IB Year 1 Higher Level Computer Science

Tuesday 20 August 2024 - Block 1
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Daily Note

Hello and welcome to class!!

 

We only have 20 minutes!

Odds are you don't have your computers yet. We will take attendance and I will make sure I pronounce your names correctly. 

I will show you some of classroom systems: 

  1. https://courses.computersciencewiki.org/
  2. https://lms.computersciencewiki.org
  3. Google classroom
  1. We will review the rules in our classroom
  2. Our definition of learning: Learning is growth from where you are to where you want to go.
     
  3. We will review our learning for the year (our class syllabus)

Your homework for today: 

  1. Please think about your learning goals, questions and concerns as you enter into the DP program! . You should have 2 or 3 goals. I will ask you to share your learning goals with our class when we meet again.

 

 

Statement of Inquiry

The big idea for today is Course orientation.

The essential questions for this topic are:

What do I need to know, understand and do to be prepared for this class?

It takes time to explore and really understand a big idea. If you want to
learn more about course orientation (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()