The activity I decided to pick was learning how to code.The activity has you download a book that gives you examples of coding commands. The first real life example it had me use was putting my moms phone on the other side of the room. I put objects in her way and had to give her commands to find her phone without looking. It also had me work with an app that is a maze. I was taught different commands on how to make the animal to move throughout the maze. It taught me how to create the program for the animal to move and any mistakes caused you to start over. As the levels get higher the more commands you are taught to give the robot. The command that was the hardest for me was the transportation tile. When the animal steps on this he is ent to a different spot on the maze. This was when I had trouble following mo coding pattern. I was pretty interested in the topic so I decide to do more research on coding. I ended up watching a video on coding for beginners and found another website that gave me more information about coding. I found out that there is different types of coding languages. I was really interested in coding and am interested to learn more.
So far being quarantined hasn't been too bad. It has gave me time to work on and try new things that I didn't have the time for before. The main thing I have been doing is watching Netflix and playing Xbox. Ive been catching up on my favorite shows like All American- A show about a high school football team and the different problems they face throughout the season. Another show that I've really enjoyed is Outer Banks which is about a group of friends in the Outer Banks who are trying to find gold. During this time I've felt really relaxed with not much to do. Ive been playing my favorite game NHL 20 and have been getting really good at the game. Another ting I've been doing with all my time is working out. My dad has et up a nice mini gym in the basement. It has everything you need and Is great way to waste time. Some days me and my dad have been working out together which has been really fun. Ever since the shut down I've felt bored at sometimes but this has also been a great time to spend with family and talk to friends online. Even though this is a terrible time it is perfect to get ahead with things in your life. You have plenty of time to read and enhance your knowledge and even train for things such as sports. I have also been trying to get outside as much as possible. For example today Im going to go rollerblading which should be very fun. Hopefully this ends soon and were able to go back to normal.
This week in class we started learning how to use the drones. The first thing we did with them was learn how to fly them manually. This was very easy to do all you had to do was press the buttons to what you wanted the drone to do. The other way which was my favorite was programming the drones. To program the drones all you have to do is put a program into the iPad and it does what you want it to do. For example my group programmed the drone to do a square. To do this all you needed to do was set the drone to take off go straight then make a turn and repeat until you make a square then land. We decide to do this because it was a very simple way to start. Next time we hope we can try to do something more difficult. Flying the drones was a very fun activity that I'm excited to do again.
In the first month of Help Desk we have been working on many different things. We started off using CoSpaces. My partner and I used objects such as a kitchen table, a dresser, and a lamp to build a pathway for the game. We had to get creative to figure out ways to complete this game with objects you would not normally see in video games. We then worked with drones. Personally, I enjoyed programming the drones to fly in different shapes. We had to basically plan out different shapes and pathways for the drones to fly in without us controlling them while they are in the air.
Hi my name is Joe Trabucco and I am currently a junior at Burlington High school. My interests include hockey, playing Xbox, and hanging out with my friends in my spare time. I decided to join Help Desk to learn more about the technology i have yet to be introduced to. I plan to go to college for business and I feel that taking this class will help me flourish in those areas.
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