IB Comp Sci SL - September 13 2016 Lesson Notes

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Class plan.png What are we going to learn today?[edit]

  1. Welcome to computational thinking!
  2. We will learn programming AND computational thinking at the same time, they go together
  3. We will do a small bit of housekeeping:
    1. iterm2 on your school-issued macs
    2. php on your macs
  4. the bulk of the class:
    1. Web servers
    2. PHP
    3. About PHP
    4. Official documentation
    5. Comments (one line and multi line)
    6. Variables
    7. Predefined variables
    8. Strings
    9. Numbers
      1. Numeric operations
    10. Constants
    11. Single vs double quotation marks
    12. Escape Sequences


Homework.png Homework[edit]

  1. ssh -l YOUR FIRST NAME 85.90.244.131
  2. It would be helpful if you exercised some curiosity on our remote server
  3. Please also install and use term2 terminal application on your OS X laptops


Target.png How am I being assessed today?[edit]

  1. You will be formatively assessed in class today

Ourstandards.png Standards we are covering today[edit]



Computer1.png As a computer scientist, you have:[edit]

  • 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

Credit.png Credits[edit]