IB Year 1 Standard Level Computer Science

Tuesday 6 October 2020 - Block 4, Room C152
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Daily Note

The plan for today's class:
 

All groups: 

  1. New course tool: computersciencewiki.org
  2. We will start discussing computer organization
  3. We will REVIEW: 
    1. Architecture of the central processing unit (CPU)
    2. Functions of the arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
    3. Control unit (CU)
    4. Registers within the CPU 
    5. Primary memory
    6. Cache memory
    7. The machine instruction cycle
       
  4. We will learn
    1. Binary
    2. Hexadecimal
    3. Data representation

Homework:

  1. All homework is always posted on google classroom, link above. 

 

 

 

Our Big idea

The big idea for today is Computer organization.

The essential questions for this topic are:

How does a computer actually work? You know, like, really?

It takes time to explore and really understand a big idea. If you want to
learn more about computer organization (which is connected to today's daily note), please click here .

We are learning this because as a designers must understand scientific and technical innovation. Designers use systems, models, methods, and processes to solve problems.



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Reminders & routines:

Please read and follow these reminders:

  1. IF today ==  testing_day_for_me:
         remember to go get tested!
     
  2. IF today == Friday:
         current_event_activity()
     
  3. Please check now: is visual studio code working from my programming folder?