MrBerard, to edutooters
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Explaining CPU exceptions to A-Level Students:

"It's a priority queue. So when I'm teaching your colleagues of Year 7, if one needs me, I go help them.... Another calls, they have to wait their turn... But if one gets a nosebleed, I have to address that first..."

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mansuetus,
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@MrBerard @edutooters now, let's talk about kill signals :-)

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I got a class of 14 year olds teens through two's complement, so, having finished their spinach, in the last lesson of the week I got them to make a Mondrian-like piece in processing, to use as a logo for the Teams

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grant_h,
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@MrBerard @edutooters The best bit is in the intro: "so who can tell me what 1 + 1 is?"
When you show that x + -x = 0 in 2s comp, there's generally this "oh, wow" moment, which is a small payoff.

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