Slide show 1
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1364ENdWRQLVDhFe1n29-RWeWEdpv4Kfe/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=108082734121706552761&rtpof=true&sd=true
Slides 2
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12-R5_Yjd599wc_AuEAqiOBEhs62R_hzp/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=108082734121706552761&rtpof=true&sd=true
Slide 3
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/163Oue7Fen_Mv6yQpuCL6AJTuE9teR3XT/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=108082734121706552761&rtpof=true&sd=true
Monday:
Security, Malware
Phishing quiz
Tuesday:
Continue Security unit
Wednesday:
Group 3 must turn in current events on February 19th and March 19th: P1: Regina, Alexis, Juliana, Jaden, Camila P2: Siya, Caden, Aarushi, Rhea
Thursday:
Friday:
Sophomore hospital rotations
Monday:
Pioneer project presentations
Tuesday:
Pioneer project presentations
Wednesday:
Group 2 must turn in current events on February 12th and March 12th:
P1: Catherine, Jay, Charles, Jennifer, Asher
P2: Denis, Navya, Emily, Aiden, Hannah
Thursday:
Friday:
Sophomore hospital rotations
Monday:
Quiz on binary and hex numbers, digital representation of information
Begin Unit 2: Basic Principles of the Internet (8.2.12.B.4, 8.1.12.F.1, 8.2.12.A.1, 8.2.12.A.2, 8.2.12.C.1, 8.2.12.C.4, 8.2.12.E.4)
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
Tuesday:
Continue with the Internet technology unit.
Videos:
What is the Internet?
Wires, Cables, and Wifi
IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability
Wires, Cables, and Wifi
IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability
Wednesday:
Group 2 must turn in current events on February 12th and March 12th:
P1: Catherine, Jay, Charles, Jennifer, Asher
P2: Denis, Navya, Emily, Aiden, Hannah
Thursday:
Introduce "Computer Pioneer" project
Wrap up discussion of Internet technology:
Friday:
School closed
Monday:
Begin unit 1: Digital Representation of Real World Information (8.2.12.E.2)
Essential Questions:
How can a computer work with so many kinds of information if all it can do is process ones and zeroes?
How can a computer turn physical phenomena like sound and pictures into ones and zeroes?
How can a computer turn ones and zeroes into physical phenomena like pictures and sounds?
Homework for the beginning of class today: "Good Questions", register for turnitin, bring back parent/guardian contact information sheet, complete
Ones and zeroes: introduce binary/hex numbers
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
Tuesday: (Continue Unit 1: Digital Representation of Real World Information)
A little bit about pixels from code.org
Pixel widgets from code.org
Aloe Blacc talking about compression from code.org
Text compression widget from code.org
Wednesday:
Group 1 must turn in current events on February 5th and March 5th:
P1: Sandra, Ruth, Aradhana, Demetri, Brandon
P2: Saanvi, Hridaya, Alliyah, Katelyn, Abby
Wrap up digital representation of images and sounds, CAT scan
Thursday:
Mr. Parsells - Day off
Friday:
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.
Welcome to Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2025!
Welcome!
Discuss rules and expectations, course outline, current events assignment, "Good Questions" homework for Monday.
Complete the Principles of Computer Technology - Student Information Survey
Fill out and sign couurse syllabus, requires parental signature as well (due tomorrow)
Here is the main presentation from today (ctemc.org login required)
Friday:
Begin unit 1: Digital Representation of Real World Information (8.2.12.E.2)
Essential Questions:
How can a computer work with so many kinds of information if all it can do is process ones and zeroes?
How can a computer turn physical phenomena like sound and pictures into ones and zeroes?
How can a computer turn ones and zeroes into physical phenomena like pictures and sounds?
Monday:
Slides for bus-and-chips and rest of history
Hardware history slide show
slides for how-diskdrives-work
DOC: How Operating Systems Work
Tuesday:
Hardware/OS test
Rutgers exam
Monday:
Group 4 must turn in current events on December 4th and January 15th:
P1: Riya, Angel, Amelia, Yuqing, Steven
P2: Eugenia, Surya, Maya, Kayla, Jonathan
Slide show 1 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1364ENdWRQLVDhFe1n29-RWeWEdpv4Kfe/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=108082734121706552761&...