As veteran fans of my blog site understand, Im an advocate of using brief videos and or sections of videos to supply trainees with an option to my descriptions of ideas. This week I used three brief videos to help my trainees understand what algorithms are and how theyre utilized..
What is an algorithm?
I shared a TED-Ed lesson entitled Whats an Algorithm? Second, in class I played GCF Learn Frees 2 minute video Computer Science Basics: Algorithms.

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My point in doing so was to show them how algorithms can be written for all kinds of functions including efforts at “outmaneuvering” the stock market.

This week in my Computer Science Principles course were talking about algorithms. We looked at examples of algorithms that students encounter on an everyday basis (YouTube recommendations being the one they related to the most).

We looked at examples of algorithms that trainees encounter on an everyday basis (YouTube ideas being the one they related to the most). Second, in class I played GCF Learn Frees 2 minute video Computer Science Basics: Algorithms.

How to Write a Trading Algorithm.
This early morning I played part of this video for my students. My point in doing so was to show them how algorithms can be written for all kinds of purposes consisting of efforts at “outmaneuvering” the stock market. The other point was to show them that algorithms can be composed in any language.