091223WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Think you're smart? Mensa smart?

Go to this webpage: Mensa and find out! 

Write a comment on Slack. 

Mr. DeMarco

091123WarmUp

 Today's GrokIt:

Ever been around the world?

You can go, right now--with Goggle Maps!

Look up the following locations and tell me what's there?

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. ...

Northern Lake Baikal, Russia. ...

Kuang Si Falls, Luang Prabang, Laos. ...

Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. ...

Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming, USA. ...

Huacachina, Peru. ...

The Door to Hell, Turkmenistan.

Use the the little yellow man or photosphere to geolocate and reconnoiter.

What's your favorite place?

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

090823WarmUp

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

090723WarmUp

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

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

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

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 @

http://www.wired.com/

Pick one article, read it and leave a comment.

Mr. DeMarco