Week of September 27th - October 1st, 2021

 

Monday:
Homework due today: Unit Two: Internet Vocabulary
 Read Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web and turn in this worksheet. Due tomorrow morning

Introduce "Computer Pioneer" project

Wrap up discussion of Internet technology:
What is a firewall
What is a proxy
What is a VPN

Review: HTTP and HTML
Demonstrate HTTP with Firefox developer tools

Tuesday:
Homework due today: Secret geek - turn in this worksheet
Read How Target Figured Out a Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did

Begin unit 3: Google, cloud computing, dynamic web pages
Essential questions:
  • How does a search engine work?
  • What do companies like Google know about us, and what do they do with that information?
  • What is 'the cloud'?
Videos (in class):

Wednesday:
Group 2 current events due today:
P1: Precious, Devon, Madeline
P2: Tara, Marcus, Rishi, Dev, Naren
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.
Homework due today: Read Cookie Monsters.

Complete discussion of cookies and dynamic web pages.
Video:
What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)
If time remains, students can work on Computer Pioneers project.

Thursday:
Homework for today is to read the following:

Assign Technology personalities for Pioneer project
Allow for some in-class work on pioneer project - organize/research/questions

Friday:
Quiz on internet unit
Students will work on Computer Pioneers paper
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Week of September 20th - 27th, 2021

Monday:
Homework for the beginning of class today: 
Finish discussing CAT scans

Begin Unit 2: Basic Principles of the Internet
Essential Questions:
What is the Internet? Where did it come from, and how did it evolve?
How does it function?
What is a protocol? What is an open system?
What characteristics of the Internet have allowed it to become so pervasive?
How does the ability of computers to communicate with one another affect our lives?
Begin internet discussion of internet history and technology
Videos:
The Lighting of the Beacons
 Wireless Communication history Video
Undersea cables...
Pneumatic Tubes

    Tuesday:
    Continue with discussion of Internet technology.
    Videos:

    Wednesday:
    Group 2 current events due today:
    P1: Sophie, Emily, Rachel, Elijah, Gavin
    P2: Mackenzie, Salome, Dean, Jacob, Vanessa
    Remember to enter your topic in the current event spreadsheet and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.
    Discuss internet Try-at-home, due Friday


    Thursday:
    Homework due today:
    Internet vocabulary homework due Monday
    DNS

    Friday:
    Homework due today: Do TCP/IP try-at-home for Windows 7, and Mac OS/X. Windows 10 users, this page may be helpful if you can't figure out how to get telnet to work.
    Continue with Internet technology unit.
    Videos: 

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    Week of September 13th - 17th, 2021

    Principles of Computer Technology, Fall 2021!

    Monday:
    Finished Ones and Zeros Kahn assignments and Kahn 1st quiz

    "Acknowledgement Form" if not turned in, Do So. 

    Complete binary/hex numbers discussion.
    Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
    What is Unicode?
    Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Autotune
    Audacity - free audio software
    Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
    Give out internet vocabulary sheet - due Friday
    Limitations of Storing Numbers' and 'Storing Text in Binary' from Khan Academy due for today.

    Tuesday:

    Homework: Limitations of Storing Numbers' and 'Storing Text in Binary' from Khan Academy due for today.
    Continue discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans

    Wednesday:

    Homework due: Ask some good questions' is due Today 9/15.
    Group 1 current events due today:
    P1: Kayla, Joseph, Kristen, Morgan, Brent
    P2: Janat, Makena, Vishruth, Caitlin, Jayden
    Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.


     Thursday:
      School Holiday (day off)
    Friday:
     
     
    Quiz on binary and hex numbers, digital representation of information.
    You have a number of upcoming assignments to work on in any time remaining: 
     
    Homework today: Internet vocabulary due Monday Sept. 20th
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