Sprint 1-2 and Quiz Retrospective
A retrospective of my computer science journey during Sprints 1 and 2 of of AP CSP
Sprint 1-2 and Quiz Retrospective
This is a retrospective of my computer science journey during Sprints 1 and 2 of of AP CSP
Ground Zero
A reflection of my initial self ranks during the Ground 0 we did at the beginning of the year.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher | New Self Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T01 | Development Environment | 4 | = | - | 2 |
| T02 | VS Code | 4 | = | - | 1 |
| T03 | Git / GitHub | 4 | = | - | 3 |
| T04 | Portfolio / GitHub Pages | 4 | = | - | 2 |
- My initial ranks were based on my experience using these areas within our CSSE class, but after my team’s teacher reflection I realize this isn’t accurate.
- While I feel I am pretty good at running Git commands and using Github, I still have a lot to learn about Github as a whole(for example, I am still unfamiliar with Github Actions)
- With the dev environment, VSCode, and Github Pages I realize now that there is a LOT that I have left to learn, from VSCode extensions/marketplace to setting up virtual evironments.
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher | New Self Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T05 | Tools & Equipment Hacks | 4 | + | - | 3 |
| T06 | Portfolio / Blogging Hacks | 5 | + | - | 3 |
| T07 | Theme / Style / Layout | 3 | = | = | 2 |
| T08 | JavaScript / Coding Challenges | 4 | = | = | 3 |
| T09 | AI Orchestration | 4 | + | - | 2 |
- Upon further reflection I realize that I still have a lot left to learn about the hacks, as I don’t have an understanding of the commands that I was blindly running to setup my tools and the structure of our Jekyll frontend.
- I also realize that I my AI orchestration so far was simply writing prompts to ChatGPT; I can do better than this, from better prompt engineering to building AI agents and training models like what is being done in CSH
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher | New Self Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T10 | Tech / Cyber Growth | 3 | + | = | 3 |
| T11 | Learning Through Mistakes | 4 | = | = | 4 |
| T12 | Tech / Cyber Talk | 4 | = | = | 4 |
- I feel like I accurately ranked myself in these areas, so no changes were made in the self rank
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher | New Self Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P01 | Attendance / Tardy | 4 | = | - | 4 |
| P02 | Work Habits | 3 | + | = | 3 |
| P03 | Integrity | 5 | = | = | 5 |
- I also feel that I accurately ranked myself in these areas, so no changes were made in the self rank
- While I don’t have perfect attendence and that has delayed my team’s reviews at times, I feel that my attendence and timeliness have significantly improved
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher | New Self Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P04 | Communication | 5 | = | = | 4 |
| P05 | Help Seeking | 4 | = | = | 4 |
| P06 | Mentoring / Advocacy | 4 | + | - | 4 |
- While my communications skills are decent, I obviously have a lot to improve on, which I didn’t recognize earlier
- Other than that my ranks felt accurate
| ID | Area | Self Rank | Peer | Teacher | New Self Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P07 | Timeliness | 3 | + | = | 3 |
| P08 | Persistence | 4 | = | = | 4 |
| P09 | Organization | 4 | = | - | 4 |
| P10 | Engagement | 4 | + | = | 4 |
- I feel that I accurately ranked myself in these areas, so no changes were made
Quiz Retrospective
A reflection of my scores on the practice MCQ that we took
On my practice quiz, I scored a 57/66. I missed questions on the following skills:
- Skill 1.D: Evaluate solution options - 77%,
- Skill 3.C: Explain how abstraction manages complexity - 50%
- Skill 5.A: Explain how computing systems work - 67%
- Skill 5.E: Evaluate the use of computing based on legal and ethical factors - 75%
Some of these skills I didn’t have a strong understanding off, and I plan on spending more time learning the basics of these skills to prepare for the CSP exam while also cultivating my full-stack development skills for my group’s capstone project.