GrokIt!

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

113022 Warm Up

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?

Look up the definition.

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

How is it pronounced?

GROK meaning | What does "GROK" mean? Definition in Merlin Dictionary #shorts - YouTube

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

What is Grokking Science?

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

Monday, November 28, 2022

112922 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