Office Hours This Week

Mon Dec 10, Tue Dec 11, Thu Dec 13

Upcoming Events

Wed Dec 12
1/2 day - early release

Fri May 10
- AP CSP Exam 12pm

In case of Fire Drill
- go out by cafeteria
- cross the bus loop
- D266 meets at the far right side

Tue Dec 11, 2018

Mission Statement:
Our technology class runs smoothly
and all members treat each other and the work with respect

 

AP CSP

a computer is…

a device that accepts input, stores data, and processes it in some way to produce an output

Purpose The intended goal or objective of the innovation
Function How the innovation works (consumes/produces data)
Effect

An impact, result, outcome of the innovation

- Explain and put into context
- Relate to economy, society, or culture
- Connect to a group or individual

Feature An "extra" attribute or aspect of an innovation
Culture A group of people: example - football players, students with asthma
Economy A group of people with similar economic interests, or whose jobs or industry are similar (Netflix put Blockbuster out of business)
Society Be specific - whose society? which society?
Data Think of what types of files are being used, saved, sent - what is the input and output? Not the sensors or transmission method (cameras, cables, chip readers, etc)
Storage How big are the files? how will everything be stored? What problems are there?
Security What might happen if data is accessed? Hacking can be mentioned here.
Privacy What can someone do with the data if they are able to get it?

 

Continue: Practice Explore Task
- Google Self-Driving Car
- everyone will do the same topic but work on your own
- create a Google sub-folder for Explore_Practice

 


- TO DO:
- gather resources for your information and artifact (save the URL's)
- identify purpose and function
- identify a beneficial effect - link to society, culture or economy
- identify a harmful effect - link to society, culture or economy
- explain the types of data used, and input/process/output
- identify a data storage , security, or privacy concern
- then begin the actual writing sections
- do the artifact last

  • Complete: Caesar Cipher
    -    if you are not done with this yet you should consider attending office hours
    - this week these are Tue & Thu afternoon, or come by in the morning

Web Design

STEM

  • Begin: Animation Story
    -     use Google Slides to create a short animated story
  • Continue/Complete: CodeHS
  • Begin: MIT App Inventor

 


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