1. Which companies, do you feel, have the best ideas in the development of high tech homes for the future? Discuss the features that you like the best.
2. What does the IoT have to do with all this?
3. How does the main control system work? Would you build a high tech system in your home? Why / Why not.
Below are four topics students submitted for this blog. I found these particularly compelling to investigate relative to technological advancements, social implications, and ethical controversies.
This week is a puzzle challenge. Number your responses 1.2.3.4.
Match the topic statement to the picture.
Research the links. Share a point you read about each topic.
Comment about what you consider the pro's and con's
or ethical implications of each topic, along with your opinion.
Cars have gone tech. Millions of lines of code to program a few functions of autonomous cars. What is your opinion, based on the research you discovered in the links below, on this amazing technology? Look at all the links. Delve into the areas that interest you the most.
1. From the readings or movies that you viewed, what features impressed you the most about this technology? 2. This technology has been out for ten years. Why don't we see more self driving cars on our roads? What are the problems? 3. Assuming you had the money and were old enough to drive, would you buy a self driving car? Explain.
Cite information you viewed from at least three sources above. Cite specific points you learned about.
1. How is the flow of money changing? What are the new options for buying things? Provide facts on what you read. What affect will the growth of digital money this have on the world? Your life?
2. What are the benefits and dangers of digital money?
3. Do you use digital money now? How? What if any types of digital, would you consider using?
Consumer Electronic Show (CES) is an internationally recognized convention in Las Vegas centered around all things tech. From car manufacturers to the latest robot invention, CES houses thousands of innovative ideas under one roof. Several students submitted blog articles about new technologies found at CES. QUESTION 1 Of the first three student items listed below, which one do you like best? TECH A, B, C? Why? Would you buy it and use it?
<TECH A. Check out a drone that seats one…..Hey! Did you know these kind of drones even exist? This drone is a brand new piece of tech that will revolutionize Personal Transportation
This drone has abilities a helicopter wish it had, such as it flies itself to your destination that you choose by google maps.
<TECH B. LG IS BUILDING a huge lead in the OLED TV market, and with good reason: They’re the only company making them at the moment.
Look and be amazed: LG OLED TVWhat's an OLED TV TECH C.> Polaroid came out with a camera known as the SX-70 a while back that instantly printed out photos, now Polaroid has came out with the Polaroid Snap which has the same concept but it’s more advanced. The Polaroid Snap is a digital camera which can print out 1080p photos. OpinionInformation
QUESTION 2 Check out: CES Wrap Up. What technology surprises you? What do you think of 2016's new technologies overall? Anything you want to own for yourself? QUESTION 3 What tech item do you think is stagnant? How would you like to see it improve or advance?
Happy New Year! Infographics are visual representations about data and statistics. Check them out: Infographics link
Assignment: (See my posted example below) 1. Choose an infographic on a topic that interests you. Click the "View Image button" to enlarge it. Copy the link (shortening it is cooler) and share your infographic topic choice and link. 2. Describe why you chose the topic of your infographic and provide more information about it. Click the "Visit Page" button to see how the infographic was used in context. What specific information was the author trying to convey? Provide a short link to your infographic article. (See my example below)
1. Provide a brief overview of how you are going to approach this assignment. Where are you researching cool technologies? Are you comparing prices? How do you know its the coolest of cool? Is it a good value in spending this money? Could you take care of everyone on your holiday list with technology? Describe Your plan. 2. Make a spreadsheet. Provide the short link to your google sheet* here on your blog. BE CREATIVE and have some fun :) *Instructions for spreadsheet:
Watch a movie or two. Answer this question: Why should I care about coding?
Movie 1 - How to teach yourself to code. (Yes its long, but it's really informative. Watch it all or watch parts of it. You will learn a lot about coding in general.) Why should you care about coding?
Movie 2 - How do you start to program? We saw this parts of this movie in class. Lots of different perspectives. Why should you care about coding?
Follow the directions about blog homework: 100 to 200 well written words. Critically think about the movie you watched, reference the some of the information you viewed, and write about how the information might apply to you personally.
Just a few years ago, people found out about major news events on the TV Nightly News. If it was a major event, it may have appeared on all channels immediately. The information was usually limited and most people waited until they read all about it in the newspaper the next morning.
1) There was a world wide tragic event recently. What was it? How did you find out about it?
2) Research a bit about how social media and technology changed the way we learn about and view events impacting our lives. Comment on what you think about what you discovered by watching the video and reading a few links:
#scudlaunch(This is mind boggling if you think about it)
3) How do you find out about what's going on? TV or radio? An iphone app? A news app? Twitter? Facebook? Or? Do you think your way is the best or most honest?
