14th Week FInal Blog
It has been a very interesting semester , specially in this class , we covered so many things , in such short time , it will be very difficult to summarize it all in a few statements , but I will do my best. The course was very well planned , and Dr. Brown not only explained it all well but also was patient with all students.
The first week we covered the history of computers and I found it interesting , its beginnings and what these people went trough to bring this technology about , was to me very interesting . I enjoyed this week , as I learned the names of the people involved in the development , and the different ideas they had until we got t the system we use currently. It was like a ride through time , and it was helpful to understand , how this emerged. It was a great start and I am looking forward to learn more. The second week was also another ride through time , learning Binary number system , also conversion from binary to hex to decimal , it was a whole learning experience , especially goint into the #rd week in which we had to build a pc , I remember doing step by step building this particular PC from scratch , and chose part by part and very specific in choosing the most expensive keyboard and mouse since we use that the most . Also we began this Blog about that same time.
The 4th week we covered the assembly language and used a simulator (als) again it was another learning experience as it all was new to me , yet the ALS was so easy to learn it made things more manageable and easier to understand it helped clear the path instead of confusing , this all led to the first test and our spring break. The first test was not too bad , I could have done better , just had some memory lapses , but ended with a B .
When we returned from break we covered the different Networks and also learned HTML wrote a small web page and uploaded to the college server using ftp , it was a neat little project , on top of that learning different topologies of networks was part of this weeks class . Week 7 we covered Databases , mainly SQL , it was a history trip , and learned all from flat types to relational types , we moved in week 8 to programming using a program called scratch , i made 2 programs , the first was way too complicated , so i opted using the second one , it was simple we uploaded this to the scracht website , week after that we covered security on the web , how hackers began , what they use , and so on , again another week of new information . which led to week 10 another week of tests , again I could have done better , I missed a 10 point question got a b , the tests were fair just have to pay attention .
The week after we covered Robotics , this was all new to me , i thought i could be complicated but it was really more fun than anything . that quickly went to week 12 where we covered (AI) Artificial Intelligence , it seemed right out of the movies , it was also another history trip , as I learned how this started and so on which led to the final week where we covered Virtual Reality (VR) , it was also another learning week , so much learned in such short time , now I could go on but I will end this here , and to end this I must say it was a most wonderful learning experience , one I know anyone taking this course will not only learn but also enjoy doing it. Now is test time again , got to get ready for Finals so good luck to me . Bye for now!!!!