Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a)I, Garrett, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b)My sources include my mentor who worked with me as well as various google searches on java coding that allowed me to complete my programs.
(c)Done 
d) I did many extra mentor ship hours and also worked on java programs on my own time making them more advanced.    
INTERPRETIVE 

RPS Program

http://puu.sh/8mwxp.txt = RPS Code

http://puu.sh/8mwA9.txt = Failed R Calculator Code

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 
This component helped me answer my EQ in helping me understand code and its significance. My RPS program and my R Calculator have given me various problems and i have been able to work through most of them and all of this gives me more and more of an understanding of what needs to be taken into account while coding, at my age, as well as at younger ages.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
I plan to continue mentorship, as I will be approaching 50 hours soon, and also continue doing side programs to practice my skills. I am really enjoying taking java at school and will be able to program in 2 languages now. 
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I will be able to take screenshots of the code as evedence as well as keep a log of my hours.
3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
This will allow me to not only research computer programming but allow me to experiment and be able to talk from personal experience for my 2 hour.
4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it the independent component 2 log.
Done.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

LITERAL

(a) I, Garrett Holmes, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) My mentor Richard Hartlein as well as my fellow programmers from robotics and also ALOT of visual basic tutorials!
(c) Done
(d) I worked on a multitude of programs allowing me to branch out over my programming skills and also participated in the FIRST Robotics group where I got to work with LabVIEW, a very Different programming language.
  
INTERPRETIVE
My work throughout independant component consisted of my learning of programming languages, which I had zero real knowledge of in the beginning, and my creating of programs as either the ideas popped in my head, or the need arrived for the program to be made.

Here is my program League

Here is my program Hello World

Here is my program Descisions.

I also have my program files for the program DnD here
I also created a program to bypass the UAC of a windows computer as a standard user, without giving the password to the standard user. Do to the idea behind the program however, I will not be posting the code here.

APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

This allowed me to better understand my topic, because this was the time where I was truly teaching myself how to code and the work that gets put into it. This along with my mentor ship has probably been the most personally satisfying part of my senior project.

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.