Final Exam week :)

Our 14th week is our final exam week. Our INTRICT exam was today Wednesday, the exam was okay 'if you really study'. After the exam we went to robinson's place to watch a movie then after, we had a little chit chat with Sir Oli. :P We have one more final exam, it is CCSALGE, on Friday. :)

Last week :(

On our 13th week, we didn't have classes on Monday. On Wednesday, our prof Sir Oli discussed to us about the passing and failing of our courses and what will happen if we fail a course...
Then on Saturday he asked us to go to DLSU for an activity. He let us answer a worksheet for bonus points to catch up because a lot failed on the report last time, the highest score was 74/100, the lowest score was 32/100 and the others mostly got 50+/100. :( ... :)

Lecture and Dance Showdown

On our 12th week, Sir Oli told us about the Programming Language(Second Language), the more programming languages you know the better. Binary is the lowest language, then there's the Assembly, Java is part of the 1st generation language, then the 2nd generation, 3rd generation, 4th generation then the Visual Basic. Language names are the A,B,C,C++(D),C#(E), and the next language name will be F#. There are different kinds of programming languages:
1. Java
2. SQL
3. NET
4. Web Languages
-Javascript
-JSP
-PHP
-AJAX
-XML
5. Mobile Languages
-J2ME
On the same week, Wednesday, we had a dance showdown for our consequence last activity that all of us got a negative demerit. It was fun dancing but it was more fun to watch my blockmates show their talents on dancing. :)

Lectures

Time is really fast! We are already on our 11th week, Sir Oli told us about the y2k problem. That's where the end of the world thing was brought up because of the y2k. He said that time there was not much new inventories because everyone is concentrating on how they will solve the y2k problem. Oh and Sir Oli explained to us why does the MB,GB,KB are always 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc... it is because they are all 2 raise to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc... I also questioned that before why is it like that but now I know:
Flash Drive=
4 = 2^2
8 = 2^3
16 = 2^4
32 = 2^5
64 = 2^6
128 = 2^7
256 = 2^8
512 = 2^9
1024MB = 1GB = 2^10
2048MB = 2GB = 2^11
4096MB = 4GB = 2^12
8192MB = 8GB = 2^13

oh btw,
32K = 8" disk
64K = 5/1/4" disk
128K = 5/1/4" disk double-sided
1.2MB = 3/1/2" FOD

CD = 750MB
DVD = 4GB
DVD-DL = 8GB
BR = 32GB

that's it hehe :)

Sir Oli also discussed about the Computer Communications
It is the process where two or more computers transfer data and instructions.
He told us about the fiber optic, it is a wire that is just like a stand of hair, it cannot be bend because light passes through it so you can't bend it or else it is already useless. Our school DLSU has fiber optics but Sir Oli didn't tell us where it is located for safety purposes. He also told us that each buildings have wires connected to Gokongwei building(our building hehe) because they get their network connection from Gokongwei building where it is located. :)

Lecture and Activity

On our 10th week, our prof Sir Oli had a lecture, he also told us what we should do for our midterm(Makro) and the deadline was Wednesday already so most of us didn't sleep on Tuesday night just to finish it and on the same day Wednesday we had an activity, Sir Oli gave us papers with information about different brand of cars that were sold in a given year. We have to answer his questions using those data and as I can remember the first question, he gave us only 3 minutes to answer it then on the 2nd it was 5 minutes then 10 minutes then 15 minutes but the questions were getting harder for us because we need to analyze those data, compute it and do it in a group as fast as we could. :)

Input

On our 9th week, Sir Oli taught us about input devices. Input as an important element of an information system. He told us about the electronic voting machine case, that Philippines is going for electronic elections. He asked us if which from the two machines (Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) or Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) ) will we choose to use for the upcoming elections on 2010, it was really tough to choose because both of them has their advantages and disadvantages.
ICT Professionals should analyze the data capture requirement, who will use it and where it will be use.
There are important factors we want to caonsider in the choice of Input Device:
-Accuracy and Correctness
-Completeness
-Speed of Data Capture
-Reliability of Device
-User-friendliness
-Environmental Applicability
-Disability Considerations
-Cost, Life of the Device
-Hygiene in use
And by the way , I learned that adults need Serif letters so they can easily read them and the young ones uses San Serif letters...
Input and Output always go together because input captures the data and the output presents the needed information, possible choices of data, validates and confirms the data capture.
There are two types of output:
1. Electronic output
2. Hardcopy output
-involves money
On the same week (Friday)
We had our field trip at Makro and Ms. Girly Velenzuela (Store Manager) told us things about Makro:
-Computers are situated in a vacant space
-Use to operate a chain of large volume raven
-Low price
-1968 in the Netherlands (start of Makro)
-Makro has 15 branches
-Trade in food and non-food
-Gas trading
-Capital investmentment cash and easy distribution
-Partners with SM
-Strong buying power (lowest prices for customers)
-Allow customers to conveniently find the things they need
-Macromail – communication between customers and makro
-Ordering stock control admin (things that the computer do)
-Advance data packaging software – basis of makro unique management and marketing
-Maximize the potential of product by having a low price –downsize for customers
-“Where’s the product, there’s replenishing"
-Loading system – above the lights (new stock) below the lights ( for sale)
-Top 2 for fresh food!
-Receiving time is 5 am to 10 am for wet dock (they used a flat weighing scale on the floor)
-Products should be frozen and fresh
-Presyong divisoria
-Mini IT or AC – reports and etc.
-Dry dock – dry products
-Dock checker – “just in time delivery” and production plan
-7 days return policy…
-Productivity
-Makro units
-CMM – Customer Marketing Management (for customer information)
-Makro Business System (MBS)
:) Sir Oli was so caring he even taught us how we can go back to dlsu or to the place we will go. wala lang he was so kind kasi that's all... :)

Information System :)

On our 8th week, Sir Oli told and explained to us the Stages of Information System Development, Organizational Knowledge, Information Problems, Information System Elements, The situation that requires the use of an IS...
On the same week, he asked us to identify what IS should we use to solve the problem last time. What features should it have? What will be the role of each element of the Information System on your design? What specifics of each element do you propose? But he wasn't able to come to class because he is sick so he asked us to identify 15 input devices and write how is it different and useful and pass it to the IT Secretary... :) get well soon Sir Oli... :)