Recently for my Computer Science we were given a mini project with CsUnplugged where the gave my team and I a topic -ours was error detection- and we had to teach our class about it. So what is error detection? Well to give a brief summary it starts with one computer transmitting data in a sequences of 1's, and 0's known as bits ,and as we know sometimes when the data is being transmitted it does not go as planned, and the data is changed. To recognize that the data has been changed is error detection. How it does this is a single row, known as parity bits is added to those 1's and 0's (bits). A single parity added to the row of bits allows the computer to detect where and when an error has occurred, if a bit has been changed and if there are an even amount of 0's.
Our team showed this through a comedic video- we thought if we used comedy it would be a way to engage people- and in the video we did a card game that represented bits, where we laid the cards out in a 6 by 6 grid. One side of the card was white, representing 1, and the red side represented 0. We had one person turn away, so they wouldn't see someone flipping the card, and when the turn back they had to figure out which card had been flipped. They would figure this out just like a computer would, by looking at the 6 by 6 grid and detecting which column had an uneven amount of 0's in it. Once they figured it out they would flip the card back just like how a computer would change a bit back. I think the most important thing I learned from this project is that you don't need a computer to learn and/or teach about computers. Here is my video if you would like to check it out! https://drive.google.com/a/nvusd.org/file/d/0BwBd7w4lRj2EbHF6TjlHeFdFblU/view?usp=sharing
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For the past couple of weeks in our Digital Media class at New Technology High we've been working on what we call our Epic Movie project. Like most of our projects at New Tech- being that its project based learning- it started with us being put into new groups, with new team members. Each group was to take 17 shots with a camera such as a dutch angle, for example, of whatever we wanted, and then in the end edit 'epic ' music over it , hence the title 'Epic Movie'. (Here is an image of a dutch angle like I mentioned in the paragraph above in case y'all were wondering !) This project was really fun, and my team was fine, we got along well and had an enjoyable time filming. It was also super cool to be working with such high quality cameras, and we also got some really funny bloopers, but I think we could have been better on the actual TEAM part. I think my team and I lacked in terms of communication. In the beginning were all open to new ideas, different ways to shoot our 17 angles, but towards the middle of the project we sort of lost that 'communication' if that makes sense.
We tended to get off task, like team members wandering away, and I remember our team had a really hard time just simply sitting down and going through the shots and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. And then that one single issue led to the problems of if did we get enough shots, and if so did we get all the RIGHT shots-which we didn't, me and another team member ended up redoing a shot the DAY the project was due-. As you can guess this led to us wasting a lot of time we could have used to edit our videos. I our team had stayed on task and had put more effort into communicating I feel like this all could have been avoided, hopefully I will remember this for future projects in all of my classes. Hey guys I recently just joined a new school, New Tech High which is a school that encourages its students to learn through collaboration-meaning its group orientated. As you can imagine this means when I get new groups, there is always the possibility that I don't know anyone. So I thought I would share some of my tips on how to connect with your team. #1 Introduce Yourself. This ones pretty simple, but just start out by acknowledging your teammates with a simple hello and introducing yourself to each member. #2 Share Your Contact Information, so some teachers have group contracts that require you and your team to put in your emails and numbers. But if the teacher does not require it, it's always good in general to exchange contact information with one another, so you are available to your team in case any members have questions concerning the project. #3 Listen to your team members input, make sure to always listen to what others have to say. Though you may not always agree, let your teammates share their ideas, input, and feedback.Its very important to make your teammates feel like they have a voice and a say in things. #4 Find a way to personally connect. Make sure to talk about things outside of your project, don't get too off task because class time is VALUABLE and not to ask about anything to personal. (Basically don't ask about their darkest secrets as an ice breaker.) But just something that lets y'all have some type of connection other than the project and your school work, like maybe their interests or how their weekend was. This is a very short and simple post, there is probably more tips out there, but here are the main points that I personally chose and think, that will help you the most in making a connection with your team.
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AuthorHey guys! I don't know how many of you are reading this since this isn't a tinder bio, but I'm Isabel and the main purpose of this blog is for school. Its a portfolio I'm going to use to document my four years of high school-maybe even after! Archives
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