033123 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Typing is an essential skill for programmers--you can't develop lots of code with just 2 fingers.

Did you know there is another keyboard layout besides QWERTY (did you even know they called it that?)

Check it out @:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/Q/QWERTY_keyboard.html

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/Dvorak_keyboard.html

Then try out the new arrangement @:

http://www.powertyping.com/dvorak/typing.html (Dvorak or QWERTY, there are some interesting typing games on this site. Try to find them!)

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

033023 WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Into music?

Check it out @ https://experiments.withgoogle.com/shared-piano

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032923 Warm Up

 Today's GrokIt:

A much forgotten literary technique is the Six-Word Story.

What's a Six-Word Story?

A Six-Word Story should provide a movement of conflict, action, and resolution that gives the sense of a  complete story transpiring in a moment’s reading..using only 6 words.

How do you write one?

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-an-unforgettable-six-word-story

What are some examples?

https://www.dougweller.net/example-of-a-six-word-story/

Even Ernest Hemingway did it!

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/ernest-hemingways-six-word-sequels

Now, it's your turn. Write a Six-Word Story about tech, for example: "Why is my toaster pinging China?"

Post it up on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032823 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Ever hear of Big Dog? How about Alpha Dog? How about PetMan?

Check it out @

http://techland.time.com/2011/10/31/new-robot-from-bigdog-makers-moves-eerily-like-a-human/

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_petman.html

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032723 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Think you're good at puzzles?

Try:

https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee

How about?

https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/mini

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032423 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Did you know that doodling is good for the brain?

Read all about it:

Why doodling is good for your brain - Youth Mind (theyouthmind.ca)

How about a Doodle challenge?

Check it out @ Quick, Draw! (quickdraw.withgoogle.com)

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032323 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Think you're smart? Mensa smart?

Go to this webpage https://www.mensa.org/public/mensa-iq-challenge and find out! 

Write a comment in Slack. 

Mr. DeMarco

032223 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

What's your name mean?

Find out @ http://www.whatalovelyname.com/

How popular is your name now?

http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#

Generate your own name:

https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/circassian-names.php

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032123 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

You are all newbie Python programmers.

How do you start to learn?

Python For Beginners | Python.org

Python Tutorial (w3schools.com)

Stack Overflow - Where Developers Learn, Share, & Build Careers

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

032023 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

What is python?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)

Who invented it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum

What problem does he think python has?

https://qz.com/1624252/pythons-creator-thinks-it-has-a-diversity-problem

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031723 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

In life, what you see is not necessarily what you get!

Check out these optical illusions @ http://www.optillusions.com/.

Leave a comment.

Mr. DeMarco

031623 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Think personal computers have been around for a long time?

Behold, the history of personal computing, before your very eyes!

Step into the way back machine and visit an online computer museum @ 

http://www.digibarn.com/collections/index.html#collection.

Find the funkiest computer and tell me about it.

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

031523 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Last weekend, we changed to Daylight Savings Time.

What is it and why do we do it?

https://www.livescience.com/56048-daylight-saving-time-guide.html

Some states in the U.S don't change. Which ones?

https://www.rd.com/article/states-dont-observe-daylight-saving-time/

Which states want to have permanent Daylight Savings Time? Why?

https://gizmodo.com/18-states-that-have-passed-permanent-daylight-savings-t-1848005046

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr DeMarco

031423 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

The title of this blog is GrokIt!  But what does it mean?

What's a Grok? When was it first used? By whom? And where?

How is it pronounced? 

Grok - Wikipedia

Definition of grok | PCMag

How to Use Grok Correctly (grammarist.com)

Which other famous (sort of) person has used the term?

Grok - Wikiquote

Grok | term | Britannica

Grok – Grok Coffee

What is Grokking Science? What is Grok Academy?

Grok Academy | Learn to code from your browser (groklearning.com)

How else is it used?

Grok It | IMC

What else is called a grok?

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

031323 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Welcome to another year of GrokIt!

GrokIt originally appeared 14 years ago. While teaching at RHS, I conceived it as the digital equivalent of the Do Now or activator you may be used to other teachers giving to you to start the class.

Interestingly enough, I believe the blog has taken up a much more important role in my classes.

I envision using GrokIt as a hi-tech portal to get you and your energies focused on the class topics of the day by hyperlinking around the net to:

•discover state-of the-art technologies

•bump into some engaging topic

•just enjoy a fun and interesting website.

My hope is to try to kindle a spark of interest in computers and technology.

After all, the World Wide Web and everything in it was created by software developers, computer programmers, web designers, all kinds of techie people of which you are the next generation.

I also want to create a class community, a public forum from which you could express your opinions and see the opinions of others about these topics.

So, here's today's GrokIt.

One of my favorite sites is Wired. Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/

Pick one article, read it and leave a comment on Slack.

Mr. DeMarco

031023 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

One last website before you're on your way:

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/1AHie_rumRxQOA

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

030923 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Ever been to Mars? Of course not!

Would you like to see what it looks like? Of course!

Check it out @ https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/

How about these cool activities:

https://experiments.withgoogle.com/word-synth

https://experiments.withgoogle.com/draw-to-art-shape

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

030823 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

We worked a lot with drawing tools in Engineering class this trimester, Paint, Pixelart, Adobe Illustrator. 

How about AutoDraw? 

Check it out @ https://experiments.withgoogle.com/autodraw

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

030723 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt

Go back in time to ancient Mesoamerica and help save the world!

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/the-descent-of-the-serpent/vAEAZBv58OliBA

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

030623 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt

Ever get an urge to cycle through France just to pick up bread?

Check it out @ https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/ZQFQrRgrvmOImQ

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Mr. DeMarco

030323 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

In keeping with our music theme, enjoy a bit of Beethoven:

Beethoven Beats by Artist in Residence at Google Arts & Culture Lab: Simon Doury - Experiments with Google

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

030223 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Now that you're into music check out Clarion Lite and express yourself:

Clarion Lite (creatability.withgoogle.com)

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

030123 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Think you're smart? Take the Google Aptitude Test to see if you could work there?

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2005/12/google-labs-aptitude-test.html

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco