Week 8 (week of 10/22/12)

This week we continued the group labs. Alex and i completed gcd and began work on the three doors lab. The actual test part of the code was pretty easy. The test runner has proven much more difficult. I like the coding bat challenges. They are pretty much the definition of my skill level. I keep accidentally completing tasks without being logged in which is frustrating.

Week 7(week of 10/15/12)

This week we worked on the group labs. I thought it was an interesting concept, but i didn't find it to be useful at all except for that it kept me on task. I have my particular way of formatting my code and it bothered me to have someone else typing it for me and without my formatting. Also, i felt that my partner did not think the same way that i did so we approached the problem from two different, conflicting angles. When we started to go one way, one of us would have an idea that would work, just not with the route we were already taking. I feel that working solo would have been much more efficient for me. A cooperative technique that may work better for me is to work along side someone else and stop every 10-15 minutes and discuss our methods and questions.

Week 6 (week of 10/8/12)

This week we i missed a day for the great ideas field trip. The other day i worked on ifs and else statements in the calculator lab. The calculator lab was really quick and easy for me especially since i have the past experience with coding in python, which is remarkably similar. The coding bat problems are slightly harder but rather enjoyable. I like the instant gratification after writing a few lines of code. I am starting to feel overwhelmed with worksheets. They are hard to keep track of and there are many of them. I think a more effective and efficient/stress free way of doing worksheets is if they were electronic activities kind of like the quizzes on canvas. Even if it were just an electronic list that we could use to match up due dates and just whether or not we have the worksheet would be easier and more helpful then just handing out a pile of papers each class with a due date that was mentioned once.

Week 5 (week of 10/1/12)

this week I worked primarily on the book lab and the final. in the book lab, i didn't get a chance to finish however I was begining to better understand how objects work. I thought that the final was relativly easy. the only difficult part was when I was doing the free response and i didn't know how to make a toString method because i didn't know what it was or did.