12/7/2015 Following Instructions and Computers

Humans and Computers operate differently. Humans can make mistakes and fix them automatically, while computers when they make a mistake, they can t automatically fix it. Following instructions are sometimes difficult because we humans assume. Like the activity we did last week, there were fourteen set of instructs and we automatically started to do everything, but in the paragraph before the instructions, it said we should only stop at number 3. So humans make assumptions.

11/25/2015 Data, Modeling and Design

C.A.D is computer aided design. Computer Aided Designs has different features like 2-D and 3-D. There different kind of 3-D features, like 3-D printer and also Photoshop which is 2-D. Using Photoshop was an amazing experience because the tools I used were really cool and fun. I would like to continue to use Photoshop and learn more about it. Photoshop can influence politicians in a negative way because people can Photoshop an politician doing something illegal, but its fake and that can have an negative effect on the person.

11/16/2015 How Data Tells A Story

I learnt that not all representations of data are equal. There are 3 types of ways data are represented. List, Word Cloud and pictures. The computer cant collected data the same way human beings collect it. A picture data is easier for us, but hard for a computer. The easier data for computers to understand is a list data. While the list data is harder for humans to understand.

Web 1.0-3.0

In this unit, we learned a lot about web 1.0 to 3.0 and and also about search engines that are uncommon. Web 1.0 is a one way communication, web 2.0 is a two way communication and web 3.0 is basically social media. A lot have changed over the years when it comes to the web. There are a lot of search engines, popular and unpopular. There are google, bing, ask.com and then there are the unpopular ones like Blackle,  DuckDuckGo, Dogpile and a a lot more and surprisingly people know about them and use them.

Recommending a Computer 10/8/2015

The goal of this assignment was to find the best laptop for our consumer.The amount of storage needed for certain things on a computer is really important. The prices of laptops varies and is really important. While selecting a laptop, operating systems varies also.

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9/18/2015 Peer Interview and Diagram Data

In this peer interview, I learnt a lot from my peers. We have some things in common. We are all seniors. We love food and love watching TV. We are all the same ages. Some challenges were raising topics/questions to ask, the diagram wasn't working so we couldn't do the diagram in a creative way, but we managed to find a way to get through it. I learnt that it is important to know the little things about people around us. 

9/16/2015 What I Think Computer Science is

To me, I think computer science is having the knowledge of computers. How they work, and how it deals with programming and apps. Through software and Hardware. Also, I think Computer Science is knowing how to build a computer and how the functions work.