About Bit Lab

TL-010 · for teachers

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What pupils do

What it teaches, and why it is true of real computers

How it works

The toy and the real thing

What we simplified, and why

What it does not teach

In class

Sources

1. Bell, T., Witten, I. H. & Fellows, M. CS Unplugged, activity “Colour by numbers: image representation” (csunplugged.org).
2. Shannon, C. E. (1948). A mathematical theory of communication. Bell System Technical Journal, 27(3).
3. Hamming, R. W. (1950). Error detecting and error correcting codes. Bell System Technical Journal, 29(2), 147–160.