CTE and GenYES

Exploring CTE - Career & Technology Education

GenYES is a fairly new addition to the Information Technology section of CTE at both the state and district level.

Take a look at these statements from the Arizona CTE Website:

Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs prepare students to enter the workforce with the academic and vocational skills needed to compete successfully in the job market. CTE courses typically include competency-based learning.

Our Vision: Ensure a dynamic workforce by fully developing every student’s career and academic potential.

Our Mission: Prepare Arizona students for workforce success and continuous learning.

1.  Briefly, in two sentences, explain how one of these statements might relate to your experience in GenYES.  Please comment on only one section, be original and not duplicate any other students response.

2.  Open the Arizona CTE Website and click on the Student Organizations Link.  Members from our GenYES group will be part of one of these organizations.  Which one do you think?  Why?

3.  Now open the PV CTE Website.  Find the page that has GenYES on it.  It's hard to find it huh?!  We don't have much of a presence here... yet!  So we need to change that!  What information did you find there?  And what information do you think we should provide to the webmaster of this site?

Summer Technology

Shock!  Someone is actually reading this?!!

Nice job checking in over the summer!   And because you had the moxie to do this... there's a bonus*!


All you have to do is report on cool new tech!  New macbooks?  Microsoft is buying Nokia?  There's a new bendable Gorilla glass?  Siri is coming to ipads?  Anything else?  


1.  What's new and exciting in the world of technology this summer?
2.  How will it directly affect you?
3.  How might it affect others in the world?
4.  Good points vs bad points.
5.  Provide a short link


*What's in it for you?  Just double points and a week off from blog homework in August!  This is providing of course, your report is good.  As always, follow the blog rules.

The end is near....

Last blog of the season!

Here are two cool tasks:

1. Post a question that you feel is tech worthy for the final.  Make it a good one and you will get extra credit for the test!  Be sure to look at the questions at the end of the day so you can be ready for the ones I pick for the final!  Hey... this is true GenYES stuff you helping .... me....the teacher !

2.  Also, take a look at other peoples posts over this semester.  There will be a contest to guess who's is who!

Beau!  Way to go Beau!






Cheers!  Thanks for the memories.... MsK :)

(S13) Cell Phones 2012

                                       

Part 1 :  What is the best cell phone?  Why?

Part 2 : Comment on (at least) 3 other posts of phones that are NOT your choice.  Defend your phone!

LET THE PHONE WARS BEGIN....

(S12) Robots!

 You guys pick cool topics to blog about. Robots this week...

1.  Visit this website and learn about these robots odd uses: POPSCI  

2. Think about the article and list some uses of these robots besides the ones on the website.

3.  Find another odd example of robotics and tell why you liked it.   Tons of Robot Links! Provide a link (short link) of the one you liked in your example.

(S11) Laptop Design

If you were a laptop designer and wanted to appeal more towards teenagers how would you incorporate more kid friendly technology or designs into the laptop?

Websites:

Slick Laptops

Future Laptops

Freshest Designs

Review all three websites above and pick your favorite laptop design.  Reference which website.   Describe in detail the perfect laptop in your opinion, either by using the existing design models, modifying or creating a new design.

(S10*) Technology today..... what about tomorrow?

15 Technologies in use today... 
that my newborn son won't use

1. Do you agree with the authors predictions, from the linked article above, about all the listed items? Which ones do you disagree with?

2. How many of these items have you already stopped using?

3. Think of another tech item or concept not on the list that might disappear in the next few years.

There was a cool picture that apparently was pushing out an error message that stopped this blog from loading in pvlearners. Hence you didn't see the blog and hence there is now no picture.

(S9) Tech Shoes!

Capturing Electricity with a Shoe

Check out the link: Popsi - Shoe

1. In your own words, how does this work? How does the shoe generate electricity?

2. What other uses could come out from this technology? Or, what might this allow someone to do while “On-the-Go”?

3. They generate about 36 kW/h which is about $3.60 in electricity Do you think the electricity you collect could be sold? What are the possibilities?

4. Random related thought...

Week Off

Enjoy a week off from Blog Homework!

(S8) Lion vs Win8

The old mac vs PC debate has gotten a bit more complicated with the popularity of mobile devices using variations of these and new operating systems.

Apple is streamlining it's product offerings as a result of ipad/iphone trends. Tablets have soared in sales.

Many claim that "Mac is becoming more like PC and PC is becoming more like mac.

1. Do you agree? Disagree? Explain your reasoning.

2. Review Win8. What's cool? What's not?

3. What are the coolest things about Lion that launched? What don't you like about it.

4. What is the primary computing device that YOU use the most?

5. Do you think that mobile devices will completely replace desktop machines?