Week of March 1st - 5th, 2021

Monday:
Computer Pioneers paper due 7:30 AM - in Google Classroom and also turnitin.
Finish up computer security unit: SolarWinds

Here's a good current event if you need one (make sure no one in your period already took it)

China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out

Introduce programming.

Video: Why learn to code?

In class, please register for the CMU Computer Science Academy.  
First period, use  https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/new-student/KW21-SW64
Second period, use  https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/new-student/JK94-ZG29
When you register, please use the first 5 letters of your last name, followed by a hyphen, followed by your first initial.  If your last name has fewer than 5 letters, please pad it out to 5 letters with the letter z.  So I would register as Judki-A.  If I was Steve Jobs, I would register as Jobsz-S.  If I was Bill Gates, I would registers as Gates-B.

(These names are not publicly visible, BTW.)

Tuesday:

Begin Pioneer presentations.  Everyone needs to be ready to go, even though we may not get to everyone today.

Share review material for test on Friday.

Wednesday:

(Shorter classes today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)

Current Events group #2 due today:

P1: Sukriti, Mary, Lili W., Audrey

P2: Ella, Hanna, Matthew, Ava, Kayla
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Complete pioneer presentations

Thursday:

Opportunity to ask questions about test materials

Work on CMU CS Academy in remaining time

Friday:

Test on analog/digital world, the Internet, and computer security.

Week of February 22nd - 26th, 2021

Monday:
Khan Academy: ' Scalable systems', 'The Internet protocol suite',  'Open protocol development', 'The digital divide', 'The Internet: Quiz 3', and 'The Internet: Unit test' will be due by 7:30 AM.

Wrap up 'The Web and The Cloud'

Begin unit 3: 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 national security?

Discussion: how have you been affected by computer security issues? Students list ways to avoid getting malware on their computers.

Tuesday:

For this morning, read the following: (it looks like a lot but these are short):

• New Fast-Spreading Virus takes Internet by Storm(1999)
• Slammed! An inside view of the worm that crashed the Internet in 15 minutes (2003)  (If wired.com says that you have read all your articles for this month, try again with your browser in incognito mode, delete your wired.com cookies, or try a different browser.)
• The Facebook Virus Spreads: No Social Network is Safe (2008)
• What is a Drive-By Download? (2013)
• New Jersey hospital chain pays attackers to thwart ransomware incident (2019)

Wednesday:
Current Events group #3 due today:

P1: Vansh, Zachary, Elizabeth, Avinash

P2: Ayushi, Revanth, Erica, Aarya, Jasmin

Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Career and Technical Education Day - shortened classes

Thursday:

For this morning, read the following:

• How Phishing Works (from HowStuffWorks)
• Creepster of the Week: Webcam Hijacker Gets Six Year Sentence (2011)
• What is a keylogger?
• 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) (this is long -- take a look, but just skimming it is ok)

We will do this Google phishing quiz together

Friday:

• How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
• The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018 - long but worthwhile) (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.) If wired.com says that you have read all your articles for this month, try again with your browser in incognito mode, or try a different browser.
• Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet (2016) . (try this link if the other isn't working. . . )

Remember that the Computer Pioneers project is due next Monday morning at 7:30!

Week of February 15th - 19th, 2021

Monday:
No school, President's Day weekend

Tuesday:
Internet vocabulary assignment due.

Also, read 'Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends World Wide Web'.  Please ignore the bad word.

Continue to discuss TCP/IP and Internet technology

Wednesday:

(Shorter classes today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)

Khan Academy: 'Introducing the Internet', 'Connecting Networks', 'Addressing the Internet', and 'The Internet: Quiz 1' due by 7:30 AM today.

Current Events group #2 due today:

P1: Nickolas H., Amrita, Ramisha, Thomas
P2: Jake, Kaylin, Lily H., Charlize, Omar
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Internet 'try-at-home' experiments: demo nslookup, ping, traceroute, telnet, WireShark, etc.

Thursday:
Continue discussion of Internet technology.

(Back-to-school is tonight, online at 6:30)

Friday:

Khan Academy: 'Routing with redundancy', 'Transporting packets', 'Web Protocols', and 'The Internet: Quiz 2' due by 7:30 AM today.

Begin 'The Web and The Cloud'.  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'?

Khan Academy: ' Scalable systems', 'The Internet protocol suite',  'Open protocol development', 'The digital divide', 'The Internet: Quiz 3', and 'The Internet: Unit test' will be due by 7:30 AM next Monday, February 22nd.

Week of February 8th - 12th, 2021

Monday:
Khan Academy 'Limitations of storing numbers', 'Storing text in binary', 'Converting analog data to binary' and 'Digital Information: Quiz 2' due by 7:30

Wrap up digital information section --  CAT scan

Deepfakes:

• Jordan Peele Uses AI. . .  (2:31)
• Fake videos of real people - TED talk (7:07)
• How hard is it to make a believeable deepfake? Very interesting article.  Includes this Deepfake Quiz
• Another Deepfake Quiz, from Microsoft
• In Event of Moon Disaster (6:14)
• This Person Does Not Exist

Some related examples of computers and medicine:

• This AI is beating doctors at their own game (5:52)
• Snow World (3:08)
• Treating PTSD with VR (4:04)

Tuesday:

Show quiz review sheet for Thursday.

Introduce Computer Pioneers project, which isn't due for quite a while. . .

Begin discussing the history of communication and the Internet.

Wednesday:

Khan Academy 'Lossless data compression', 'Lossy data compression', 'Digital copyright and licenses', 'Digital Information: Quiz 3'  due by 7:30 AM

(Shorter classes today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)

Current Events group #1 due today:

P1: Arsh, Nicole, Nicholas D., Stavros, Demetra

P2: Fazal, Kunal, Marissa, Sophia, Madelyn, Syon

Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Go over any questions from quiz review sheet.

Give out internet vocab assignment, due next Tuesday.

Also read the article Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web for Tuesday.  (Please ignore the bad word. . .)

Thursday:

Khan Academy 'Digital Information: Unit test' due by 7:30 AM

We will also have a short quiz on the unit 1 material in class today, via Google.

Continue discussing the history of communication and the Internet.

Friday:
President's day holiday -- see you next Tuesday.