Week 17 12/17

Blog Post Title: 12/17 Education Responsible for Talent of the Future

What does the IPA do?  Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?  What do you want to be?  Why?  Do you have a role model that has pushed you toward that goal?  What could happen with the wrong career choice?  How confident are you that you will accomplish that career choice?

Blog Post Title: 12/17 The Biggest Google Searches of 2014

What has Google renamed it's Zeitgeist to?  What topped the google search list of 2014?  What did people focus on in technology this year?  Click the link -- what people were most googled?  What news was most googled?  What does this say about our year? 

Week 17 12/16

Blog Post Title: 12/16 Kids in US do a lot of pointless homework

How much homework do 15 year olds do a week?  How much has it changed since 2003? Does the homework helP?  What is the purpose of homework?  What country spends the most time on homework? Which nation has the highest performance to homework ration?

Blog Post Title: 12/16 NEW Virtual Windscreen and Ghost Car Navigation 

What's the problem with airbags in vehicles?  What is the 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen?  Do you think this is the future of cars?  What is Follow-Me Ghost naviagtion?  Do you think it will work?  

week 17 12/15

Blog Post Title: 12/15 500k People using Google Cardboard

What is Project Cardboard?  How many apps can use this now?  How is this technology being used now?  Would this be something you'd be interested in?  How much does the Samsung headset cost?  What is google's made of?

Blog Post Title: 12/15 Khan Academies Ideas for Innovation

What are Khan's two ideas to overhall education?  What is a universal credential?  What is the nanodegree?  What is the problem with this?  What does Khan say each student should have at graduation?  Do you think that schools are too grade centered?  Do you see schools adopting this format? 

Week 16 12/12

Blog Post Title: 12/12 A Digital Drivers License

What state is considering a digital license?  What will it include in the app?  How will this be secured?  How is this safer than other licences?  Would this be something you'd be interested in if North Carolina did it?  When will these licenses go mainstream?

Blog Post Title: 12/12 A Facebook Dislike Button 

Why does Facebook thinkg a dislike button would work?  How often do you use facebook?  Why isn't a dislike button good for the community?  Do you think it's a good or bad idea?  Why or Why not?  What does Zuckerberg say about something tragic?

Week 16 12/11

Blog Post Title: 12/11 New Lasers for the US Navy

What did the US showcase as it's new weapon?  What does this weapon do?  Does this weapon work?  How is it operated?  What will this weapon system benefit?  Why are these safer than traditional weapons?  What is another benefit of these weapons?

Blog Post Title: 12/11 The 14 Most Exciting New Tech Products 

What operating system is Windows releasing next year?  What is Samsung launching next year?  What is Apple working on? What is the Oculus Rift?  What is Beats Music?  Of these devices, what are you most excited about?  Why? 

Week 16 12/10

Blog Post Title: 12/10 The Pirate Bay Goes Down Worldwide
What happened the The Pirate Bay?  What did the police do?  Why was it taken down?  Have you ever heard of the Pirate Bay?  What happened to the founders of the Pirate Bay?  What will happen to the information on the Pirate Bay?

Blog Post Title: 12/10 The Value of a College Degree
Why are people questioning the value or a college degree?  What is the value of a bachelor's degree?  What is NPV? What year was best for college graduates?  What have wages of high school graduates been doing recently?  

Week 16 12/9

Blog Post Title: 12/9 The Unseen Operation Behind Google Maps

What is the effort called to refine Google Maps?  What types of data can be extracted from Google Maps?  How many miles have Street View cars driven?  What percentage of roads in the US?  How many people are employed in Google Maps?  How has Google been using cell phones in Google Maps?  How often do you use Google Maps?

Week 16 12/8

Blog Post Title: 12/8 100 Unique and Weird ScholarshipsHave you heard of any of these scholarships?  Do any of these apply to you?  Which of these scholarships would you be interested in?  Which is the wierdest one?  Why?  If you had to do #45, what would you tell yourself? 

Blog Post Title: 12/8 Did North Korea hack Sony?Where was this hack perpetrated?  What was leaded in the hack?  Who is suspected behind the attack?  What is the theory behind the attack?   What is a wiper program?  What is a Denial of Service attack? 

Blog Post 11/7

Blog Post Title: 11/7 An 18 Year Old Lawmaker -- What are you doing with your Life?

Would you ever consider running for political office?  What would you run on if you did?  How old is this girl?  How did she win?  What was her campaign promises?  Where did she run her campaign from?  How many legistlatures in the nation are under 30?  What is the percentage of the population under 30 (you'll need to google this)?

Blog Post Title: 11/7 Amazon Echo -- A Home Assistant

What is the Echo?  What can it do?  Do you think this is better than an assistant on your phone?  Why or why not?  How does it play music?  How satisfied are you with voice activated gadgets?  Do they work?  Would you think about buying one?

Blog Post 11/6

Blog Post Title: 11/6 The "No Consequences" Education

Do you think that teachers are too nice to students?  Do you agree that the younger generations have trouble arriving on time and taking instructions is something your generation can't do?  What cognitive mechanism is he talking about?  Why does the author think this is happening?  How to do you feel about the "get-out-of-jail-free-cards?"  According to the author, how can education be fixed? 

Blog Post Title:  11/6 Unlimited Photo Storage for Members 

How many pictures are on your phone (You can pull it out and look)?  What happens when you fill up your phone with pictures?  Do you use Amazon at all?  What has Amazon announced?  Would you purchase this service?  What else does Amazon prime offer to subsrcibers?  How much does Prime cost?  

Blog Post 11/5

Blog Post Title: 11/5 Alex from Target Not Real

Have you heard of Alex from Target?  What did this thing really turn into? How famous did this kid get?  What did this experiment prove?  Was Target helping?  Did they benefit?  How do you feel about this?

Blog Post Title: 11/5 Classroom Decorations Affect Learning

Do you believe there is too much stuff on your teachers walls?  What do you stare at when you get bored in classes? What does the science of this say?  Do you appreciate it when teachers display your work?  Do you pay attention to things that are on the walls?  Are any of your classrooms to distracting?  Does it make a difference to your level of engagement?  How would you decorate your classroom?

Blog Post 11/4

Blog Post Title: 11/4 Taylor Swift Breaks Up with Spotify

Why did Swift break up with Spotify?  How is Spotify trying to get her back?  Why do you think this is happening?  WHat is the future of Music?  Why is this big news?  How do you feel about her decision?

Blog Post Title: 11/4 Microsoft about to Launch Skype Translator

Do you use skype?  What is the new goal of Microsoft?  How are they going to accomplish this?  What are the 4 products they are focusing on?  What are the restrictions of this service?  What languages are offered on this?

Blog Post 11-3

Topic 1: 11/3 Countries that give free College Education to Americans

How much have college costs grown since 1985?  What does the German government do with tuition?  How many degrees in germany are offered in English?  What will Finland cover?  How many undergraduate programs are in English in France?  What programs are tution free in Sweden? What South American country made this list?  Would you travel abroad for your education?  

Topic 2: 11/3 The Microsoft Band

How much will the Band cost?  How much does it weight?  How is it different from the Apple Watch?  What can you customize on this?  What platforms will the device work with? What does this device actually tell you?  Would you ever wear one of these?  Why or why not?  Do you agree that they are posed to be the next big tech category?