# Final Grade Calculator A calculator that shows students how to figure out their midterm (Semester 1) and final (Semester 2) grades using the Broward County Public Schools grading policy. ## About the Calculator Students enter their quarter grades and exam score, and the calculator shows their semester grade along with a step-by-step breakdown of how it was figured. It follows the grading rules in School Board of Broward County (SBBC) Policy 6000.1. This tool is for reference only. For official grade determinations, students should contact their school counselor. ## How to Use It 1. Choose your schedule type: - Rotator (Traditional): 2 quarter grades + a final exam - A/B Block: 1 class grade + a final exam 2. Choose the semester: - Semester 1 (midterm): Quarter 1 + Quarter 2 + Exam - Semester 2 (final): Quarter 3 + Quarter 4 + Exam 3. Enter each grade as a percentage (0-100). Check Exam Exempt if you are exempt from the exam. 4. Click Calculate My Grade to see your semester grade and point breakdown. ## How Grades Are Calculated 1. Each percentage is converted to a letter grade: - 90% and up = A - 87% = B+, 80% = B - 77% = C+, 70% = C - 67% = D+, 60% = D - Below 60% = F 2. Each letter grade is converted to points: - Rotator: each quarter is worth up to 12 points and the exam up to 8 points (32 total) - Block: the class grade is worth up to 24 points and the exam up to 8 points (32 total) 3. The points are added together and the total is looked up in the final grade table to find the semester letter grade. 4. Two-Thirds Rule: if two or more of the three grades are an F, the semester grade is an automatic F, no matter the point total. This rule does not apply to EOC courses. ## Exam Exemptions Students may exempt the final exam for up to 3 courses if both quarter grades in that semester are a B or above. AP, AICE, FLVS/Broward Virtual, and Dual Enrollment courses are not eligible, and EOC exams can never be exempted. When the exam is exempt, the calculator scales the quarter points up to the 32-point total. ## Files - index.php - The calculator page, including the grade reference tables. Instructor: Mr. Rodriguez - South Plantation High School

# Procedural Programming with Python An introductory Python course that prepares students for the Certiport ITS Procedural Programming with Python (IT Specialist - Python) certification exam. ## About the Course In this course students learn to think like programmers. They write Python 3 programs that store data, make decisions, repeat tasks, work with files, and recover from errors. The course follows the official Certiport exam objectives, so every lesson also helps students get ready for the certification. The IT Specialist (ITS) program from Certiport gives students an industry-recognized credential that shows they have entry-level programming skills. ## About the Exam - Exam name: ITS Procedural Programming with Python (IT Specialist - Python) - Exam code: ITS-303 - Provider: Certiport (Pearson VUE) - Length: 50 minutes - Language: Python 3 - Question types: multiple choice, drag-and-drop, and code completion / analysis ## What the Course Covers 1. Operations Using Data Types and Operators (20-25% of exam) - Data types: str, int, float, bool - Type conversion, indexing, slicing, and lists - Operator precedence - Assignment, comparison, logical, arithmetic, identity (is), and containment (in) operators 2. Flow Control with Decisions and Loops (25-30% of exam) - if, elif, else, nested conditionals, and compound conditions - while and for loops, nested loops - break, continue, and pass 3. Input and Output Operations (20-25% of exam) - File I/O: open, close, read, write, append, check if a file exists, delete, and with - Console I/O: input(), print(), str.format(), f-strings, and command-line arguments 4. Code Documentation and Structure (15-20% of exam) - Indentation, white space, comments, docstrings, and pydoc - Functions: def, call signatures, default values, return, and pass 5. Troubleshooting and Error Handling (5-10% of exam) - Finding and fixing syntax, logic, and runtime errors - Handling exceptions with try, except, else, finally, and raise 6. Operations Using Modules and Tools (1-5% of exam) - Built-in modules: math, datetime, io, sys, os, os.path, and random ## Course Objectives By the end of this course, students will be able to: - Break a problem into clear, ordered steps and turn those steps into working Python code. - Store and change information using variables, data types, and operators. - Control the flow of a program with decisions and loops. - Organize code into reusable functions with parameters and return values. - Work with collections of data such as strings and lists. - Read input from the user and from files, and produce clear, formatted output. - Find and fix errors and handle exceptions. - Write readable code with good naming, comments, and docstrings. - Use Python's built-in modules to solve real problems. - Earn the Certiport IT Specialist - Python certification. ## Folders - resources/ - Lessons, explainers, and practice pages for each exam objective. - assignments/ - Practice assignments to complete for this course. - flashcards/ - Flashcards for reviewing key terms and concepts. Instructor: Mr. Rodriguez - South Plantation High School

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