I was enrolled in IB, because I found the regular Ontario Curriculum easy, and I wanted a challenge. Those who say be careful what you wish for are wise, for today there was a lot of new material taught in class.
At the beginning of class, Mr. Arkin discussed the duties of the students in a first period class. We were told that we must open the blinds on a sunny day and log on to the computers. There was a few moments of trying to figure out our passwords and attempting to log on. I knew my password, because I changed it over the summer when I checked my schedule online at http://www.tdsb.on.ca/
After all the madness passed, Mr. Arkin began his lesson. It started with HTML and CSS coding then ended with questions and how we can apply this knowledge in our homework.
I must say, even though many of my peers, as well as I, can agree that today's class was very intense and fast-paced, I found it interesting and enjoyable! It may have something to do with the previous knowledge and experience I had with HTML coding. Frankly, I actually learned it while I was playing NEOPETS (http://www.neopets.com/) as a child! When I was in grade 4 and 5, I created a guild with a couple of my friends, and we were required to make create the guild page with HTML. I have forgotten a majority of the knowledge I obtained through that playful experience, this is why I am extremely interested in learning more about webpages and related material.
Today for homework, according to the Daily Log on touque.ca, I have to finish writing a post on my blog and try to begin the superpower autobiography assignment. I am almost finished reading the information on the web mechanics, which will hopefully equip me for the work period I have in class tomorrow.
*On a side note, just to get it out of my system, I have to mention that I wrote eight pages of notes today in class. It was extemely tiring. as well as: Dreadful, alarming, painful, terrible..... (thesaurus) appalling, direful... now I shall stop at this moment before I incorrectly apply these words and offend someone.
Ah, you're lucky! I forgot my password...*cries*
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, the experience I had with HTML was with Neopets, too! (Ha...probably because it was really popular back then...) It's sort of a sad memory though, since I spent hours on it, and then I had a minor problem and the website erased all my work. (See, I typed it directly into the little box they provide for it) After that, I just gave up and used the templates found on other websites. x]
Ah, but what this experience taught me was pretty valuable, considering that I'm taking CS in high school! (In my head: YES! I'll actually understand what's going on!)
On another note, great job writing your blog today! ^^