Adventures with Computational Thinking CSE 3 Fluency with Information Technology Misaki Yoshizawa CSE 3/Marx Adventures with Computational Thinking Computational Thinking Making Information Available to the World (HTML/Web Pages) Dynamic Webpage Programming with JavaScript What is computational thinking? A way of solving problems with given information Applying algorithms to solve problems mathematically Different levels of abstraction Java Script Dynamic computer programming language Created to allow interaction with the user (e.g. Black Jack-User may play the game using “money” online). May also be used in environments that aren’t web-based such as PDF’s. Using HTML, we can create any website. Using HTML tags, we can create different fonts, color backgrounds and tables. Visual Programming with Alice What is Alice? 3D object-oriented programming environment Written in Java Data Analysis and Visualization with MS Excel Presentation of Information with MS Powerpoint Desktop Publishing with MS Word MS Word can organize your career portfolio using Bullet points Images Table of contents Bibliography using Reference in MS Word MS Excel can be used to store statistical data and draw graphs from it as well. MS Powerpoint can be used to represent statistical data such as the one above. Graphs include: pie chart, bar chart, and scatter point graphs