IB Year 1 Higher Level Computer Science
Wednesday 29 September 2021 - Block 1
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- The path of learning: I'm going to introduce to all the concepts, and then we are going to learn how they all work together!
- We are going to start learning about computer organization
- We will review your questions: please use this document to track your questions and wondering
- We are going to review the parts of a CPU - not what they do, just their names
- We are going to review the machine instruction cycle
- We will learn about primary memory
- We are going to explore latency of different parts of the computer.
- We are going to learn about cache memory
- We will do math!
- We will watch this video which should help reinforce your learning
- we will review our learning
Statement of Inquiry
The big idea for today is Computer organization.
The essential questions for this topic are:
How does a computer actually work? You know, like, really?
It takes time to explore and really understand a big idea. If you want to
learn more about
computer organization (which is connected to today's daily note),
please click here
.
We are learning this because as a designers must understand scientific and technical innovation. Designers use systems, models, methods, and processes to solve problems.
Reminders & routines:
Please read and follow these reminders:
- IF today == testing_day_for_me:
remember to go get tested!
- IF today == Friday:
current_event_activity()
Our learning
This is a beta feature. Please let me know if you have any feedback.
Please click here to reflect on our learning for today's class.