Tuesday, May 31, 2011

5/31 iPhone Tracking

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
iPhone Tracking 

ICT Essentials 1  My Technology Evaluation
Question of the Day:  Watch the Video Above.  How do you feel about devices that track your every move?  Is this a good thing or an invasion of your privacy? Would this stop you from using these devices?

Daily Objectives:

Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Spreadsheet - A type of software in which data is arranged in table form.
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Question of the Day: Watch the Video Above.  How do you feel about devices that track your every move?  Is this a good thing or an invasion of your privacy? Would this stop you from using these devices?

Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day:   Run-time Error. An application error that occurs when an application attempts to perform an illegal action.

Friday, May 27, 2011

5/27 Responsibility

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.


The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill

ICT Essentials 1  My Technology Evaluation
Question of the Day: Watch the Video Above.  Read : Whose Fault Is It if a Child Is Failing in School?
Write 3 paragraphs on your blog that support your opinion. (100 points)
Tell us how you feel about the notion of punishing parents if their children are failing in school. Which of the proposals described in the article, if any, seem sensible to you? That is, should parents be graded, as has been proposed in Florida; forced to do school volunteer work, as has been proposed in Indiana; fined if children are truant, as is currently done in Alaska; or forced to attend parenting classes if the child is in a gang, as is currently done in California? What complications might judging parents in any of these ways raise?  


Daily Objectives: 

Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Responsibility - A duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete a task. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

Question of the Day: Watch the Video Above. Read : Whose Fault Is It if a Child Is Failing in School?
Write 3 paragraphs on your blog that support your opinion. (100 points)
Tell us how you feel about the notion of punishing parents if their children are failing in school. Which of the proposals described in the article, if any, seem sensible to you? That is, should parents be graded, as has been proposed in Florida; forced to do school volunteer work, as has been proposed in Indiana; fined if children are truant, as is currently done in Alaska; or forced to attend parenting classes if the child is in a gang, as is currently done in California? What complications might judging parents in any of these ways raise?  

Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Responsibility - A duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete a task. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

5/26 Computer Network / Order of Precedence

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.


ICT Essentials 1  My Technology Evaluation
Question of the Day:  Read: Computer Games, Cell Phones Put Children at Risk of Joint Pain
Children who play computer games and use cell phoainnes for long periods are at risk of serious wrist and finger pains, according to US experts. Health ... 
Cellphones Boost Health Across Globe
Still think cellphones are bad for your health? In the poorest regions of the world they have the potential of saving millions of lives, a fact that far ...
Do you think using cell phones too much is bad for our physical or mental health? Why?


Daily Objectives:

Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Computer Network is two or more computers connected so that they can communicate with each other and share information, software, peripheral devices, and/or processing power.

Question of the Day: What role do you think games play in learning?  How does age influence the role games play in learning?


Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Order of Precedence. The set of rules that is followed when evaluating a numeric expression.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

5/25 Network / Rotation Center

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1  My Technology Evaluation
Question of the Day:What device or devices do you prefer to use to access the Internet? Why?
 Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Network - an interconnected system of things or people.

Question of the Day:  Do you think you can learn and have fun at the same time?


Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Rotation Center. The point on a sprite that remains in position when a sprite is rotated.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

5/24 Newsletters / Nest

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1  My Technology EvaluationComic Life Quiz Review Today
Question of the Day: Do you think it is important to follow technology news? Why or why not?


Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Newsletters - Shortened form of newspaper and informational letter.

Question of the Day: Do you think it is important to follow technology news? Why or why not?

Daily Objectives: 

Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Nest. The process of embedding one set of code blocks within another set of code blocks.

Monday, May 23, 2011

5/23 Styles / Logical Error

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1  My Technology EvaluationComic Life Quiz Review - Quiz Tuesday.
Question of the Day: How do styles help to convey a message when making a Comic project?
 

Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Styles are a handy way to make uniform changes to the look of your comic.
 

Question of the Day: Why is it important to check your scripts for errors?  What do you learn from the errors that you make?

Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Logical Error. An error created by a mistake made by the programmer when developing the logic implemented by a script.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

5/19 & 20 Lettering / IDE

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.


ICT Essentials 1   My Technology EvaluationComic Life Quiz Review - Quiz Tuesday.
AwesomeQuestion of the Day: How can lettering be used to create titles and sound effects?  Create a sound effect, titles or buttons using http://cooltext.com/ add it to your blog. You can add them to your projects.

HOTImage by Cool Text: Free Logos and Buttons - Create An Image Just Like This


Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Lettering in Comic Life covers two compositional elements: Titles and Sound Effects. Comic titles frequently involve warped lettering (for example the Superman logo) or interesting fills, outlining and shadows. Comic sound effects (for example "POW", "ZAP", "BOING", etc) are always warped and filled with color. Lettering elements let you accomplish both with ease.
 
Question of the Day: Answer the Questions for your video game.

1. Where does the game take place? 2.Who is the main player character? What will the sprite look like? 3. What is the story in your game? What problem is getting solved or goal is being met by the player?


Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day: IDE (Integrated Development Environment). A graphical application development environment designed to facilitate program development.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

5/18 Captions / Debugger

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1  Project Evaluation -100 Points
Question of the Day: What technology or technology devices do you rely on?  How and why do you use the technology that you use?  Write a caption that introduces the technology you use and the way you use technology. (Include this caption in your technology project.) 

Work on My Technology Project -  http://sites.google.com/site/ictessentials
Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Captions let you introduce an new scene or provide some narrative information for example: "Meanwhile..." or "Suddenly!" or "It was a dark and stormy night...". A caption lets you add whatever descriptive or thought text you might need.
 
Question of the Day: If you were a character in a story or a video game who or what would you be?  Why?  
Work on Scratch Game Designhttp://sites.google.com/site/ictessentials2




Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.




Word of the Day: Debugger. A program or utility that can be used to execute an application within a special environment that allows programmers to slow and monitor the execution of an application's script as it runs.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

5/17 Speech and thought balloons / Compression

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1  Project Evaluation -100 Points
Question of the Day: How does technology affect the thinking patterns of the teenagers of today?

Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day: Speech and thought balloons let you give your pictures come alive as your characters use the balloons to communicate and provide access to their thoughts.
 
Question of the Day: What game did or do you have the most fun playing?  Describe why this game is so much fun?  It does not have to be video game. 

Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Compression. The process of reducing the size of sound and graphics files in order to reduce the overall size of Scratch applications.

Monday, May 16, 2011

5/16 Gadgets / Video Games

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1  Project Evaluation -100 Points
Question of the Day: What is your favorite technology device that you have?  What do you use it to do?  Are you happy with this device or is there something better you wish you had?


Daily Objectives: 
Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.Combine different software and tools to create multimedia projects.Choose the appropriate tools or software.Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software.Analyze the affects of technology on society, education, daily life.

Word of the Day:  Gadgets - small mechanical or electronic device.
 
Question of the Day: Do you play video games?  If you do what are your favorite types of video games?  If you don't play video games, why not?  Explain your answer.


Daily Objectives: 
Describe and use Sequential Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Conditional Programming Logic in a computer program.Describe Use of Variables in a computer program.Describe and use Iterative Processing in a computer program.Describe and use Boolean Logic in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Video Games - an electronic game played by means of images on a video screen and often emphasizing fast action.

Friday, May 13, 2011

5/13 The rule of thirds / Conditional Logic

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1 Keynote Quiz - Review http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_4/yDCNj.htm
Project Evaluation -100 Points
Question of the Day:  "Headphones or No Headphones" You are listening to an iPod or mp3 player.  Someone starts a conversation with you.  What is the proper etiquette for wearing your headphones or ear-buds?  Should you remove them or can you wear them during the conversation?  Explain your answer.

Daily Objectives: 
Organize information from multiple sources.Present the information in a logical and effective way.Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.Use multiple, documents, applications and web tools to create and modify projects.

Word of the Day:  The rule of thirds helps improve a photo’s composition by positioning the photo’s subject a third of the way from the sides, top, or bottom of the photo rather than in the direct center.
 
ICT Essentials 2  Critical Programming Concepts Quiz - Review http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_7/5Ob2Y.htm
Question of the Day: "Headphones or No Headphones" You are listening to an iPod or mp3 player.  Someone starts a conversation with you.  What is the proper etiquette for wearing your headphones or ear-buds?  Should you remove them or can you wear them during the conversation?  Explain your answer.

Daily Objectives: 
Use Statements to command a sprite.Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.Use conditions in a computer program.Use Loops in a computer program.Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Conditional Logic. The process of executing sets of code blocks based on whether or not a tested condition proves true.