Preparing CS Teachers for Teaching Machine Learning in AP Classrooms

Major advancements in computer programming are pushing machine learning practices to the forefront of big tech industry standards. Extending on the series of lessons called ‘Introduction to Machine Learning using Image Classification’, teachers themselves need to be educated and equipped to understand these topics and lead lessons like these in the classroom. The teacher leading a lesson on these topics needs a thorough understanding of machine learning practices, algorithms, and standards so that they are prepared to use machine learning applications and address issues that arise when implementing new solutions.

The series of lessons developed for the teacher must be adequately prepared and organized so that a teacher can easily adopt such a curriculum into their own practice, and to do so requires its own set of instructions so that the lessons are amenable to CS teachers of any skill level. This ETP includes daily instructional materials, formative assessments, an image-processing program and machine learning program written in Java, instructional videos, and formative and summative assessments for the instructor.