Sub-Strings Galore

Today because of unknown reasons Mr. Arkin was away again and will probably be away tomorrow as well.  That has me kind of worried - is he sick or not feeling well?  Well I hope that he could get back soon because I really need him to help me understand the sub-strings better, because I am still kind of confused about it but always trying to manage and to do my best!  We were working on the sub-string assignments the whole period today and it was really great to start a new unit!
That is all for now!

Where Are You Mr. Arkin

Hey it is me again and today was a pretty good and also pretty bad day today, and I will tell you why.  Today in computer science class I found out that Mr. Arkin was not here and we had a supply teacher today.  The supply teacher was all right but cannot compare to Mr. Arkin's awesome teaching!  I was kind of stuck today in class and I didn't have Mr. Arkin to help me solve my problem :( !  But that is also where having awesome class mates comes in handy.  So, today we started sub-strings and I am really excited to see what we will do in this unit.

Work-Aholics

Today everybody in the class was working like crazy and it was weird because everyone was so quiet and everyone was so into their work.  It seemed like I was the only one that had life left, but that was only because I was so frusterated with my assignment and it took so long to fix it.  We have a test to study for a test that is comming up the comming week.  See you later!

Testing Your Test Skills

Today we spent about 15 to 20 minutes on reviewing some of the material that will be covered on the test coming next week, still an undecided date.  We reviewed the three things that make a good programmer, good.  They include: "Reading with precision, breaking a solution into an ordered number of steps, and Visualizing the contents of memory!"  Once again we had a work period to get caught up with every assignment that we had and to ask some questions to get started on studying.  Well that is all for now!

Arrays For the Win

Today, Nov. 24, 2009, we had a really cool lesson on the topic of arrays!  The arrays are meant to make life a whole lot easier by actually recording the  values that go into RAM.  An array can be used to replace a multitude of variables for certain situations; like in the situation for a receipt it could be used with an index to replace as many variables as needed.  The rest of the class was used for working on the modified version of assignment 12.  This was also our homework for the night!

Printing My future

Today we spent about 20 minutes in reviewing important concepts for writing a HTML files.  After that session we had the rest of the class to work on assignment 12, everybody in the class got to work on it - everybody except me.  In the printer assignment I had a fatal flaw, my assignement was in another of my assignments and I almost failed the assignment, but Mr Arkin helped me and I got it working.  Thank you Mr. Arkin!  We had assignement 12 for homework.

Going Down

Today the whole class had a work period to do assignments 9-11 but I had to spend it working on my printer assignment.  I was flustered but one of the smartest people, Mr.Arkin, helped me
to finish my project and to
end the dilemma.  For homework we have to work on the other assignments 12-13.
Bye!

Going Back to Your Roots

Today we had a new assignment/project given to us that will be due on 2010-11-22, it is a printer comparison project.  Since I was a little late to class today I missed a bit of information but that will not stop me!  We must make a html file -or webpage- again.  This will be pretty nice to go back to the first unit of computers.  To all have a nice weekend.
Bye!

Checking Codes

Today we had a chance to evaluate some of the codes from our class mates, and it was really cool.  That gave us a chance to check some of the common mistakes; like how spacing becomes an issue.  Also, the class got to have a one-one evaluation with another student and we got to see our habits checked and stoped before they became unbreakable habits.
Bye!

Having a Way With a Survey

Today the first thing the class did was answer a few questions on a survey, and it was really cool because in that survey we could state our opinions of how the class should be taught and how the class should proceed with the  curriculum.  Also, we had a chance to get more of our repetition assignments done.  The assignments were for homework-and not all of them but a few should have been done.
That is all for today and have a great week.

Repeat the Repetition

Today we learned about guarding against inappropriate values and about some new built-in procedures. 
For homework we have to complete assignments 3-5.
Bye!

"Lather, Rinse, Repeat"

Today we finally started looking into the unit of repetition, hooray!  In this class we have started on the basic terms and rules of creating a program about repetition.  We took notes the whole class, and personally I think I learned a lot.  I found the key word "Loop" very interesting and I would like to see if the class could learn about it more. 
Well that is all for Friday November 12, bye!

Test of all Tests

Hey everyone!  Just here to say that today we had a test review of our first test and we also got our test back, and let me tell you that it was kind of disappointing for what most people got including me but it is all something we could learn from.  It is telling us that we have to study more and that we all should pay attention in class more.  To end this blog I say good luck to all future test writers.
Have a good day!

Aye Ya Yie!

Today all the computer classes had the computer test on the whole programming unit today, and it was hard.  One thing that made me upset was that when I was writing the test I completely blanked out and I forgot a few things but overall I thing I at least got an okay mark.  This is a reminder to all, study for tests and don't get too nervous when writing one!
Good luck for all  students and to all of their upcoming tests.
Bye for now!

Test Pest

Today the entire class we had a review of what the test is going to be about, and it was a lot to handle.  We were told that everything that we had learned until now was going to be on the test and I am a little scared.  For homework all we had to do was study. 
Wish me luck on my test, bye!

Project Presentation

Today we had presentations on our poster and it was great!  We had to explain and compare our evaluation of Mr. Arkin's code to the whole class.  We had to try and have items and ideas that no other group had to do well in the presentation. 
For homework we have to asses all our selection programms and study for the class's first test; on programming.
Bye!

Friday for the Win

On Friday November the 5th our class did a continuation of the poster assignment that we did from before.  In this class we just added more information to the poster, reviewed it for mistakes, and put the finishing touches on it.  Also because of a class binder check to a different class Mr. Arkin told the class-and showed how-to write the proper format of the dates. 
For homework we had to correct our date mistakes.
Bye!

Desk Check Mania

Today the entire class was devoted to "Desk Checking" a program that was created by Mr. Arkin for us to practice our skills.  We split up into groups of 4 and worked on the assignment together.  In the end the whole class had to submit a poster paper of different keywords, operators and anything else that we could find in the program that he gave us. 
For homework we have to continue to practice our desk checking!
Bye!

Case in Point

Today we learned about how to make case statements in our programming unit.  It makes everything in programming easier because it allows the programmer to replace if-ladders with theses simpler and more efficient case statements.  We also got a preview of a few more key words : case, of, label, loop, exit, end loop, and when!
For homework we have a new selection assignment that had to deal with an ATM machine.
Bye!

Reviews

Today we had a fun class because we finished all our selection assignments and we started on repetition. 
We took up some of the work with our classmates and the teacher helped to explain some of the questions that some of the students have left.
Bye!

Supply for the Teacher

On Thursday I did nothave computer class because of the science field trip, but on Friday our class had a supply teacher who was very nice.  We had all the selection assignments to do for Monday.
In class we worked on our assignments.
Bye!