WBL Reflection 05/07/17

The WBL workshop on 05/07/17 was an essential one since it discussed the significance of utilizing your time carefully and how to legitimately contribute your cash and be economical with it. Mr. Frank conducted the workshop and in-depth spoke about the ways, us teens, can be smart with money and how we should take some consideration in investing. He clearly discussed how the teens of today are completely consumed by the idiotic ideals surrounding us like fidget spinners. Mr. Frank was outstandingly motivational stating how instead of us being the consumers and wasting our money, we could be the ones creating these gadgets and getting the money to exponentially grow financially, hopefully.

One of the biggest message put out there during the workshop was the fact that we shouldn't waste our time as the saying goes "Time is Money", literally. Being able to invest and grow was one point that I really want to do after the workshop. Because without any source of money, one won't be able to potentially live independently. Coming from a middle class family, I can't say I've never had something I needed. I, gratefully, have had sufficient of everything from my parents. But, I dream that someday I am able to be better than them and think smart of my actions and my economic situation. I want to be able to use any resource to my advantage and grow financially in order to provide for those who gave back to me, like my parents. That's why people that invest and are able to buy stocks are quite intelligent and mentally prepared for what ever is to come their way. And soon, I'll leave the middle class economic role and stand in a better one.

Lab 14 Reflection

   Lab 14 was basically making a somewhat mini calculator using JavaScript Math operations that incorporate expansion, subtraction, augmentation, and division. I created forms and buttons and made 4 alerts that included addtion, subtraction, multiplication, and division. When anyone wrote their first number and their second number, using any sort of mathematical operation, the correct final answer would appear under the buttons and forms on the site. I used a lot of prior knowledge from Labs 12 and 13. It was kind of tricky since sometimes it would work or it wouldn't. Overall, the objective of this lab was clear and obvious.
   This lab, as mentioned beforehand, was sort of tricky since Mrs. Ramirez was somewhat unclear with the code that needed to be used and I was confused about it. But, as I started to research a little more online in order to understand what exactly it is that we're doing with Javascript, I realized that the coding from Lab 13 was needed to complete this lab but repeated 4 times doing different functions. After I took that to account, everything else came to be simple and easy. I used CSS styles/attributes in order to make my site better looking but I wish to utilize more designing skills in order to captivate my user's attention. These skills will definitely help me in the near future! This lab was fun and somewhat puzzle-solving.

Lab 13 Reflection

     Lab 13 is additionally using JavaScript in which we must have the capacity to communicate with the Name, Phone, and Email boxes. What I needed to do was make it so that at whatever point somebody puts in a Name, Phone, and Email and taps the button that says "Go", every last bit of it will enroll and a fly up will demonstrate the majority of that data. This was extremely fascinating as this is something else that most sites have, which is putting your username to be a piece of the site and sign into. This lab was focused on being able to communicate and interact with any other user that may use the site. It demonstrates the fact that you know how to work with Javascript.
     This lab was fun but stressful at the same time. I did struggle a lot learning how to do about with forms and whatnot. At first, I didn't get why that certain code worked the way it did. But, after a while of practicing and working with such, it helped me better understand the concept. I will use these skills for future projects and labs as well as in any other CTE related event if needed. I really did enjoy this lab since it made me feel like I can do so much more with my work and explicitly elaborate on the way my site is presented to other users.

York College STEM Trip

   On Friday, March 03, 2017, some Web students attended a STEM related program at York College, which we had to get there early. The Web students varied a couple from each grade so we all had either less or more knowledge of what was taught at the place. When we got there, we found out a lot about the ARMY and how being in the army won't hold back anyone from having an education in college. Matter of fact, after the years you serve in the army, they pay for your whole college tuition and fees and most of the money related situations. The Army actually sponsored the event! I was in the GaME program in the place and I kind of learned something new but at the same time, I found it boring and dull since I already knew what to do and how to do it. At the end of the day, we did get a nice bag with a lunch and a water bottle. It was fun and the experience itself was pleasing!

Lab 12 Reflection

   For this lab in specific, we basically used all our previous knowledge like html and css attributes but also adding Javascript attributes for the first legitimate time. We basically we created a form and button using the <script> tag and having it work. Once we had that, we "decorated" the site with CSS attributes like adding colors to the background, changing the color of the text, changing the side or weight of the text, and changing the color of the actual button. The lab itself was quite simple and easy and I was happy with the outcome. We had one short period to complete this lab!
   In conclusion, these skills I keep obtaining and learning I will use in the later future for any project or lab that needs Javascript work added to it. I really had no trouble throughout this lab, I was surprised myself because sometimes I do need help and ask my neighbors or peers for any advice or tip. I like the colors I also added to my site. Overall, this was good practice for more complicated forms or Javascript works!

Facebook Hackathon Reflection

   SO on Saturday, March 04, 2017, individually the Web Academy family had to attend a hackathon being hosted by Facebook. They were being sponsored by many other companies. Anyways, it all started at exactly 8:00 in the morning. (Quite early compared to our first one) I met up with a couple of the early birds like Anvinh, Ashahi, Diondre, and Malik. When we first stepped into the building, it felt so luxurious and so much excitement came into mind waiting for me to look forward to the day. The breakfast was OKAY, they gave out my all time favorite beverage: COFFEE and a pretty wide variety of bagels with either the options to spread butter or cream cheese. Next time, they should ass jelly somewhere in there or a toaster so at least the bread is enjoyable to eat. After breakfast, most of the class started coming in and getting settled down meanwhile, others were making up their teams made of 2-3 people. I was in group of 3 including myself, Ayoub and Veronica!! We made a team logo, banner and started brainstorming beforehand since we had an idea of what was gonna be asked of us. Once they did tell us what our objective of the day was, all of the teams set up would be given a mentor to get any sorts of help from. My team was working on time until we came to the part of actually coding an APP on AppLab, which we never used before in class nor had any sorts of experience with beforehand. This was my biggest struggle throughout the whole day. My team was very supportive and helped me a lot along the way and just in time, we were all able to complete our own project with our own text responses. For lunch, we had some sandwiches and water and finally for dinner, we had dominos pizza with some soda, which really tasted good! The whole day was tiring and stressful but I had a blast just being around my classmates and having a good time. We all learned something new at the end of the day and it really felt good getting more experience in coding Javascript!
   To conclude, this hackathon was truly fullfilling and made me feel a bit more confident in my work. Having those 10 hours of practice for APCSP Exam made me feel like I'll be able to manage my time more and be more efficient in the work I create and produce. I now have a true real idea of what the real test may be like and I feel like I'm ready for it now!

Project 2 Reflection

   In project 2, the main purpose or objective needed to achieve was to explicitly elaborate on our favorite toon character using the newly learned skills from css. Growing up, my favorite character was Pink Panther since he was crazy and funny! He was always my most preferred that I bought a lot of merchandise based off of him. The site would contain 4 links, which were, The Homepage of the Site, The About Page speaking about the character and how it came about in order for it to be aired, The Process Page which states how the whole site was completed in time with the troubles I went through and the last page would be the Copyright Page which named all of the owner's rights and whatnot.
   There were some troublesome and simple parts about making this site. A troublesome part about this site I experienced difficulty with was the point at which I was attempting to locate the correct measurements for each photo. The simple piece of this site was while making the route bar that would interface me to each of alternate pages that I needed to make.
   To conclude, I found this project to be challenging yet simple. Most of the skills I improved on throughout this project would be used for further work and projects and labs. I tried my best to give the site full copyright and tried my absolute best to do my best in the time span we got. Sure I had a couple of obstacles but I had peers that would help me. Making a site is vital for turning into a Web Designer since that is the motivation behind this class and I can utilize these abilities I learned for a future employment that needs to do with planning sites.

CTE Expo Reflection

   On February 15, 2017, the CTE Academies (Web Design & Video) always have an event in which the student of every academy and every grade inside that academy display the work they have recently finished in order to catch the attention of other freshman who have the true potential and interest in order to join any academy. The CTE Expo is an opportunity for freshman who really want to be part of a STEM related academy. OF COURSE, the Web Academy is the BEST! Therefore, we the students of Web Design Academy show off all of our work and interact with the 9th graders and convince them to want to join to this academy. With such a large number of freshman this year, just 30 seats are accessible so the most elite can just join.
   There were a couple of wrongdoings but enjoyable actions during CTE Expo 2017. It started since first period and ended till the last period of the day which is 9th period. It was truly a great experience, like always, compared to last year. Some 9th graders are usually shy or don't speak up, being afraid to open up and ask any questions. This happened throughout the EXPO! I would enhance this with each Web Design Academy understudy taking one of the first year recruit when they come in and indicate them are the space to see the majority of the work while conversing with them about what Web Design is about so that nobody is deserted, clueless, and it is flawless and systematic.
   The things that were enjoyable and worked out nicely throughout CTE Expo 2017 was the way that a ton of the work was appeared on the PCs and there were a great deal of tri-folds to demonstrate the ninth graders. The collaboration with the ninth graders was an enhance than a year ago as I would like to think too. We simply need to stay aware of the diligent work and enhance our abilities to make a site and our communication aptitudes with the rookie. Likewise, the apparel worn amid the Expo was exceptionally proficient as for the most part everybody was wearing business clothing/easygoing, as we need to get used to wearing that sort of garments to set us up for when we are landing a position.
   The CTE Expo is truly useful for me as not exclusively does this make me get happy with wearing proficient clothing, yet it likewise assists with my talking abilities for when I need to converse with individuals balanced or talking out in the open. Talking is a vital expertise to have in the business world and I have to enhance it. Talking and clarifying code is vital to demonstrate the comprehension of the point and I can't flounder for when I talk, so the CTE Expo is an incredible chance to clarify coding that has been done and indicate individuals how it happens. The CTE Expo was a fun experience and Web Design is the BEST AND MOST AMAZING ACADEMY EVER!!WEB IS BETTER THAN VIDEO!!!!

Lab 11 Reflection

   Lab 11 is the last wireframe for the Respect For All project. The main points in completing in this lab was to include shading, finish my textual styles, and have an enhanced blueprint in view of the criticism of my Lab 10 drafts. This wireframe is vital as it will indicate what I will put in my site and the format of how it ought to look with the textual styles and hues.
   There were a few troubles when I was making the last wireframe on the grounds that I was confounded on how I ought to make the format of this site and didn't comprehend what textual styles or hues to use for the content or foundation. After I got a great deal of advice and tips from the class and the educator, I understood that my underlying format was the best fit than the other one introduced, so I stayed with the design appeared below and worked with it.
   I learned the skill of being able to take feedback from my peers and teachers in order in how you can enhance and improve it so more individuals will come and view it. Helpful feedback is dependably, something to be thankful for to have as there will dependably be opportunity to get better. This will be extremely valuable for up and coming labs and projects and works as I will take what I realized and think about it while making another wireframe.

Lab 10 Reflection

For lab 10 we assume to make a wire outline for venture 3. Fundamentally we need to make a diagram for venture 3 , with the goal that I can get a thought on where to put my flag, pictures, joins, route bar, and so on.

Initially I need to make 3 drafts for landing page. For the principal draft I need to make essential blueprint about how the page will resemble. Second draft include some particular data and in conclusive draft as can see above, pick shading and genuine data that i'm going to include landing page. So as to make the outline(lab 10) I utilized Photoshop CS6 and afterward change over the psd document into pdf. I additionally made the drafts for my other three pages that will be in my venture.

Project 3 Reflection

 Respect For All is a critical point to discuss as there are individuals in this world who are one-sided and slight individuals for their identity and what they have faith in. The theme that I secured for Respect For All is Animal Cruelty. Animal Cruelty to me is quite a crucial topic to touch upon on. Personally, I feel like every animal had rights and shouldn't be exposed to any harsh and gruelsome life! It's wrong and believing in the Catholic Church, I speak with utmost passion that God made animals and all life in order for it to cherished and taken care of. Why would one do the absolute opposite? It's sickening to me simply thinking of it. Therefore, I support the stop to animal cruelty!

The skills I learned along the way well be extremely useful as I get the chance to find out about how individuals need to regard religion and not instantly think one way, but rather investigate with the assets furnished with us. Likewise, with making or attempting to make an expert site, I figured out how to make new things with CSS like adding a footer to the base of the page to demonstrate my name, copyright, and fake contact data. It was an exceptionally accommodating venture to do and I took in a considerable measure amid my time doing this and will most likely utilize this later on for when I need to outline a site.

Lab 9 Reflection

   The reason for Lab 9 is to discuss what my arrangement is for the up and coming AP PT Exam that I am going to take for AP Computer Science Principles with Mrs. Ramirez. Utilizing, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), I made my arrangement for what I will do to ensure that I am set up for the AP Exam. I plan to concentrate a ton and ensure that the subject that I will utilize will have enough data and will be a decent mechanical advancement that will profit society.
   What I did to make this arrangement was utilize Adobe Dreamweaver with a HTML record and an outer CSS document to make my site look satisfying. I made the background a shade of pink and the shade of my heading the color of maroon. CSS makes a site stand out with its attributed and various styles in order to save time from repeating the same code over and over again. I utilized the body { background-color } tag and the h1{font-color} tag to change the shading. I utilized the <p> tag to make every section and <li> tag to make the rundown.
   Learning CSS will be exceptionally valuable for making sites look all the more speaking to take a gander at and will help me improve as a Web Designer. I feel that the way you present your site describes your skills and creativity at hand. People can see how you express yourself and the way you try to express yourself and try to take that in with the details you add. CSS will definitely change the way my sites will be seen from a regular html doc. to a more specified css. doc.

WBL Workshop #4

WBL #4 Workshop was about how we can do extraordinary functioning with collaborators in an occupation. We took in the necessities and respectable strides to do on the activity of working in an occupation. With these lessons, we can have a superior perception of how the genuine occupations out there function thus we would be set up on what to do in case we're ever in a circumstance with the colleagues or the clients. By talking about the results of an occupation, it can show us what to do if there should be an occurrence of anything. Notwithstanding that, we were additionally told about business clothing amid prospective employee meet-ups and how to inspire them so they can get a decent impression of us. Being set up for employments now would profit us since we'll know the proper behavior and respond to wind up grown-ups and develop into the world as dependable individuals.
   Monday, which is usually a short day is the day in which we had a WBL workshop in the CCEC, which was about Workplace safety and getting an internship. A person named Anthony Kuzma from Futures and Options came today to talk about their program and what they do and how they can help us seniors in getting internships paid and nonpaid. There are so many internships that this program provides and if we are proactive, then we can potentially get an internship that will help towards fulfilling a CTE requirement. Knowing these opportunities is important for me because I would like to know how I can make the most out of this year by doing more work and being less lazy. However, I have to make sure that I understand how to do things safely in the workplace, as told to us today so accidents and potential deaths could be avoided. I have to stay safe at all times and make sure that I know how to do a task properly without injuring myself.

AP Central CollegeBoard Summary Reflection

The through-course appraisal is contained two AP Computer Science Principles Performance Tasks. The main undertaking obliges understudies to distinguish a figuring advancement, investigate its effect, and make a related computational ancient rarity. The second undertaking concentrates particularly on the production of a PC program through the cooperative and iterative procedure of programming.

For the through-course evaluation, understudies will make advanced antiquities — a few cases incorporate projects, computerized workmanship, or video — joined by a composed reaction. Understudies will present their last errands by means of the AP Digital Portfolio, a Web-based programming application that encourages the way toward gathering and transmitting AP CSP through-course execution undertakings to the AP Reading for scoring. The AP Digital Portfolio contains client parts for educators, understudies, and AP facilitators.

Disney Chart Activity Reflection

 In view of the information above, most disney motion pictures are certain with the evaluations as there are a couple of exemptions with Goofy Movie and Pocahontas having the most exceedingly terrible appraisals. Toy Story had the best appraisals out of the disney motion pictures, however the quantity of evaluations were the best out of every one of them. Ridiculous Movie and Pocahontas had the most exceedingly awful evaluations as a result of the way that these two motion pictures had the slightest appraisals, implying that not that many individuals gave the motion picture a rating and it could be distinctive if the specimen size were all the same for every film. The scatter plot demonstrates that a great deal of disney film evaluations fall around the 300 appraisals, implying that motion pictures like Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, and Beauty and the Beast are great disney motion pictures to watch since the appraisals are extremely positive.
   For this movement I needed to try different things with various diagram sorts on this point and attempt to utilize distinctive blends of segments to take in more. It was about finding associations in the information. Initially, I sorted out it by gathering the film name, normal rating, number of evaluations for ladies and men in a line amass with lines and segments with marks so it's all the more simple to peruse. The base was zero and went up its approach to 4.2 as the most extreme. This information let me know that both the men and female have a typical enthusiasm for a few motion pictures that is the reason it changed at each rate. I think this will help me later on the grounds that, I'll have the capacity to tell what the information graph shows and why it's valuable.
 

Stage 11 Reflection Code Studio

What I did today in class was utilize the information given to us in an excel spreadsheet to make 3 diagrams. This was a piece of stage 11 from studio.code.org and the design was to make three charts: a line diagram, bar diagram, and scatter plot. The point of the diagrams were Average Rating versus Age. The charts demonstrated must be exact as that would give the peruser the best representation of the information displayed. In view of the information displayed on the diagrams, there were generally couple of exceptions and the majority of the evaluations were nearly the same.

Making these charts were extremely valuable for the AP Exam, as well as for genuine as I will comprehend and have the capacity to translate diagrams and which sort of diagrams are required for every particular kind of information. It is exceptionally helpful to utilize charts as they will display inclines that have been going ahead on the planet and are useful for expectations for future ventures that will most profit society.

WBL Workshop 12/19/16

   There was a WBL Workshop in our CTE academies on Decemeber 19,2016. The lady who spoke talked and elaborated on multiple things regarding a job and its priorities. She taught us about the certain steps that should be taken while working at a specific job place. Procedures like an emergency procedure like handling a fire extinguisher or a first aid kit was spoken of. She also spoke about what would happen if I were to be in any danger with my boss or customers and the steps that should be taken at the moment in order to avoid any exaggerated harm. It was quite interesting and sparking since there are things that not a lot of us are alert of. There can be real life problems and I for one, have to able to take care of the situation in a mature manner. Knowing on of my guidance counselor has my back leads us to becoming respectful young adults.

Career and College Fair Reflection

   On Friday, December 16, 2016, a college fair was being hosted at ITHS in order to inform all CTE academy students about college opportunities. It all started pretty early and I had to come in with business casual attire so it was quite important for the teacher and for me. Since it was early, not a lot of colleges nor their representatives were there so we had to wait for a couple of minutes and little by little they started coming in. Our task for the day was to get information on colleges and look at programs they offered and ask alumni about the intel they offered. Colleges like SUNY Polytechnic Institute, BMCC, Minorit Science Engineering Improvement Program, and old ITHS students that had previously been in a CTE academy give details on college process applications.
   A lot of intel was given like since both big and small schools went. Small schools, like Suny Polytechnic Institute is a perfect environment for people/students to come as one and work together for computer science reasons. There was programs like ASAP (Accelerated Study in Associate Programs) which bring significant change to those who need dire help financially and academically. They offer an unlimited metro card, tuition, textbook voucher, early registration options, etc but there are certain requirements needed in order to have full access to these benefits. All of these advantages come to use once I'm in college and would want extra support and help from sources around me.
   College is quite an important stage in the life of one since it leads one in becoming an adult and having a secure, fundamental job. Having a diploma that certifies that you have mastered skills in a specific field means that you are truly important for what you can do and that means companies and other important figures might want you to work for them. All I know is that I have to keep trying my hardest and stay focused in school to result as someone intelligent and educated for my future. Thank you Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. Hyde, and all the other school staff that made this event happen and to those who came to the college fair to share their information for us.