Welcome to Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2025!
Welcome!
Discuss rules and expectations, course outline, current events assignment, "Good Questions" homework for Monday.
Complete the Principles of Computer Technology - Student Information Survey
Fill out and sign couurse syllabus, requires parental signature as well (due tomorrow)
Here is the main presentation from today (ctemc.org login required)
- register for turnitin
- Logic Puzzle
- Failure or Success?
- Learn anything
Friday:
Begin unit 1: Digital Representation of Real World Information (8.2.12.E.2)
Essential Questions:
How can a computer work with so many kinds of information if all it can do is process ones and zeroes?
How can a computer turn physical phenomena like sound and pictures into ones and zeroes?
How can a computer turn ones and zeroes into physical phenomena like pictures and sounds?
Homework for the beginning of class today: register for turnitin, bring back parent/guardian contact information sheet, complete "Who Are You" survey online. due tonight
Ones and zeroes: introduce binary/hex numbers
Give out binary/hex worksheet - due Monday
- bring back parent/guardian contact information sheet
- Begin Ones and zeros - Binary numbers
- Kahn Academy
- Google slides - Binary numbers
- Finally, remember that group 1 will do current events next Wednesday.