Today we learned about the importance of visual communication. I must've looked into the future on a crystal ball... because last evening I was watching a few YouTube videos based on the topic ^o^ Ahahah!!! We learned through another fun activity how to solve a a problem as a team. The class was divided into two equally groups, half of the ladies and half of the gentlemen had to be on a team. There were fourteen ladies and ten gentlemen present in class. Prof. Jimmy then introduced us to a set of numbers in the following order:
1
10
11
100
The problem was to figure out what number was next. One of my classmate's multiplied the given 10 by itself to get 100, and suggested 121 to be the next number after multiplying the given 11 by itself. His solution was very logical, but I mentioned that the "2" breaks the pattern of the 1s and the 0s. My team and I then concentrated on the following number to continue with the pattern. I noticed that the first column is a continuos 1, and the second column has a pattern of a 0, 1, 0... so it made sense for the next digit to be a 1. Then I noticed that the third column starts with a 0, and added the 1 to continue with the pattern from the second column: 0,1. Therefore, 111 came to be our solution ☚⎯ ^_Ő/✌
However, the third column could've continued with 0s, by following the pattern of the first column, but the numbers wouldn't continue to increase. If it were to be a 0, then the solution would've been 110, but the number after that would go back to 100. I believe that the set of numbers is designed in this form to state that the first column must be a 1, as it has four rows providing the same digit. In contrast, the third column is vaguely limited to a single digit, but by understanding its pattern it can grow. One of my friends had to represent the entire team by explaining our solution on the board. We were called the German Shepherds because our prof. asked her for her favorite animal, and she replied by saying that she likes dogs... & her favorite breed is the name of our team Ö_~
The importance of visual communication is to get to the point in a simple and clear manner. According to "The Power of Images and Symbols," one of the YouTube videos that I saw yesterday, the power of images and symbols: can tell a story, stimulate our minds, engage us to read, guide us to interpret... and so on. Prof. Jimmy demonstrated that a word is not read as a set of letters, but as a shape, a symbol. The word is interpreted by its shape of the outline. He said that's what we're going to be learning in Letterform, which I'll be taking next quarter ^_~/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThOZNFrCEM
Most of us had so much fun. I had more fun than on Game Day, mainly because I was interacting with more classmates'. Some of us were taking pictures and/or recording to use some of these moments for our final project. My group was incredibly energetic, and I'm usually quiet... but, I suggested for my group to sing "Happy B-day" to my friend Angelica (the girl wearing the Batman sweatshirt) \^O^/ LOL!!! Due to her request, I didn't record my group singing... but I saw one of my classmate's from the Foxes group recording ¬_¬ ✧
Also, today's sign in sheet was special, as we had to include a word besides signing in. No wonder the sheet took a long time to get to my side of the room ~_Ò' I was told to put a word for how I felt, and I was feeling happy, so I even drew a similar emoticon ^_^ The instructions were incorrect, because we were supposed to write an adjective and not repeat it... but many of us wrote how we felt, and a few of us wrote "happy." Now I know why someone wrote "punctual" '^,~\
Goodnight Ladies & Gentlemen ^.^ zzZ
Golden Adjectives:
1.) Happy: Feeling cheerful.
2.) Punctual: Meeting deadlines, to be on time.
3.) Logical: To think reasonably, clearly, rationally.
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