Friday, February 1, 2019

Week of February 4th - 8th, 2019

Monday:
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 Wednesday

Tuesday:
Continue discussing digital representation of sounds and images, digital cameras, CAT scans

Wednesday:
Group 1 current events due today:
P1: Hazem, Rahul, Savi, Skylar, Perfecto
P2: Eva, Jack, Tyler, Judy, Abi
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.

Homework due today: Internet vocabulary
Wrap up digital representation of images and sounds, CAT scan
Discuss internet try-at-home, due Friday

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?
Begin internet discussion of internet history and technology

Videos:
The Lighting of the Beacons

Pneumatic Tubes

Thursday:
Quiz on binary and hex numbers, digital representation of information
Continue with discussion of Internet technology.
Videos:
What is the Internet?
Wires, Cables, and Wifi

Friday:
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: 
IP addresses and DNS
Packets, Routing, and Reliability