S6 - Esports

High School StarLeague

Esports in Swedish Schools

Sports Illustrated E-Sports Article

CNN Article on E-Sports

Over the past few years, professional e-sports have blown up. 

At this rate, e-sports will eventually be something that everybody just knows about, like football and basketball. 

As this spreads, schools are starting to create e-sports teams for certain games who compete against other schools. At the moment, there are not many schools that do this yet. However, there are many questions that come up when the idea of school e-sports comes up.

1. Should schools even start having e-sports teams? Do you feel like it would be a good addition to school’s extracurricular activities, or should e-sports just remain separated from school?

2. If e-sports are put into schools, should it be the school’s responsibility to pay for the technology and gear for the e-sports team, or the students who participate? Or should the school just provide decent equipment, and the student could bring a better system if they choose to?

3. Should e-sports be treated like other school sports? For example, should there be things like drug tests, needing good grades to participate, different levels like JV/Varsity, etc.? Should people have to try out for the team? Would there be trainers and coaches?

4. Do you feel like e-sports will be put into schools within the next 5 years? If not, do you think it ever will be added?

S5 Tech Home

Home of the Future

Take a look:

Homes of the Future

Epic High Tech Homes

 Home and the Internet of Things (IoT) 

• 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.   

S4 Med Tech

Radical Medical Technologies

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.

Genetic Literacy Project             Qualcomm's Chips              medGadget             Patients Benefit 

Sci-Fi Idea With 3 Major Problems           IBM’s ‘Rodent Brain’ Chip

         Easy DNA Editing will Remake the World         Genome Editing

                                                            

Write thoughtful detailed responses based on your research. 

100 Points this week. Everyone completes. Authors will receive blog passes for a different week. 

S3 Automotive Tech

The Future of Automotive Technology

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.

Smarter Car, How Safe are Driverless Cars?

Ford details driverless cars but without Google

Autonomous And Electric Cars From Faraday Future

Top 20 Pros + Cons of Self Driving Cars - Auto Insurance Center

Self Driving Cars Infographic!

(It was fun to imagine until this)  Can Driverless Cars be Hacked?

#Google Self Driving Cars - Progress over the Years

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.

S2 Digital Money

The Future of Money 

Apple Pay, and Android Pay are the new digital wallets. they are becoming more popular than paper money.

Can A Phone Replace Your Wallet?

Applepay
Androidepay

 Ways to pay with your phone

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?

S1 New Technologies 2016

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.  

It has a comfortable cockpit that Seats One Passenger

<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 TV   What'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. Opinion    Information



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

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)

16 Unique Tech

    Holiday Challenge

Spend $ 20,000 on the most unique, useful, 

state-of-the art (as of right now) technology

 gifts for yourself or others.

 ☞ What do you buy and how is it used?

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:

• Create 4 columns:  1) Item name, 2) Details, 3) Recipient,  4) Price 
• Have a total at the bottom of your sheet of all the expenses 
• Be as close as possible to the $20,000.  (Don't worry about tax)

• TITLE: your spreadsheet: Tech List - (Your last name)  

• SHARE it: dkovesdy AND share it with "Anyone who has the link" out side of pvlearners.
• You need at least 5 items minimum!  

Google Spreadsheet Tutorial

15 Code Week

Coding  

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?

Movie 3 - Don't learn to code, Learn to solve problems.  Crazy guy, straight talk.  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.

One question:  Why should I care about coding?  

Thanksgiving Week

Happy Thanksgiving

Take the week off of GenYES homework. 

I'm thankful for all of you.  
Your technical ingenuity and creative spirit continually inspire me. 
 Enjoy your holiday.