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This lesson was ported from Belinda Weaver's Intro to Computational Thinking. Her original lesson can be found at the provided link, and this version is adapted into The Carpentries format. You can find more about her work on her GitHub and ORCID.
An Introduction to Computational Thinking
Once you have completed this workshop, you should be able to:
- Identify the steps involved in computational thinking
- Break a problem down into more manageable pieces
- Develop an algorithm to solve the problem
- Use abstraction to make the algorithm reusable
The workshop will not teach computer programming per se. Instead, it will cover the thought processes involved should you want to learn to program.
This workshop is aimed at researchers at all stages who want to understand the building blocks of computational thinking.
To successfully complete this workshop you will need:
- A pen and paper
No prior knowledge is assumed.
Rather than making slides for a workshop, why not create a website? It's easier to write, access, share, and reuse. GitHub and GitHub Pages make this pretty easy.
It is a better Open Educational Resource since anyone can make a copy and adapt it!