Introduction to Computational Skills & Thinking

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What is computational thinking?

• “Computational thinking is a pattern of problem solving that involves organizing and analyzing data, abstracting in search of patterns, and breaking complex problems into discrete, solvable parts.” Jeannette Wing, 2006, doi: 10.1145/1118178.1118215

• Coding is an introduction to the structure of computers, text editors and their logic.

  • Learning to code will help build your conceptual knowledge of how programs work. This will facilitate collaboration.It will help you learn what questions to ask & help you learn what is possible.

  • “Curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, communicating with other individuals, unknowingly assumes that the others have the background to understand.”

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  • Explain xkcd 1425

• Speaking the IT Language: A Basic Technical Dictionary for Non-Technical People

Content: Current Contributors

• Written by Rafia Mirza

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