{"id":4645,"date":"2020-07-31T07:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T07:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2020-07-31T07:49:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T07:49:56","slug":"learning-python-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=4645","title":{"rendered":"Learning Python &#8211; Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Computer Science has been my favorite subject since 9th grade. However, I had never learnt a coding language before. Since I want to pursue my career in Computer Science I decided to utilize my vacations completely and effectively and hence I took a good academic course to learn the programming language python. When I started coding, I got engrossed into it so much that I would just sit for hours and hours, coding and learning the new methods and commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>LO 1 : Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One of my other favorite subjects has been math since primary school and coding is an integration of Math, logic and computer science and hence I identified that my strength is logic.&nbsp; I was able to write codes by identifying the solution to the problem given to me and this required logic and a clear understanding as to which methods to use,which conditional statements to employ and which loops to use.&nbsp; However, one area of growth that I identified was remembering the statements and syntax. I would often get confused with brackets and indentation too. So, I decided to learn and practice simultaneously using sites like Hackerrank.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LO 3 : Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Course that I took had only prescribed hours but it did not have any set time table that I would have to follow. They allowed me to completed as per my time convenience so I had to decide how to complete the course in the given hours which was 30 hours. Considering the hours, I planned to complete the course in about two weeks and I finalized this time by pondering upon the complexity of the course and the number of assignments that they gave after each module. Surprisingly, I completed this course in just 10 days. I had planned that I would give 2 hours to coding everyday, however sometimes I would get so engrossed that I would stretch it to 4 hours. I was very happy that I completed the course earlier than planned. I realized that coding is something that I enjoy and I just don&#8217;t know where time goes while doing it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LO 4 : Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Commitment in this activity was not that problematic for me as I enjoyed doing this task a lot. I had planned to do at least 2 hours of coding everyday, even on weekends, and I stuck to this. If I don&#8217;t enjoy some task, then it becomes very difficult for me to commit to it, however this was not the case here.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LO 7 : Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The course that I took was from <a href=\"http:\/\/codecademy.com\">codecademy.com<\/a>. There were some modules that were free, while some that were paid. The paid ones included some extra application problems. I wanted to practice so I was urged to get the paid version. However, here I faced an ethical dilemma as I could have searched online for some pirated version of this paid course. Instead, I practiced academic honesty and bought the original version.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I personally enjoyed completing this course very much. This marks my journey of learning several coding languages. The learner profiles I displayed where thinker and balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-5.png 756w, https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-5-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer Science has been my favorite subject since 9th grade. However, I had never learnt a coding language before. Since I want to pursue my career in Computer Science I decided to utilize my vacations completely and effectively and hence I took a good academic course to learn the programming language python. When I started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,1,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ananya-jain-sapience","category-cas","category-grade-12-sangfroid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4707,"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4645\/revisions\/4707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2021.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}