TECHie Club

Linear and Binary searching
Posted by: ahernandez on Jan 16, 2010
Hello. Wednesday we learned about linear and binary searching. Linear searching is a random search. Binary searching is searching in order. We played games, our techie teacher had five searchers and then the rest of us had a paper with numbers. Our Techie teacher had us go in a random order. The searchers had to look for a specific number. Then for the second round Techie teacher had us look for the number 63. (I remember it was 63 because I had the number 63.) So the searchers looked right next to me. Then we played battleship in a different way. Peace for today.

TECHIE CLUB
Posted by: jstaggs on Jan 11, 2010
In TECHie Club at Clinton ES, we learned about Scratch. Scratch is a computer program that allows you to things make games, animate things and do interactive arts. Scratch is many algorithms put together to complete the task of the different things you can do on Scratch. Computer programming is when a person sets up a list of instructions for the computer to follow. One list of instructions is an algorithm.
Posted by: jstaggs on Jan 13, 2010
Today in TECHie Club, we learned how to do interactive arts on Scratch. An example of an interactive art is having a sprite change color and the sprite's body be mutated with the swipe of the mouse.  Overall, Scratch can be used to create many fun games, interactive arts and animations.

Super Scratch
Posted by: kcannell on Jan 13, 2010
Today at TECHie Club, we did Scratch. In case you’re wondering, Scratch is a VERY FUN computer program used to make animations, games, and interactive arts. In TECHie Club, on Scratch, I made a round man that changed colors. That's not all he did though, he followed whichever way my mouse went. The background was the Grand Canyon, and that changed colors also. All together, Scratch is an AWESOME computer program.

Algorithms
Posted by: khernandez on Jan 13, 2010
Hey it’s me again. Today, we did battle ship. First, we did a random search, then we did an orderly search and finally we did a numeral search.

Scratch 2
Posted by: lpierce on Jan 13, 2010
Today we did Scratch AGAIN and once again it was awesome! We learned how to do 2 new tricks though; we learned how to wiggle and twist a picture with our mouse and make our sprite change colors by clicking on buttons. One of our club members even uploaded one of his creations on the scratch website! It's a stick figure that does things like... BARFS! You can check it out on the scratch website if you want to know what it is. You can check it out on my blog from last week.

Binary Code: bits & bytes
Posted by: ahernandez on Jan 06, 2010
Hi everyone! I'm about to give you a few examples of words in binary code.
Hello: 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111.

Bit
Posted by: asatterwhite on Jan 06, 2010
Bit is 0 or 1
A byte is 8 bits
A kilobyte is 1000 or  1024
And that all the bits I remember
So you now know a lot of bits and byites.

SCRATCH!
Posted by: lpierce on Jan 09, 2010
When we were in Techie Club we learned about Scratch. Scratch is a computer program designed for people to animate and design. In Scratch you can design and play games, and also watch and create videos with different backgrounds and characters/sprites. Scratch is really fun and you can easily download it for free at scratch.mit.edu.

An algorithm
Posted by: wstaggs on Jan 08, 2010
About two weeks ago Clinton Techie Club learned about an algorithm. An algorithm is a how to list. It's also a recipe for the computer to do. Like on Scratch you have to give the cat directions so the cat can do what you wanted it to do.

What I learned on wednesday
Posted by: wstaggs on Jan 07, 2010
On wednesday Clintons Techie Club learned about Scratch. Scratch is something where you can do a lot of things. Scratch is a computer program that allows you to do interactive arts,play games, and animations. You can give directions to the computer, and the computer will do what you wanted it to do. We went to Scratch, and there was an orange cat. We gave him directions like [15 steps to the left.]

Computermatation
Posted by: jstaggs on Dec 19, 2009
A computer program is a list of instructions [algorithm*] that the computer follows to complete. There are many computer programs like Microsoft Word, Power point and many others. *An algorithm is a list of instructions for the computer to follow. In order for the computer to do a task the algorithm has to be in a language the computer understands [0' and 1's]. You can store 0's and 1’s in a CD or DVD by the computer burning the 0's and 1's in the ridges of the disc. The computer knows the difference between a 0 and a1 by the reflection the disc gives off.  For example a dull reflection might represent a 0 and the non-dull reflection might represent a 1. A transistor is a like a little on and off switch that tells 1’s and 0's to the computer that might add up to something bigger like a algorithm. For example on a transistor, on might represent 1's and off might represent 0’s.

How the Components Connect to the Motherboard
Posted by: aawilliams on Dec 09, 2009
I have learned that the Motherboard connects to everything. I have learned that the processor is the brain of the computer. I also learned that the processor is cooled down by the heat sink. To get sound there is a system called the sound card. The short term memory is called the ram. I have learned a lot of things from Techie Club today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Motherboard
Posted by: ahernandez on Dec 09, 2009
Hello everyone. Today I learned about all of the components and how they connect to the Motherboard. The motherboard holds about ten different components. the following are the components excluding the Motherboard,: processor, heat sink, memory, hard disk drive (HDD), optical disk drive, sound card, video card, power supply unit, modem, and the network interface card (NIC). The memory is short term, called RAM (random access memory), the hard disk drive (HDD), the processor is the brain (CPU), the modem connects to internet, network interface card (NIC) connects to the internet, the power supply unit gives energy to the components, the heat sink cools the computer down, the optical disk drive reads/ writes disks, the video card processes images, and the sound card processes sound.

What We Learned at TECHie Club
Posted by: bcortez on Dec 09, 2009
Today we learned about the heat sink. What it does is it cools down the computer. We also learned that the sound card processes sound. And I can’t wait till we take apart computers and keep our favorite part. First, we learned about the brain of the computer and what some of the things do, like the inputs and the outputs. Also like the sound card process the sound in the computer. Oh yeah also the power supply unit. What that does is it supplies power to the computer.

Computer Parts and What They Do
Posted by: iwoodward on Dec 02, 2009
Motherboard: The motherboard is the thing that connects to everything
Processor: The processor is the brain of the computer
Heat Sink: The heat sink cools down the processor so it does not overheat
Short Term Memory: The short term memory memorizes stuff when it is on
Long Term Memory: The long term memory memorizes stuff when it is on and off
Sound Card: The sound card helps the computer make sound and tells the speakers what to do
Video Card: The video card takes signals from the processor and turns into an image on the screen
Power Supply Unit: It helps put power into the computer
Modem: The modem helps connect to the internet
Network Card: It helps computers talk to each other

Te Te Te TECHie Club is Cool!
Posted by: migarcia on Dec 09, 2009
In my test I’ve learned that the motherboard connects everything in the computer. I know that a video card is the one that processes images. There is also the power supply unit. It supplies power. There is also the NIC it connects to the network .There is the CPU that is the brain it is also important. And that’s what I had learned in my test.

Components
Posted by: ahernandez on Dec 02, 2009
Hi, what's up everyone. I learned about sound cards, video cards, power supply unit, modem, network interface card, the motherboard, processor, heat sink, memory, hard disc drives, optical disc drive. Sound card- plays sounds, video cards- processes images, power supply unit- supplies power to components, modem- connects to internet, network interface card- directs you to a URL, the motherboard- every component connects to this. Processor- the brain of the computer, heat sink- sits on the processor to cool it down, memory- short term memory, hard disc drive-long term memory, optical disc drive- reads/ writes discs. That's what I learned today. Bye.

All I Learned in TECHie Club
Posted by: icannell on Nov 11, 2009
subject one: GIGO:
GIGO is an abbreviation.  The abbreviation means "garbage in, garbage out".  This means that whenever you input garbage, will be gone through the CPU and garbage will be outputted no matter what. 
For Example:
You're baking cookies with you're mom.  you'll need all the things you need to make cookies.
Question:
What if you put mud into the cookies?  After putting the batter into the oven, cooking the batter and  taking the freshly made cookies out of the oven, what do you think it will taste like?  It would taste DISGUSTING. Why? Because you have mud inside of it.  Which brings us back to the abbreviation:
GIGO VOCABULARY: "Garbage in, garbage out".
First of all: Input means, WHAT YOU PUT INTO THE COMPUTER 
Second of all: Output means, WHAT THE COMPUTER DOES FOR YOU
Third of all: CPU means, THE COMPUTER'S BRAIN

What We Did Today
Posted by: iwoodward on Nov 18, 2009
What we did was learn about binary, decimal, image and text. Like 4 is 100 and 152 is 10011000.We also learned computers only know 1s and 0s.

Computer Components
Posted by: jmason on Dec 02, 2009
Motherboard: everything connects to it. Processor: brain of the computer.
Heat sink: keeps the computer cool.
Short term memory: Helps the processor remember things.
Long term memory: helps the processor remember and save things.
Optical disc drive: It reads cds.
Another thing is the sound card: It is in charge of sound.
NIC: network connection.
video card: produces video on the screen.
power supply: turns on and off power.
and last but not least the modem: helps connect to the internet.

Computer Parts
Posted by: kchenoweth on Dec 02, 2009
The main part of a computer is a motherboard. Everything connects to it, like processors, hard drive, and video cards. All of these take up bytes. I think today I learned a lot, like about bits, bytes, gigabytes (one billion bytes), a terabyte (one thousand billion bytes). I also like the binary number thing. My dad once was doing a video for the Columbus Dispatch, and a man there said that the binary numbers are the key to the universe.