We completed our look at our post zombie apocalypse communication system and looked at some features of students' designs. We discussed some things to consider, and looked at Braille and Flag Semaphore
I talked about some of the suggested essay topics. For all the available information on the assessments students should check out the COMP6023 Assessment Information page over there ---->
We considered how to represent text using bits. I asked students to devise a text transmission system using traffic lights for use after the zombie apocalypse. I asked students to work in groups and email their solutions to me.
At the end of class I pointed out that someone has already devised a very similar system. But that it doesn't use lights. Quite the contrary in fact.
Outpost 19 Report day 256/Bad week/Surprised us at dawn day 253/ Lost 3/Lost Irish nerd/Told us morse code on stop lights inefficient/Can't decipher notes/know what 23x23=64 means?/OP19 out
We had a very brief introduction to Photoshop. But we are mostly interested in its ability to save images with different settings. We won't be doing much else with Photoshop. But it is the industry standard tool for image editing and the secret to celebrities looking good.
We played binary bingo. But the person with the winning card didn't figure it out, so we shared the bag of jellies between us.
We looked at representing negative numbers with bits. I mentioned the IEEE format is used for floating point numbers, but we didn't look at it in detail.
Next up we will consider how to represent text using bits.
I has asked student to find out about blogs. I asked students to discuss in groups the main features of blogs that make them different from other websites.
This was our first class. But I'm calling it Class 05 because I want to keep my numbering consistent with the weeks. I apologize for the late start, and the last minute room change.
I asked students to watch this video in advance of class. I don't believe that many did.
We looked at bits and combinations of bits, and how they can be assigned meaning. We looked at how bits can be used to represent integers.
Last week I asked students to find out everything they could about blogs. I asked a few students at the start of class what they had learned. Students got into groups to share what they had figured out. How is a blog different from a regular web page?
I talked about blogs and walked through some of the settings in Blogger