IBITGS - 1213 - October

From WLCS

Wednesday (10/31/12)

  • 1st Quarter Exam

Monday (10/29/12)

  • Hurricane Sandy

Thursday (10/25/12)

Tuesday (10/23/12)

Warmup:

  • Read and blog about the following article: A Bandwidth Breakthrough
    1. Link and title of the article
    2. Synopsis of the article -- What exactly did the researchers do to achieve their results?
    3. Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the scenario)
    4. Identify the areas of impact (look at the front board on the left)
    5. Identify AND describe any social or ethical issues related to the article
    6. What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?
    7. What positive and negative impacts will result?
    8. Give a couple examples of specific places that this technology may be helpful in peoples' day-to-day activities

Friday (10/19/12)

  • IDT Programming Contest
    • Design contest - given a problem scenario, create the solution
    • Teams of 2-3 people
    • Runs from early December to mid February
    • Prizes for students and schools
  • RFID Presentations (3 examples per area of impact)
    1. Images for the example
    2. Advantages and benefits of using RFID in that area
    3. Disadvantages and concerns for using RFID in that area

Wednesday (10/17/12)

  • PSATs

Monday (10/15/12/)

Warmup:

  • Watch TED Talk: Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen
  • Answer the following on your blog:
    1. What is the date of the talk?
    2. What was the announcement date of the first iPhone?
    3. What are your initial reactions to watching this video?
    4. What are some uses of multi-touch technology? Describe the devices.
    5. Describe the advantages to using multi-touch (i.e. why is it better than a keyboard or mouse?)
    6. Describe the disadvantages to using multi-touch (i.e. why is it not better than a keyboard or mouse?)
    7. Describe how multi-touch can be used in 2 different areas of impact (that are not Home & Leisure). Give specific examples and name the areas of impact.

Agenda:

  • Input devices and sensors
    • Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
    • Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
    • Smart cards vs. Credit cards
    • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
    • RFID Presentations (due Friday 10/19/12)
      1. Receive your group assignment (3 ppl per group) and area of impact
      2. Research how RFIDs are used in that area of impact
      3. Find at least 1 example per person
      4. Create a Google presentation that presents your team's findings
      5. Be sure to include the following:
        • Images for the example
        • Advantages and benefits of using RFID in that area
        • Disadvantages and concerns for using RFID in that area

Thursday (10/11/12)

Warmup:

Agenda:

  • Hardware Quiz
    • Mr. Bui will show you a picture and you have to write down what the name of the component is

Tuesday (10/9/12)

Agenda:

Thursday (10/4/12)

Agenda:

  • Review Download: The True Story of the Internet
  • Turn in Criterion A: Initial investigation & consultation
  • Quizlet - Networking Vocab
    1. Go to Quizlet
    2. Create an account
    3. Join our WL_ITGS class
    4. Receive your vocab numbers
    5. Go go the Networking Vocab Spreadsheet and add the definitions for your numbers
    6. Mr. Bui will create a class set of vocab words on Quizlet using the spreadsheet
    7. Play with Quizlet games
    8. Take the Networking Vocab Quizlet Test before the end of class
    9. Print out the resulting test and its score

Tuesday (10/2/12)

Agenda:

  • Download: The True Story of the Internet: Browser Wars
    • Complete the worksheet during the documentary
  • Download: The True Story of the Internet: Search
    • Complete the worksheet during the documentary
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