Computational Thinking
To break a problem/task down into smaller pieces.
What is decomposition?
A wireless internet connection.
What is WiFi?
A collection or series of digital audio files that are made available for downloading or listening via the Internet. They are typically hosted by an individual or individuals who lead a conversation, share stories, or report the news.
What are podcasts?
The art of positively influencing others to unite in a common direction and guiding them to improve themselves and their community.
What is leadership?
The horizontal lines on a spreadsheet.
What are rows?
Looking for and finding similarities withing things and between different things.
What is pattern matching/pattern recognition?
A software application that allows the user to access the internet (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Edge).
What is a web browser?
The effect we put on the intro and outro music.
What is fading in and fading out?
The ability to analyze facts, to generate and organize ideas, to defend logical results, to make comparisons, to draw inferences, to evaluate arguments excluding bias, to solve problems, and to be open-minded when reflecting on the process.
What is critical thinking?
The vertical lines on a spreadsheet.
What are columns?
Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems
What is abstraction?
The name of the program used to edit our podcasts.
What is Audacity?
The 5 P's.
Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.
The boxes on a spreadsheet.
What are cells?
A list of steps you can follow to finish a task.
What is an algorithm?
A unique set of four numbers, each between 0 and 255, separated by dots (e.g., 172.16.254.1) that is assigned to an item connected to the internet.
What is an IP Address?
The type of audio file we saved and submitted our podcasts as.
What is an .mp3?
Approach every endeavor with passion, conviction and persistence.
What is Principle #6?
Mathematical expressions that use cell locations as references as arguments.
What are formulas?
Give an example of decomposition in your everyday life.
ex: cleaning your room.
A small chunk of information carefully formed from a larger chunk of information.
What is a packet?
The name of the example podcast we listened to in class.
What is StarTalk Radio with Niel deGrasse Tyson.
The four pillars of Gerstell Academy.
What are Leadership Education, College Preparatory Academics, Physical Fitness, Modern Language Proficiency?
The tool Excel uses to display data in a visual format.
What are charts?