Friday, November 30, 2007

OLPC -- Update

Click here to visit a review written by Kenneth Barrow regarding the One Laptop Per Child Program. He is now in posession of one of the laptops, and wrote what he thought were its advantages and disadvantages. Quite an interesting read!

Click here for an article fromt he Wall Street Journal. In the article, companies discuss their plans that resulted from concerns of the OLPC program. Are you in a business that sells computers? This article is for you! Check it out!

Until next time!
--->ELIZA!

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Timers on Visual Basic


Tick tock tick tock!!

Today in Visual Basic we learned how to create digital clocks, in which the time changes automatically after a certain time interval. In this case, the time interval is set to 1000 milliseconds, or 1 second. On a new form, we created a label in which the time would display as the caption, and a command button to close the program. Here is a sample of what the program would look like in code view:

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Private Sub cmdExit_Click()
Unload Me
End
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
tmrTimer.Interval = 1000
End Sub

Private Sub tmrTimer_Timer()
lblTime.Caption = Time
End Sub

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Until next time!
--->ELIZA!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Google Analytics

Hey everyone! A few weeks ago I applied for an account on Google Analytics and embedded the code into my blog. By doing so, I am now able to view a tracking report on who visits my site, and lots of other interesting information about them (number of visits, time duration of visit, locations, referral sources etc). So far, I have 54 hits on my page from Canada, the US, and Mexico! My site also shows up on the Google Blog Search, which has hopefully increased my chances of maybe eventually reaching 150 visits!

I'm very impressed with Google Analytics! Interested? Click here to sign up now!

Until next time!
--->ELIZA!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

One Laptop Per Child


MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, has created the One Laptop Per Child program where children in developing countries such as Rwanda may each have access to a specially designed low-cost laptop.

It is still under consideration that our ICT 12 class may be able to pull together some money in order to take part in the "buy two, keep one" proposal. We will be able to donate a laptop to a child in a developing country as well as being able to keep one in the classroom to learn from such a fascinating unit of technology.

Personally, I support the proposal 100% and would be more than willing to contribute to such a beneficial program.

Click here
to visit a column about the program written by our very own teacher Peter Vogel!

Until next time!
--->ELIZA!