I finally received my “Google Tips and Tricks Assignment” from my computer science class today. Boy, she really does love Google. Be sure to note all of the spelling and punctuation errors–in addition to the general n00bishness (”!!!!”). She (Jackie) also lacks consistency, which can be seen in the erratic use of the bold. Does bold text denote a topic sentence, search query, nothing at all, or indicated action? (see questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 respectively). Let’s take a closer look at each question.
1. Yes, we all know Google likes keeping information about us in their database.
2. ”1 EURO (ideally EUR) in USD” is not the example that I would have chosen for the calculator demonstration. A better example would be: “5*3″ or some general arithmetic.
3. The bold text bothers me. It’s always useful to know what 1 US Quart is equivalent to in US Fluid Ounces in a computer science class…
4. Again, the bold text bothers me. ”vaporware”. Well this is good; at least we are taking a step toward software.
5. Apart from the lack of bold text, ”switched”. ”Switched” is a term that someone in kindergarten (or equivalent brain ability) would use–and it’s not even correct! Then notice the period after ”maps.google.com”. If you thought it couldn’t get any worse for a college professor, she uses the word ”pan” incorrectly as well. ”Pan” is used to describe the rotation of a camera long the vertical axis. The proper word to use would be “zoom”, or some synonym of “zoom”.
6. I don’t ”switch” back to anything when I type something into the address bar. And why is “Select images” in bold text? ”Barak Obama” is misspelled. And why is this question relevant?
Oh, and another thing: it’s out of 15 points, right? Notice how many questions there are and observe the grading rubric.
I’m surprised you refrained from slapping her with a keyboard and shoving a mouse down her throat.
It was tempting, but I chose not to do it because I’ve heard that you can be expelled and charged with a crime if you choke a teacher. It is a shame, I know.
I should also upload the assignment she had us do that involved searching for jobs on monster.com, then finding the average annual precipitation for Santa Barbara.
If they’re anything like this one, I think they will be keepers.
Dude. I feel so BAD for you…man… That class looks BRUTAL. Being totally honest, I would fail this class. In fact…I believe I DID fail CS ….I remember skipping out to go snowboarding instead of doing binary adding assignments. I hope you have a good attitude in this class. Looks like a class that could cause you to develop a sense of disrespect for the prof…and that can be fatal!
actually, it’s not that bad. As you can see, I’ve been managing to get 15/7 on these types of assignments. All you need to do to get an A is have the ability to breathe. If you’re not breathing (presumably dead), I don’t think a grade would be given. If she could give grades to dead people, it would most likely be an A .
I’m not too worried.