Coding vs. COVID-19 B: Databases & Thinking Outside the Box

Explore coding concepts through Scratch basics, loops, and rotation, and learn to think outside the sandbox by using browser inspect to manipulate a page's DOM and named elements.

Learn visual note taking and metacognition to break out of traditional coding boxes, name components, copy useful snippets, and practice Scratch and simple code ideas that spin and animate.

Reframe writing as an intellectual creation in computing, showing how code reads and writes data, memory, and media, with Udemy courses and coding assignments.

Learn to tame complex coding by starting with simple, paper-based steps and building up with small functions, using Scratch and JavaScript examples.

Build a database to track grocery store traffic and define databases as structured data accessible in various ways for easy organization, search, and analysis.

Learn to design a small database from a mall video by tracking escalator, stairs usage and bags, tallying data with tables and tick marks, and evaluating data accuracy.

Capture thoughts quickly on paper to overcome blank page syndrome and accelerate thinking, applying note taking, extended mind, and distributed cognition with drawings, lists, and other representations.

Map your notes with iceberg diagrams and labeled boxes to visualize population and infection data. Explore risk assessment and sourcing through simple, drawn representations.