Adventures in Computational Thinking By Katherine McLeod

1. Adventures in Computational Thinking By Katherine McLeod Making Information Available to the World with HTML and Web Pages Desktop Publishing with MS Word Computational Thinking • We used HTML to create websites • Through a program called Secure File Transfer Client we were able to put these webpages online • CSE 3 gives you Information Technology (IT) fluency including proficiency with certain computer applications (traditional computer literacy), principles on which you can build new understand as IT evolves, high-level reasoning and IT problem solving, and basic web programming (HTML/XHTML). • Becoming skilled at Information Technology • Algorithms and Digitizing Information • Data and Information Analysis and Presentation • Problem Solving • Through Microsoft Word, we learned about file structures and how to use advanced features • We created a page about our major that included out planned classes. • We also duplicated a page online into a more formatted setting including subsection, pictures, and a table of content. Presentation of Information with MS PowerPoint Date Analysis and Visualization with MS Excel • Through Excel, we were able to create a spreadsheet that calculated how much extra money we had to spend while attending school at UCSD • We learned how to manipulate financial data using advanced spreadsheet skills with Microsoft Excel • We then analyzed the performance of stocks and investments by making a slideshow on Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Programming with Alice Dynamic Webpage Programming with JavaScript • After learning HTML, we were able to move onto JavaScript with allowed us to create attractive and interactive pages • We created a t-shirt order page that calculates the price of t-shirts based on the size and color chosen. It then added up the total price of the order. • We also created a simple black jack game that allowed the user to bet a certain amount and randomly gave a total card value to the user and the computer, and in turn announced who the winner of the round was. • Alice allowed us to create animation and movies • With basic programming skills and an understanding of the program we were able to create a short slip of frogs having a conversation and then jumping into a lake when a hawk flies by. • We created a clock where the hands actually work like a real clock.