Leaving Certificate Computer Science Off-Site
Strand 2 – Part 2: Core Concepts – Data + Evaluation and Testing
This one day workshop will be run on a Saturday to facilitate teachers and principals to travel and give the attendees the tools, skills, material and confidence to delivery.
This strand introduces 2 core concepts that represent major content areas in the field of computer science: Data, and Evaluation and testing. The core concepts are developed theoretically and applied practically. In this way, conceptual classroom-based learning is intertwined with experimental computer lab-based learning throughout the two years of the course.
What will be covered?
| S2: Data | ||||
| Students learn about | Elements | Students should be able to | Material | Action |
| 9. Boolean, integer, real, char, string, date, array | 2.16 | Use data types that are common to procedural high-level languages | Supplied | Supplied |
| 10. 8-bit ASCII Non-Roman character sets Unicode: UTF-8, Emojis | 2.17 | Use ASCII and Unicode character sets to encode/decode a message and consider the importance of having such standards | Supplied | Supplied |
| 11. Information systems | 2.18 | Collect, store and sort both continuous and discrete data | Supplied | Supplied |
| S2: Evaluation and testing | ||||
| Students learn about | Elements | Students should be able to | Material | Action |
| 12. Debugging Testing: Unit test, Function test, System test | 2.19 | Test solutions and decisions to determine their short-term and long-term outcomes | Supplied | Supplied |
| 2.20 | Identify and fix/debug warnings and errors in computer code and modify as required | Supplied | Supplied | |
| 2.21 | Critically reflect on and identify limitations in completed code and suggest possible improvements | Supplied | Supplied | |
| 2.22 | Explain the different stages in software testing | Supplied | Supplied | |
Notepad++ & Python all are available free from here
To get the most from the day you will need to download the following programmes onto your laptop:You will need a laptop on the day!
We also cover this material as an in-house option where we visit your school. For further information please email trevor@computingatschools.ie
Next Workshop
Locations: Venue: Dates: Day:
Limerick Maldron Hotel Limerick 29th February 2020 Saturday
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Further Workshops
We are continuously receiving inquiries about the next upcoming Phase 1 workshop. This will be scheduled based on demand. If you are interested please forward an email to trevor@computingatschools.ie stating your location of preference. Limerick, Cork or Dublin.
