Query students on informatics preferences
Intro to computer algorithms:
Algorithm: "a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer." "In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a self-contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed." In other words, an algorithm is a very specific recipe.
- Video: What is an Algorithm and Why Should You Care?
- Video: The Smartest Elevators
- Demonstrate Conway's Game of Life
- Demonstrate selection sort vs merge sort
- 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)
- Think You're Safe at Starbucks? Think Again. (2013)
- Hacker Lexicon: A Guide to Ransomware, the Scary Hack That’s on the Rise (2015)
Tuesday:
Video (in class):
Business Casual G-Men
Security readings for today:
- Email Phishing and Scams (2011) -or- How Phishing Works (from HowStuffWorks) or both if you're so inclined. . .
- Creepster of the Week: Webcam Hijacker Gets Six Year Sentence (2011)
- Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords As You Type (2006)
- Growing Target for Identity Thieves: Kids(2006)
- Health Insurer Anthem is Hacked, Exposing Millions of Patients' Data (2015)
- Another Lawsuit Filed Over School Webcam Spying (2010)
- Privacy advocates try to keep 'creepy' 'evesdropping" Hello Barbie from hitting shelves
- I’m terrified of my new TV: Why I’m scared to turn this thing on — and you’d be, too
Group 1 current events:
P1: Juliana, Emily, Kristen, Alex, Eddie
P2: Keely, Abby, Katie, Lauren, Neha
Video (in class):
- Cyberwar Threat from NOVA (2015)
- Ukraine blames cyberattack for Christmas power outage (2016)
Security readings for today:
Thursday:
Tie up loose ends related to computer security discusssion.
Give out review sheet for test on Tuesday
Start Medical Informatics discussion:
In class, watch CBS News video: Charting A New Course
Students working in groups on medical informatics presentations. Each group must create a google slides presentation (no PowerPoint) and share it with Mr. J. by the end of the period.
Here are a bunch of resources to get you started.
Friday:
JSUMC rotation
- How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
- Digital Fears Emerge After Data Siege in Estonia (2007)
- The Enemy Within (2010) - a long but worthwhile article with one really bad word, please ignore it. There's also a worksheet that goes along with it.
- If North Korea Did Hack Sony, It's a Whole New Kind of Cyberterrorism (2014)
- Cyberspace Becomes Second Front in Russia’s Clash With NATO (2015)
Thursday:
Tie up loose ends related to computer security discusssion.
Give out review sheet for test on Tuesday
Start Medical Informatics discussion:
In class, watch CBS News video: Charting A New Course
Students working in groups on medical informatics presentations. Each group must create a google slides presentation (no PowerPoint) and share it with Mr. J. by the end of the period.
Here are a bunch of resources to get you started.
Friday:
JSUMC rotation
