Scratch Week 1

We've started a new unit on Scratch.  Here is my tutorial!

I was surprised at how easy Scratch is to use.  It was nice to have a step-by-step tutorial to help me learn the basics of Scratch.  I like to have structure at the very beginning of learning a new topic so I can learn how to do it, and I enjoy having more creative freedom once I've learned the basics.  I feel most creative when I know what I'm doing and am allowed to work on my own.

HTML Webpage

In class recently, we have been learning about HTML coding.  We made our own web pages - here's the link to mine! Unfortunately, tinyURL was not working for me, so here's the complete link.

\\studfilesrvr-01.students.rpsdistrict.local\2017\morgan.neffgatchell\Computer Applications\MorganNeff-Gatchell Final.html

See if it works for you.

Intro to HTML

1 -  How to use HTML to create complex webpages
2 -  How to create coloured text
3 -  More HTML commands

1 -  The purpose of a browser is to display HTML webpages
2 -  Endtags are not always necessary

1 -  I will make a mistake in the HTML that will throw off the entire webpage

New Binary Codes

In class today, we had to find another student's binary code that we like and write a message with it.  You can find the post with the code I used here. See if you can decode it!

* = 0
^ = 1

16 8 4 2 1
 ^  * ^ * *
 *  ^ * * *
 *  ^ * * ^
 ^  * * ^ ^
 *  * * * *
 *  ^ * * ^
 ^  * * ^ ^
 *  * * * *
 *  * ^ * ^
 *  ^ ^ * *
 *  ^ * * ^
 ^  ^ * ^ *
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 *  * * ^ *
 *  * ^ * ^
 ^  * ^ * *
 *  ^ * * *
 ^  * * ^ ^
 *  * * * *
 *  * * ^ *
 *  ^ * * ^
 *  ^ ^ ^ *
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 *  ^ ^ ^ ^
 *  * ^ * *
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New Binary Code

Today in class we made up a new version of the binary code without using letters or numbers.  Here's mine!

~  =  0
!   =  1

See if you can decode this message.  Each line represents a letter.

~ ! ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ! ~ !
~ ! ! ~ ~
~ ! ! ~ ~
~ ! ! ! !
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ! ~ ~ ~
~ ! ! ! !
! ~ ! ! !
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ !
! ~ ~ ! ~
~ ~ ! ~ !
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
! ! ~ ~ !
~ ~ ! ~ !
! ~ ! ~ !

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The Binary Game

Check out the binary game here!

1. I got to level 4.
2. The hardest part of the game is when you get to the big numbers that they assign and you have to figure out which buttons to press.
3. Binary numbers are more difficult than a regular base-10 numeral system, so I don't like it as much as regular counting.
4. With 5 fingers, you could count to 31 in binary.
5. Every time you use a computer, you are using binary.  When I type this post, the computer converts the input from the keyboard, which is in binary, to the letters on the screen.  I then post this and the blog stores the binary code of the letters.  When you open the page, your computer converts that binary code into the words you are reading right now.

3...2...1... Why Computers Use Binary

3 things you learned
   -   Sound is made by air pressure pressing and pulling on your eardrums.
   -   Computer code is sent along wires in volts.
   -   Binary is used because of the risk of inaccuracy.

2 things you don't understand well
   -   Why the binary system doubles the number represented by each digit (1, 2, 4, 8, etc)
   -   How do base 2-9 numeral systems work

1 thing you would like to know more about
   -   Base 2-9 numeral systems