Mr. Parslow (Room D91)Thank you for visiting my website and for taking an active role in your student's education here at Los Osos High School. This website serves as an important resource for all the students I work with on a daily basis. The students' success in all of my classes is important to me. As such, please feel free to contact me with any concerns or comments you may have during the course of the school year at [email protected].
Throughout the school year, you can also follow me on Twitter (@tparslow75). There I will post tutorials and tricks in all the programs I teach (Unity, Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) as well as other posts that I think can be helpful for student success. 2019-2020 School ScheduleAbout MeThis is my 16th year teaching and my 1st year teaching here at Los Osos High School. I spent my first two years teaching at Arroyo High School in El Monte, ten years teaching at Charter Oak High School in Covina, and the past three years at Colony High School in Ontario. I also spent 18 years coaching swimming (17 at Charter Oak and 1 at Colony).
I have my Bachelor of Arts Degree (Business Administration) from Cal State Fullerton. In January of 2006, I obtained by Masters Degree in Education from the University of La Verne. In the Summer 2012, I also received my Digital Arts and Design certificate/supplemental credential from UC Riverside. I have always had a passion for teaching that goes back to being a youth leader in the Boy Scouts. This passion really grew when I first started coaching swimming at Charter Oak in 1997. From that moment, I knew this is what I wanted to do with my life. After a brief career in public accounting, I followed this desire and began the road to becoming a teacher. This will be the first year Computer Programming and Game Design is offered here at Los Osos. There is such a huge demand for computer programmers right now in various areas of industry (including video game design). Whether a student wants to go into video game design as a career or not, this class will guide students through various programming and problem solving skills that can be found in any computer science career. This will be my second year teaching AP Computer Science Principles. This class is open to any student (AP minded or not) that wants to learn more about how computers affect our daily lives in a variety of ways (through the Internet, programming, cybersecurity issues, etc.). While this class will provide the rigor of any AP class, we will have a lot of fun in here learning through a variety of activities (both on the computer and off of it) while working with one another on a daily basis. When I'm not spending time with my students, I can be found spending time with my wife (you know her as Mrs. Parslow here at Los Osos), our 11-year old twins (Byron and Juliana), watching sports (Go Angels, UCLA, Lakers, Rams, and LA Kings), working on some web and graphic design projects, and swimming. |
Thank you Class of 2020!Follow Me on Twitter @tparslow75Sign Up Sheet for Saturday School with Parslow on 2/22
Whether you are in APCSP or Video Game Design, you will have the opportunity to work on make up work, test corrections, or getting a little extra credit on Saturday, 2/22. I will available all four hours (you must attend a minimum of two hours)
Article: No, there’s still no link between video games and violence
8/6/19 - Do video games trigger violent behavior? Once again the video game industry is under attack from outside groups over the belief that there is a connection between violent video games and mass shootings. This is a topic we will visit in the coming weeks in our class. Click here to read the remainder of this article. What's your feelings on this topic?
Need to see all of the Pros and Cons on this topic? Click here to see a good comparison of both. March Madness: Which Computing Innovation Has Had the Greatest Impact on Society?
As many of you know, this time of the year is known as "March Madness" as 64 Division I schools are selected and compete in college basketball's biggest playoff! Over the years, there have been some that have come up with their own "March Madness" brackets. This year, a computer science teacher came up with his own tournament: which computing innovation has had the greatest impact on society. With this bracket, you can help determine this. Click the image above to go the Google Form to view both the bracket and for you to pick the first round winners. The field will be cut in half (down to 32) soon in which you will receive an email on when to make those selection as well.
Should Coding Count As A Foreign Language In High Schools?
Some states are now allowing a programming class in high school (Python, Java, C++, you name it!) to count as your foreign language requirement in high school (sorry, California is not one of them; but there has been discussions that could happen). Click here to read one state (Georgia) that is allowing it.
What do you think? Super Mario Odyssey (First 18 Minutes of Game Play)
Source: Arekkz Gaming
Single-Player Games Are Not Dead But The Economics Are "Complicated," Xbox Boss Says
10/25/17 - Are single-player-only games on the decline or maybe on the brink of being eliminated totally? Xbox head Shannon Loftis offers some perspective in this article written by GameSpot (written by Eddie Makuch). Click here to read the article. We'll discuss what you think after reading this.
What It's Like At San Quentin's Coding School
Click here to read the article on "The Last Mile’s Code.7370" program and how it's shaping the lives of prisoners at San Quentin Prison in Northern California.
Above Article Source: Megan Rose Dickey, techcrunch.com, 3/24/17 You can read more about the Code.7370 project by going to The Last Mile website. Graphic Designer Transforms His Son Into a Giant In Famous Landmarks
1/26/17 - Check out the surreal images (click the image above) created by graphic designer/photographer/artist Adrian Sommeling from The Netherlands. Sommeling took various images of his 10-year old son and placed them into a number of famous landmarks (using Photoshop and his own images). The one above is Mr. Parslow's favorite. But there are many more! Click the link above and check it out!
Baltimore Is Paying Students to Code!
High school students are working up to 25 hours a week (and getting paid!) in a 5-week program in Baltimore, Maryland, just to learn how to code. Read the story here.
TED Talk: Helping Prisoners to Learn How To Code
If you get a chance, read this inspirational article on Chris Redlitz of The Last Mile who recently wrote an article on teaching prisoners at one of the nation's worst prisons (San Quentin) how to code.
Click here for the article |