Name

Reflection 3

This assignment was more fun than the others. We had more freedom with the blocks we could use which let us be more creative than usual. I like this project more than the rest we have done because it had less specific requirements.

Moving

10 Block Challenge Reflection

It helps me learn how to use the blocks and understand what they do. It restraints my ideas because it makes it hard to do the ideas that I originally had.

Try it Out

Web Design

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Week 1 Reflection

One debugging strategy that I used was trial and error. I would continuously add new blocks and take out old ones until I reached the solution. I would tell them to try a lot of different blocks and different scenarios because eventually you will figure out the problem and be able to change it.

Debug it 1.5

move both sound and looks block to the inside of the repeat block

Debug it 1.4

Remove the "if on edge, bounce back"- add glide block "glide 1 secs to x:-184 y: 59"- add move 10 steps- add another glide block "glide 1 secs to x:191 y:46"

Debug it 1.3

Change all of the 90 degrees to 15 degrees and continue pressing spacebar 4 times

Debug it 1.2

Click on sprite 1- add motion block- add "glide 1 secs to x: -199  y: 34"

Debug it 1.1

Click on Gobo- add an event block- put in "when green flag is clicked" at the top

Reflection 1

The amount of possibilities there are on Scratch was surprising because I was expecting only a couple choices. It was helpful being led step-by-step through the activity so I can learn how to do it correctly. I like having more structure when learning something new because it teaches me how to do it right so I can eventually do it by myself. I like having more freedom when I know how to do it so I can be independent. I feel most creative when I successfully finish an artistic task.

#2

3 Things I Want to Learn: 

-how to change the color, size, font, etc. of the text

-how to add more interesting things such as pictures, links, or documents

-how to change the layout of the page 

2 Things I Learned: 

-you replace words in the code to display a new word on the page

-certain spots on the code control a specific part of the page

1 Thing I am Concerned About Making a Web Page:

If it will be boring because you won't be able to change the text/background or add things like pictures or links, etc. 

#1

How are you?

Taylor: -+---,+----,++---      ----+,+--+-,--+-+       -++++, ++--+,+++-+?

Sean:  *%***, %****, %%***   ****%, %**%*, **%*%,   *%%%%, %%%*%, %*%*%

New Binary System

$= 1
*= 0

*$***, $****, $$***    ****$, $**$*, **$*$      $$**$, *$$$$, $*$*$
How are you?

Computer Binary Usage

I learned that there is no decimal usage. For example, they consider every number 1-2 as 1, any number 2-3 as 2, and so on. I also learned that an analog signal is a signal that is proportional to the value it represents. Also, binary numbers are longer than any other form of writing the number. I don't understand why two is such a special number. I also don't understand how high voltages and representing them with a wire is dangerous. I would like to know more about representation of voltages and why they are dangerous but also important.

Eliza #8

1. I did not find Eliza to be "human-like" because she doesn't respond to you in ways that a human would. I have never met someone who carries out a conversation like her so I do not think she has qualities of a human.
2. I would try to  make her more like a human by having her hold out a conversation rather than changing the subject or repeating the same questions.
3. I expect that this computer will not have any meaning in those emotional words. I don't think it is possible to make a computer have emotions because it doesn't have a heart or anything that would make the computer feel sad or happy, etc. I expect this computer to be closer to a human than Eliza, but still not close to a human.
4. One day, there is a possibility that computers will be advanced enough to act like humans for some things, but I don't think a computer could ever be a substitute for things like friends, family or anyone that should have emotions. We can't program a computer to feel because it doesn't have the things you need to feel.

The Google Boys #7

1. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Stanford students, invented Google. It started out with just them in the company, but once Google started to become successful, the corporation rapidly increased from two workers to thousands.  

2. Google faces the challenges of competition with other search engines and trying to keep up with the peoples' desires. Engines such as Bing, Safari, FireFox and Yahoo are always competing with Google. It is hard to stay ahead and to be better than all of the other engines. Also, it is difficult for Google to always have what people want. People constantly want more and it is hard for companies ,like Google, to always have the new things the people are asking for.

3. Their key to maintaining their status as the number one search engine is by their accuracy and speed. Apart from others, they make the search process easier and faster.

4. To make the searches faster, they find all of their information by using Google Bot. Google Bot finds and copies every page which leads to the accurate and quick search engine.

Cornrow History

• originated long ago in Africa
• cornrow hair stlyes show 4 different geometric concepts; translation, rotation, reflection, dilation
• ancient
• This clay sculpture with cornrows is from the ancient Nok civilization of Nigeria
• as old as 500 B.C
• Cornrow hairstyles in Africa also cover religion, kinship, status, age, ethnicity, and other attributes of identity. 
• styles ranging from complex curves and spirals to the strictly linear composition 
• The slaves that worked inside the plantation houses were required to present a neat and tidy appearance… so men and women often wore tight braids, plaits, and cornrows 

#4 Beadwork

Basket Weave

Rug Design

Dog Beadwork

Beadwork

Cultural Background- Native Americans

1. The beadwork is well known for its beauty.
2. The mathematical concept
3. Four-fold symmetry
4. All the shapes are symmetrical; they are polygons.
5. Embroidery, Plains Indians
    Shoshoni Beadwork
    Pawnee Buffalo Hide Drum
    Navajo Rug
6. The opposite halves mirror each other. Sometimes between top and bottom, sometimes between left and right.
7. Base four counting
8. Sand painting
9. Yupik Parka decoration
10. Bead loom; beads in rows and columns using the y-axis and x-axis
11. Before the Europeans arrived
12. To create Wampum belts and teepees.

  

Communication

I realized that I use other and text the most. I rarely use email and call people except for school and when I need a quick and direct answer from someone. Unlike my dad, he uses mostly all email and phone calls. He is constantly on the phone and emailing people and barely uses text and never goes on social networks.

Scavenger Hunt Blog Reflection

I am good at quickly and easily finding everything. I could improve how good my sources are and being more specific when I wrote down the steps you had to take to find it.

My  name is Nikki Wynns. I am a sophomore at Reading Memorial High School. I live with my brother who is a senior, Ryan, my mom and my dad. I am on the varsity volleyball team and I play softball in the Spring. I also play AAU volleyball in the winter and AAU softball in the summer. My favorite movies are Good Will Hunting, Divergent, Hunger Games, The Fault in our Stars, and Remember the Titans.

Reflection

I worked with Sean on the Computer Buying Project. We work very well together and are getting a lot done.