Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Peter Wentworth, Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey, and Chris Meyers http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/

 

Podcast: Spark with Nora Young

Podcast: This Developer’s Life

 

How exactly does binary code work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgbV6DLVezo

BBC4 program: The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiFfp-HAu64

https://isaaccomputerscience.org/login 

https://www.ucas.com/explore/subjects/computer-science

 

Research the following:

- Languages/character sets

- What are character sets and how do they affect communication?

- Colours/dates/numbers

- Are certain colours used differently across different countries?

- Use of social media

- Does every country allow access to social media in the same way?

- Globalisation of computers

- Do privacy and computer legislations apply in every country?

 

Complete this one-hour coding course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqtD5dpn9C8