Today in class, we will do a technology research assignment.
Please research which is the most secure smart phone available on the market. Then write a 250-word minimum, persuasive essay detailing your findings and turn in by email. Please use Microsoft Word or Google Docs for your work.
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Thursday, March 29, 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Today in class:
-- Because many students will be gone for activities tomorrow, we will have our vocabulary test today.
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class. Then we will take the vocabulary test.
-- Then we will watch a video demonstrating creating an Access database using a template to track student information: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/video-use-the-desktop-student-database-template-224518cc-4b61-4ea3-83aa-0b836093039b?ui=en-US&rs=en-001&ad=US .
-- Then we will do some hands-on work with Access.
-- Then we will review the introduction to creating databases in Access in the following video: https://youtu.be/pHiOXZEbK-4 .
-- Then we will watch the following video on planning your database: https://youtu.be/u1Yy83BHGbg .
-- Then we will watch the following video on using the Access interface: https://www.youtube.coc/watch?v=5pBDhwfM1Tc.
-- Then we will do some hands-on work with Access.
-- Because many students will be gone for activities tomorrow, we will have our vocabulary test today.
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class. Then we will take the vocabulary test.
-- Then we will watch a video demonstrating creating an Access database using a template to track student information: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/video-use-the-desktop-student-database-template-224518cc-4b61-4ea3-83aa-0b836093039b?ui=en-US&rs=en-001&ad=US .
-- Then we will do some hands-on work with Access.
-- Then we will review the introduction to creating databases in Access in the following video: https://youtu.be/pHiOXZEbK-4 .
-- Then we will watch the following video on planning your database: https://youtu.be/u1Yy83BHGbg .
-- Then we will watch the following video on using the Access interface: https://www.youtube.coc/watch?v=5pBDhwfM1Tc.
-- Then we will do some hands-on work with Access.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Today in class:
-- We used the first ten minutes of class to study vocabulary on Quizlet.
-- We adapted today's lesson plans to allow time to work on term papers.
-- We used the first ten minutes of class to study vocabulary on Quizlet.
-- We adapted today's lesson plans to allow time to work on term papers.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Welcome back from Spring Break!
Today, in class:
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- Then we will have our vocabulary test.
-- Then we will research and discuss current technology news, specifically, the Facebook data privacy breech and the death of an Arizona pedestrian caused by a collision with a driverless Uber taxi.
(There will be no new vocabulary this week. We will continue to study the current vocabulary on databases.)
Tomorrow, we will review our introduction to working with database design with Microsoft Access and do some hands-on work with Access.
Today, in class:
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- Then we will have our vocabulary test.
-- Then we will research and discuss current technology news, specifically, the Facebook data privacy breech and the death of an Arizona pedestrian caused by a collision with a driverless Uber taxi.
(There will be no new vocabulary this week. We will continue to study the current vocabulary on databases.)
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Thursday, March 15 ,2018
Today, in class:
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class. There is a pretest tomorrow.
-- Then we will view the following video on creating databases in Access: https://youtu.be/pHiOXZ.
-- Then we will create and turn in proposed project plans for a class database project.
The project proposal should include they following:
-- What your database will be about. Please include a description of at least 50 words. (20 points)
-- What specific items it will track. Please name at least 5. (20 points)
-- Which items are related to one another, specifically. For example, a database for gardening might relate specific plants to specific insect pests. (20 points)
-- What types of reports you might pull from it. For example, you might pull a list of all insect pests that might attack corn in June from a gardening database. (20 points)
-- Who will be accessing it and how, for example, will they be accessing it on their phone, laptop, desktop, Chromebook, etc. (20 points)
Please create this document in Microsoft Word and email to me when complete. It is due no later than 20 minutes into tomorrow's class period.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Today, in class:
-- We studied vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- Then we discussed the X-Files episode we watched and the future of artificial intelligence.
-- In second hour we watched and discussed the following introductory videos on what databases are, how they are used, and how they are created: https://youtu.be/d8ByCh-BouQ and https://youtu.be/RZlHfbtO2C4.
-- In fourth hour, we continued watching the X-Files episode we did not have time to finish Monday, due to make up testing.
-- We studied vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- Then we discussed the X-Files episode we watched and the future of artificial intelligence.
-- In second hour we watched and discussed the following introductory videos on what databases are, how they are used, and how they are created: https://youtu.be/d8ByCh-BouQ and https://youtu.be/RZlHfbtO2C4.
-- In fourth hour, we continued watching the X-Files episode we did not have time to finish Monday, due to make up testing.
Monday, March 12, 2018
Today, in class:
-- We studied vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- We discussed this week's new topic -- creating and using databases.
-- We watched and discussed an edited version of X-Files, Season 11, Episode Rm9sbG93ZXJz.
-- We studied vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- We discussed this week's new topic -- creating and using databases.
-- We watched and discussed an edited version of X-Files, Season 11, Episode Rm9sbG93ZXJz.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Today in class:
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- Then we will have our vocabulary test.
-- Then we will do a midterm review worksheet. Turn in the midterm review worksheet prior to leaving class today.
-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.
-- Then we will have our vocabulary test.
-- Then we will do a midterm review worksheet. Turn in the midterm review worksheet prior to leaving class today.