10-20-07

It has been awhile, but I still remember what I have learned. I learned how to use program, TextWrangler. I learned many new, and old, things, I hope to become very good at it. But I just hope I can remember everything. I even learned some very helpful stuff that will help me with TextWangler.

10-20-07

This e-mail, as you requested, is about my experience in math and science. I am currently taking geometry and biology. I am rather good at math, and even my teacher said that I am ahead of my math class. I also took earth science last year in the 9th grade. I also took algebra last year. I also am very into anything that involves math and or science.

10-20-07

I was rather interested in HTML. I found it rather neat, and I'm looking forward to learning more. I hope that I can come again next Saturday. I also hope that I will be great friends with all of my mentors. I made my own web however, it is not one that someone would like to go to on a regular basis. I helped a bit with the HTML, and learned it. I also think that I got to a wonderful start for the first class. I also think that I am good friends with Ernie. I hope to learn more about HTML. I also would like to learn a bit more about my peers. I also hope that we will get into Agent Sheets. But I just can't wait for everything, Shodor is more fun rather than work, and I'm glad to be here! Well, the only thing that I can think of is that Ernie helped me the most. He helped me when my computer was acting up. He even helped me, and everyone else, to learn a bit of HTML. I hope that we will learn more of it. All I did was show a typo that Ernie made. I also helped Philip a bit, but other than that, I did not help at all.

11-3-07

I am excited about Inkscape and Gimpshop. I found it very neat, and I learned some neat tools, like the stamp in Gimpshop. I do hope that the assignments I need to do will be good. I'm happy about the fact that I learned Gimpshop and Inkscape without any problems. I also made some very good points during class.I do hope that my good work will continue. I hope to learn more about Gimpshop. I think that it could be useful later in my life, and it is something very neat to learn. I would say that all of my teachers helped me today. I think Ernie helped me the most. I guess I helped the entire class, I made the suggestion to open Gimpshop while we were on break, so it would have time to load.

11-10-07

I had no classes today, just extra hours. I did a total of three web page prototypes and I am very proud of them. I had to draw them out on paper first, or course. I learned more about Inkscape and Gimpshop by just using them, even though I used Inkscape the most today. I guess I would like to learn more about Inkscape and Gimpshop. I was helped by Simon today, he gave me an idea what my web page prototypes should look like. I would hope that he gets better, he lost his voice today. I helped Precious a lot, she asked me very many questions, more than I wished or hoped. But I'm glad she asked questions, a part of me anyway, because I would like everyone here to do their best.

11-17-07

Today I learned more about Gimpshop and Inkscape, and had a great time learning it. I would like to learn more about it, but the lessons need to move on. I hope that we learn more stuff like Gimpshop and Inkscape. I think I'm most proud of the fact that I now know how to use Inkscape and Gimpshop better. Now I can make better pictures and whatnot. I hope that I will get better over time. I'm hoping to learn more about Gimpshop and Inkscape, but I know that this can't happen. We need to move on to other stuff, I'm kinda disappointed, but maybe I will find something that I like more. I would say that Ernie helped me the most. I have a few problems when I was using Gimpshop and Inkscape, and he helped me out a lot. I would say that I did not help at all, everyone was doing their work and had no questions. I wish that I could have helped anyway.

12-1-07

I had tons of fun learning CSS. It would have been boring, but Monty made it lots of fun to learn. We did go over the basics of html a little bit, but it was still fun. Before today, CSS was like Greek to me, but then, like magic, it all made sense. I was so happy and proud of myself, I hope to learn more. I also learned something I needed for Inkscape, which was very helpful. I hope to learn more about CSS. It was lots of fun. I even hope to learn more about how to make a good logo and all other things like it, right now I need help. I hope to cover a bit more HTML some more. I would say Monty helped me the most. He helped me learn CSS, I also need to thank Ernie because he showed me something I needed to know in Inkscape. I would say that I was unable to help anyone today. I think, at the most, I helped to answer some questions. I hope to be more helpful next week.

12-15-07

I did more CSS, and it was so much less complicated than last time. I also heard that we might use Round Cube instead of Squirrel Mail, and it is, for me, so much easier to use. I think that I am most proud of the fact that I was able to do CSS without being very confused. I might have had a few questions, but they were for very minor things. I also did a bit of Java, it is so picky... I am not looking forward to learning more Java; however, it was very picky. Even a wrongly capitalized letter would not allow Java to work. I would like to learn more about CSS, it is starting to make more sense to me. I would say that Ismael helped me the most. He answered all of my questions to the best of his ability. I also think that we have made a friendship. Matt also helped me a bit as well. I would say that I helped Matt out a bit. I helped him when his website would not be validated, and I helped solve the problem so that it could be validated.

01-12-08

Today we went over Agent Sheets, which I already knew about. It was so much fun, and Ernie made me add on many things to it so that I would not bug him, I guess. I would say that I was proud that I already knew about Agent Sheets. I would also say that I'm very proud of myself because I was able to do that Agent Sheet's homework in only something like thirty minutes! I hope to learn more about AgentSheets because I used it before, and would like to know more about it. I also hope to become an expert at it. I would say that Ada helped me a bit, she told me what to do so I could help our group. I think that she is a wonderful group mate. Ada does her share of the work load. I hope to work with her in the near future! I think that I did not help anyone this week, it was mostly class, so I could not help at all.

1-26-08

A man, from Cisco, came today, and gave us a talk about presentation. We also did some more Agent Sheets, and I learned many new things. I hear that we will learn NetLogo next time. Last time I used NetLogo, I was horrible at it... I hope I do better next time. I learned more about Agent Sheets. I also helped my fellow classmate. I hope to learn more about Agent Sheets. I am rather good at it, but I hope to get better at it. I also hope that I will be able to use NetLogo without getting confused at all, like I usually do with it. I would say, hands down, that Patricia Jacobs helped me a bunch. I had an error with Agent Sheets, she helped me with it. I helped Mauricio today, his Agent Sheets project was not working the way it should. I was able to help get him through the error.

2-9-08

I guess I was happy to learn NetLogo. And for once, I was not confused! I hope to get better at NetLogo, but I still prefer Agent Sheets. Agent Sheets, to me, is a better program because it is more simple. I was happy with the fact that I was not confused with NetLogo. The last time I used NetLogo, I was lost, and had no clue what to do. I do hope to learn more about NetLogo, it kind of reminds me of Agent Sheets, but you have more control over it. Also, it tells you if you made an error, unlike Agent Sheets. Agent Sheets will not tell the user if they made an error, or even where it is. I would say that no one helped me, mostly because I was able to use NetLogo and not get confused by it, for once. I would also say that I helped no one, I guess everyone didn't have any trouble with NetLogo today.

2-23-08

I would say that I was excited to learn more NetLogo. I learned, by myself, how to create a new depiction in NetLogo. I tried to make a chicken, but it turned up looking like a deformed, hunchbacked, ugly duckling. We got new partners today, and we got a bit far in our Agent Sheets project. My new partners are Pablo and Isabelle. I hope to learn more NetLogo, because I'm still having some trouble with it. I also hope to learn more about Pablo and Isabelle, so we can function as a group better. I would say that my group members helped me the most, which were Pablo and Isabelle. I helped my group with the project, but I think I will do the PowerPoint instead. To me, it is rather confusing. The errors in Agent Sheets are many, and to make matters worse, Agent Sheets won't, unlike NetLogo, tell you where you made the error.

4-5-08

We did not do much today, we just worked on our presentation skills. I think that I'm proud of the fact that I have improved my presentation skills. I have not heard of anything that I'm exited about to learn. I think that Ernie helped me out the most. Isabel and Pablo also helped. I think that I helped Isabel and Pablo with our presentation skills.

4-19-08

Today we learned how to make a graph on Excel. I'm very excited about this because I'm trying to make a program on Excel at home, and this knowledge will help me greatly. I think that I'm proud of the fact that now I can update an Excel program at my home so it will work better! I hope to learn more about Excel's formulas, such as creating a random number, and to round numbers down or up. I would have to say that Valerie helped me the most, like when the numbers on Excel were not acting the way they were supposed to. I would say that I helped Peitong with Excel when she needed help putting sliders on.

5-03-08

Not anything in particular. Today, we used Vensim. I disliked it, and I think this is the only program I do not like. It always kept crashing. I would have to say that Vensim kept crashing more than a car. The program would usual just crash for no reason. I didn't like that because then I had to save every single time I made a change, and that really slowed down my work. I'm proud of the fact that I saved often, because Vensim kept crashing on me. I have not heard anything that I'm too exited about, except for the fact we will no longer use Vensim. I think that Patricia helped me the most with my Vensim and my Perl. I helped Mauricio a bit when he couldn't get his Vensim working.

5-17-08

I was the most excited that I learned new codes for Perl programing. I was able to make a simple calculator using Perl. The calculator was able to do a problem with only one input, like 2+2 on only one line. I hope to learn more about Perl. I would say that Sandy helped me the most. He gave the the challenge of making a calculator on Perl that needs only one line of input. I didn't help anyone that much.

6-20-08

On the first day we learned about basic programing concepts. I found this rather easy to understand because I'm already quite advanced in Perl. On Tuesday, we learned some PHP. I found it rather uncomfortable to use because I just wanted to put in Perl coding. Later, we did some modeling. We used AgentSheets, and we made a basic model of zombie invasion. I was able to make a complex program very easily, because I'm very familiar with AgentSheets. I was able to have the humans die of old age and hunger. I later added a house to spawn humans because if I didn't, they would die out. On Thursday, me and Thomas mostly worked on a NetLogo project. He was a great NetLogo programmer, he was about advanced in it as I am with AgentSheets. I'm exited to present it as I think we both did a great job. I'm also excited that we will never cover XML, as it really confused me. I was proud that I didn't put any Perl codes into PHP. I'm proud of this because I found it hard not to put any Perl codes in it. I also am proud to know that my Perl knowledge did come in handy. We did some array_push and array_pop commands, and I already knew a lot about it. My Perl knowledge didn't come in so handy for a few things though. When started PHP, our first tool was echo. I had no clue what it did, but I was able to find it out by context clues. I also made an infinite loop using PHP.

I was proud because I was able to make it so the screen was filled with just the words "ERROR!" I'm also proud of the NetLogo project Thomas and I worked on. I do hope to learn more about PHP. I think with a bit of work, I could make a Perl to PHP program. If we do learn more about PHP, or any kind of program, I hope I could make a Perl converter with it. I also heard that we were going to learn more programming languages. I'm exited about that because there could be a new tool I will learn, and it could work with Perl. I also hope that the new programming languages are very close to Perl. I would love to be more fluent in another programming language other than Perl. I also hear that we are going to do more modeling. I would love that because I think it's neat, and it could come in useful some time. I do not hope to learn more Vensim.

I would say that I got a lot of help from many people. Elizabeth did help with a lot of things. She did help with the SimpleXML programming, as I do not understand it. Thomas was also a great help. When doing the NetLogo project, I did know a lot of the code, but there were a few things I didn't know. For one thing, I didn't know how to get the turtles how to spawn in an area that can change size. He was a great help because he knew how to do that. There were some other small problems that I didn't know how to fix, but Thomas came through and found out the reason for the error. David was also a great help. With our SimpleXML project, he made the XML file, which looked quite hard to make. I think I helped a few people. While working with Thomas, I was able to find some small errors along the way. There were a few errors that dealt with the order of the commands. We also found a bug where the human population was very high, and kept reproducing. I suggested a population limit. I already knew what to do, but Thomas seemed to know what he was doing. That suggestion helped a lot. I also helped the group out. I did, with the PowerPoint presentation for the NetLogo project, put in quite some information. I think I gave a lot of help with the NetLogo project.

6-27-08

All this week, we were learning Unix. We were learning a lot of commands, such as cd and ls. We even learned vi. I don't feel that comfortable with it, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I'm quite glad that I learned Perl, because that knowledge helped me a lot. We also were working with Terminal a lot, and I found that fun. I even learned how to customize my Terminal. I learned how to make it tell time. I'm also learning Java! I hope to be able to make a game out of it some day, and I think that I could do a great job, as I'm quite advanced in Perl. I learned a lot about Unix. I even learned many commands that I find very useful. I'm already able to change the permissions for files.

I'm also proud of my Terminal setup. I have it to tell time, what file I'm currently in, and even how many commands I have put in, total. I even have it colored, but I'm still working on it, but when it is done, it will be great. I'm also proud that I'm learning Java! I hope to make a game out of it. I'll be even more proud when I learn even more Java, and when I can understand how it works. Also, I'm not doing Java Script, but regular Java. I hope to learn more Java. It might be hard, but I think I'll get the hang of it. I also hope that we learn more Unix, but I think I'm more interested in Java. I remember that I was exposed to a bit of Java earlier, and I hated it. Now I think I can understand it. I think that Java is okay right now, but I think I will like it more. I think that it will be great and fun to learn. I do hope, though, that we learn more Unix commands. I found it neat, and easy to do. But I do hope that we learn Perl. I love Perl because I find it easy.

I think that Jason helped me the most. He is teaching me Java right now. He said that he would get a book for me that would help me understand it better. Also, Joel helped me. I had a problem with Unix, and he helped me out. He told me what I was doing wrong, and I think I'll avoid it so it won't happen again. But, Jason still probably helped me the most. I think that he's glad that I want to learn Java. He has helped me a lot so far, and I think he will continue to do so. I look forward to being his student. I don't think that I helped much. I think I might have helped a class mate, but I'm not sure. I wish that I could have helped. I helped out during class though. I answered a lot of questions, and helped to contribute to the class. I wanted to answer every question, because I bet I'm very exited about it. I also helped to answer problems. I do hope to help more. I guess I also helped Jason, as he had to look up stuff that he didn't know for my Java learning. I guess I helped to refresh his mind.

7-11-08

This week, we learned about Java! I was exited because the last week, I was already exposed to it. Since I had an idea already about Java, I think that it helped me. I was able to understand it better, and I was able to contribute to the class. I'm also, in my free time, learning JavaScript. I was trying to make a random banner chooser in Perl, but I couldn't do it. Simon said that he would have to change my permissions around so I could do it. Jayson said that I should use JavaScript instead, and I'm almost done with it! What it is going to do is choose one of forty banners, and put it on my website. I do, though, want to learn more Java. I find it a neat program even though it really is not reliable.

I'm proud of many things. For one, I was able to make a GUI calculator in Java. It might be a simple calculator, but I made it, and I'm proud of it. I'm also proud of all my banners. I made a total of forty banners for my website. Currently, I am working on a JavaScript that will randomly choose one. I'm also proud of that as well. I was able to make almost all of my JavaScript without any help. It will be done by the end of the day, I hope. I'm putting in a lot of effort into it. I was also able to remake my website. I think that it is the best yet, and Elizabeth came up with the rough design idea for me. She suggest the general idea for my website.

I hope to learn more Java. Even though I had trouble with it, I think that it is a great tool. I was able to make a GUI calculator, and I hear that all of Interactive was written in Java. I think that one day, my code might just be on that website. I also hope to learn more JavaScript. I found it very useful, as I'm able to make a random banner chooser out of it. I did want to do it in Perl, but I didn't have the permissions to do so. So, to make things easier, I'm doing JavaScript. I just seemed to be quite exited about JavaScript. I bet that I will end up putting a lot of JavaScript on my website. I hope to branch out more in it.

I was helped a lot this week, but then again, we were working with Java. Jayson had to be the biggest help of all. He was able to tell me where I went wrong in my coding and gave me tips on how to do some things. I was able to, with his help, come up with the panel setup for my GUI calculator. I would also say that Matt was a very big help. When I had trouble using svn, he was able to help me. He also helped me when I was having some coding issues. He was a very good help when it came to Java as well. I also would think that Elizabeth was a huge help. She gave me an idea for my website design. I think that my website looks better than it used to be.

I'm not sure that I even helped anyone. I did contribute to my class quite a bit though. I was able to answer questions. I think that is the only thing that I did. I also helped my group. I did a lot of the Java for the calculator. I had already had a bunch of the calculator made before the project was assigned. I had some trouble, but I was helped by Jayson a lot. I also helped my other group as well. Were were making a model, and I was able to find some values that no one else was able to find. I also helped to remind them to save early and often, as Vensim crashes more than cars.

7-18-08

I would say that I' exited about many things this week. First thing, we are having a movie night! I bet that it is going to be so much fun. I also learned that Luke had a guess game on his website. He said that it was in PHP, so he was able to make a high scores table. I think that I will ask him how he did that. We also installed "Tinker" for our WebMO. We downloaded it onto our virtual machines. I found it to be fun, even though it was tough at some points. I also hear that there is not going to be anymore AMC. Personally, I found it long and hard.

I'm proud of many things. For one, my guessing game is coming along great! I'm able to have it come up with a different number each time the last one was guessed. I also have a guess count added as well. I found this to be hard work, but I'm happy about it. Also, it is in JavaScript. I'm making another one, but it is in PHP. I just started on it, and I already have the random number chooser up and running. I hope to make a high scores table. I'm also proud of my own WebMo. I'm already making complex molecules.

I kinda want to learn system administrator. We are learning a lot of neat stuff in it. I'm also learning how to install something through terminal. I bet that some day, it is going to come in handy. I also hope to learn more about PHP. Even though I think that I'm better at JavaScript, I think that it is more powerful. I hope that I learn how to make a high scores table. I might be able to do it in JavaScript, but I doubt it. I'm kinda of hoping to learn more Java, but at a slower pace. I find it to be kinda hard. I also wish that we could learn Perl.

I would say that Bethany helped me a lot. She helped me to clear up my paper. I would also think that Luke helped me. He helped me to solve a problem I was having with my guessing game. Even though his answer worked, it didn't suite what I needed. I also think that Jonathon helped a lot. He was able to help me with some validation errors. Ernie also helped. I didn't send in an e-mail about wanting to go to the movies. Ernie took care of it for me. I hope that I don't make the same mistake again.

I would say that I helped a bit. For one, I found out why a command didn't work in Terminal. We were installing Tinker for WebMO, and a command to make it was not working. After a while, I found why it didn't work. It turns out that we were not in the right file! I also helped a girl with her website. It was during the open house. She was having problems with margin and padding. I was able to help her, and explain why it had to be that way. I also told her of a better background for her website. I hope to help more!