Weekly Status Report #2

This week, for me, wasn't as productive as the last week mostly because there wasn't as many tasks to complete which were on the computer. Most of the tasks were just little assignments that we had to do on handouts. One assignment that was more than just a little task was the flowchart task which was given on Friday and to complete for Monday. I didn't do well on that but I learned a couple lessons from it. One of the lessons was that I should thoroughly read the question before i start it so I don't do the right thing. The other lesson that I learned by doing this task was that if I don't fully understand a question, then I shouldn't just put down an answer that I think makes sense just to get it done, I should actually look over my notes or ask someone else so i can understand more and get full marks on that task. Two more assignments that we had to do were an essay about computer ethics and a paragraph on the difference between a mainframe computer and a supercomputer.
In class we went over a lot of topics since we didn't have a lot of other assignments to do. The first thing that we did was talk about different computer terms like hardware, software, and programs. We also went over what output/input/peripheral devices, and how to classify computers (supercomputer, mainframe, minicomputer, microcomputer, and laptop). Then the next thing that we discussed was the different models of computers (simple vs. extended) and the types of memory (secondary/auxiliary memory vs. primary/main memory). Then we got a handout about the different memory sizes and a handout about pseudo code which went along with the flowchart subject. The second last thing that we learned about this week was the different types of software (spreadsheet/word-processing/database). Finally, the last thing that we learned about this week was the cryptography. This was the thing that I enjoyed the most since we got to play with those spinning wheels and encrypt and decrypt messages.
Next week we are having the test on flowcharts and I am planning on studying a lot to do good on it. Also I think that we are going to start learning visual basic and I am looking forward to it since it is new to me and I think it will be interesting to learn a type of programming language. Overall, I think that this class will become much more fun as the weeks go by and we start learning more about the actual programming language and I am really looking forward to it.