Week of January 31st to February 3rd

 

Welcome to Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2023!

Tuesday:

Welcome!
Discuss rules and expectations

Course outline

Current events assignment

"Good Questions" homework for Monday.

Here is the main presentation from today (ctemc.org login required)  

Wednesday:

• bring back parent/guardian contact information sheet
• Logic Puzzle
• Failure or Success?
• Learn anything
• Begin Ones and zeros - Binary numbers
• Kahn Academy
  
• take this survey to help me know a little about you
• Google slides - Binary numbers

Thursday:

• Please bring back the "Acknowledgement Form".
   
  

  First we will complete whatever is left from Thursday's class up through the slides on binary search.  You have a number of upcoming assignments to work on in any time remaining:

  • Your 'Introduce Yourself with FlipGrid' assignment is due by Friday evening so that I have a chance to look at them all over the weekend.
  • Do first two units from Khan Academy CS Principles, 'Bits and Bytes' and 'Binary Numbers', and take Quiz #1 before class on Monday.
  • 'Ask some good questions' is due Wednesday 9/15.
  • 'Limitations of Storing Numbers' and 'Storing Text in Binary' from Khan Academy are also for Tuesday.
  • Finally, remember that group 1 will do current events next Wednesday.

Friday:

Finished Ones and Zeros Kahn assignments and Kahn 1st quiz

"Acknowledgement Form" if not turned in, Do So. 

Complete binary/hex numbers discussion.

Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
What is Unicode?
Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Autotune
Audacity - free audio software
Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
Give out internet vocabulary sheet - due Friday

Limitations of Storing Numbers' and 'Storing Text in Binary' from Khan Academy due for today.