Hello everyone,
As my school year winds down, I’m setting goals for next year and one of them is to become more advanced in the computation layers then I currently am. I have always been a bit of a hobby coder - starting with basic, fortran, etc… and enjoy the process. But I find myself limited in my ability to create new activities that match my vision. I see the compuational layer page, learn with desmos page, and The Desmos Guide to Building Great (Digital) Math Activities v2.0. Any suggestions on a path or guidance from your experiences would be appreciated. I am going to approach my PD person to get approval to use this as my PD for 2025 - 26 and become a resource for my colleagues.
Thanks for taking the time - ed
I would start with the documentation at Computation Layer Documentation. Within this documentation page there are links that send you to the Computation Playground for the various components. I think they really are helpful. For me it was suggested to find an activity you love and try and break it down. I did try this and although it is a great activity breaking down someone else’s code can sometimes be pretty difficult in the early stages of learning. I think things started making sense when I realized the “components” act sort of like cells in a spreadsheet that reference one another and the CL code within each component like little sub-routines. The CL doesn’t “run” like a traditional program written in Basic or Fortran, but student inputs cause the state of each component, screen, and overall activity to change. Best of luck. Stein
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