April 27th Status Report

This week in computer programming, we learned about a new control called the Timer Control. We were taught a lesson on the properties of the timer and we learned when and how the timer control should be used into our programs. One of the programs that we did to incorporate the timer control was an application that shows a running clock and also a program that is a stopwatch. As a continuation from the essay that we completed last week, each group had to present two of their computer related careers. On Thursday we had our unit test on strings, loops, timer controls , tracing and operators.

The timer control was not a very had control to use, the notes that we were given were very clear and were easy to follow and use. The computer related careers presentations really opened my eyes to all the possibilities that go with working with computers. Regarding the test, I had some trouble with it, although I reviewed my notes and was pretty well prepared I believe I could have done much better. The biggest problem I had was writing the code on paper and not on a Visual Basic form. I felt awkward writing the code on paper, and I wasn't really comfortable writing the the program that added only odd numbers. I remember doing this program but switching from visual basics to paper was to confusing for me. I also had some trouble with the tracing with the remainder process in the program, I am not very familiar with it and I regret not learning more about it before the test.

In the future I hope that I will be better prepared for the tests and I will be able to do well on the tests and not just the programs. I am looking forward to the new control or programs that we will be doing next week.