Middle School Exploring Computer Science

This course is archived, and no longer updated. This course was delivered during the 2016 - 2017 school year.

The purpose of this wiki is to support student learning for computer science. The intended audience for this wiki is students who are enrolled in Exploring Computer Science.

news News for June 2016 New content is being added a furious pace, and I am delighted to have learned from CS50. This is a wonderful resource I will use going forward to support student learning in computer science. As always, if you are interested in helping contribute to this wiki, please send an email to bill@mackenty.org. Mr. MacKenty (talk) 12:08, 2 June 2016 (CEST) News for May 2016 I am building all of our course stuff for next year. If you would like to help (and earn a grade increase) let me know. Please remember I'm still working on stuff - this site is under construction. Bmackenty (talk) 09:57, 6 May 2016 (CEST) News for April 2016 Welcome to our new classroom website. I am still moving stuff from moodle to here. We are learning about and applying our knowledge about design. I have gotten some feedback that some of you think this is "boring but important". I agree. Please remember what I told you: 1 hour of good design saves you hundreds of hours fixing problems later.
Our class meetings Date of lesson Our Big idea Our class notes Programming skills we are building June 9 2016 Computer organization Click here for notes and homework Computer organization - click here for a 2 question quiz June 6 2016 Computer organization Click here for notes and homework Computer organization - click here for our work June 2 2016 Problem Sets Click here for notes and homework Problem Sets - please click here and scroll down May 31 2016 computational thinking Click here for notes and homework networks click here for project objectives May 27 2016 computational thinking Click here for notes and homework computational thinking - My priorities, my time May 24 2016 computational thinking Click here for notes and homework computational thinking - My priorities, my time May 20 2016 Networks Click here for notes and homework networks please click here for a formative quiz May 16 2016 Networks Click here for notes and homework networks click here for project objectives May 14 2016 Networks Click here for notes and homework networks click here for project objectives May 12 2016 Networks Click here for notes and homework networks click here for project objectives May 6 2016 Pseudocode Click here for notes and homework pseudocode - summative quiz May 4 2016 Pseudocode Click here for notes and homework pseudocode April 19 2016 Design (click here) Click here for notes and homework none - exam April 15 2016 Design (click here) Click here for notes and homework Design process April 13 2016 Design (click here) Click here for notes and homework functions April 11 2016 Design (click here) Click here for notes and homework debugging April 7 2016 Design (click here) Click here for notes and homework email validator Click for calendar Help! My code isn't working! Click here for big ideas in computer science
Helpful resources general computer science resources Click here to learn what to call a {,(,:,':|, etc... software you should install / tools you should know Sublime 3 text editor pastebin wiki help How to edit a wiki Our class spotify playlist click here for our spotify list	About this course Classroom Rules Our Classroom Rules Standards Middle School Exploring computer science standards Grading Classroom participation rubric Approaches to Learning rubric Informative writing rubric What does it mean when you are asked to "describe", "analyse", or "compare"? Academic Honesty Academic Integrity
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Produce a plan, simulation or model.

a group or system of interconnected people or things.

an informal high-level description of the operating principle of a computer program or other algorithm.

Produce a plan, simulation or model.