Retrospective blog
A retrospective on Sprints 1 and 2.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T01 | Development Environment | 3 | = | — |
| T02 | VS Code | 3 | = | — |
| T03 | Git / GitHub | 3 | = | — |
| T04 | Portfolio / GitHub Pages | 3 | = | — |
One thing I learned to manage during this Sprint was my Bundler. My make had broke, and I used Claude to determine that the issue was that my Bundler was outdated, so I had removed a gemfile.lock file that was restricting me from installing a newer version of Bundler and reinstalled the ruby Bundler.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T05 | Tools & Equipment Hacks | 3 | = | — |
| T06 | Portfolio / Blogging Hacks | 3 | = | — |
| T07 | Theme / Style / Layout | 3 | = | — |
| T08 | JavaScript / Coding Challenges | 3 | = | — |
| T09 | AI Orchestration | 3 | = | — |
- One thing I modified during this Sprint was my Bundler. My make had broke, and I used Claude to determine that the issue was that my Bundler was outdated, so I had removed a
gemfile.lockfile that was restricting me from installing a newer version of Bundler. My technique to using AI is that I screenshot any issues with code or packages that I have, I ask it what’s wrong and to generate a solution, and I ask it to walk me through the solution.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T10 | Tech / Cyber Growth | 3 | + | — |
| T11 | Learning Through Mistakes | 3 | + | — |
| T12 | Tech / Cyber Talk | 3 | = | — |
- One thing I learned during this sprint was that Python requires you to convert variables into integers or strings manually. I was trying to reference variables as strings to be used for numerical operations, so the code would keep outputting errors.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P01 | Attendance / Tardy | 3 | = | — |
| P02 | Work Habits | 3 | = | — |
| P03 | Integrity | 3 | + | — |
- I had used my class time to work on projects that you had assigned, helped my teammates when they went off-task, and had accomplished work during class time. With things such as the CollegeBoard Pseudocode project, I had worked continuously for 2 class periods and got it completed, while helping other people like Barbara and Arya with their projects.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P04 | Communication | 3 | = | — |
| P05 | Help Seeking | 3 | = | — |
| P06 | Mentoring / Advocacy | 3 | = | — |
- I had communicated well, helping my teammates with any questions they have had about your assignments, such as code runner syntax. I had additionally helped Barbara and Arya get their tools set up in one day and start working on the pseudocode theme assignment. As for seeking help, I had communicated with you whenever I was having issues or questions about the projects you have given, and I had used my teammates for help with Python syntax whenever I had issues.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P07 | Timeliness | 4 | = | — |
| P08 | Persistence | 3 | = | — |
| P09 | Organization | 3 | = | — |
| P10 | Engagement | 3 | = | — |
- I had managed my time well most of the time, using my teammates before resorting to AI for help and creating an accountability system between our group for working. When my
makestopped working, it was pretty frustrating for me. So I decided to back up, take a deep breath, and attempt to troubleshoot using commands likemake cleanbefore turning to Claude to ask for help.
New self grade:
Quiz: I had done really well on the quiz, getting a 55 out of 66. I had done around half(33) of the questions on my own without collaboration from my teammates, so being able to to answer these many questions independently ensures a good base for studying for the AP exam
I did well with mathemetical expressions, iteration, developing algorithms, and I had seen this as the Python lessons did seem easier to me, but I need to work on identifying and correcting errors and calling procedures. I did notice this with the SASS lessons as I had struggled with understanding the syntax of calling them.
Analytics:
I have commits on Open Coding Society, and I have been working on the Rotary Capstone page. There are not a lot of commits, so I could be contributing more to the site,