Group Presentation: Technology In Our Society

We are going to create presentations similar to PowerPoint using Google Drive.

Save your information frequently while you research for your technology on the internet.
You must include a minimum of 3 pictures in your presentation.
You must title your presentation.

You must include at least 1 video linked into your presentation.

Once you are done you are going to email it as an attachment tofierro.r.1025@gmail.com

Your presentation must have a minimum of 8 slides.  

Effects of iPad (touch screen devices) on children - Montserrat & Nohemi.

The Human Genome Project’s goal

Using Khan Academy in the classroom

The future of the World Wide Web

How has iTunes affected the music and movie industry

What is your “digital footprint?” and what does it mean? - Hao & Ximena

Can we reach Artificial Intelligence? Is that a good thing? - (Andres, Ricardo, and Sebastian.) (Natalia, Sofia, and Maria Jose)

How have search engines changed our daily lives?

Has Google become too big and powerful? What are future projects at Google? - Romina & Velimar

Is Facebook making us less social? - Camila & Melissa

Technology In Cars - Santiago & Hector

• How has technology affected our lives?
• Explain what the problem is.
• Are there two sides to your argument?
• Make it neat.
• Make it interesting.
• Spell check
• Do research
• Include a video and at least 3 images
  
  
• At least 8 slides.
• Must include resources page

Rubric for Multimedia Presentation - PowerPoint

Content - Writing

10	All material is in publishable form; that is, it is thoroughly proof-read and without careless errors.
8	All your information is well researched, well written, well organized and in your own voice.
4	All flaws pointed out by the instructor and/or peer advisors in drafts have been corrected.
10	Material shows strong understanding of major ideas and displays critical thinking in placement of text, sequencing of pages, and page composition.
3	Presentation has a title page.
5	Presentation has a source page.

Content - Technical

9	The presentation includes a minimum of 7 slides.
6	The presentation includes at least 3 images.
6	The presentation has a professional look with an overall graphical theme that appeals to the audience, compliments the information, and each slide is visually neat incorporating a variety of layouts.
6	Student uses correct number of graphics that communicate and compliment information being shared.
6	The presentation visually depicts material and appeals to audience.

Communication

3	Did you use a different form to communicate to the group during your presentation other than simply screen reading?
3	You used each slide as lead into the wealth of additional information you have on the topic.
3	You maintained eye contact with group and modulated your voice in addition to your visual on-screen sharing.
3	At conclusion of your sharing you checked for understanding via questions or oral quiz, etc.
3	You utilized your allotted time effectively.

Technical Organization

4	Followed all directions.
4	Correctly titled presentation.
4	An electronic form of your presentation has been emailed to the professor.

Total Points = 100

Content Writing 40

Content Technical 33

Communication 15

Technical Organization 12

Extra Credit and Topic for Group Presentation

Next week you are going to complete a group presentation about a major issue that centers around technology and is facing our society today.

Here are the topics that you can choose from. Or you can take today's class to discuss and research a different topic idea with your partner, but it MUST BE APPROVED by Mr. FIerro before you begin your project.

I will give you the details of what I expect from this project on Monday's class period.

Effects of iPad (touch screen devices) on children - Montserrat & Nohemi.

The Human Genome Project’s goal

Using Khan Academy in the classroom

The future of the World Wide Web

Future projects at Google

How has iTunes affected the music and movie industry

What is your “digital footprint?” and what does it mean?

Can we reach Artificial Intelligence? Is that a good thing?

How have search engines changed our daily lives?

Can an online company become too big and powerful?

Is Facebook making us less social? - Camila & Melissa


Here is an extra credit assignment to improve your grade.


Read this article titled "The Touch-Screen Generation."


Now in a 1-2 page essay answer the following question.


What are some of the effects that iPads or other touch screen media on children?


Your essay must be emailed to Mr. Fierro at fierro.r.1025@gmail.com:

• It must be a word document. 
• MLA format
• 12 point font
• Double spaced 

You may also conduct your own research to complete the essay. Just make sure you cite your sources.

Assignment 6: Results of Online Polls

This assignment is DUE on SEPTEMBER 26 at 11:59 p.m.

By this point you should be done with your online polls and should now answer each of your classmates polls.

Look at the results of your online posts by going to Google Drive.

You click on the spreadsheet poll you created and then click on "View Responses".

Now send an email of each spreadsheet as an attachment to fierro.r.1025@gmail.com

Make sure you title your email "Results of Online Poll (Your name and Type of poll) for each email. 

Your classmates' Blogger URL addresses are:

http://xisavargas.blogspot.com/

http://bestprinciplesoftechnologyblog.blogspot.com/

http://fridacamille.blogspot.com/

http://eugmur.blogspot.com/

http://haomoy.blogspot.com/

http://majoarellano.blogspot.com/

http://gonzalezsm.blogspot.com/

http://mmelissalugo.blogspot.com/

http://morielsofia.blogspot.com/

http://natinskis.blogspot.com/

http://nohemilova.blogspot.com/

http://soypaulinayquieromiblog.blogspot.com/

http://andreslugochapa.blogspot.com/

http://molugo.blogspot.com/

http://sanchez1498.blogspot.com/

http://rominamoralesquijas.blogspot.com/

http://uranga1912.blogspot.com/

http://carbonell32.blogspot.com/

http://velimararianna.blogspot.com/

http://sanchezyassel.blogspot.com/

Now in a new Blogger post (titled "Results of Online Polls") answer the following questions in at least 2-4 sentences:

1. Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?
2. How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you recieved?
3. Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why?
4. If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Technologico de Montorrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll?
5. Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tech de Montorrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not?
6. How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person?
7. In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain.

Creating an Online Poll Using Google Spreadsheet.

Assignment 6: Creating an Online Poll

This assignment is due TUESDAY September 24 at 11:59 p.m.

You are going to create a series of online polls in Google Docs Spreadsheet.

You can view the online polls you have started to create by clicking here.

Google Spreadsheet (freeware) is a similar application to Microsoft Excel.

You are going to create at least 4 separate polls in your Google docs and create a new blogger post with the links to the online polls you just created. (Each poll must have at least 2-5 questions)

In order to complete the assignment you will use this link and this link.

Before you begin the assignment you must participate in these polls that I created for the purposes of this class.
Mr. Fierro's Grid Poll 
                   Scale type poll
                   List type poll
                   Checkbox type poll
                   Multiple choice poll


The polls that you create must follow these guidelines

• No inappropriate content.
• Must be in English.
• Must be grammatically correct.
• At least one poll must be related in some way to principles of technology class.
• When appropriate you must include at least 4 response options 

Assignment 5

This assignment is due at 11:59 pm 9/17/2013

Watch the following video about working at Google.

Now you must do independent research to answer the following questions.

You must write 3-5 sentences for each response except for question 4 and 8.


1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?




2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?
 



3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?



4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.



6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?



7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?



8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?


9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?


10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?



11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?






From "Our Culture at Google"

We strive to maintain the open culture often associated with startups, in which everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions. In our weekly all-hands (“TGIF”) meetings—not to mention over email or in the cafe—Googlers ask questions directly to Larry, Sergey and other execs about any number of company issues. Our offices and cafes are designed to encourage interactions between Googlers within and across teams, and to spark conversation about work as well as play.

Review Exam 1 (final_version)

Make sure you can answer any question or problem previously assigned to you! (View your Blogger)

Random Access Memory (RAM) - The most common type of memory for a computer. A computer's volatile or temporary memory. RAM stores data and programs while they are being used and requires a power source to maintain its integrity.

Read-Only Memory (ROM) - Permanently stores its data, even when the computer is shut off. ROM is nonvolatile because it never loses its contents. ROM holds the instructions that the computer needs to operate.

World Wide Web – combines text, images and time-based media in a network of pages connected by links

Data (computer) – are the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media.

Program - is a set of data that consists of a series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine.

Hypertext – linked pages of text. 

Hardware – the machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system.

Software – the programs and other operating information used by a computer.

Title – The name by which the resource is formally known.

Creator – The person, organization or service who made the content of the resource, for instance, the writer of an article or the photographer who took a picture.

Subject – One of the topics of the resource. It is usual to choose keywords from an accepted classification scheme as the subject.

Publisher – The publisher is “responsible for making the resource available”. This might be a commercial publisher, an academic institution or an individual.

Contributor – A person or organization that has contributed to the content.

Format – The type of media of the resource.

MP3 – The best known form of audio compression.

Difference between analog and digital:

In analog technology, a wave is recorded or used in its original form. So, for example, in an analog tape recorder, a signal is taken straight from the microphone and laid onto tape. The wave from the microphone is an analog wave, and therefore the wave on the tape is analog as well. That wave on the tape can be read, amplified and sent to a speaker to produce the sound.
In digital technology, the analog wave is sampled at some interval, and then turned into numbers that are stored in the digital device. On a CD, the sampling rate is 44,000 samples per second. So on a CD, there are 44,000 numbers stored per second of music. To hear the music, the numbers are turned into a voltage wave that approximates the original wave.

File format – specific structure or arrangement of data stored as a computer file.

Cyberbully - The electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student) often done anonymously

Database - A database is an organized collection of related information that can be used for searches. An application that helps manage large collections of information. 

Desktop - The background on the windows, menus, and dialog boxes on a PC. It is supposed to represent a desk.

E-mail - Sending and receiving messages through a computer network. This process requires a computer, modem or network connection, and an e-mail address. 

Hacker - An unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer files.

Home page - An introductory screen on a web page on the World Wide Web, used to welcome visitors. A home page can include special text or graphics on which you click to jump to related information on other pages on the Web. 

Keyboard - The hardware device used to enter letters into the computer.

Keyword - A word or reference point used to describe content on a web page that search engines use to properly index the page.

Password - A code for the security protection to allow access to a computer or the computer programs. 

Paste - To insert the last information that was cut or copied into a document. Cut and paste can be used to move information within or between documents. 

Retrieve - Open a saved document.

Search Engines - Software that searches, gathers and identifies information from a database based on keywords, indices, titles and text. 

URL Address - Uniform Resource Locator Website address. Example: http://www.iss.k12.nc.us 

User name - First part of an e-mail address. Example: jmwinton is the user name of the following e-mail address. jmwinton@iss.k12.nc.us  

Understand the information processing cycle!


Computer - A computer is an electronic device that processes data, converting it into information that is useful to people.

Personal Computers - A term that refers to any computer system that is designed for use by a single person.

Desktop Computer - The most common type of personal computer, designed to sit on (or under) a desk or table.

System Unit - The main component of a desktop PC, the case that houses the computer's critical parts, such as its processing and storage devices.

Workstation - A specialized, single-user computer that typically has more power and features than a standard desktop PC. These machines are popular among scientists, engineers, and animators who need a system with greater than average speed and the power to perform sophisticated tasks.

Notebook Computers - Or laptop computers, weigh less than 8 pounds and run on special batteries.

Tablet PC - Offer all the functionality of a notebook PC, but they are lighter and can accept input from a special pen called a stylus or a digital pen that is used to tap or write directly on the screen.

Handheld PC - Handheld personal computers are computing devices small enough to fit in your hand. A popular type of handheld computer is the personal digital assistant (PDA).

Smart Phones - A phone that doubles as a miniature PC. These phones offer advanced features not typically found in cellular phones, like internet access or email.

Network Servers, Mainframes, Minicomputers, and Supercomputers - are commonly used by organizations and support the computing needs of many users.

Network Server - is a powerful personal computer that is used as the central computer in an organization's network. In many companies, workers use their desktop systems to access a central shared computer.

Mainframes - are powerful, special-purpose computers that can support the needs of hundreds or thousands of users.

Minicomputers - support dozens or hundreds of users at one time.

Supercomputers - are the largest and most powerful computers made. 

A complete computer system consists of four parts:

• Hardward
• Software
• Data
• User

Hardware - Any part of the computer you can touch. A computer's hardware consists of interconnected electronic devices that you can use to control the computer's operation, input, and output. (The everyday term device refers to any piece of hardware.)


Software - A set of instructions that makes the computer perform tasks. In other words, software tells the computer what to do. (The term program refers to any piece of software.) Some programs exist primarily for the computer's use to help it perform tasks and manage its own resources. Other types of programs exist for the user, enabling him or her to perform tasks such as creating documents.

Data - consist of individual facts or pieces of information that by themselves may not make much sense to a person. A computer's primary job is to process these tiny pieces of data in various ways, converting them into useful information.

Users - People are the computer operators, also known as users.

The Information Processing Cycle - a set of steps the computer follows to receive data, process the data according to instructions from a program, display the resulting information to the user, and store the results.

The information processing cycle has four parts, and each part involves one or more specific components of the computer:

Input - During this part of the cycle, the computer accepts data from some source, such as the user or a program, for processing.

Processing - During this part of the cycle, the computer's processing components perform actions on the data, based on instructions from the user or a program.

Output - Here, the computer may be required to display the results of its processing. For example, the results may appear as text, numbers, or a graphic on the computer's screen or as sounds from its speaker.

Storage - In this step, the computer permanently stores the results of its processing on a disk, USB, or some other kind of storage medium.

ESSENTIAL COMPUTER HARDWARE

           A computer's hardware devices fall into one of four categories.

1. Processor
2. Memory
3. Input and output
4. Storage

Processing devices: The procedure that transforms raw data into useful information is called processing. To perform this transformation, the computer uses two components the processor and memory. The processor is like the brain of the computer, it organizes and carries out instructions that come from either the user or software. Term central processing unit (CPU) refers to a computer's processor.

Memory devices: In a computer, memory is one or more sets of chips that store data and/or program instructions, either temporarily or permanently. The most common type of memory is called random access memory (RAM). RAM is like an electronic scratch pad inside the computer. RAM holds data and program instructions while the CPU works with them.

Input and Output Devices: A personal computer would be useless if you could not interact with it because the machine could not receive instructions or deliver the results of its work. Input devices accept data and instructions from the user or from another computer system (such as a computer or the Internet). Output devices return processed data to the user or to another computer system. The most common input device is the keyboard, which accepts letters, numbers, and commands from the user. The function or an output device is to present processed data to the user. The most common output devices are the monitor and the printer.

Storage: A computer can function with only processing, memory, input, and output devices. To be really useful, however, a computer also needs a place to keep program files and related data when they are not in use. The purpose of storage is to hold data permanently, even when the computer is turned off.

Similar essay questions you might see:

Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"? Explain your answer.
Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch?
Why did Sir Tim Berner's Lee decide to make the World Wide Web free when he created it at CERN?
Why is it important to link information using the World Wide Web? What are the benefits of having instant access to information?
Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices. Examples: Output - Printer, speakers, headphones. Input - Keyboard, Mouse, digital camera.
Know the units of measure for computer memory and storage. 

• Kilobyte (KB) - Smallest
• Megabyte (Mb)
• Gigabyte (GB)
• Terabyte (TB) - Largest