Day 15

Today was easy. And were done! But i will kind of miss it...

Day 14

Today I finished my app and put it on the website!

Day 13

Today was the same as yesterday. I don't really know what say. I found out some cool google tricks that Carson taught me!

Day 12

Today we pretty much did the same thing as yesterday. We had a guy come in and present to us. He showed us some cool stuff! Then we just worked more. My project is about halfway done. I hope I can finish it!

Day 11

Today started with us walking into google. It is a really cool place! It has an xbox and a rock wall and ping pong and pool! So we came in and Ian just ave us a brief explanation of the building and day. Then I did my specifications for my project. After I was done with that I just started on my project. Then we had a snack. we have such good food! Then we came back and worked more. Then we had lunch and played in the room with all the fun stuff! Then we came back and worked and took a tour. It was really fun today!

Specifications

Name: Nick Baldwin Name of Project: Vacation Doors Starter App: Probability

Manifesto: My project is going to be using the Monty Hall doors app. I am going to make it so you get to go somewhere. One place is really good to go, and the other two places wouldn't be too fun! The good door will lead to a nice vacation in the Bahamas! In the Bahamas there will be good serice and all the free food and drinks you want! now on to the bad places. One of the bad places is in the middle of a desert. In the desert there will be snakes (I am going to use the snake I rotoscoped) and cactuses and other things. Then the other door will bring you to a jungle with a lot of scary and dangerous animals. Hopefully this will all work. I will try to do the same thing Randall did with his probability app where whatever door you choose it brins you to a different screen and shows the movie clip/video of where you go! I hope my app will help teach about the monty hall program.

Art: In my app I will use some different art concepts. I will use rotoscoping. I will also use some original artwork of mine. I will be using movie clips and buttons. And maybe I will use motion to make people walk. So far I have made most of the snake for my project. But i still have to make the scenery for my "vcations". After you get your vacation I think I will make it look like your walking in the place (first person) and have the different things happen. The only problem with the first persont hough is the background. I am trying to figure out how i can keep changing the background while the person walks. In the Bahamas there will be people giving you drinks and girls in bikinis walking around. In the desert there will be my rotoscoped snake and maybe a mirrage of water if I can do that. Then in the jungle there will be wierd bugs crawling around and some tigers. I hope this will all turn out. but it will take a lot of work!

Appllied Math: My project will be using probability. It will incorperate the Monty Hall problem into it. I will try to teach why it is better to switch instead of stay with the original door. This is an example:

If you choose the first door then there is 1/3 chance that you chose the right door. But then one door goes away and there is two doors left. It would seem like it is a 1/2 chance right? But it is actually a 2/3 chance if you switch but only 1/3 chance if you stay. This is because your door has to stay because you chose it. But the other door stays there because it could be the right one. It is hard to explain but it is better to switch.

This is probably the best I can explain the applied math in my app.

Programming: In my programming I will use event listeners and actions to make it work. I will also have to use stop actions etc. (just the basics). I don't think it will take a lot of extra coding than the original app. It will mostly be the same code for each door. I will just copy and paste it and change it around just a little tiny bit. This code will make the basic part of the app work (start/reset game, doors on stage)

function startClicked(evt:MouseEvent):void { // Need to cleanup the current game removeDoors(); var tempVal:int = int(txtNumDoors.text); // Make sure that the value entered is valid if (tempVal > 0 && tempVal < numdoors =" tempVal;" text = "P(winning by switching) = 0 (0 out of 0 trials)" text = "P(winning while staying) = 0 (0 out of 0 trials)">

That is basically all my progamming.

P.S. Graham, you can reformat or change this however you want to make it fit, etc.

Day 10

Today was a pretty relaxed day.  We started with art and learned about adding sounds, then just had work time.  Then we did some cool math stuff.  Then we went and ate at The Sink.  It was the best!  Then we played ultimate frisbee.  It was really fun.  Then we came back and worked on our projects.  It was pretty good.

Here is my knol:  http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/fractals/2npt38brjat1j/2#