Arlon's CSUMB Blog

Arlon's Learning Journal for the week Wed 1/20-Tues 1/26, year 2021 There is a time management and study strategies page we visited that has suggestions on how to be a successful student such as thinking more about when, how and where you study, avoiding distractions, studying at the right time of day, how to take tests, how to read, speed read, skim information, work in groups and many other helpful topics. Last week I said meals, distractions and sleep are my weak points, I don't see those listed on the new page but there are lots of tips listed. This week one study video (MrBrownCS, 2018) focused on ethical considerations of technology and computing, with specific points made on sub-topics such as privacy, inclusivity, health, professionalism, energy and resource use, social media, employment, globalism, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and proprietary and open source software. There was also continued reflection on grammar, APA references, Canvas discussions, and added...

 2021-01-19 Summary of Thomas Friedman's - New Rules - In a word, working hard is no longer good enough, we have to go above and beyond working hard, relating this philosophy to meanings extracted from ex-presidential quotes. Summary of Trends in Computing 2021 (21 predictions for 2021) - This article grazes the surface of supposed (debate-ably) cutting edge technologies offering educated opinion regarding what is at the forefront and what will fall behind. Cloud computing, AI, blockchain among other debate-ably forefront technologies are mentioned and predicted about. Summary of the Introduction to Project Management video - This video explains how programming gets done in a medium to large size corporation with emphasis on the project management role. There are lots of programmers and programming that falls outside of this model (Linus Torvalds did not have a project manager telling him how to create Linux, and you could name lots of others, myself as well, Klaus Knopper is anoth...

 Hello World, This is Arlon's CSUMB Blog. This week we did introductions, made videos about ourselves, met with everyone, started to learn about APA documentation, and did an industry analysis outline with APA documentation, learned about the school, history, process, and took some easy quizzes. Hopefully programming soon. -By Arlon