Principles of Computer Technology 24': February 2023

Week of February 27th to March 3rd

Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2023

Monday:

Secret Geek Read this article and complete this Worksheet

History of the internet - Part 1

History of the internet - part 2

History of the internet? Part 3

Tuesday:

Introduce "Computer Pioneer" project

Wrap up discussion of Internet technology:

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):

What Google Knows About You (2:02)

Being a Google Autocompleter (2:37)

How Google Search works (3:15)

How Search Ads Work (2:38)

How Google Apps Work (1:51)

Google Data Center (4:52)

Good question slide work (print)

Wednesday:

Group 4 must turn in current events on March 1st and March 29th:
P1: Ujala, Adam, Sphia S., Julia, Rachael
P2: Sahana, Shifa, Steven, Ryan S., John
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.

Thursday:

Cloud

Friday:

Videos (in class):
What Google Knows About You (2:02)
Being a Google Autocompleter (2:37)
How Google Search works (3:15)
How Search Ads Work (2:38)
How Google Apps Work (1:51)
Google Data Center (4:52)

Week of February 20th to February 24th

Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2023

Monday:

President's Day - No school

Tuesday:

Quiz grades

Continue Unit 2: Basic Principles of the Internet

What is the Internet

History of the internet - Part 1

History of the internet - part 2

Slide show on Internet

Good question slide work (print)

Wednesday:

Group 3 must turn in current events on Feruary 22nd and March 22nd:
P1: Sophia O., Jada, Viraj, Karen
P2: Eve, Keira, Stella, Carolina, Rachel
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.

Discuss internet Try-at-home, due Friday

Internet vocab homework

Thursday:

Internet vocabulary homework due Monday

DNS

IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability

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.

Continue with discussion of Internet technology.

Videos:

History of the internet? Part 3

Wires, Cables, and Wifi

IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability

Videos:

How Hackers Hijacked a Bank’s Entire Online Operation

DDoS attack that disrupted internet was largest of its kind in history, experts say

Week of February 13th to February 17th

Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2023

Monday:

Review for Quiz

Slide work print

Tuesday:

Quiz on Binary Unit

Wednesday:

Group 2 must turn in current events on February 15th and March 15th:
P1: Vas, Meher, Krish, Ella
P2: Bryan, Jennifer, Ryan, Abigail
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.

Discuss internet Try-at-home, due Friday

Internet vocab homework

Thursday:

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

What is the Internet?

History of the internet - Part 1

History of the internet - part 2

Slide show on Internet

Internet vocabulary homework due Monday

DNS

IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability

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.

Continue with discussion of Internet technology.

Videos:

History of the internet? Part 3

Wires, Cables, and Wifi

IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability

Videos:

How Hackers Hijacked a Bank’s Entire Online Operation

DDoS attack that disrupted internet was largest of its kind in history, experts say

Week of February 6th to February 10th

Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2023

Monday:
Good Questions homework due
Finish off Binary slides
Tuesday:
Continue discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
A little bit about pixels from code.org
Pixel widgets from code.org
Aloe Blacc talking about compression from code.org
Video compression as fast as possible
Let's enhance. . .
Amped Software - from the crime scene to the courtroom
Gigapixel images
Jordan Peele uses AI, President Obama in fake news PSA
Fake videos of real people - and how to spot them (TED talk)
How hard is it to make a believeable deepfake? Very interesting article.
Wednesday:
Group 1 must turn in current events on February 8th and March 8th:
P1: Aroush, Madeline, Gwendolyn, Nathan, Raaneya-Zarah
P2: Oscar, Mason, Roberto, Padraic, Nidhi
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.

Thursday:

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