Becoming a Computational Thinker
eBook - ePub

Becoming a Computational Thinker

Success in the Digital Age

  1. 323 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Becoming a Computational Thinker

Success in the Digital Age

About this book

This book has a single purpose: to help everyone become computational thinkers. Computational thinking (CT) is thinking informed by the digital age, and a computational thinker is someone who can apply that thinking everywhere and anywhere. Through practical examples and easy-to-grasp terminology, this book is a guide to navigating the digital world and improving one's efficiency, productivity, and success immediately.

Given its pervasiveness, knowledge and experience of computation is a cornerstone of productivity, and improved thinking will lead to advances in every aspect of one's life. In this way, CT can be thought of as the mutual reinforcement of thinking and knowledge of computation in the digital age. Comprising a rich collection of self-contained articles that can be read separately, and illustrated by pictures, images and article-end crossword puzzles, this book is an engaging and accessible route to 'Becoming a Computational Thinker' and achieving 'Success in the Digital Age'.

Aimed at the general reader, this book provides insights that can be applied across the full spectrum of industries and practices, helping readers to not only adapt and function in the digital world but also take advantage of new technologies and even innovate new ways doing things.

Additional online resources are available at https://computize.org/CTer/

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Computational Thinking: An Introduction
  8. 1 Everyday Computational Thinking Can Save Lives
  9. 2 Digital Technology in the COVID-19 Fight
  10. 3 The Metamorphosis of TV
  11. 4 Smart about Smartphones
  12. 5 Cybersecurity–How Not To Be a Fish
  13. 6 Computers: More Than Meets the Eye
  14. 7 Home Sweet Homepage: -)
  15. 8 Cloud Computing for Everyone
  16. 9 A Pattern Here and a Pattern There
  17. 10 AI: Aiming for Intelligence
  18. 11 Let's Chat about AI
  19. 12 A World of 1's and 0's
  20. 13 Secrets of the Can-Do Machine
  21. 14 Encryption in the Digital Age
  22. 15 Bitcoin Is No Coin
  23. 16 Central Bank Digital Currency
  24. 17 Logic and Logical Thinking
  25. 18 1 Plus 1 Equals 10
  26. 19 Cache–Efficiency Thinking
  27. 20 Time for Location, Location, Location
  28. 21 Face-to-Face with the Interface
  29. 22 Protocols Are Interface Rules
  30. 23 Computer Programming by Chickens and Rabbits
  31. 24 Don't Stop–Do It Again!
  32. 25 Internet of What? Things!
  33. 26 Chips Are Everywhere!
  34. 27 Problem-Solving: Algorithmic and Recursive
  35. 28 Problem-Solving: Backtracking and Heuristics
  36. 29 Problem-Solving: Paradigms and Applications
  37. 30 Parallel Computing: Ways To Cooperate
  38. Becoming a Computational Thinker: A Summary
  39. Index