Instructional Video

Registers and RAM: Crash Course Computer Science #6

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Computers need to remember their addresses, too. Scholars learn about random access memory (RAM) by watching a video. They see how computers store memory and how circuits require memory addresses to access memory.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Pause video to allow the class to take notes and ask questions
Classroom Considerations
  • Sixth video in a computer science series 
  • Learners must be experts with logic gates and circuits from previous videos 
  • Pupils should also know about bits and bytes as well as binary code
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Diagrams and animations promote understanding
  • Starts with a simple one-bit memory and moves to more complicated examples
Cons
  • Fast-paced video may leave some viewers confused