IB Year 1 Higher Level Computer Science

Wednesday 9 October 2024 - Block 1
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Daily Note

Today we will review your formative test. It is important you take notes and ask questions. 

Please add any questions to this shared document, I will work through it as we are learning. 

Our formative assessment covered: 

Given the time remaining, I'd like to cover: 

  • Define the terms: bit, byte, binary, denary/decimal, hexadecimal.
  • Outline the way in which data is represented in the computer.

 

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.



Reminders & routines:

Please read and follow these reminders:

  1. IF this_class == first_class_of_day:
         read_daily_bulletin()
     
  2. IF today == Friday:
         careers_in_computing()