IB Year 2 Higher Level Computer Science

Friday 11 December 2020 - Block 8, Room C152
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Daily Note

I am not here today and I will not be on zoom. 

You have a test on Tuesday. I wish you luck. I remind you about pseudocde today, with a brief in-class formative assessment. Please understand the assessment is due at the end of class. 

Please check google classroom for your formative assessment. This work is for SL and HL students. 

This wiki page may be helpful

Please ask any questions about our test material on our discussion forum or via email. 

 

A little less comfortable

Process

You should be revising our content for 20 minutes each day. As you learning about abstract data structures  you should be asking yourself how you can apply your understanding (how do I go from theoretical to practical). I would love to hear from you, "How can we use this information practically?". 

Product

As you are learning you should be taking notes, and developing a cookbook or spellbook. Most system administrators have a book of hints and tips they keep with them. You should have a digital text file or written notebook with helpful reminders to understand the deeper parts of your system. 

Content

At the end of the day, you should be able to apply your understanding of abstract data structures to issues to solve problems. You must understand the methods  of an ADT and how an ADT uses memory.

A little more comfortable

Process

You should be revising our content for 20 minutes each day. As you learning about abstract data structures  you should be asking yourself how you can apply your understanding (how do I go from theoretical to practical). I would love to hear from you, "How can we use this information practically?". It would be helpful if you implemented ADT in multiple programming languages. I would especially recommend trying to implement ADT in Rust or C. 

Product

As you are learning you should be taking notes, and developing a cookbook or spellbook. Most system administrators have a book of hints and tips they keep with them. You should have a digital text file or written notebook with helpful reminders to understand the deeper parts of your system. You should know enough about ADT's to teach your classmates, and help them understand how ADT's function. In addition, you should learn a few ADT's that are not on our curriculum; specifically, binary search trees, sets, and graphs

Content

At the end of the day, you should be able to apply your understanding of abstract data structures to issues to solve problems. You must understand the methods  of an ADT and how an ADT uses memory. You should be able to look at a situation or problem and really understand which ADT would be appropriate and why.

Our Big idea

The big idea for today is Abstract data structures.

The essential questions for this topic are:

Why do programmers organize data in specific ways? What advantages does one way of organizing data have over a different way of organizing data?

It takes time to explore and really understand a big idea. If you want to
learn more about abstract data structures (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:

IF today ==  testing_day_for_me:
     remember to go get tested!

IF today == first_period_of_day:
    read_daily_notes

IF today == Friday:
    current_event_protocol()

 

Please read and follow these reminders:

  1. Always start every class by reading our daily note

  2. Please check now: is visual studio code working from my programming folder?