Today's GrokIt:
It's our last class of the year and very close to our holiday vacation. Here's a bit of holiday cheer!
http://readwrite.com/2014/12/22/norad-santa-tracker-how-it-began-popsugartech
https://santatracker.google.com/village.html
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Here's some websites to generate a strong password:
https://www.strongpasswordgenerator.org/
https://www.lastpass.com/features/password-generator
https://passwordsgenerator.net/
https://1password.com/password-generator
and check it out for strength @:
Password Strength Meter (passwordmonster.com)
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Tower of Hanoi is a classic 'programming' puzzle.
Check it out @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi
Play it @ https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
Leave a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
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 in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's 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 @
https://www.wired.com/gallery/tech-gifts-for-kids-2023/Pick one article, read it and leave a comment.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We're jumping into coding and starting with a new IDE: SNAP
https://bjc.edc.org/bjc-r/course/bjc4nyc.html
Click on unit 1 and follow along.
Mr. DeMarco
Yesterday was Halloween! Are you dressing up as a ghoul or a zombie??--kid's stuff!
What is Halloween really all about? What does it mean?
Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
and
http://www.history.com/content/halloween
Take a look @ these Halloween websites:
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/spelloween/spelloween.html
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-dark-wood.htm
http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/ghost-hunter/
http://www.pinkbunnylilli.de/funny-halloween/
http://www.garfield.com/fungames/scavengerhunt/scavengerhunt.html
http://mac.rash.jp/games/dasyutu/40/index.html
http://www.addictinggames.com/halloweenescape.html
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/trick-or-treat-adventure/
Leave a scary comment!
dmac
Today's GrokIt:
Boo--did I scare you? Today's Halloween!
Are you dressing up as a ghoul or a zombie??--kid's stuff!
What is Halloween really all about? What does it mean?
Halloween - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
How about the Jack O'Lantern?
Stingy Jack - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingy_Jack
How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth - https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins
Bizarre Halloween Jack O'Lantern pumpkins carved by Ray Villafane https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/8087634/Bizarre-Halloween-Jack-OLantern-pumpkins-carved-by-Ray-Villafane.html
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What's a deep fake?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake
Can you spot one a deepfake?
https://www.iproov.com/spot-deepfake-quiz
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Tower of Hanoi is a classic 'programming' puzzle.
Check it out @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi
Play it @ https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
Leave a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
More visual design stuff. Check it out @:
https://www.jpink.co.uk/logo_quiz/
https://betterwebtype.com/triangle/
https://ilovetypography.com/2020/07/01/the-font-game/
https://yizzle.com/whatthehex/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Since we're in the visual design world, try these activities:
https://avark.agency/designers-eye/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What's the coolest city in the world? New York, Paris, London, L.A.?
How about Dubai?
Read about it at:
The Best Things to Do in Dubai, From Rooftop Pools to Desert Glamping | Condé Nast Traveler
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g295424-Dubai_Emirate_of_Dubai-Vacations.html
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What is a coat of arms?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms
https://www.britannica.com/topic/coat-of-arms
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-coat-of-arms
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Coats-of-Arms/
Does your 'clan' have a badge?
https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/faqs
What does a coat of arms look like?
https://study.com/learn/lesson/coat-of-arms-symbols-meaning-examples.html
Make one for you family:
https://www.allfamilycrests.com/makecoatofarms.htm
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Like emoji? So does everyone else:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/video/why-we-love-adding-emoji-to-dictionary/?param=DcomSERP-mid2
https://blazepress.com/2014/10/21-emoji-combinations-use-words-wont-quite-cut/
Leave a comment in emoji!
dmac
Today's GrokIt:
Emojis--what are they and what do they mean?
Check it out @:
Emoji Meanings: How to Decode and Use Emoji | Reader's Digest
Emoji meanings 😀😉😆😋😘😐🤗
🍏 Apple Emoji List — Emojis for iPhone, iPad and macOS [Updated: 2022] ()
Then write a 6 emoji story and post it on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Here's some websites to generate a strong password:
https://www.strongpasswordgenerator.org/
https://www.lastpass.com/features/password-generator
https://passwordsgenerator.net/
https://1password.com/password-generator
and check it out for strength @:
Password Strength Meter (passwordmonster.com)
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt
What do you know about Internet safety?
Check it out @:
https://jr.brainpop.com/health/besafe/internetsafety/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt
A few more interesting binary puzzles:
Interactive Binary Search Game (maththebeautiful.com)
Zuzu · Binary Puzzle · Play Free Online (razzlepuzzles.com)
Leave a comment in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We will be working with a lot with drawing tools in Engineering class this trimester, Paint, Pixelart, Adobe Express.
How about AutoDraw?
Check it out @ https://experiments.withgoogle.com/autodraw
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What is an icon?
Among many definitions:
a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save)
Icons can represent people as well.
Find an example of an icon and draw it in Piskell!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Try this binary puzzle:
https://games.penjee.com/binary-numbers-game/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Keeping up with the Binary thing, check this out:
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
In life, what you see is not necessarily what you get!
Check out these optical illusions
Leave a comment in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Think you got the Binary Puzzle thing going?
Try a big one:
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We're learning about binary. So solve today's binary puzzle!
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Remember the binary system? Representing numbers using only 2 digits? All those 1's and 0's?
Still can't remember how it works? Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system
Can you count from 1 to 10 in binary? Try it!
Use the ascii chart @ http://sticksandstones.kstrom.com/appen.html to convert the phrase "Hello World" into binary.
Check your answer using the binary encoder @ https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/binary-to-ascii.html
Double check your answer using the binary/ascii converter @ https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/binary-to-ascii.html
Leave a comment in English and in binary!
dmac
Today's GrokIt:
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid...........
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I’m way up here
It’s crystal clear
That now, I’m in a whole new world with you
Well, I can't show you the world but GeoGeusser can!
Go to OpenGuessr - Let's explore the world!
or GeoGuessr
Sign in with Google.
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
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
How about a Doodle challenge?
Check it out @ Quick, Draw!
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
You just watched a video about cyberbullying:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtfMzmkYp9E
Different types of cyberbullying include:
Catfishing: Someone sets up a fictional persona online to compromise a victim in various ways, often exploiting a victim's emotions. The perpetrator's goals may be to lure them into a relationship or to intentionally upset a victim, among other reasons.
Cyberflashing: When someone receives an unsolicited sexually graphic image, they've been cyberflashed. This can occur on peer-to-peer Wi-Fi networks or Bluetooth Airdrop, in or outside of school.
Ghosting: When people cut off online contact and stop responding, they might be ghosting. Refusing to answer someone's messages can actually be a way of communicating a shift or upheaval among a group of friends. Often, instead of ever addressing the issue head-on, people will just ignore the targeted person.
Griefing: There are people who harass or irritate you in multiplayer video games. They kill your character on purpose, steal your game loot, or harass you in chat. Repeated behavior like that is called "griefing."
Hate pages: On platforms like Instagram, teens may create fake accounts to harass victims, posting unflattering photos of their target, exposing secrets, or sharing screenshots of texts from people saying mean things. It's hard to trace who created the account, and the people doing the bullying can simply create a new "hate" page if one is shut down or removed. Sometimes, these anonymous accounts may be collections focused on rumors or other malicious materials targeting students schoolwide.
Outing: This occurs when someone reveals someone's gender identity or sexual orientation without their consent. What makes this particularly malicious is the risk this may pose for teens who report higher levels of mental health struggles and are at greater risk for self-harm.
Leave a comment on Slack!
Sounds like bad weather coming.
See if you can change it:
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's Grokit:
Today you are going to take a trip. That's right!
Think you're a world traveler. Take a trip: travle.earth/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
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 @
Pick one article, read it and leave a comment.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
You need to come up with an idea for a video game. Look at the videos on this website to build some foundational skills with Kodu:
https://mrpook.weebly.com/kodu-game-lab.html
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
How do you design a video game? Look at these sites:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/designing-video-games.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Design-a-Video-Game
What different types of video games are there?
http://www.bizymoms.com/hobbies/types-of-video-games.html
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
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 in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Make a pong game in Snap. Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJdf4-wWDk
Leave a comment in Slack
Mr. DeMarci
Today's GrokIt:
So you got introduced to Snap. Check out the Snap tutorials:
https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/c/how-to/20
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We are working a lot with drawing tools in Engineering class this trimester, Paint, Pixelart, Adobe Express.
How about AutoDraw?
Check it out @ https://experiments.withgoogle.com/autodraw
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Today, we start our stint with Adobe.
What is graphic arts?
The visual arts based on the use of line and tone rather than three-dimensional work or the use of color.
The activity of practicing the graphic arts, especially as a subject of study.
Check it out @
What is Adobe?
Check it out @
Industry-leading graphic design apps for designers | Adobe
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/illustration.html
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Like emoji? So does everyone else:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/video/why-we-love-adding-emoji-to-dictionary/?param=DcomSERP-mid2
https://blazepress.com/2014/10/21-emoji-combinations-use-words-wont-quite-cut/
Leave a comment in emoji!
dmac
Today's GrokIt:
It all started with cave paintings and looks like that's where it's ending up. It looks like the end of the written word:
https://www.wired.com/story/children-emoji-language-learning/
http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html
Leave a comment in emoji!
Today's GrokIt:
What's a flag?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag
What do they look like?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_sovereign_state_flags
Post your favorite on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Emojis--what are they and what do they mean?
Check it out @:
Emoji Meanings: How to Decode and Use Emoji | Reader's Digest (rd.com)
Full Emoji List, v15.0 (unicode.org)
Emoji meanings 😀😉😆😋😘😐🤗 - Emojitips.com
🍏 Apple Emoji List — Emojis for iPhone, iPad and macOS [Updated: 2022] (emojipedia.org)
Then write a 6 emoji story and post it on Slack!
Today's GrokIt:
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid...........
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I’m way up here
It’s crystal clear
That now, I’m in a whole new world with you
Well, I can't show you the world but GeoGeusser can!
Go to OpenGuessr - Let's explore the world!
Sign in with Google.
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's Grokit:
Today you are going to take a trip. That's right!
Think you're a world traveler. Take a trip @https://travle.earth/
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Think you're smart? You know all of the facts?
Check it out @ Amazing Facts
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Welcome to another year of GrokIt!
GrokIt originally appeared 2 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.
Online carbon calculators help users determine the amount of carbon emissions they (or their household) is responsible for introducing into the environment. This kind of interactive exercise can be a good language-development opportunity, as well as one for expanding content knowledge in either science or social studies.
Figure out how much carbon you are spewing into the atmosphere by using these tools:
https://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
Leave a comment!
Today's GrokIt:
More about EarSketch:
How to use EarSketch - YouTube
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Now that you're all up to speed with Kodu, did you know there's a competition for the best Kodu game?
Microsoft sponsors the Kodu Cup every year. Top prize: 5K!
Check it out @:
https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2014/07/22/whohaswonthisyearsk/
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-announces-kodu-game-lab-competition
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Think you can make a living as a video game developer? Here's some colleges and universities that offer advanced degrees in Video Game Design. Check it out:
https://www.collegerank.net/best-video-game-design-degree-programs/
https://successfulstudent.org/best-video-game-colleges/
https://www.gamedesigning.org/video-game-design-schools/
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science/game-simulation-development
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What's a deep fake?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake
Can you spot one a deepfake?
https://www.iproov.com/spot-deepfake-quiz
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Some interesting Kodu videos:
How to make a football game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIyNYNeNUg
How to create an underwater world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdr1JEVfjs
How to make a racing game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJTBMe1I98
How to make pages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87g-mDfS7g
How to make a maze:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48BNpjmQ6d4
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Tower of Hanoi is a classic 'programming' puzzle.
Check it out @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi
Play it @ https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
Leave a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Your first lab in Snap is to make shapes. Take a look at What is a Shape?
https://capitalizemytitle.com/shapes-vocabulary-different-shape-names/
What is a heptagon and a nonagon? Can you try to code it in Snap?
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
So you got introduced to Snap. Check out the Snap tutorials:
https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/c/how-to/20
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
We're jumping into coding and starting with a new IDE: SNAP
https://bjc.edc.org/bjc-r/course/bjc4nyc.html
Click on unit 1 and follow along.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Think you're smart? Mensa smart?
Go to this webpage: Mensa and find out!
Write a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Look at some of the world's most strange even bizarre animals:
https://factanimal.com/weird-animals/
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/weird-animals
https://www.boredpanda.com/strange-unusual-animals/
Design your own weird animal in Adobe Express:
https://bronxzoo.com/animals/our-animals
Leave it up on Slack
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What is a coat of arms?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms
https://www.britannica.com/topic/coat-of-arms
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-coat-of-arms
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Coats-of-Arms/
Does your 'clan' have a badge?
https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/faqs
What does a coat of arms look like?
https://study.com/learn/lesson/coat-of-arms-symbols-meaning-examples.html
Make one for you family:
https://www.allfamilycrests.com/makecoatofarms.htm
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What is a graphic format?
Check it out at:
JPEG, GIF, PNG? How to Pick the Best Graphic Formats
Graphic File Formats | Computerworld
Leave a comment on Slack.
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Now that we're in the visual design world, let's take a look at some of the most famous art in the world:
http://www.mystudios.com/treasure/treasure.html
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
Which one is your favorite?
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Today, we start our stint with Adobe.
What is graphic arts?
The visual arts based on the use of line and tone rather than three-dimensional work or the use of color.
The activity of practicing the graphic arts, especially as a subject of study.
Check it out @
What is Adobe?
Check it out @
Industry-leading graphic design apps for designers | Adobe
Digital drawing and painting software | Adobe
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
What's a deep fake?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake
Can you spot one a deepfake?
https://www.iproov.com/spot-deepfake-quiz
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Had a bad dream last night--filled with monsters!
Build one yourself @ https://www.tynker.com/ide/v3?type=diy&p=6512faad218b2c49e62e6e38&content=377a22b7-36819f99-9e748b16-b8109b6e-f5&cache=max&v=36819f99-9e748b16-b8109b6e-f5
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Today's GrokIt:
Happy New Year!
I'm back from vacation.
Sounds like bad weather coming.
See if you can change it @ https://www.tynker.com/ide/v3?type=diy&p=651336b8218b2c43fe60a1f9&content=377a22b7-36819f99-9e748b16-b8109b6e-f5&cache=max&v=36819f99-9e748b16-b8109b6e-f5
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
