Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

Just like you did for answer 1 and the objectives for Purther's textbook work for answer 2 post:

EQ

Answer #2 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)

The research source (s) to support your details and answer

Concluding Sentence

*Write your answer like you would write a thesis statement.  Please don't give us one or two words or start your sentence with by.    Thanks!

On Friday 2/28 for Advisory #2, you will be presenting what you have from this blog.  The presentation is more like a share-out and should not last longer than 2 minutes. You don't need a visual.   

EQ

The most important factor in teaching a kindergartner problem solving through programming is Simplicity. 

1. They cannot handle complicated syntax, like vb.net or Java. It is way to complex and involves too much specificity. 
2. If something is too complex, a young student is likely to give up instantly and not truely try, whereas if it's challenging but attainable, then they will normally fight their way through.
3. The ability to understand and be able to create programs to do varying tasks is too hard for young brains if the code itself is too advanced.

     Scheer, Scott D. "Programming Parameters for 5-to-8-Year-Old Children in 4-H." Programming Parameters for 5-to-8-Year-Old Children in 4-H. Journal Of Extention, Aug. 1997. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. <http://www.joe.org/joe/1997august/a2.php>.

Horn, Michael, R. Crouser, and Marina Bers. "Tangible Interaction And Learning: The Case For A Hybrid Approach." Personal & Ubiquitous Computing 16.4 (2012): 379-389. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Oct. 2013.

Fessakis, G., E. Gouli, and E. Mavroudi. "Problem Solving By 5–6 Years Old Kindergarten Children In A Computer Programming Environment: A Case Study." Computers & Education 63.(2013): 87-97. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Oct. 2013.

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.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

I'm really proud of making time, because I was honestly scared I wouldn't, and I was happy that alot of people enjoyed my activity.


2. Questions to Consider
       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

I believe I fit all the P requirements for the lesson, but I did have small troubles keeping control of the class and also I spoke very fast.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

What worked is my activity and my Powerpoint

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

My poster wasn't very good at all and I wouldn't have spoken so fast.

5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?  

I think it will be "Making a program simple enough to be understood by kindergardeners' minds."

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1.  How can a computer programmer best create a program designed to teach kindergarteners problem solving?
2. What coding language do you believe would be simplest to understand for them, or should we use SCRATCH, etc. where they are made for the young children?
3. Would visuals or real syntax be more effective, why?
4. What classes should this programing integrate with? Math, all core, etc. and why?
5. What aspects of the program will be the most important, simplicity, visuals, etc and why? 
6. Who else should I talk with about this topic? teachers? Children? and what questions should be asked?
7. Do you believe that adding programming into curriculum will allow our students to be more prepared for the world? If so, in what ways?
8. How will the teachers teach this topic?
9. In what ways can we design a program to increase student interaction?
10. Would kindergarden be the best grade to begin implementttion

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
My mentors house, he works from home, but the company is called State Collections.
2.   Who is your contact?
Richard Hartlein
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?   
44.83
4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
I worked with a telnet prompt and with the vb.net language and created programs and queries and the such for databases.
5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number confirming who they should call to verify it.  
posted in sheet previously.

Blog 10: Senior Project: The Holiday

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?

This wasn't specifically for my senior project, but over the break I had to set up parental controls for my brother's computer. In the process of setting these up, I realized there was no white list (allow list) for the windows user account control (UAC)  There were a few programs on my brothers computer that we wanted him to be able to use that windows blocked, so rather than having to type the administrator password every time he used a program, I created a program to do it for me. 

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

The time it takes to create "simple" programs, all because of the time it takes to learn all aspects of the code behind it. The source of what I learned stemmed from the 5 hours that it took to write 16 functional lines of code. 

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

Probably my mentor just to see a programmers viewpoint, and also teachers and parents to see the viewpoints of those who work with young children to see what they believe would work.