Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

What, as a computer programmer, is the most important factor to consider when creating a program for a client?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.  

Ease of use. If a customer has limited computer knowledge, they need to still be able to use the program.

Efficiency. A program needs to be able to do its task using the lowest resources possible and as directly as possible.

3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 

My mentor.

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor is Richard Hartlein, and I am working with State Collection Services. I am going over reports and programs created using a facs system and seeing how they are executed. It allows me to actually create programs for people with the help of my mentor and see what factors we need to consider.

Independent Component 1 Approval

Please review the component contract at page 12 of the senior project packet.  Clickhere!  The independent component 1 is an opportunity for you to add a dimension of creativity and/or an additional outlet for research.  The goal of the component is for you to explore your topic in more depth with this component.  On February 7, 2014, you will be turning in the following to your blog to prove completion of this component:

·       Log of hours on an digital spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)

·       Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work, photographs) as digital artifacts

·       LIA

 The senior team expects that your log will be on the right hand side of your blog with your WB and mentorship log.   In addition to this,  we expect that you will be able to prove the total 30 hours of work by submitting evidence to the blog by the due date.  For this blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to do various programming on my own time, learning the visual basic language and making my own programs also I will be joining the programming section of FIRST robotics.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will post pictures of what I'm creating as I go and post descrptions on the blog, as well as logging my hours and a summary for the log

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

It will give me a change to program for the sake of learning, and also, in the iPoly fashion, learn through problem based learning with FIRST.

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your mentorship log and call it the independent component 1 log.

Done.

Your answers to the questions should be supported with details and examples for the senior team to understand what you plan to do.   Once we review your Blog Post 7, your house teacher will discuss with you the approval of your plan.  If it is approved, please start working on it.  If it is not approved, your house teacher will explain why.  It is your job to address the concerns so you can get your component approved.