Broadcast is a block used to start or trigger a specific script or saying, which is like an event that will only happen if another specific thing occurs. I used timing for most of the scratch except at the beginning where I used broadcast.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
Try it out- Make a block
Reflection:
Make a block is a feature to help minimize several actions into one unique block. This can be very helpful if you want to repeat different actions multiple times. And instead of having to insert several blocks multiple times, you just add one.
Make a block is a feature to help minimize several actions into one unique block. This can be very helpful if you want to repeat different actions multiple times. And instead of having to insert several blocks multiple times, you just add one.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Debug it Reflection
In computer applications we did some scratch debugging and one strategy I utilized for debugging was guess and check. I would assess whats wrong with the blocks and then guess what block might fix the problem. There was a lot of trial and error, but after a while I got better at assessing what was wrong and picking better blocks to fix the problem that made it go by a lot quicker. To help someone learn how to debug, I would teach them to pick out the key problems first and then look at all the blocks that could possibly fix it, and just play around with different orders.
Debug it 1
Debug it 2
Debug it 3
Debug it 4
Debug it 5
Debug it 1
Debug it 2
Debug it 3
Debug it 4
Debug it 5
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
10 Blocks Challenge
10 Blocks Challenge
Reflection:
This activity really helped me be more creative with the limitations in scratch and learn more about what you can do with certain blocks. The restraint really helped me improvise with blocks that I wouldn't normally use for specific functions.
Reflection:
This activity really helped me be more creative with the limitations in scratch and learn more about what you can do with certain blocks. The restraint really helped me improvise with blocks that I wouldn't normally use for specific functions.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Try it Out Scratch
Link to Project:
Try it out
Reflection:
This activity was surprisingly fun and I loved manipulating through the different features of Scratch. I thought that the step by step intro was very helpful to get to learn how to use scratch. I like having structure when learning new things and getting accustomed to how they work. But once I master something or at least get the hang of it, I normally like some more freedom. I feel most creative when there are no directions and we have to come up with a completely new idea ourselves.
Try it out
Reflection:
This activity was surprisingly fun and I loved manipulating through the different features of Scratch. I thought that the step by step intro was very helpful to get to learn how to use scratch. I like having structure when learning new things and getting accustomed to how they work. But once I master something or at least get the hang of it, I normally like some more freedom. I feel most creative when there are no directions and we have to come up with a completely new idea ourselves.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Web Design Website
Tiny URL link:
Original Link:
file:///M:/TrackandFieldWebsite.html
Friday, November 7, 2014
HTML Intro
3 things that I want to learn
-What the limitations of HTML coding are
- Who created the HTML tag system
- Can I use it in everyday life to better my computer skills, I've never needed it before so why should I need to know it now.
2 things that I have learned \
-HTML is a mark up language for describing web documents and stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. Which is a set of tags that each describe different document content
- HTML tags are keywords (tag names) surrounded by angle brackets
1 thing that I'm concerned about making a webpage
- remembering how to use HTML and getting the coding wrong.
-What the limitations of HTML coding are
- Who created the HTML tag system
- Can I use it in everyday life to better my computer skills, I've never needed it before so why should I need to know it now.
2 things that I have learned \
-HTML is a mark up language for describing web documents and stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. Which is a set of tags that each describe different document content
- HTML tags are keywords (tag names) surrounded by angle brackets
1 thing that I'm concerned about making a webpage
- remembering how to use HTML and getting the coding wrong.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Blog Post #1, Q2; Binary Code
+ sign is equal to a 1
- sign is equal to a 0
Comma's separate letters
-+---,--+-+,-++--,-++--,-++++, -++-+,++--+, -+++-,----+,-++-+,--+-+, -+--+,+--++, --+-+,-++--,-+--+,++-+-,----+,---+-,--+-+.+-+--,-+---.
- sign is equal to a 0
Comma's separate letters
-+---,--+-+,-++--,-++--,-++++, -++-+,++--+, -+++-,----+,-++-+,--+-+, -+--+,+--++, --+-+,-++--,-+--+,++-+-,----+,---+-,--+-+.+-+--,-+---.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Binary Post #9
1. The highest level in the binary game I got to was level 5.
2. The hardest part of the binary game would be when you have to count the bits and put in a number. Especially when you get into the hundreds.
3. I find binary number counting cool, but I personally don't like it and would never use it. I find it a little unpractical and inefficient for everyday counting.
4. You could have each finger worth a different bit. For example your thumb finger would be worth one, your pointer finger would be worth two, your middle finger would be worth four, your ring finger would be worth eight, and your pinky finger would be worth sixteen.
5. When I send an email the signals are coded and decoded in binary,
2. The hardest part of the binary game would be when you have to count the bits and put in a number. Especially when you get into the hundreds.
3. I find binary number counting cool, but I personally don't like it and would never use it. I find it a little unpractical and inefficient for everyday counting.
4. You could have each finger worth a different bit. For example your thumb finger would be worth one, your pointer finger would be worth two, your middle finger would be worth four, your ring finger would be worth eight, and your pinky finger would be worth sixteen.
5. When I send an email the signals are coded and decoded in binary,
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Binary Code
* = 0
^ = 1
A=1 ****^
B=2 ***^*
C=3 ***^^
D=4 **^**
E=5 **^*^
F=6 **^^*
G=7 **^^^
H=8 *^***
I=9 *^**^
J=10 *^*^*
K=11 *^*^^
L=12 *^^**
M=13 *^^*^
N=14 *^^^*
O=15 *^^^^
P=16 ^****
Q=17 ^***^
R=18 ^**^*
S=19 ^**^^
T=20 ^*^**
U=21 ^*^*^
V=22 ^*^^*
W=23 ^*^^^
X=24 ^^***
Y=25 ^^**^
Z=26 ^^*^*
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Why do Computers use Binary
3 things I learned:
1. Binary is a base two system
2. the numbers encode with different voltages
3. There is no base 1 numeral system
2 things i didn't understand
1. What he meant by saying choice is the essence of twoness
2. How everything in computers could be each have an individual binary code.
1 thing I would like to know
1. Does every computer use binary, and if so, do they only use binary to code things or is there different systems as well.
1. Binary is a base two system
2. the numbers encode with different voltages
3. There is no base 1 numeral system
2 things i didn't understand
1. What he meant by saying choice is the essence of twoness
2. How everything in computers could be each have an individual binary code.
1 thing I would like to know
1. Does every computer use binary, and if so, do they only use binary to code things or is there different systems as well.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Choose Your Own Culture #6
Youth Subculture: Graffiti
-Any type of writing on a wall, as well as drawn images.
-Urban Graffiti is made normally with spray cans
-Started in New York in the late 1960's on subway trains
-Tagging is when you put your name on trains so that it gets around
-Style wars of graffiti between artist happened in the 1970's
-Most graffiti is actually not gang related
-The 1970's were known as the golden age for graffiti, but for police it was a problem that was hard to control.
-Graffiti was away to show creativity
- Heightened security in the 1980's made graffiti die down a little
- Graffiti is considered one of the four elements of hip hop
-Major part of urban environment
-Any type of writing on a wall, as well as drawn images.
-Urban Graffiti is made normally with spray cans
-Started in New York in the late 1960's on subway trains
-Tagging is when you put your name on trains so that it gets around
-Style wars of graffiti between artist happened in the 1970's
-Most graffiti is actually not gang related
-The 1970's were known as the golden age for graffiti, but for police it was a problem that was hard to control.
-Graffiti was away to show creativity
- Heightened security in the 1980's made graffiti die down a little
- Graffiti is considered one of the four elements of hip hop
-Major part of urban environment
Monday, October 20, 2014
Eliza
1. I dont find the computer program "Eliza", to be very human-like. You can't ask her any questions with the word "you" in it or she will say that we aren't discussing her. Also there is some grammatical errors as well.
2. To make Eliza seem more human you should be able to talk about her and have her answer questions. She wants to know more about the stupidest things. For example why you want to eat a sandwich.
3. I don't expect a computer to express much emotion, but it could be programmed to pick up things like "I'm sad," and respond with a compassion such as, "I'm sorry, why?,"
4. In the future I can see how people will make computers be a human-like substitute, but they wont replace a human. There's something about a living breathing person that has programmed emotions that you can't replace by a computer.
2. To make Eliza seem more human you should be able to talk about her and have her answer questions. She wants to know more about the stupidest things. For example why you want to eat a sandwich.
3. I don't expect a computer to express much emotion, but it could be programmed to pick up things like "I'm sad," and respond with a compassion such as, "I'm sorry, why?,"
4. In the future I can see how people will make computers be a human-like substitute, but they wont replace a human. There's something about a living breathing person that has programmed emotions that you can't replace by a computer.
Google Boys Video
1. Google went from a two-man operation into a profitable large corporation by first getting a lot of publicity. Once people started hearing about this new search engine, Google suddenly got millions of views and they needed more people to run the company and keep up with all the new websites popping up. Then Google has companies paying them for advertisements, and also investors.
2. Two challenges Google faces moving forward is making Google time faster to get results. Staying ahead of the competition with other popular search engines.
3. The key to being and staying ahead of all their competition is that Google goes through all the results and orders them by page rank so that you get the most popular links and most correct links to what you're searching for.
4. Google finds all of our information to make fast searches by having Googlebot search and crisscross the cyberspace.
2. Two challenges Google faces moving forward is making Google time faster to get results. Staying ahead of the competition with other popular search engines.
3. The key to being and staying ahead of all their competition is that Google goes through all the results and orders them by page rank so that you get the most popular links and most correct links to what you're searching for.
4. Google finds all of our information to make fast searches by having Googlebot search and crisscross the cyberspace.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Native American- Cultural Background
1. Native American beadwork is well known for its beauty.
2. A key concept I will be using in this lesson would be the cultural background of Native American beadwork and the mathematical concepts it embodies.
3. This design type is based off of four-fold symmetry.
4. The four types of images all have four fold symmetry and are made of geometric shapes.
5. The images are, Plains Indians Embroidery, Shoshone beadwork, Pawnee Buffalo Hide Drum, Navajo rug.
6. Reflection Symmetry is when the right side of the image mirrors the left side of the image.
7. Teepees are often made with four base poles, each placed in one of the four directions.
8. Four-fold symmetry is commonly used for sand paintings that is used for healing ceremonies.
9. The Yupik Parka decoration uses the four-fold symmetry with a coordinate system, measuring vertical and horizontal distances, the center is near the belly button.
10. The bead loom, much like a Cartesian coordinate system with rows and columns.
11. Native American beadwork was created in 1794 before the Europeans came.
12. These designs were used to record messages and historical events.
2. A key concept I will be using in this lesson would be the cultural background of Native American beadwork and the mathematical concepts it embodies.
3. This design type is based off of four-fold symmetry.
4. The four types of images all have four fold symmetry and are made of geometric shapes.
5. The images are, Plains Indians Embroidery, Shoshone beadwork, Pawnee Buffalo Hide Drum, Navajo rug.
6. Reflection Symmetry is when the right side of the image mirrors the left side of the image.
7. Teepees are often made with four base poles, each placed in one of the four directions.
8. Four-fold symmetry is commonly used for sand paintings that is used for healing ceremonies.
9. The Yupik Parka decoration uses the four-fold symmetry with a coordinate system, measuring vertical and horizontal distances, the center is near the belly button.
10. The bead loom, much like a Cartesian coordinate system with rows and columns.
11. Native American beadwork was created in 1794 before the Europeans came.
12. These designs were used to record messages and historical events.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Communitcation
In computer apps. class we were given a log to record the amount of data we created in one day. For me, I didn't create as nearly as much data as most people. I only sent three texts and one phone call during 24 hours. Though that was an unusually low number for me, I had 3 tests and a Socratic Seminar the next day so I didn't generate as many texts as I normally would. I normally don't use my email, only for school and I never really check it due to spam. I know that none of my friends would waste time emailing me when they could text me so I don't find much point to check it unless for school. During the school year I don't really use social media unless its for sports team groups. One of my friends is always using technology and almost never puts her phone down, compared to me she is using data almost 10 times the amount I use it.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Computer Buying Project Partner Experience
Working with my partner is going well, we are staying on task. We still have a lot more to do, but so far its been going fine.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
About Me, Myself, and I.
Hi, my name is Elizabeth Dee. I'm a sophomore at RMHS. I'm on the Reading cross country team, along with winter and spring track, if you haven't realized yet I love to run. I'm an only child, but have awesome cousins and friends. My favorite movie is probably a Disney movie, either the Lion King, or Mulan. My favorite book right now is Matched, by Ally Condie. I don't have a favorite Tv show, but I don't watch many American shows. After high school I hope to get accepted into either Tufts, Cornell, or UVM, and I want to become a Veterinary Surgeon. I hope to get a scholarship for at least the first four years of college on either academics or a running, though I'm not sure what division.
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