Excel

Lately I have learned a whole lot about excel. I used to not know anything about all the formulas that can be used in order to facilitate one's work, and in a couple of weeks I have learned how to insert many different types of formulas into a cell and then use the fill handle to copy that specific formula into many others, it is amazing!!!!I have also learned about many different tools such as the format painter, the conditional formatting option, cell styes option and many others that are used to change the formatting of your work. These tools are very useful whenever you want to apply a specific formatting to your work.
Before I even started to learn about excel in this class, I used to plug in the same formula to many cells by actually going to back to the insert function option each time and choosing the formula. I have now become more efficient by learning about and using the many shortcuts that exist. I know for a fact that all this will definitely help me in the future to solve real life problems in my job.
I may not be an expert but my knowledge of this program is way larger and by continuing to practice I hope that one day I will know everything there is to know about excel.

Copyright

I learned a whole lot from Jason Hardin’s copyright talk. In my opinion, one of the most interesting things he pointed out is the difference between copyright and plagiarism. While copyright is actually a criminal offense, plagiarism is more like an “academic sin.”  Copyright was started in 1790 when the constitution was written. It serves to protect the original works of authors such as literary, artistic, dramatic and other intellectual works.  Therefore, whenever somebody uses or copies information without the permission of the owner this person is committing copyright infringement and this may even lead to a lawsuit.

Another very interesting topic he talked about was on file sharing which is the practice of sharing computer data such as multimedia, computer programs and documents. This at Trinity is very serious and students have actually been sued for this. Since many students think that sharing music is not a big deal, universities provide alternatives for illegal downloading. I am definitely against the use file sharing because whenever someone downloads songs for example and then makes CDs and actually sells them, it is just morally wrong as well as illegal since this person is selling work that is not even his or her own.

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My Trinity Network Diagram

Everything we learned from the tour and by doing this diagram is crucial information. I now understand how the Networking System works and I can apply this knowledge by explaining to someone how the buildings are connected on campus. I know that there is much more information to be learned, but I think that up to this point I have a pretty good understanding on how the system functions on campus.

Trinity Mystery Spot

The location is someplace most freshmen pass by daily. I changed it a little by using Picnik but it is actually very easy to guess where this place is. I turned it into black and white and added some text and stickers to decorate it.

I sit on that bench pretty often just to relax a little and forget everything else I have to do. Up to now, I guess it is one of my favorite places on campus.
Now, the question is........do you know where this is???

Helpful Computer Tips

After listening to the Computer Survival Skills talk by Mr. Hatch I was shocked by all the things there is to know about cleaning and protecting my computer. He talked about several reasons why one's computer can be so slow and that is due to history that has been stored for a long time, viruses and many other reasons. In my opinion, the most useful tip he gave us was on learning to use the wonderful CClean program in order to get rid of all the junk that slows down our computers such as the painful "cookies". I have now downloaded this program and it is just amazing how it starts getting rid of all unnecessary files after clicking the "run cleaner" option. I also found very interesting to know that Macs are also vulnerable to viruses but maybe just not as much as the other computers. Just to add to this, I am know using TUSecure (just like all Trinity students) thanks to Mr. Hatch if not I think I would have continued using TUGuest for a very long time.