Adventures in Computational Thinking

By Tom Kim

Description:proficiency with certain computer applications (traditional computer literacy), principles on which you can build new understanding as IT evolves, High level reasoning and IT problem solving, and basic web programming (HTML/XHTML). Computational thinking, Data Analysis and data presentations. Daily in class activities with weekly organized lab projects.• Becoming Skilled at Information Technology• Algorithms and Digitizing Information• Data and Information Analysis and Presentation• Problem Solving

Computational Thinking

In Labs 1 & 3, we expressed our identities as individuals and students through the career paths we have chosen and by conveying our pride in being Tritons

Making Information Available to the World with HTML and Web

Pages

Desktop Publishing with MS Word

In Lab 5, we compiled an assortment of information in

order to convey it in a concise manner, through a graph.

Presentation of Information with MS

PowerPoint

In Labs 4,5 our main focus was on Microsoft Excel in order to not only compile but to also organize our information. Proven to be a very useful tool in helping organize.

Data Analysis and Visualization with MS Excel

In Lab 6, we worked with Alice in order to create our own virtual world filled with

objects. The objects performed specific duties

that we assigned.

Visual Programming with Alice

In Labs 7,8 we worked with JavaScript in order to create programs that had specific functions. In addition, we created specific responses to specific inputs

Dynamic Webpage Programming with JavaScript