Week 13

Well we are finally at end an of my first semester....woot woot!! This course has been an interesting and I certainty feel smarter...which was my goal from this course. Studying has been good fun and reminded me of the dreaded end of year 12 exams...but reading over the lecture notes and text book I realised how much I did actually in fact know and remember.
This course has enlightened me about the history of technology and how these accomplishments have contributed to technology and life as we know it today. I had never heard of Charles Babbage until week 3 when Stephen gave us an introduction into his workings, such as the difference engine. How smart was Charles Babbage anyways? Like knowing how to make a new technology back in those days...he was defiantly a smart cookie!!
Although the lectures were on a Friday morning...and I may have struggled getting to them, looking back it was worth it.
Adam has been a fantastic help with studying for the exam, giving us the work sheet to work through has not only helped me with this course but given me ideas on how to study for my other subjects. While the handout did not consist of statements or facts, it rather asked us questions and brought up the major points brought up in lectures and the text book which acted as an indicator of what to study. I now feel confident for my exam and this is partly thanks to Adam...
All in all this course has been difficult to grasp at first, but realising that the concepts did in fact stay in my mind I found this subject interesting. I like challenging subjects as boring, easy subjects don't motivate me enough.
I enjoyed learning all concepts but found some of the movies rather confusing. Alphaville was a effort to sit through, as was primer, but existence was just gross. I understand they were all time travel movies with sci-fi elements but surely Deja-vu is a much more entertaining movie that has the same elements.