As far as programming went, I MUCH preferred Jaroo to Alice. I found Alice to be overly complex for what it was trying to do, with too many unnecessary commands. It became more of a task to actually find what you needed than to actually work through the problem, something that wouldn't happen much, if at all, in Java, our end goal. Jaroo, on the other hand, was very straight forward, it gave a good graphical representation, helped with programming and, most importantly, was fun to work with. Compared to any other labs, I think they were the most enjoyable, next to making the game of Pong in Scratch (a program that I also liked). I think that for future versions of the class, a direct cut to Jaroo and on would probably be more advantageous to the learning process.

I thought this image was particularly amusing. The hilarity, in our eyes, of applying computer terms to a basket of fruit is surprising. Even more surprising still is the thought that the application of computer terms to seemingly unrelated things may become more common.

I am looking forward to Jeroo, and am excited to get into the program. I think that my only issues with Alice has been becoming accustomed to the vocabulary and finding everything, which I will work harder at in Jeroo.

After the last week, I have really felt that I have grown accustomed to Alice, and feel I understand the program better. I have gotten over my previous difficulties with locating the correct option in order to say what I want.

I have been having a little bit of trouble in Alice, although I feel I can work through it. Right now, I know what and how to say what I want it to do, but I can't seem to find the right bit of code or phrase in Alice to communicate what I want to the program. I expect this to become a bit easier, actually, in Java, as the program is much more open ended.

I haven't had any issues with the class so far. It has really smoothed out after getting used to dealing with Alice. However, I do not think it would be good for the class to go all that much faster as far as work goes, as it seems to be getting ramped up.