Week of September 23rd - September 27th, 2024

 Monday:

• Begin Internet Unit

Internet Slides

• What is the Internet? Where did it come from, and how did it evolve?

• What characteristics of the Internet have allowed it to grow so big, and be so reliable?

• How does the Internet affect our lives?

Tuesday:

Continue with internet unit

• TCP/IP address discussion (homework)

• Continue with Internet technology unit.
  Videos: 

• What is the Internet?

• Wires, Cables, and Wifi

• IP addresses and DNS

• Packets, Routing, and Reliability

Wednesday:

Group 3 must turn in current events on September 25th and October 23th:

P1:  Rianna, Kaitlyn, Tilak, Ethan

P2: Kaya, Mariam, Vinaya, Veda, Melissa

Thursday:

Friday:

 

Week of September 9th - September 13th, 2024

Monday:

Please sign the course syllabus and have your parent/guardian sign it as well. Then bring it back to me Tuesday

Good Questions homework due

• Continue Ones and zeros - Binary numbers
• Google slides - Binary numbers
• Kahn Academy
• Homework: Do first two units from Khan Academy CS Principles, 'Bits and Bytes' and 'Binary Numbers', and take Quiz #1 before class on Wednesday

Tuesday:

Review Rubric for current events and tips for public speaking

Continue Binary/Hex discussion

What is Unicode?

Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Autotune

Audacity - free audio software

Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans

Wednesday:

Group 1  must turn in current events on September 11th and October 9th:

P1:  Lillian, Sarah, Heather, Dana

P2:  Rokaya, Christian, Martha, Emma

Finished Ones and Zeros Kahn assignments and Kahn 1st quiz

Thursday:

Continue Binary slides

Friday:

 

Good Questions

Limitations of Storing Numbers' and 'Storing Text in Binary' from Khan Academy due for today 

Week of September 5th - September 6th, 2024

 Welcome to Principles of Computer Technology, Fall 2024!

Thursday:

Attendance

Assemly in Cafeteria 7:45 to 8:30

Welcome!
Discuss rules and expectations, course outline, current events assignment, "Good Questions" homework for Monday.

Here is the main presentation from today (ctemc.org login required) 

Friday:

• register for turnitin
• bring back parent/guardian contact information sheet
• Logic Puzzle
• Failure or Success?
• Learn anything
• Begin Ones and zeros - Binary numbers
• Kahn Academy
  
• take this survey to help me know a little about you
• Google slides - Binary numbers

• Finally, remember that group 1 will do current events next Wednesday.