October 31th 2021

• Worked on sandbox challenge

Explanation of Activities Absent on Monday. In-class free time to work on sandbox challenge

Upcoming tasks

• Sandbox Challenge

October 24th 2021

• Learned more about GIS and how to use it
• Discussion on using the 5 V's for big data

Explanation of Activities I started by learning and reading about spatial data. I was the scribe for the discussion.

Upcoming tasks

• Quiz 6
• Quiz 5

October 17th 2021

• Learned more about GIS
• Sparse Data Challenge

Explanation of Activities I started by learning about GIS. I then worked with my partner on the Sparse Data Challenge. We used the mean value to find the missing pixel values.

Upcoming tasks

• Quiz 5

October 10th 2021

• Learned more about GIS and how to use it
• Discussion on using GIS
• Posted Raster data

Explanation of Activities I started by learning about GIS. I then posted my raster data file on GitHub. I participated in the class discussion on GIS on Wednesday.

Upcoming tasks

• Discussion 5
• Quiz 5

October 3rd 2021

• Added script to "About" Page
• Utility Script posted it
• Sandbox 3 - need to post it
• Discussion 3
• Discussion 4b

Explanation of Activities I started by making a podcast for my very simple utility script to calculate the digits of pi. Afterward, I posted discussion 4b. I created the raster for sandbox 3 but I still need to post it. I ended the week by adding my code to my about me page.

Upcoming tasks

• Discussion 5
• Quiz 5
• Sandbox 2

September 26th 2021

• Spent more time trying to figure out how GitHub works. Went to Office hours and asked about it.
• Figure out publishing "About" Page
• Utility Script - need to post it
• Quiz 3
• Quiz 4
• Sandbox 1 - need to post it

Explanation of Activities I started by making a very simple utility script to calculate the digits of pi to whatever decimal place the user wanted. This is useful because in many assignments or worksheets users are asked to assume pi is equal to a specific number of decimal places. Though the code is only a few lines if differing problems/classes approximate pi differently then the code could come in quite handy. I then took quiz 3 and 4. Afterward, I completed sandbox one but I want to check with the professor before uploading to make sure I don't mess something up.

Upcoming tasks

• Discussion 3 - need to make the explanation audio and post by wednesday
• Discussion 4 part b
• Sandbox 2

September 19th 2021

• Spent more time trying to figure out how GitHub works. Planning to go to office hours and ask about it.
• Made the about page. Have yet to publish the page.

Explanation of Activities I had a very busy week with my other classes. I got much less done for this class than I had hoped. I plan on working more this week and going to office hours.

Upcoming tasks

• Figure out publishing "About" Page
• Utility Script
• Quiz 3
• Utility Script
• Discussion 3

September 12th 2021

• Spent more time trying to figure out how GitHub works. Still not super confident in my ability.
• Took quiz 2, have yet to submit.
• Worked on creating my about me page
• Made a post on discussion 1

Explanation of Activities Much like last week, most of my time was spent learning and trying to better understand how GitHub works. By working on creating my about me page I am also gaining experience with markdown. Quiz 2 was more challenging than quiz one but I feel as though I have done decently on the quizzes. I made a post on discussion 1.

Upcoming tasks

• Update "About" Page

September 5th 2021

• Spent time trying to figure out how GitHub works
• Took the quiz
• Read the syllabus again
• Worked on creating my first work report

Explanation of Activities

Most of my time was spent on trying to figure out how GitHub works. I have never used GitHub before so the entire process was quite confusing. There are a lot of terms and buttons that I really had no clue what they meant. Multiple of my classes require using GitHub this semester so I have mainly been focusing on figuring out how all of this works.

Upcoming tasks

• Attempt the sandbox challenge