Today, I attended a fraction of computer science class and left early to attend a cross-country meet.
Before I left, Mr. Arkin went over the SFTP instruction. I know that a lot of people last night was not able to upload their files up on FilleZilla. I got some phone calls and messages myself from my classmates asking if I got my file up on the net. There was also the page on Wikispaces that classmates created. It turns out that many people who were not successful in accessing FileZilla was because they did not follow the instructions to change into SFTP. Before I sleep today, I will try my best to change it as well.
I stayed for part of Mr. Arkin's discussion about new glossary terms. The homework today is apparently to create a validated Basic Computer Glossary. I missed half the lesson so I don't know if I missed some crucial definitions or can I simply obtain the definitions on the web. Where is a classmate to answer my question when I need one?
Since it is already too late to call anyone, I will just finish the glossary using definitions I find on the web (with references, of course) and fix any errors tomorrow in class.
Blog: finished
Glossary: long way to go..
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Glossary and Introducing... Notepad++ (SEPT/29/2010)
Today, Mr. Arkin discussed the construction of our glossaries, of a basic webpage, and he announced the new FTP password. (Shh!)
Mr. Arkin today talked about citing our definitions that we obtained directly from the Internet. There is a particularorder in which we place information such as: the author, date, title of page, link, etc. More information can be found on touque.ca
Before giving us time to work on our glossaries, he talked about lab 235 opening at lunchtime for students to work on their assignments. In addition, there will be leadership opportunities for us to supervise the room. I definitely would be using the lunchtime opportunities when possible to work on assignments. And in regards to the supervision opportunity, I will try my best to clear my schedule to be a part of this initiative.
I panicked a bit, because the glossary was due at 10pm tonight. However, I had to attend enrichment classes in Thornhill that night and had to bus there. Busing there alone was 1hr and 15minutes. Even if my father drove me back, I would literally get home at 9:45pm. Frankly, I hadn't made much progress on my glossary. I only completed the glossary and bare minimum of the actually definitions and references.
Before Mr. Arkin gave us time to work on the glossary, he told us to install Notepad ++. I have been using it, and it is not bad. It is very organized and convenient. However, it will take me sometime to adapt to it, as I have been using the regular notepad for a long time.
I made quite a bit of progress in class, and before I left class, Mr. Arkin said that I would be able to upload it at lunch! The only problem is that right after I reached my locker that day I realized that I have to attend a crosscountry meet the next day. This means that I will not be able to upload it the following then!
When I got home at 10:15pm (miscalculated my time a bit. Turns out that even if my dad drove me I would still not make it home by 10pm!), I went straight to my computer to work on the glossary. To be frank, I actually took sometime to look at the updates on the class rep page! Votes should be in by next Friday! Can't wait for the results! Back from my tangent, I finally finished my glossary late at night and uploaded some links on the definitions resources page on Wikispaces. The references section was very painful, I must say, and it took the most time to complete.
This is it for my blogging at the moment. I will be missing part of class tomorrow for the cross-country meet! Wish me luck!
Mr. Arkin today talked about citing our definitions that we obtained directly from the Internet. There is a particularorder in which we place information such as: the author, date, title of page, link, etc. More information can be found on touque.ca
Before giving us time to work on our glossaries, he talked about lab 235 opening at lunchtime for students to work on their assignments. In addition, there will be leadership opportunities for us to supervise the room. I definitely would be using the lunchtime opportunities when possible to work on assignments. And in regards to the supervision opportunity, I will try my best to clear my schedule to be a part of this initiative.
I panicked a bit, because the glossary was due at 10pm tonight. However, I had to attend enrichment classes in Thornhill that night and had to bus there. Busing there alone was 1hr and 15minutes. Even if my father drove me back, I would literally get home at 9:45pm. Frankly, I hadn't made much progress on my glossary. I only completed the glossary and bare minimum of the actually definitions and references.
Before Mr. Arkin gave us time to work on the glossary, he told us to install Notepad ++. I have been using it, and it is not bad. It is very organized and convenient. However, it will take me sometime to adapt to it, as I have been using the regular notepad for a long time.
I made quite a bit of progress in class, and before I left class, Mr. Arkin said that I would be able to upload it at lunch! The only problem is that right after I reached my locker that day I realized that I have to attend a crosscountry meet the next day. This means that I will not be able to upload it the following then!
When I got home at 10:15pm (miscalculated my time a bit. Turns out that even if my dad drove me I would still not make it home by 10pm!), I went straight to my computer to work on the glossary. To be frank, I actually took sometime to look at the updates on the class rep page! Votes should be in by next Friday! Can't wait for the results! Back from my tangent, I finally finished my glossary late at night and uploaded some links on the definitions resources page on Wikispaces. The references section was very painful, I must say, and it took the most time to complete.
This is it for my blogging at the moment. I will be missing part of class tomorrow for the cross-country meet! Wish me luck!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Class Representative and Glossary! (SEPT/28/2010)
Oh wow! It has almost been a month!
Today in class Mr. Arkin gave us the full period to work on our glossaries. However, before he let us go to our computers, he talked a little bit about choosing a class representative. I want to run for this position. Even if I don't win (which I hope I do), I think this will be a good experience for me. I created a wikispace page and posted my personal statement on it. Take a look!
In regards to the glossary, I finished validating the HTML and CSS of the skeleton version of the glossary. In class I added all the terms onto the glossary, but I did not get a chance to add the definitions, because I spent sometime helping Zahra and Zainab with their coding. However, I feel that the whole class, including myself, has become a lot more knowledgeable about website design! As my classmate, Zainab said, "I can't believe I now know what all this [coding] means!"
Tonight, I got home at 8pm after I attended a science club meeting that I stayed behind to help and a session at Kumon math and reading center. I did not get a chance to work on my glossary so I hope that tomorrow I will get more time to work on it. After all, I need to get some sleep to mentally and physically prepare me for tomorrow!
At the moment, this is all I have to say! Today was a great day!
Today in class Mr. Arkin gave us the full period to work on our glossaries. However, before he let us go to our computers, he talked a little bit about choosing a class representative. I want to run for this position. Even if I don't win (which I hope I do), I think this will be a good experience for me. I created a wikispace page and posted my personal statement on it. Take a look!
In regards to the glossary, I finished validating the HTML and CSS of the skeleton version of the glossary. In class I added all the terms onto the glossary, but I did not get a chance to add the definitions, because I spent sometime helping Zahra and Zainab with their coding. However, I feel that the whole class, including myself, has become a lot more knowledgeable about website design! As my classmate, Zainab said, "I can't believe I now know what all this [coding] means!"
Tonight, I got home at 8pm after I attended a science club meeting that I stayed behind to help and a session at Kumon math and reading center. I did not get a chance to work on my glossary so I hope that tomorrow I will get more time to work on it. After all, I need to get some sleep to mentally and physically prepare me for tomorrow!
At the moment, this is all I have to say! Today was a great day!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Computer Science Terms! Glossary! Yay! (SEPT/27/2010)
Computer Science Terms! Glossary! Yay!
Today at the beginning of class we were taught ordered lists, unordered lists, and definition lists. Mr. Arkin then gave us some examples, what it would look like in an HTML file. I actually learned this by myself as I was exploring the different HTML and CSS tags on the Internet a week ago. However, I am glad Mr. Arkin went over it today because often the explanations on the Internet are not always very succinct and informative.
After the mini lesson about lists, we were asked to take out our class glossary with terms that were accumulated from day one of the semester. The assignment in class was to brainstorm "informal" definitions, and we were encouraged to use computer science terminology learned in class. Then, the homework today was to make a skeleton html file of a glossary webpage with definitions taken from the web. Of course, we would need references if it is copied and pasted.
The homework for today is: Complete a validated Glossary skeleton and save it in the Dropbox. (The dropbox is a new program introduced to us near the end of this class.)
At the moment, I am currently working on the glossary skeleton and I have created my Dropbox.
I don't have any questions today, but I just read over this class' course outline, and I found out that we are spending the next 40-60 periods learning about computer software. I managed to survive this unit, because I had some foundation and prior knowledge about webpage designing. I do hope that this unit will not be too difficult.
Overall, today was not a bad day. One big assignment was finally over and done with. Now, I am simply curious to see what will await as the classes progress.
Today at the beginning of class we were taught ordered lists, unordered lists, and definition lists. Mr. Arkin then gave us some examples, what it would look like in an HTML file. I actually learned this by myself as I was exploring the different HTML and CSS tags on the Internet a week ago. However, I am glad Mr. Arkin went over it today because often the explanations on the Internet are not always very succinct and informative.
After the mini lesson about lists, we were asked to take out our class glossary with terms that were accumulated from day one of the semester. The assignment in class was to brainstorm "informal" definitions, and we were encouraged to use computer science terminology learned in class. Then, the homework today was to make a skeleton html file of a glossary webpage with definitions taken from the web. Of course, we would need references if it is copied and pasted.
The homework for today is: Complete a validated Glossary skeleton and save it in the Dropbox. (The dropbox is a new program introduced to us near the end of this class.)
At the moment, I am currently working on the glossary skeleton and I have created my Dropbox.
I don't have any questions today, but I just read over this class' course outline, and I found out that we are spending the next 40-60 periods learning about computer software. I managed to survive this unit, because I had some foundation and prior knowledge about webpage designing. I do hope that this unit will not be too difficult.
Overall, today was not a bad day. One big assignment was finally over and done with. Now, I am simply curious to see what will await as the classes progress.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
9:30pm! 9:56pm! 10:02pm! (SEPT/24/2010)
Today was the final work period for the autobiography assignment. The main goal today in class was to have our peer editing sheet completed and up live on the web. I spent the period working on the final touches for my webpage and the end of the period editing my partner Govind's webpage. There was not much of a lesson today in class as Mr. Arkin gave us the time to complete our big assignment.
Unfortunately, Govind was not able to mark my page until 5pm afterschool. I had to leave for Kumon (math tutor) and art class afterschool and did not return home until 9pm. It was, in a way very stressful, because I still did not validate CSS, and I wasn't sure if Govind uploaded the peer marking sheet. When I checked, the CSS for the peer marking sheet did not show-up. I sent Mr. Arkin an email, but there was no reply. I had ONE HOUR until the deadline. Every ten minutes I would glance at the digital clock on the bottom right corner of my monitor. 9:30pm, 9:40pm, 9:50pm.... It was slowly moving towards the 10pm mark. After much struggle, I finally managed to complete my webpage up to minimal satisfaction and figured out the CSS problem. At that time, when I finished uploading my webpage, it was exactly 9:56pm with a few minutes to spare.
Overall, I am not completely satisfied with my webpage (I am such a perfectionist!) but I am glad I got it up on the web before 10pm. If not, even if I was 30secs late, the connection would break and my transfers would fail. Now, I cannnot do much except wait anxiously for the feedback.
Unfortunately, Govind was not able to mark my page until 5pm afterschool. I had to leave for Kumon (math tutor) and art class afterschool and did not return home until 9pm. It was, in a way very stressful, because I still did not validate CSS, and I wasn't sure if Govind uploaded the peer marking sheet. When I checked, the CSS for the peer marking sheet did not show-up. I sent Mr. Arkin an email, but there was no reply. I had ONE HOUR until the deadline. Every ten minutes I would glance at the digital clock on the bottom right corner of my monitor. 9:30pm, 9:40pm, 9:50pm.... It was slowly moving towards the 10pm mark. After much struggle, I finally managed to complete my webpage up to minimal satisfaction and figured out the CSS problem. At that time, when I finished uploading my webpage, it was exactly 9:56pm with a few minutes to spare.
Overall, I am not completely satisfied with my webpage (I am such a perfectionist!) but I am glad I got it up on the web before 10pm. If not, even if I was 30secs late, the connection would break and my transfers would fail. Now, I cannnot do much except wait anxiously for the feedback.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Work Period! Peer edit! Too much for me to handle? (SEPT/23/2010)
Today in class we had a great amount of time to work independantly on our assignments. I chose my partner for the peer marker and had the chance to use the peer-marking scheme to review my webpage. I made some notes about what I should add when I get home and emailed them to myself.
In class I learned that it would be best if I added a comment after a hex color code. A comment would show up on a source code like:
/* SPACE NAMEOFCOLOUR SPACE */
It would not be seen when viewed as a webpage.
At home, I contacted my partner, Govind, and he helped me look over my autobiography (writing component), and I helped him look over his. Tomorrow we will evaluate each other's work. Well, that's the plan at least. I do hope everything goes as planned. I want to finish the twenty pgs of tutor math and ten pages of music theory as well. Hopefully my time management skills will not fail me.
Tomorrow is the dealine! I shall make it on time without depriving myself of sleep. :)
In class I learned that it would be best if I added a comment after a hex color code. A comment would show up on a source code like:
/* SPACE NAMEOFCOLOUR SPACE */
It would not be seen when viewed as a webpage.
At home, I contacted my partner, Govind, and he helped me look over my autobiography (writing component), and I helped him look over his. Tomorrow we will evaluate each other's work. Well, that's the plan at least. I do hope everything goes as planned. I want to finish the twenty pgs of tutor math and ten pages of music theory as well. Hopefully my time management skills will not fail me.
Tomorrow is the dealine! I shall make it on time without depriving myself of sleep. :)
Friday deadline! (SEPT/22/2010)
Today in class after the usual routine of logging on and taking out our notebooks, we learned about linking files to different locations in a hierachical file structure. Mr. Arkin gave us different cases ont he board and showed us how to properly link a webpage in that certain scenario (add an anchor). For example, we learned how to link from the homepage and how to link from the autobiography webpage.
I was also informed that the Superpower Autobiography assignment will be due on Friday at 10pm (so we can sleep ontime)
Later on in the period, we got time to work on our assignment using the peer-marking form to guide us.
Tonight, I think that I am ready to hand in my assignment. However, due to the fact that I am a sem-perfectionist, I like to do things to the point where I think that I can no longer improve it anymore. I would like to edit the format (CSS) a bit more and proofread my autobiography one more time.
I must say, getting my assignment to this point was not easy. I wrote my autobiography on Word Processing so I had to find all the special characters and replace them with the codes (e.g. ”) See? I typed the entities so many times that I know the codes by heart! Then, after I finally finished adding the special character entities, it was already 11pm so I decided to stop and validate my HTML. To my surprise, it was actually validated on the second try (after I fixed a typo)! Amazing! The first time I tried to validate my HTML file, it took over an hour!
Tomorrow is one more day closer to the deadline. Goal: finish it with satisfaction and get enough sleep :-)
I was also informed that the Superpower Autobiography assignment will be due on Friday at 10pm (so we can sleep ontime)
Later on in the period, we got time to work on our assignment using the peer-marking form to guide us.
Tonight, I think that I am ready to hand in my assignment. However, due to the fact that I am a sem-perfectionist, I like to do things to the point where I think that I can no longer improve it anymore. I would like to edit the format (CSS) a bit more and proofread my autobiography one more time.
I must say, getting my assignment to this point was not easy. I wrote my autobiography on Word Processing so I had to find all the special characters and replace them with the codes (e.g. ”) See? I typed the entities so many times that I know the codes by heart! Then, after I finally finished adding the special character entities, it was already 11pm so I decided to stop and validate my HTML. To my surprise, it was actually validated on the second try (after I fixed a typo)! Amazing! The first time I tried to validate my HTML file, it took over an hour!
Tomorrow is one more day closer to the deadline. Goal: finish it with satisfaction and get enough sleep :-)
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