Dylan's Journal

It has been a very exciting start to a new semester....to say the least. Throughout the course of the past fe weeks I have been able to accomplish numerous activities. I am working towards becoming a c ritical and c reative t hinker as well as a i nnovative p roblem solver. My biggest strength over the past few weeks has been my overall ability to dive right into the textbook and understand the fundamental basics. For example, I was able to quickly grasp ideas such as streets and avenues, I was also able to efficiently answer the questions at the end of the first chapter. The reason for this strength was my access to adequate resources such as my classmates and teacher. I have come across adversities since the beginning of the semester, my biggest adversity was taking too much time decide what I wanted to pursue. For example I wasn't sure if wanted to possibly do Arduino. I always put emphasis on time management as it is crucial for the business world, school and college. If...

My name is Dylan Ephron and I'm a freshman at AIS, I recently moved from Johannesburg, South Africa where I had lived my whole life and am embarking on a new journey as I will be finishing high school at AIS. I went to a highly competitive academic school known as Crawford College Sandton. I have previous experience in technology courses prior to computer applications, I was enrolled in a course known as STEAM which incorporates different elements of technology into one subject. I am a fan of apple devices and I have a MacBook and iPhone, I tend to spend about two hours on my computer after school in order to complete assignments. The apps I use most often are  Snapchat, Instagram and WhatsApp. These applications are social media platforms which enable me to stay connected to different people across the globe and these applications make it very easy to stay in touch with all my friends and family around the world. These applications also make it much easier ...