Archived 2017 - 2018 Year 1 HL IB Computer Science

This course is archived, and no longer updated. This course was delivered during the 2017 - 2018 school year.

When this two-year course is over, you will have a full, general introduction to the most excellent field of computer science. You will know how to think about problems, you will know how to program a computer to follow instructions that helps to solve a problem.

Please. Don't think like a student. Think like a computer scientist.

Our class meetings Date of lesson Big idea Our class notes Thursday, May 24 2018 Communication system and Internal Assessment Click here for notes and homework Tuesday, May 22 2018 New communication system and Internal Assessment Click here for notes and homework Friday, May 18 2018 A very real world exercise Click here for notes and homework Wednesday May 16 2018 just code (a fun exercise) Click here for notes and homework Tuesday, May 8 2018 resource management Click here for notes and homework Friday, April 20 2018 resource management Click here for notes and homework Wednesday, April 18 2018 resource management Click here for notes and homework Monday, April 16 2018 review test, resource management Click here for notes and homework Tuesday, April 10 2018 Pseudocode, Flowcharts, upcoming exam Click here for notes and homework Friday, April 6 2018 Upcoming exam Click here for notes and homework Wednesday, April 4 2018 My expectations, group 4, pseudocode, tracing an algorithm Click here for notes and homework Monday, March 26 2018 Sorting, searching and pseudocode Click here for notes and homework Thursday, March 22 2018 Review networking test and start sorting and searching Click here for notes and homework March 14 2018 Networking and Network data compression Click here for notes and homework March 12 2018 Networking and Network security Click here for notes and homework March 8 2018 Networking and VPN Click here for notes and homework March 6 2018 Networking and Transmission medium Click here for notes and homework March 2 2018 Networking and Wireless networks Click here for notes and homework February 28 2018 Networking and Network Protocols Click here for notes and homework February 26 2018 Networking and packet switching Click here for notes and homework February 13 2018 Networking questions and Networking tools Click here for notes and homework February 9 2018 Networking questions and Networking tools Click here for notes and homework February 7 2018 Networking questions and Networking tools Click here for notes and homework February 5 2018 IA checkin and just code. Click here for notes and homework January 30 2018 Review system design test and review IA. Click here for notes and homework January 26 2018 Write system design test Write system design test January 15 2018 Review test, rest of year, system design Click here for notes and homework December 13 2017 Abstract data structures Click here for notes and homework December 11 2017 Abstract data structures Click here for notes and homework December 7 2017 Abstract data structures Click here for notes and homework December 5 2017 Abstract data structures Click here for notes and homework December 1 2017 Abstract data structures Click here for notes and homework November 29 2017 Abstract data structures Click here for notes and homework November 21 2017 System fundamentals - Part 2 - exam revision Study for your exam November 13 2017 System fundamentals - Part 1 - exam None. Good luck on your exam. November 10 2017 System fundamentals - Part 1 - exam revision Click here for notes and homework November 7 2017 System fundamentals Click here for notes and homework November 3 2017 System fundamentals Click here for notes and homework October 31 2017 System fundamentals Click here for notes and homework October 18 2017 conditionals Click here for notes and homework October 16 2017 How to think about problems & functions Click here for notes and homework October 12 2017 How to think about problems Click here for notes and homework October 10 2017 collections Click here for notes and homework October 4 2017 Introduction to data structures (half day, short class) Click here for notes and homework September 28 2017 Use of programming languages Click here for notes and homework September 25 2017 What is a programming language? Click here for notes and homework September 21 2017 Test reflection no notes - we will reflect on our test, learn how we might improve. September 19 2017 Test No notes, today you take a test. Good luck! September 15 2017 Test preparation Click here for notes and homework September 13 2017 application software Click here for notes and homework September 11 2017 computer organization Click here for notes and homework September 7 2017 computer organization Click here for notes and homework September 5 2017 Python Click here for notes and homework September 1 2017 Hexadecimal & Python Click here for notes and homework August 30 2017 ASCII & Python Click here for notes and homework August 28 2017 Binary & Logic Click here for notes and homework August 24 2017 Setup and Binary Click here for notes and homework August 22 2017 Hello, World! Click here for notes and homework Click for calendars Help! My code isn't working!
Helpful resources Please click here for our week-by-week plan (aswarsaw.org access only) Please understand and follow all the instructions in our getting started guide. Click here for our collaborative code editor Click here for a tool to help you solve coding problems (blockly help) Click here for our google classroom link Documentation Official PHP documentation Official Python 3 documentation Official HTML documentation (scroll down a bit) Oracle SQL documentation SQL quick reference Sort-of-official CSS documentation	About this course Classroom Rules Our Classroom Rules Standards IB Computer Science HL standards Grading and Assessment The most important thing about your grade Assessment for IB Computer Science HL Assessment re-take policy and Extra credit Academic Honesty Academic Integrity
Credits Icons used with tremendous gratitude by Freepik from flaticon IB Diploma Program Computer science guide (first examinations 2014). Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom: International Baccalaureate Organization. January 2012.

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

Produce a plan, simulation or model.

Devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books

Apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice.