Independent Component 2

Literal:
a. I, Brandon Beghtol, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b. Mentor, Gregory H. Carlton, and his class CIS 305.
c. done
d. I have completed 30 hours of work, by attending the lectures for the class as well as completing a majority of the first project assigned in the class
Interpretive:
My independent component represents 30 hours of work, due to attending the class each time it met, as well as doing any notes necessary, and the first project given out and the 3 deliverables that are a part of it.

Applied:
This class has helped me represent my EQ because it has to do with database management and creation using the Erwin data modeler and Sequel Server. These are valuable programs to learn how to use for anyone working in a business because they help manage systems and create them. It also helped by supporting some of my answers which have to do with proper management of IT systems being necessary to help keep a business running. It helped a lot!

Blog # 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1. What I plan to do for my second Independent component is to be sitting in, once again on a class my mentor teaches at CalPoly if possible. I still need to finish this first class and then he will be letting me sit in on another in the spring quarter at the beginning of March I believe. So it includes the sitting in on the class, as well as the labs or any homework he assigns along with the class.

2. I can take pictures of the assignments, any notes I happen to take, the labs, and even turn in the labs I complete as evidence as well.

3. Since he teaches mostly business related classes, that include the technology necessary to running businesses and how to go about using the information systems and producing databases, etc, it should apply directly to my topic.

4. will be completed by the time you read this.

Independent Component 1

Literal:

1. I, Brandon Beghtol, affirm that I completed my Independent Component which represents 30 hours of work.
2. My best source throughout the Independent Component has been Dr. Gregory Carlton, my mentor, whose class I have been allowed to sit in on and accumulate hours. The book for the class: "Business Driven Information Systems" by Baltzan, Paige has also been a very helpful source of information.
3. Done.
4. I have completed 30 hours of work that have helped me understand how integrated technology and business have become through listening to the lectures each class, as well as doing the labs which were very helpful and interesting. 

Interpretive: The most important parts of the Independent component have been taking the CIS 310 class, which Dr. Carlton allowed me to sit in on, which being two hours twice a week have added up to most of my hours. The rest of the hours were taking notes for a couple of the next classes, which will be added to my cornell notes, and doing the lab 2, which was about 4 spreadsheets using data and connecting each of them to provide different information for different purposes and other things that a business might use to increase performance.

Applied: With my EQ being about business and technology, and my mentor having the experience in both of those and the class also having to do with the integration of technology into businesses, it has helped me tremendously with learning about how businesses are structured and really how important the technology they use is to the success of them, at least in this day and age.

Independent Component 1 Approval

1. Describe In detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

What I am now planning to do for my Independant Component is sitting in on my mentors' lecture class of CIS 310, which is managing information systems. I will also be doing the labs provided by him when I can on my free time, as well as taking extra cornell notes from the actual textbook being used in the class (a slightly older version of the book since he didn't have any extra new ones).

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence. 

What I can do to show my evidence is to, possibly, show unedited portions of what I do or failed attempts throughout the course of me finishing the video(s). And, of course, I will then have a link to the completed and edited portions in their entirety on the side of the blog.

3. Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Following along with my idea, it will most assuredly help me learn more about my topic because it will be me having to explain everything that I am doing in order to accomplish a task, as well as actually doing it and remembering what I have to do. Fixing some of the issues, and in different ways, will help me get some hands on experience in explaining and solving some common computer issues, which can be very helpful in the long run.

4. Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your mentorship log and call it the independent component log 1.

The instructions were to answer these 4 questions. However, all of them were not questions but rather instructions required to meet an end, especially this last one, but I did address it by adding the desired link to the right hand side of my blog. This was my act of indirect rebellion for the day. :)