Monday:
JSUMC orientation
Tuesday:
Week of respect program
Wednesday:
Test on internet, 'the cloud', computer security
Students working on Medical Informatics project when finished
Thursday:
Group 4 current events:
Period 1: Sydney, Adharv, Ashley, Nic Z.
Period 2: Colin, Talia, Nic P., Medha, Brett
All students working on Medical Informatics project
Friday:
Computer Pioneer papers are due before we go to the hospital, on paper and via turnitin.
Presentations will be next Tuesday, October 9th
JSUMC rotation
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Friday, September 21, 2018
Week of September 24th - 28th, 2018
Remember - your computer pioneers project is due next Friday, October 5th, before we go to the hospital.
Begin unit 4: Basic principles of computer security, malware, privacy, and cyberwar. Essential Questions:
- How does the pervasiveness of networked computers affect our personal safety and privacy?
- How does the pervasiveness of networked computers affect our personal safety and privacy?
Homework for today is to read the following:
5 of the Worst Computer Viruses Ever
Security Dangers of Public WiFi
Students list ways to avoid getting malware on their computers.
(Second period will do PSAT pre-gridding in last 15 minutes of class)
Tuesday:
Homework for today is to read the following:
Videos:
Hacking Your Phone (60 Minutes) (13:00) sensationalized, but has some good information
Medical Identity Theft
Business Casual G-Men (link not usable from school. . . )
Wednesday:
Group 3 current events due today:
P1: Tatum, Param, Evan, Sara
P2: Jonah, Kasey, Haia, Ahani, Alexandra
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it. And remember to submit it to turnitin!
Homework for today is to read the following:
Cyberwar Threat from NOVA (2015) (53:10)
Ukraine blames cyberattack for Christmas power outage (2016) (5:48)
- New Fast-Spreading Virus takes Internet by Storm(1999)
- Slammed! An inside view of the worm that crashed the Internet in 15 minutes (2003)
- The Facebook Virus Spreads: No Social Network is Safe (2008)
- What is a Drive-By Download? (2013)
- Hacker Lexicon: A Guide to Ransomware, the Scary Hack That’s on the Rise (2017)
5 of the Worst Computer Viruses Ever
Security Dangers of Public WiFi
Students list ways to avoid getting malware on their computers.
(Second period will do PSAT pre-gridding in last 15 minutes of class)
Tuesday:
Homework for today is to read the following:
- How Phishing Works (from HowStuffWorks)
- Creepster of the Week: Webcam Hijacker Gets Six Year Sentence (2011)
- Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords As You Type (2006)
- Health Insurer Anthem is Hacked, Exposing Millions of Patients' Data (2015)
- Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret (2018)
- I’m terrified of my new TV: Why I’m scared to turn this thing on — and you’d be, too and this followup
Videos:
Hacking Your Phone (60 Minutes) (13:00) sensationalized, but has some good information
Medical Identity Theft
Business Casual G-Men (link not usable from school. . . )
Wednesday:
Group 3 current events due today:
P1: Tatum, Param, Evan, Sara
P2: Jonah, Kasey, Haia, Ahani, Alexandra
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it. And remember to submit it to turnitin!
Homework for today is to read the following:
- How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
- The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018 - long but worthwhile, very current) (This one has a really bad word, repeated three times. I wish people wouldn't do that, because outside of that it tells an important story really well.)
- Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet (2016) . (try this link if the other isn't working. . . )
- DDOS attack that disrupted internet was largest of its kind in history, experts say (2016)
- (optional) Here is an fascinating description of the Stuxnet worm: What is the most sophisticated piece of software code ever written?
Cyberwar Threat from NOVA (2015) (53:10)
Ukraine blames cyberattack for Christmas power outage (2016) (5:48)
Thursday:
Give out review sheet for test next Wednesday on analog/digital, internet technology, and computer security.
Class visit with Joe McCormick, computer security expert
Friday:
Wrap up details from computer security unit, review for test next Wednesday.
Begin unit 5: Medical Informatics
Essential Questions:
- How is computer technology used in medical research and the practice of medicine today?
- How is the use of computer technology going to change medicine in the future?
All groups working on informatics project. Each group must create a google docs presentation and share it with Mr. J. by the end of the period
Some sources to start with are at:
https://sites.google.com/a/ctemc.org/judkis/medical-informatics.
Friday, September 14, 2018
Week of September 17th - 21st, 2018
Monday:
Homework due today: Do TCP/IP try-at-home for Windows 7, and Mac OS/X. Windows 10 users, this page may be helpful if you can't figure out how to get telnet to work.
Continue with Internet technology unit.
Videos:
What is the Internet?
Wires, Cables, and Wifi
IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability
Tuesday:
Homework due today: Read Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web and turn in this worksheet.
Also, here's an example of how big a deal a compromised DNS can be: Hackers Hijacked Bank's Entire Online Operation . At least read the first paragraph or two and see if you're interested.
Introduce Computer Pioneer project
Wrap up discussion of Internet technology
Demo Visual traceroute look at w2.vatican.va (the Vatican) and sina.cn (China).
DNS Explained video
News report from 1981
Wednesday:
Holiday, no school
Thursday:
Group 2 current events due today:
P1: Emily, Aspen, Sam, Eliza, Nami
P2: Nick D., Amber, Tristan, Mat, Lilly
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it. And remember to submit it to turnitin!
Homework due today: Read How Target Figured Out a Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
Review: HTTP and HTML
Demonstrate HTTP with Firefox developer tools
Begin unit 3: Google, cloud computing, dynamic web pages
Essential questions:
Friday:
Homework for today:
Read Cookie Monsters.
Complete discussion of cookies and dynamic web pages.
Video:
What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)
If time remains, students can work on Computer Pioneers project.
Homework due today: Do TCP/IP try-at-home for Windows 7, and Mac OS/X. Windows 10 users, this page may be helpful if you can't figure out how to get telnet to work.
Continue with Internet technology unit.
Videos:
What is the Internet?
Wires, Cables, and Wifi
IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability
Tuesday:
Homework due today: Read Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web and turn in this worksheet.
Also, here's an example of how big a deal a compromised DNS can be: Hackers Hijacked Bank's Entire Online Operation . At least read the first paragraph or two and see if you're interested.
Introduce Computer Pioneer project
Wrap up discussion of Internet technology
Demo Visual traceroute look at w2.vatican.va (the Vatican) and sina.cn (China).
DNS Explained video
News report from 1981
Wednesday:
Holiday, no school
Thursday:
Group 2 current events due today:
P1: Emily, Aspen, Sam, Eliza, Nami
P2: Nick D., Amber, Tristan, Mat, Lilly
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it. And remember to submit it to turnitin!
Homework due today: Read How Target Figured Out a Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
Review: HTTP and HTML
Demonstrate HTTP with Firefox developer tools
Begin unit 3: Google, cloud computing, dynamic web pages
Essential questions:
- How does a search engine work?
- What do companies like Google know about us, and what do they do with that information?
- What is 'the cloud'?
What Google Knows About You (2:02)
Being a Google Autocompleter (2:37)
How Google Search works (3:15)
How Search Ads Work (2:38)
How Google Apps Work (1:51)
Google Data Center (4:52)
How Search Ads Work (2:38)
How Google Apps Work (1:51)
Google Data Center (4:52)
Homework for today:
Read Cookie Monsters.
Complete discussion of cookies and dynamic web pages.
Video:
What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)
If time remains, students can work on Computer Pioneers project.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Week of September 10th - 14th, 2018
Monday:
Holiday, no school.
Tuesday:
homework for the beginning of class today: "Good Questions", binary/hex worksheet due
homework for the beginning of class today: "Good Questions", binary/hex worksheet due
Complete binary/hex numbers discussion.
Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
What is Unicode?
Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Autotune
Audacity - free audio software
Begin discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
Give out internet vocabulary sheet - due Thursday
Wednesday:
Group 1 current events due today:
P1: Sriya, Tanvi, Mackenzie, Rachel, Lalain
P2: Elissa, Eman, Zacher, Philip
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.
P1: Sriya, Tanvi, Mackenzie, Rachel, Lalain
P2: Elissa, Eman, Zacher, Philip
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.
Continue discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans
A little bit about pixels from code.org
Pixel widgets from code.org
Aloe Blacc talking about compression from code.org
Text compression widget from code.org
Jordan Peele uses AI, President Obama in fake news PSA
Fake videos of real people - and how to spot them (TED talk)
How hard is it to make a believeable deepfake? Very interesting article.
Fake videos of real people - and how to spot them (TED talk)
How hard is it to make a believeable deepfake? Very interesting article.
Thursday:
Homework due today: Internet vocabulary
Wrap up digital representation of images and sounds, CAT scan
Discuss internet try-at-home, due next Monday
Begin Unit 2: Basic Principles of the Internet
Essential Questions:- What is the Internet? Where did it come from, and how did it evolve?
- How does it function?
- What is a protocol? What is an open system?
- What characteristics of the Internet have allowed it to become so pervasive?
- How does the ability of computers to communicate with one another affect our lives?
Videos:
Friday:
Quiz on binary and hex numbers, digital representation of information
Continue with discussion of Internet technology.
Videos:
IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability
Packets, Routing, and Reliability
For Monday:
Do TCP/IP try-at-home for Windows 7, and Mac OS/X. Windows 10 users, this page may be helpful if you can't figure out how to get telnet to work.
Do TCP/IP try-at-home for Windows 7, and Mac OS/X. Windows 10 users, this page may be helpful if you can't figure out how to get telnet to work.
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Welcome to Principles of Computer Technology, Fall 2018!
Thursday:
Welcome!
Mr J's homeroom, also please bring back the yellow 'Student Handbook Acknowledgement Form", and any other beginning-of-year forms that you need - emergency information, transportation, and military recruiting info.
Ones and zeroes: introduce binary/hex numbers
Give out worksheet for Tuesday.
Discuss rules and expectations, course outline, current events assignment, "Good Questions" homework for Tuesday.
Friday:
Friday:
Homework for the beginning of class today: register for turnitin, bring back parent/guardian contact information sheet, take this survey to help me know a little about you.
Mr J's homeroom, also please bring back the yellow 'Student Handbook Acknowledgement Form", and any other beginning-of-year forms that you need - emergency information, transportation, and military recruiting info.
Begin unit
1: Digital Representation of Real World Information
Essential
Questions:
- How can a computer work
with so many kinds of information if all it can do is process ones and
zeroes?
- How can a computer turn
physical phenomena like sound and pictures into ones and zeroes?
- How can a computer turn
ones and zeroes into physical phenomena like pictures and sounds?
Ones and zeroes: introduce binary/hex numbers
Give out worksheet for Tuesday.
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The Typhoon, used by technicians in RCA Laboratories, is typical of the huge computers in the 1950s. The panels in the background house thousands of electron tubes and miles of intricate wiring. (https://gizmodo.com/5944572/25-supercomputers-that-fill-entire-rooms)
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