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Holt Software produces software, textbooks and resources for computer science education

New! Holt Software has just released its newest textbook, Java for AP* Computer Science, a book addressing the needs of the Advanced Placement for Computer Science A and AB curriculum. This hardcover covers the complete set of A and AB topics with clear and complete explanations to help both students and teachers who may not be familiar with Java.

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New! New free computer engineering resource available from Mike Grieve. This resource contains six interfacing projects with teacher’s notes, student handouts, diagrams, exemplars, worked solutions and marking schemes.
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Ready is Holt Software's Java IDE designed specifically for education to get students writing programs quickly without wasting time learning an IDE.

Books published by Holt Software

Holt Software publishes textbooks for computer science instruction in high schools, colleges and universities. Click below for information on various subjects.

• All of our books (graphical version).
• All of our books (printer friendly version).
• Turing books.
• Java books.
• Computer Engineering books.
• Computing Careers books.
• Pascal books.

Java Teaching Resources by Holt Software

Holt Software publishes textbooks, a programming environment and other resources for teaching Java in high schools, colleges and universities. Click below for information on various subjects.

• Holt Software's Java Home Page.
• Java textbooks for grades 10-12, college and university.
• The Ready to Program with Java(tm) Technology programming environment. This environment is specifically designed to get students writing programs quickly so they spend time learning Java, not the intricacies of a particular programming environment.
• The hsa class library. This package is designed to make teaching Java easier. It consists of a set of classes to do formatted output, read and write any primitive type and standard ASCII I/O simply and quickly allowing teachers to spend more time on concepts and less time on the idiosyncrasies of the Java Class Library.
• Resources for Teaching Java (free).

Turing Resources by Holt Software

The Turing programming language was developed at the University of Toronto as an ideal way to teach the concepts of Computer Science. It's straightforward syntax combined with easy-to-use graphics enables students to learn the fundamentals easily and enjoyably. Once programming concepts are mastered, switching to other languages such as Java or C++ is simply a matter of learning the new syntax. Turing is used by hundreds of schools to teach programming. Turing is available for both Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and MacOS 7.1 and greater.

• Turing Home Page.
• Turing textbooks for grades 10-12, college and university.
• Introduction to the Turing Programming Language.
• Turing Technical Support.
• Resources for Teaching Turing (free and purchasable).
• Pricing for Turing (site license and individual).

Ready to Program with Java(tm) Technology

Ready to Program with Java(tm) Technology ("Ready") is a Java development environment designed specifically to meet the needs of students and educators. It is small, fast, and most importantly of all, easy to learn. Students can write their first program within minutes of being introduced to the environment. It is also designed to be easily administered. Ready currently ships with Java 1.1.8 and is compatible with Java 2. A Java 2 version will ship in the next month. Ready also include the hsa package.

• Ready Home Page.
• Introduction to the Ready Environment.
• Ready Technical Support.
• Information on the hsa class library included with Ready. This package is designed to make teaching Java easier. It consists of a set of classes to do formatted output, read and write any primitive type and standard ASCII I/O simply and quickly allowing teachers to spend more time on concepts and less time on the idiosyncrasies of the Java Class Library.
• Pricing for Ready (site license and individual).

Pascal

Holt Software produces a textbook for use with Turbo Pascal 7.0 for DOS called Problem Solving and Programming in Turbo Pascal for a Grade 10/11 high school programming course.

Courses for Teachers Holt Software teaches courses for teachers. Boards of Education can contract Holt Software to teach 1-day hands-on courses to teachers in a number of subject areas. Holt Software provides the instructor and course materials, the board supplies the course location and the participants.

Full information about our courses can be found here.
Descriptions of all our courses can be found here.
Correlations between our courses and the Ontario Computer Science Curriculum can be found here.

Some topics on which courses are available are

• Computer Engineering - Beginner and Advanced.
• Computer and Information Science Using Turing - Beginner and Advanced.
• Object Oriented Programming in Turing - Beginner and Advanced.
• Object Oriented Programming in Java - Beginner and Advanced.
• Introduction to Java.
• The Java Class Libraries.

We also have courses specific to the new Ontario Computer Science Curriculum

• Overview of the New Computer Studies Curriculum.
• Addressing the Computer Expectations in the Grade 9 Integrated Technologies Course.
• Addressing the Design and Documentation Expectations in the New Computer Studies Curriculum.

Free Teaching Resources Available On-line These resources have been commisioned by Holt Software to provide teachers with resources for helping students learn programming in Turing, Java, and Computer Engineering. To see the available resources, click on the Free Stuff button on the left.

Miscellaneous Topics
• Chris Stephenson's Presentations and Papers
• High School Computer Science Home Pages
• Tom West's rant on Industrial Relevance
• Grade 9 Integrated Technologies Curriculum at Ontario Ministry of Education web site
• Grade 10 Computer and Information Science Curriculum at Ontario Ministry of Education web site
• Grade 10 Computer Engineering Curriculum at Ontario Ministry of Education web site
• Grade 11 and 12 Computer and Information Science Curricula at Ontario Ministry of Education web site
• Grade 11 and 12 Computer Engineering Curricula at Ontario Ministry of Education web site
• Teacher's Co-op application form
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