Today's GrokIt:
Happy Birthday! How old are you? Really? Are you sure?
Check out these age calculators:
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/agecalculator.html
http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php
Leave a comment!
Mr. DeMarco
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
090623WarmUp
Today's GrokIt:
The title of this blog is GrokIt! You have been accessing the site since the beginning of school. But what does it mean?
What's a Grok? When was it first used? By whom? And where?
Look up the definition:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
How is it pronounced? Grok
How do you use it correctly? Grok
Which other famous (sort of) person has used the term?
What is Grokking the Future?
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED084554
Leave a comment in Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
090523WarmUp
Today's GrokIt!
Think you're going to the NBA? Think again!
You'll need to shoot better than this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usgb3BdHRPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLsQjR5MegE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmzSiCP2XIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXsB7fXcWO8
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
Thursday, August 31, 2023
083123WarmUp
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
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
061423 Warm Up
Today's GrokIt:
Should AI be used to create songs from dead musicians?
Paul McCartney reveals AI was used to create the 'last Beatles record' - ABC News (go.com)
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Mr. DeMarco
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
061323 Warm Up
Today's GrokIt:
Not only are robots poised to take over many jobs that are going unfilled, like restaurant workers, not they're even learning to cook by watching food videos.
Check it out @
Robot 'chef' learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos (techxplore.com)
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Mr. DeMarco
Monday, June 12, 2023
061223 Warm Up
Today's GrokIt:
Ever send a text and your phone substitutes a word that you didn't type. Super annoying!
Well on the IPhone, things maybe getting better:
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/05/ios-17-improved-autocorrect/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/ducking-iphone-keyboard-apple/index.html
Leave a comment on Slack!
Mr. DeMarco
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