Designing Solutions Through Programming January 28 2019 Lesson Notes

What are we going to learn today? Hello Class! In general Click here for the github repository for our class files Please make sure visual studio code is up to date. For today We will listen to an article from the NYT : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/smarter-living/how-to-actually-truly-focus-on-what-youre-doing.html We start working on Developing Ideas today. You'll learn what it is all about and get to work. The worksheet is on google classroom.

How am I being assessed today? I will assess you formatively today, and make a professional judgement to what extent you understand our learning material. I will use observation, your written work, answers to questions, and contribution to class discussions as data to make my decisions. I will also ask you to complete a self-assessment which I will use to help me guage how well you think you understand our material in class.

As a computer scientist, you have: Confidence in dealing with complexity Persistence in working with difficult problems Tolerance for ambiguity The ability to deal with open-ended problems The ability to communicate and work with others to achieve a common goal or solution

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Consider the merits or otherwise of an argument or concept. Opinions and conclusions should be presented clearly and supported with appropriate evidence and sound argument.