Now into week two and still very excited and motivated. Although a lot of the study content seems familiar, I’m still putting in one hundred percent into my learning and note taking. I have settled into a comfortable pattern of reading, taking notes on paper then when the session is done, converting those notes into mind maps.
Once again I really enjoyed the weekly live event on Monday. I think my highlight was HJ’s impression of mission impossible, only with cake!
As well as working through the book, I’ve started to read the sense instruction manual. I have created games on ‘Scratch’ in the past, with my eight-year-old son, so most commands are familiar. I’m a self-taught user of ‘Scratch’ so I’m hoping by working through the manuals tasks one by one, I will shake off any bad habits I may have learnt.
This week main learning outcomes for me have been;
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History of computers, First, Second, Third and Fourth
Generation.
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Power consumption's of differing computers through
the last 70 years.
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How computers, in a short period of time, have
gone from been owned by large organisations to most people having a personal
computer.
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Moore’s Law.
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How to make pretty patterns in Sense.
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Sharping up my maths skills.
So, so far so good, can’t wait for October to come around and for the course to start for real. Also looking forward to seeing who my tutor is and who is in my tutor group. Next week I’m going to concentrate on reading and understanding the sense guide, and get more familiar with my sense board.