Friday, February 7, 2020

Week of February 10th - 14th, 2020

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:

Tuesday:
JSUMC orientation

Wednesday:
Current events group 2:
P1: Lexi, Anna K., Sharvani, Devan, Tanya
P2: Filza, Anna D., Kareem E., Jewely-Ann, Kareem H.


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:

Traceroute
DNS Explained video
News report from 1981

Review: HTTP and HTML
Demonstrate HTTP with Firefox developer tools

Thursday:
Homework due today: 
Read How Target Figured Out a Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did

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'?



Friday:
No school, President's Day weekend