Cow Goes "Weekly Status Report 3" Moo

Week 3 of Cow Goes Moo, we started (finally) the Visual Basics prgram. Working with the program is a complicated process that involves strick step by step instruction for the program. the only object of the week was to get used and familiar with Visual Basics, because other days were spent doing the test and to install the programs. First assignment, making a tax calculator was easy but only because the instruction was written step by step. 3 other tasks were given which is not completed yet, and is the main goal for next week. What I have learned this week is the languages of programming, and different terms of programming like forms, controls and properties. Different variables are used for input and output. Dim is a symbol used in Visual Basics, and is used to declare a variable before it is used. There are different data types like sting, interger, and single. The Visual Basics have been a bit complicated to adjust to and many confusions occured but many was able to get the answer through asking questions to either the teacehr or other students.

Cow Goes "Weekly Status Report 2" Moo

Week 2 of Cow Goes Moo, I have missed like half the week. Many different topics were taught, but i had to learn and report what we learned based on the handouts i read. First assignment was completing four flowcharts, which was given last friday, and did quite well. We learned about computers. Different computer terms, different devices used, modems and the different ways to describe the computer was learned. Next, we learned about the parts of computer. Simplified model of computer, extended model of computer, the way the central processing units operate, and the different types of memories were taught. Next, after the snow day, we learned about softwares. Different types of softwares. The describtion of operating system, application, word processing. speedsheets,database management and their history were taught. We also learned about pseudo code, which is the writeen statement of algorithm, kind of similar to the flowchart. And on the last of the week, we learned about the cyptography. Two different types of cyptography, cipher wheel, which we used in class to create secret codes, and caesar cipher, which is a complicated version of the wheel.
The main objective for the week is to catch up and not miss what was learned monday and tuesday, when i was not at school. That was also the challenge for the week, catching up a lot of notes at once. I dont think i have a main goal for the week, maybe just doing well on the quiz.

Cow Goes "Weekly Status Report 1" Moo

Week 1 of Cow Goes Moo, many different skills have been taught. Starting from what a blog is, (which is a website based journal) and how to create a blog of my own. First started with creating a google account and creating a blog from www.blogger.com, with my own nickname involving the first letter of my initial, Moo M. Once the creating of my blog was completed, it had to be decorated with designs, pictures and information. Welcome message was posted, along with Favorites list which included the links to my personal favorite albums, dvd, and book. For farther detail, a hyperlink added in my post, image in the post, aduio clip, links to photos on the favorites list, disabling comments for one of the post.

Another thing that I learned is the Problem Solving Skills. It is a way to deal with a conflict and organizes a method to solve it. It starts from Identifying the problem, analyzing the problem, brainstorming ideas, prioritizing the ideas, listing steps or intructions to solve the problem and finally evaluating the solution.
Also one of the main focuses has been the flow chart. Flowchart is a digram to represent the steps needed to be performed in order to solve the problem. There is also something called loop, which is when you return to a previous step until something is satified in the process. Finally, including the ethics issue of Mr.Jenson and his dilemma sums up the week's work. One of the biggest problem encountered is when the computer shut down for no reason and had to start the ethics assignment from the start with limited time left. Fortunately, the assignment was completed just as the bell went off.

The objective for the week was to complete the blog and learn the flowchart. Although the blog has been completed, (more could be added) I do not think i fully understand everything about the flowchart, therefore the goal for next week is to have a better understanding of the flowchart.

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