06.02 WarmUp

What did the CIA learn from GET SMART? Read the article at www.wired.com and write a comment saved as 602WarmUp.

05.29WarmUp

Think you're smart? Go to this webpage www.highiqsociety.org/iq_tests/ and find out! Write a comment saved as 529WarmUp.

05.28WarmUp

We are about to watch the documentary An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore. Go to www.wired.com and read the article, Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green. Pick one of the ten green heresies and write a comment saved as 528WarmUp.

05.27WarmUp

Answer the following questions relating to the video Growing Up Online. Save the file as 0527WarmUp.

Do you have a MySpace page (or pages)? Do you visit every day? How much time do you spend on MySpace?

Do your parents have a MySpace page? If not, have you shown them your page?

How would you describe what MySpace is to the following audiences? 1) your friends; 2) your parents; 3) a grandparent; 4) a teen living in the late 1800s

Before social networking Web sites, how did teens engage in social networking? Think about the following eras: 1) the industrial revolution; 2) hunter-gatherer societies; 3) the 1980s (don't forget to consider geographic location and cultural influences)

Visit the MySpace page of someone you don't know. How does this page reveal information about the person? What design and content techniques are used to catch your attention? Would you want to add this person as a friend or leave a comment on his or her page? Why or why not? What do you want to know about this person that is not posted on this profile?

How does MySpace "compartmentalize" the way you provide information about yourself? What types of information does MySpace deem important? How does MySpace frame the communication experience? What different information would you get if you were meeting with someone in person?

05.23 WarmUp

What's new with Rock Band 2? Read the article, Music Game Wars Heat Up at www.wired.com and write me a comment saved as 523WarmUp.
-dmac

05.22WarmUp

Go to www.wired.com and look up the article: 12 hacks that will amp up your brainpower. Read the 12 hacks, pick 1 that you think might work and see if 1 helps you to remember these 10 words:antelope ginger variable bench cycle book licorice monkey web garage
Write a comment and save it in the Notepad file 522Warmup.

05.21 WarmUp

Look up the word Grok. Write its definition in a notepad file saved as 0521warmup.

-dmac

05.20 WarmUp

Read the article: A look into the past with laser precision.

Answer the following questions in a Notepad file saved as 520WarmUp:

What is the article about?
How has technology contributed?
Where is the site located?
How was the neighborhood different then?
How many kids did Paul Revere have?

-dmac

ps There's a video that augments the article at www.bostonglobe.com.

05.19 WarmUp

Go to the website :www.wired.com. Select an article. Read it. Read the comments that follow. Write a comment of your own in a notepad file saved as 0519WarmUp. Then post it!

--dmac

05.16 Warmup

Use your Internet search skills to answer the following question:

Which, of the ten most geographically large countries, is not among the ten countries with the largest population?

Create an Excel spreadsheet with the info you need and save as 516WarmUp.

dmac

05.15 WarmUp

In a Notepad file saved as 515Warmup, answer the question:

Who says you are the dumbest generation and why?

Give me eight reasons.

dmac

Emerging Technology Presentation

Emerging Technology Presentation
Part 1
Select an article from Wired or PC Magazine.Make sure it is something you are interested in exploring.
Read it.
Research it on the web.
Prepare a 6 slide PowerPoint Presentation including:
MicroTopic
Problem Explanation
Impact on Society
Solution
What's your interest
Citations
Your presentation must include:
Information from at least 3 sources
Illustrations
Citations in the correct format
Extra Credit will be given for:
Animation/Special Effects
Sound
Exceptional Effort
Wow, Zip and Zing

Part 2
You will be designing a future technology and presenting it to the class in a 30-second "infomercial" posted on Google or YouTube
(details forthcoming.)

Part 3
You will design and draw a Google doodle to illustrate your future technology (details forthcoming.)

05.14 WarmUp

For this mornings warmup please read the article Building a Better Cellphone from yesterday's Boston Globe and answer the following questions in a NoteBook file saved as 514WarmUp:

What's the article about?
What was the problem?
What was the solution?
What was the process?
How did technology contribute?

dmac

Welcome

Since these are technology classes, we should be using technology as much as possible. We'll be using this blog to communicate information about warmups, daily assignments, class info, etc. Be sure to check this blog when you come in to class every day.

dmac