Agenda, Week 16, 12/18-12/20, 2017

Monday

Prepare for your spreadsheet test. Create something (Quizlet, Kahoot, flash cards) that helps you to study; you can work with a partner if you want. If time allows, you can also use what you have created to quiz each other.

• Test review is here
• Class notes

Tuesday

• Spreadsheet test
• Answer form is linked here.

Wednesday

• Test results
• Reflection

Agenda: Week 15, 12/11-12/15, 2017

Monday

• Last chance to turn in Shopping Comparison Spreadsheet
• Finish Bowling Scores
• Finish car mileage spreadsheet (individual)

Tuesday

• Finish presentations
• Discuss active listening article

Wednesday

• 
  

Thursday

Friday

• 
  

Agenda: Week 14, 12/4-12/8, 2017

Monday

• Spreadsheet Notes

Tuesday

• Spreadsheet Notes

Wednesday

• Shopping Price Comparison

Thursday

• Individually, write down the SUM function that would add up all the cells from A1 to A12.
• Notes on more functions
• Assignment: Bowling Scores

Friday

• Finish Bowling Scores
• Begin car mileage spreadsheet (individual)

Agenda: Week 13, 11/27-12/1, 2017

Monday–Tuesday

Create a handout (brochure, flier, comic strip, diagram, etc.) that explains the actions you can take to protect your digital information and internet devices, particularly from online dangers, as well as why these actions are helpful. Your handout needs to make sense to someone who doesn’t have any background in the topic. To be successful, you need to do the following:

• Be accurate
• Name the points of vulnerability
• Explain possible consequences 
• Describe ~practical~ strategies for staying safe
• Use visuals (diagrams, photos, sketches, etc) to help explain your ideas

Wednesday

Spreadsheet pretest

• Answer form here

Turn in Internet Safety Handout

Thursday

Spreadsheet project

Agenda: Week 11, 11/13-11/17, 2017

Monday

• Finish notes (if needed)
• Notes:
• Definitions
• categories of internet terms
• Diagrams
• LAN
• Internet
• Create a study aid

Tuesday

• Finish creating your study help (Quizlet, Cahoot, etc.).
• Submit it on Google Classroom
• Use your study helper and study! Quiz each other, etc.
• If you haven't already, please add your group notes on malware, etc. to the class notes on Google Classroom.

Wednesday

• "How the Internet Works" re-test
• answer form (answers without notes only!)
• Project next steps

Thursday

• Quiz results: how did we do? What was effective? What wasn't?
• Project work time

Friday

• Project work time

Agenda, Week 10: 11/6-11/10, 2017

Monday

• Grade Check
• Why do people hack?
• Group: Internet Security Issues Research
• Research:
• Malware
• Phishing
• Password Security
• Explain:
• What is it?
• How does it work?
• Why does someone do it?
• Quiz on Wednesday on how the internet works. You may have one page of notes with you.
• Review is here.

Tuesday

• Photograph your internet model
• Finish Internet Security research
• Quiz on how the internet works on Wednesday

Wednesday

• Quiz (answer form)
• Turn in your group notes in Google Classroom.
• Go to Google Classroom and open the assignment called "Class notes on Internet Security." Copy your research notes into the appropriate sections in each of the documents.

Thursday

• Class notes on Internet Security
• Photograph your internet project.

Friday

• Definitions
• Make something to help you study!

Agenda: Week 9, 10/30-11/3, 2017

Monday

• Internet Exchange Maps
• https://www.internetexchangemap.com/#/building/15148
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Internet_map_1024_-_transparent%2C_inverted.png
• http://www.level3.com/-/media/files/maps/en-network-services-level-3-network-map.pdf
• https://www.popsci.com/building-public-detailed-map-internet
• After taking notes on the internet and watching this video on how information travels, create a model of how the internet works. Your model:
• can be a comic, animation, or physical model
• should illustrates how data is transferred on the internet beginning with what happens when you want to go to a website. 
• should explain things in enough detail that your target audience (your parents) can understand.
• Begin by creating a storyboard of your idea. Storyboards must be drawn on paper and be approved (signed off) by your teacher (me!).
• Make sure you include the following concepts and terms:
• Transmission lines
• Ethernet
• Wifi
• Data
• Web Browser
• Protocols
• Ports
• IP Address
• Router
• Server
• ISP
• IX

Tuesday

• Grade Check
• Work on internet model

Wednesday

• Work on internet model

Thursday

• Work on internet model

Friday

• Share your models (gallery walk and feedback)
• Evaluate 4 other groups. Fill out the evaluation forms and share those with me.
• Share "Likes" and "Questions" on sticky notes with groups. Sign your sticky notes.
•  Refine model based on feedback, 
• Prep for usage (photograph)
• Quiz next week

Agenda, Week 8: 10/23-10/27, 2017

Monday

• Review for test
• Notes: Major parts of a computer (update: now with the correct link)
• How Computers Work - Google Docs

Tuesday

• Test: Answer Form

Wednesday

• Journal
• Design an internet

Thursday

• Notes: How does the internet work?

Friday

• Finish notes on the internet.
• servers, dns, fiber optic
• Watch this video on how information travels
• Create a storyboard for a comic or animation that illustrates what happens when you go to a website. Your target audience is your parents.

Agenda: Week 7, 10/16-10/20, 2017

Monday

• Review these notes: Major parts of a computer (update: now with the correct link)
• Read  and take notes on the articles linked here about how computers work.
• How Computers Work - Google Docs
• http://www.butterflyfields.com/resources/how-does-a-computer-work/
• Work with 1-2 partners to create something (a slideshow, poster, etc.) that explains how computers work. Students can use one of the following options or create something of their own. Here are some options:
• Create a simile for each part of the computer. Explain how each simile reflects the function of the computer part it represents. Include pictures.
• Animate the way a computer works. Show how information flows through the computer.
• Create a comic that follows a byte of information through a computer.
• The project must include the following and explain what each item does:
• Bits and bytes
• CPU
• Primary Memory/RAM
• Secondary Memory
• Bus,
• Input Device
• Output Device
• System Clock
• Ports
• Be ready to present to the class on Wednesday

Tuesday

• Demonstration: a look inside a computer (small groups)
• Work on yesterday's project

Wednesday

• Finish Project and present

Thursday

• Debrief: How does information move through a computer?
• Notes: What is code?
• Algorithm Activity

Friday

• Algorithm Activity
• Quiz next week

Agenda: Week 6 10/9–10/13, 2017

Monday

• Project Entry doc. and NTKs

Tuesday

• Pretest
• Answer Form

Wednesday

• Notes: What is a computer?
• Electricity
• Binary
• Codes and switches

Thursday

• Partner Assignment:
• Watch this video
• With your partner, write two paragraphs in a Google Doc
• Paragraph 1: describe what is actually happening in the video
• Paragraph 2: describe ways in which this might relate to a computer

Friday

• Finish yesterday's assignment
• Presentation: bits and bytes
  • ties in to how internet works
  • necessary to understand memory
• Notes: Major parts of a computer

Agenda: Week 5 10/2-10/6, 2017

Monday

• Finish working on group technology presentation: compare your research and determine which technology has had the greatest impact on our society. Create a presentation that convinces us that your argument is correct. 
• Use a basic argument structure: claim based on reasons supported by evidence. 
• Upload your slideshow to Google Classroom
• Your presentation will be successful if:
• You make a clear claim about the the most important technology invented.
• You give reasons that are relevant to the claim and show that you understand the significance of your technology
• You provide evidence that your reasons are true (including sources where needed)
• Rubric here

Tuesday

• Presentations

Wednesday

• 2nd hour: student count day
• Finish/redo speeches?
• Quiz on Friday (look at last year)
  • Recognize and apply the definition of technology
    • identify the the different parts of the definition
    • classify examples as technology or not technology
  • Recognize and apply the 4 characteristics of technology
    • Be able to choose the correct answer to a question based on one of the 4 characteristics
  • Presentation skills:
    • Personal
    • Structural : intro, body, conclusion; claim, reason, evidence, counter argument; transitions.
    • Content: facts, connections, why it matters/relevance

Thursday

• New groups! 
• Create a document that contains:
• contact info
• roles (facilitator, recorder)
• agreements
• Project Entry doc.
• K/NTKs
• Quiz review

Friday

• Quiz: What is Technology?
• Answer form
• Project Entry doc. and NTKs

Agenda: Week 4 10/25/17-10/29, 2017

Monday

Impact of Technology Argument:

Individual: research one of the following technologies and write up your findings in a paper (approximately one page). 

Choose from these topics:

• Glass
• Wheel
• Printing press
• Car
• Computer
• Household appliances
• Battery
• Vaccines

 Include the following:

• Name of Technology:
• Brief Description
• Approximate Dates
• Ways it changed society
• Sources
• Due Wednesday.
• Group: compare your research and determine which technology has had the greatest impact on our society. Create a presentation that convinces us that your argument is correct. 
• Due Monday, 10/1.

Tuesday

• Work on paper

Wednesday 

 MLA

Resources:

• Sample Paper 
• In-class example: 
• Header: last name and auto page number
• Spacing and font
• Tab for titles, paragraphs
• Set the tab for block quotes, citations (hanging indent)

Thursday

• Group: compare your research and determine which technology has had the greatest impact on our society. Create a presentation that convinces us that your argument is correct. 
• Use a basic argument structure: claim based on reasons supported by evidence. 
• Due Monday, 10/1.

Friday

• Group: compare your research and determine which technology has had the greatest impact on our society. Create a presentation that convinces us that your argument is correct. 
• Use a basic argument structure: claim based on reasons supported by evidence. 
• Due Monday, 10/1.

Agenda: Week 3 9/18–9/22, 2017

Monday-Thursday

• Notes on Defining Technology
• Complete your document on your technology definition and submit (see Google Classroom)
• Begin work on Technology Family Tree showing how technology builds on itself:
• Demo: Harry Potter and the Tech Family Tree
• Create a Tech Family Tree for your cell phone (due Wednesday)
• Use LucidChart
• Group project; be able to list who contributed what
• Show what technological innovations were necessary to produce your cell phone
• Each innovation gets its own bubble on the chart
• Include the approximate year (or century) for each innovation
• Explain your connections
• To get an "A", go back at least 2000 years
• Bonus points for including images

Friday

Look at this website on technology timelines and then finish your family tree.

Then, turn in your technology definition assignment.

Agenda: Week 2

Monday:

• Take this Google Self-Assessment
• Connect to Google Classroom and complete the task assigned there.
• 2nd hour: mc508cq
• 4th hour: 58pyxmx
• 6th hour: aemuzp
• 7th hour: xqg90u

Tuesday

• Question: what is technology and why does it matter?
• Research
• Compare and evaluate three different definitions 
• Include examples of things that are and are not technology
• Present with a slideshow

Wednesday

• Begin completing the Technology Definition Worksheet (in Google Classroom)

Thursday 

• Finish presentations; take notes.
• Present
• Debrief and add to worksheet

Friday

• Read through this website: comic about technology (note: one of the links is out of date)
• Refine and complete group definition worksheet