CSET-105 Week 1

Intro to CSET

Agenda

• Overview of the CSET Program
• Using Zoom and Slack
• Review the Syllabus
• Watch CS50 - Lecture 0 - Computational Thinking
• Fill out worksheet to follow along the lecture

Review Questions

1. If numbers, text, images, etc. are all represented by the same binary system, how does the computer know which one to use?
2. He mentions that algorithms can be correct/incorrect based on if they give the appropriate result, but he also says that they can be efficient/inefficient or well designed/poorly designed. Why are these last two measures important?
3. During his demonstration of Scratch, he mentions his simple lookng game took him hours to build. What does that tell you about the complexity of building programs?