Wednesday, March 9, 2011

3/9 Flaming / Boolean Expressions

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: How does flaming show a lack of respect?  Do you respect people who flame others?  Why?
Daily Objectives: 
Identify and Observe proper Internet Safety and Netiquette.Identify, Observe and Practice proper Internet Safety and Netiquette.Identify, Observe and Practice proper Internet Safety and Netiquette.Identify, Observe and Practice proper Internet Safety and Netiquette.Identify, Observe and Practice proper Internet Safety and Netiquette.
Word of the Day: Flaming - also known as bashing, is hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users.
 

Question of the Day: Boolean Expressions (true or false) similar to binary number (on or off).  How do you think Boolean Expressions help a computer to process information(think)?

Daily Objectives: 
Identify the Vocabulary and parts of the Scratch Program.Identify the Scratch Interface.Descibe the uses for Scratch.Create a sprite in Scratch.Animate a sprite in Scratch.
Word of the Day: Boolean Expressions
In programming, a Boolean expression is an expression that is either true or false. In Scratch, any block shaped like an elongated diamond is a Boolean expression.
One such block is:

After all, it is either true that the mouse button is down or it is false.
Another such block is:

After all, it is either true that some number is less than another number or it is false.
With Boolean expressions can we construct conditions, to which we turn our attention next.

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