I wish that all of my classes had fun activities planned for the week of fall break like Dissecting the Internet. In our one class of the week, we learned all about cryptography from hands-on activities. What I found the most interesting was that the methods used thousands of years ago to encode messages apply the same concepts that encrypt data today. Though ye olde cyphers take only a little while to decode by hand and milliseconds to decode by computer, they still proved effective for the times in which they were used (usually).
Something I always like about this seminar is the amount of hands-on activities we do. It's fun and incredibly helpful in learning, especially when dealing with difficult concepts like computer science.
Happy fall break, everyone!
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