Blog
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October 4th, 2014
Today was my first apprenticeship day at Shodor. We talked about office ethics and professionalism in class. I didn't learn much today because I already know a lot about office ethics and professionalism. I am very excited to continue my studies here at Shordor because next week we will be getting into actual programming.
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October 11th, 2014
Today was my second Saturday here at Shodor. We talked about the different ways to solve problems and how although an answer might look like zero, on a computer since they use a base of two, it might actually be a number close to zero. I hope that we can start computer programming next week!
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October 18th, 2014
Today was my third Saturday here at Shodor. I really enjoyed class today because we worked on new subjects such as modeling using Excel. I've never modeled with Excel and I thought that it was really fun, although at times it was hard. I am excited to continue my journey at Shodor and to see what else I will learn!
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October 25th, 2014
Today was my fourth day at Shodor. We began to learn about using commands on terminal. I thought that it was quite simple and I understood it.
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November 1st, 2014
Today I felt as if I understood everything that was taught to me. I had to leave early today, so I did not get to do everything. Today was my fifth day at Shodor and I think it was the best one yet. I worked with Irene on creating a model for the spread and recovery of a disease. I did need help at times to understand what was going on, but I really enjoyed the activity.
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November 15th, 2014
Today we started learning about agentsheets. Phil got us started and once I got the basic information I felt like I did a decent job. I did what was asked of me and I even got up and helped others aroubd the room who were struggling.While experimenting with the program i also found ot some tricks like how to erase agents or even how to make them move in random places.Today was another great day a Shodor.
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November 22nd, 2014
Today we began by picking partners to work on our projects with and I choose to work with Irene. The project is creating two models, one using Vensim and one using Agent Sheets, to show the interactions between tagged and non-tagged fish and seals. So far we have completed three-fourths of our Vensim model and next week we will finish it.
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December 6th, 2014
Today, at Shodor, Irene and I finished our Vensim model and we began to start our Agent Sheets one. I personally like Agent Sheets better than Vensim, but when pertaining to this project I feel that using Vensim is easier then using Agent Sheets. Next week Irene and I will finish our Agent Sheets model and present our work to the staff and other apprentices.
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December 12th, 2014
Honestly I am a little nervous about presenting tomorrow because I had a little trouble while making the models, but I think I'll do great! Also I'm very thankful for my friends here at Shodor because they are such a big help to me.
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December 13th, 2014
Today we presented our modeling projects and although our Agent Sheets wasn't perfect Irene and I still presented. I was proud of our presentation considering, however I think we could've done better.
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February 7th, 2015
Today we learned about different commands using console. I found this to be quite simple and easier than a lot of other concepts that we have covered.
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February 14th, 2015
Today we learned more about Java Script and probability. I created a program resembling a magic eight ball.
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February 21st, 2015
Today I learned about editing and changing code to make it my own. I am excited about this because now I will be able to make my projects unique.
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March 14th, 2015
Today I learned how to find a value that a cell holds in an array.
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March 21st, 2015
This week I leaned about reading the comments of others people's code and referencing them to the actual code.
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April 11th, 2015
Today we learned about Virtual Box and the different coding programs that you ae able to make using Virtual Box.
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April 18th, 2015
Today we learned about writing our own code for Virtual Box and executing it.
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April 25th, 2015
Today we revisited how to log in to someone else's directory in able to download their files for your own purposes. We also edited code to make it more accurate.