BP 12/18

BP 12/12: MGSD Eyes a 2nd Middle School

Who does the task force represent?
Where is the most growth in the district expected?
What would happen in the reconfiguration?
How many people would the new middle school hold?
Where would it be?
What other schools would be renovated?
When will the funding happen?

BP 12/13

BP: 12/13 Twitter Introduces Threads

What did threads use to be called?
How do you create a thread?
Why have threads become popular?
What made twitter work in the first place?

BP 12/12

BP 12/12: Facebook is Ripping Apart Society

Who is Chamath Palihapitiya?
What does he say is the problem with social media?
What example did he give?
What does he believe about Facebook?
What is Chaos Monkeys?
What does Palihapitaya say about the venture capital funding system?
What do you think about social media?  Is it a good thing, or bad thing?  I'd like to have a conversation about this btw...

BP 12/11

BP 12/11: Are You Sidebarring?

What percentage of people are guilty of this?
What is sidebarring?
What is inattentional deafness?
How did Facebook spin tihis?
Are you guilty of this?

BP 12/8

BP 12/8: The Top 20 Apps of the Year

How are these apps chosen?

How many of these apps are on your phone?

Which ones?

BP 12/7

BP 12/7: Why Amazon and Google Can't Get Along

What did Google do on Tuesday?
Why did they do this?
What are Amazon's devices to apple?
How is Google Express hurting Amazon?
Where do they compete for livestreaming?
What is the alternative?
What device can work with all of these services?

BP 12/6

BP 12/6: Mecklenburg Gov't Paralyzed for Ransom

How did the government become paralyzed?
How much does the hacker want?
When's the deadline?
How is the ransom paid?
What is protected?
How many countries have been effected by this?

BP 12/5

BP 12/5: Facebook Messenger Kids App

Who is this app aimed at?
How does the app work?
What type of safety filters are in place?
What benefit does Facebook get out of this app?
How does the app protect the kids privacy?
Can parents spy on their kids conversations?
What do you think about this app?

BP 12/4

BP 12/4: Happy Birthday SMS

When was the first Text message sent?
Where was the first commercial SMS service?
How many texts were sent last June?
How did SMS play a role in Twitter?
Do you still use SMS?
What are SMS good for today?

BP 12/1

BP 12/1: Apple Launches Study to Identify Irregular Heartbeats

What's the name of the app?
What will it detect?
Who is Apple partnering with?
How will users be notified?
What is the AliveCor?
How accurate is the Apple Watch for detecting heart irregularities?

BP 11/30

Hey guys,

I think I alerted you ealrier in the week that I would be out today, but if I didn't... I'm out today.  Works fine for you.  You have a podcast due tomorrow either way, and remember, we will be at MIS tomorrow during the block.

Heck, you may even be at MIS today.  Either way... Podcast... tomorrow.

Also, email me if you have questions, but I may not get to them.  Sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

BP 11/29: What to do about Apple's Shameful Security Flaw

What OS is vulnerable to this problem?
Is your computer vulnerable?
How can you fix it?
What does Snowden compare this to?

BP 11/29

BP 11/29: Can This Game Help Students Do Better in School?

What is the name of the App?
What is it based o?
What does the early data suggest?
WHat is "cred"?
How many students is the app open to?
Why aren't teachers and leaders telling students to use it?
What is Gopal?

BP 11/28

BP 11/28: How to Explain Net Neutrality to your Friends

What could Net Neutrality do to service like Netflix?
What do they have in Portugal?
How should the internet be treated?
What can neutrality protect us from?
What has happened with internet infrastructure?
When did Net Neutrality start?
Where did it start?

BP 11/26

WELCOME BACK!

I hope you all had a restful and wonderful break -- wasn't long enough, but we only have a few more weeks until the bigger, better break.  My intention for today is to have a meeting, but I'm going to assume that it's going to be crazy today...

Any who, I just want to remind you that we have our Genius Pitches due tomorrow.  There will be a dropbox in the Google Classroom tomorrow, I need them turned in within 10 minutes of class starting.

Now that that's over here's the blog

11/26: Everything about Blockchains

What is a blockchain?
When are blockchains useful?
What could then eventually replace?
What's the benefit of these blockchains in contracts?
What was the first blockchain?
What's the biggest benefit of a blockchain?
What's a drawback?
What is bitcoin cash?
What is Ethereum?
How is IBM using it?
What is Oracle doing?

BP 11/21

BP 11/21 - Over 400 Sites Record Every Keystroke

Where was this research done?
What are some of the companies that provide scripts to websites?
What does Keystroking software allow websites to do?
What does HTTP allow attackers to use?
What are some of the websites that do this?
What can block all the named scripts?

BP 11/20

BP 11/20 Warrant for Texas Shooters Phone

What did Apple do after the press conference?
What can TouchID do on a phone?
When did law enforcement contact Apple?
What does Tim Cook say about this?
What do you think about providing a backdoor to iOS?

BP 11/17

BP 11/17 - Freedom of Speech?

What does the Sherriff want to do with the offender?
What is a disorderly conduct charge?
When did they put up the sticker?
What is the argument by the people who own the truck?

Do you think this language should be protected under the 1st amendment?  Why or why not?

BP 11/16

BP 11/16: A Digital Pill that Knows if you took it

How have we paid attention to whether or not a patient has taken a pill?
Who approved the device?
What is the design of this?
How does it work?
What drug has it been approved for?
Why this pill?
What else could this sensor system work for?

BP 11/14

BP 11/14: Self-Driving Trucks are Here

What are these trucks delivering?
Do you agree with Embark's belief?
Why is it easier for trucks?
How many people die in crashes each year?
In a few years, where will the driver of the truck be?

BP 11/13

BP 11/13: Denmarks Free Education Causes Problems

What's Denmark's name for kids who don't graduate within 5 years?
What does evighedsstuderende mean?
How much money does Denmark give to students a month?
What is fjumrear?
Do you think free tuition is a good or bad thing?  Why?

BP 11/8

BP 11/8: Snapchat's Radical Overhaul Coming Soon

Why did Snap not make as much money as they thought?
What will the new design emphasize?
What is the danger of this update?
What can Snapchat not do to it's advertisers?
What has proven a stumbling block to investors?
When is the timeline for the update?

BP 11/7

BP 11/7 - The UnCanny Valley and The Polar Express
**2nd Period Wanted to know about the Uncanny Valley**

As you may have noticed, I am not there today.  My dog, Euro, got out this morning and I'm out trying to find her.

Remember, by Thursday you need to have all of the webpages built in Google Sites -- everything is posted in Classroom.

Have you seen these movies?
What is the uncanny valley?
What else can cause this in humans?
What is Motion Builder?
What do you think about this theory?

BP 11/6

BP 11/6: Why we should all be Using Signal

What app do you use to message friends?
What is the plain truth about messaging apps?
What does Signal allow you to do?
Other than texts, what else is encrypted?
What is Facebooks primary interest?
What's the downside with Facebook Messenger? iMessage?

BP 11/3

BP 11/3: Twitter's Terrifying Prank

How long was Trump not on Twitter?
When did the employee do this?
Why is this dangerous?
What should Twitter do to change this?

BP 11/2

BP 11/2: Opioids or Virtual Reality

What hospital is testing VR?
When did we start probing VR to see if it would work?
What type of pain is good for VR?
What is Bear Blast?
What type of VR experience
What does the doctor in the story envision?

BP 10/27

Happy End of the Quarter!

What was your favorite project?
What can I do to make this class better?
What's something you've always wanted to learn?
What do you think about the class culture?
What big things would you like to see us do?
Do you have my two missing passes? Like... seriously?  Do you...

BP 10/26

BP 10/26: Apple's Machine Learning Could Surface iPHone Secrets

What is Core ML?
What does Core ML offer?
How does this effect Photo Stream?
How might this violate the App Store Guidelines?
How does local processing benefit developers?
What do you think about this Machine learning?

BP 10/25

BP 10/25: Amazon Key

How old is Amazon Prime?
What has Amazon done with lockers?
What is Amazon Key?
What is Zigbee?
What does the customer get?
What is central to this working?
When will this service become available?
How much will it cost?
What can you use Amazon Home Services for?
How many Prime Customers are there?

BP 10/24

BP 10/24: Can Robots Help Girls Get into Science and Tech

What percentage of engineers in the US are women?
What about in computing?
What keeps women out of the workforce?
What's one solution to this problem?
What is Kibo?
What did kids say after playing with it?
What the problem with gender neutral toys?
What is the job of parents and educators in this battle?
What do you think about this article?

BP 10/23

BP 10/23: Someone Transformed an iPad into a MacBook Pro

Who makes Astropad?
What's the name of this project?
How much does this product cost?
What did Astro do to the Camera on an iPad?
What does the Camera register?

BP 10/20

Today's Schedule:

1st Block: 7:30-8:44

2nd Block: 8:52-10:05

3rd Block: 10:13-12:10

4th Block: 12:18-1:30

Pep Rally: 1:38-2:21

A Lunch: 10:13-10:37

B Lunch: 10:42-11:08

C Lunch: 11:13-11:39

D Lunch: 11:44-12:10

BP 10/20: Getting Started with IFTTT

What does IFTTT stand for?

How does IFTTT accomplish things?

Do you have to make every applet?

What is Discover?

How do you create a new applet?

What's a trigger?

BTW -- this app is awesome :)

BP 10/19

BP 10/19: How to Play Youtube in the Background on any phone

How does Google Make Youtube easy on Mobile Devices?
What is the work around on a Pixel phone?
What browsers can you use on iPhone to make it work?
How can you do it on Android phones?

Also... just for fun -- your last text message you sent is your Campaign Slogan for 2020.  What's your slogan?

BP 10/18

Hey guys,

I'll be out and about giving tours today.  Please do the websites that aren't done.  LIKE PLEASE!

I'll be in and out, and Saul and Michael know how to get a hold of me if you need me.

BP 10/18: Google Company Spending Money on a High Tech Neighborhood

What's the name of the company?
What will the project prioritize?
Where will this take place?
What do the preliminary sketches include?
What is the 4th revolution of urban technology?
How much will this project eventually cost?

BP 10/17

I have two articles today -- big tech news day...  You only need to pick one

Option 1:
BP 10/17 Facebook Acquires tbh

How many downloads does tbh have?
How does it work?
What does the co-creator say the app is doing?
What's weird about Facebook buying tbh?
When did tbh start?
What types of advantages will tbh have w/ facebook?
What other companies has Facebook grown over the years?


Option 2:
BP 10/17 Flaw in Secure Wi-Fi

What does WPA2 stand for?
What can happen to the cryptographic protocols?
What does it mean in practice?
How can you prevent the attack?
What is KRACK?  How does it work?
What needs to happen to all devices?
What's the good news?
What should consumers do?

BP 10/16

BP 10/16 - New Aggressive Twitter Rules

What were Dorsey's comments in response to?
Why did they boycott?
What new rules will be introduced?

BP 10/13

BP 10/13: Replacing Social Security Numbers Isn't Easy

What type of approach would we need to replace Social Security numbers?
Why hasn't this happened before?
When did Social Security numbers begin?
What was the idea of the NSTIC?
When will this problem be solved?
What type of factors are they considering?
What is zero knowledge proof?
What's the issue with replacing these guys?

BP 10/12

BP 10/12: Don't Give Apple ID to Apps

What's a good rule of thumb?
How many lines of code does an app need to get your Apple ID?
What happens if you use two-factor authentication?
What's a good way to see a phishing attempt this way?
What should Apple do to fix this?

BP 10/11

BP 10/11 - Google Home was Spying on People

What was the Goole Home Mini doing?
How is Google fixing the issue?
How do the speakers normally listen?
How did Google characterize the issue?
How were people able to know it was recording them?
When does the mini come out?

BP 10/10

BP 10/10 Apple Throttling Old iPhones?

Who came up with this new benchmark?
How were these results created?
How was performance over time?
What did a student research in 2014?
WHy can't apple doge accusations of planned obsolescence?

BP 10/9

BP 10/9: Goodbye AOL Instant Messenger

What is AIM?
Who owns AOL now?
When did it begin?
Where did IM get it's start?
When did AOL gain in popularity?
How much did AOL earn from AIM?
When did the dot com crash happen?
Did you use it?  What was your screen name?

BP 10/6

BP 10/6: Fricken New Emoji 👍🏻❤️👨‍💻

How many new emoji are being added?
When will iOS 11.1 be available?
What items are included for winter?
What new color heart is there?
Which emoji do you like the best?
What emoji makes deaf people happy?

10/5

Reminder, I'll be in and out today w/ meetings and whatnot.

BP 10/5: Everything Google

What all did Google Announce yesterday?
What do the Pixels ditch?
What did Google announce with speakers?
What's the coolest thing about the Pixel Buds?
How much is the new Pixelbook?
What is Google Clips?
WOuld you buy any of it?  WHy or Why not?

BP 10/4

Happy Early Release Day...

Your calendar for the day is posted up in your calendar.google.com

BP 10/4: Free AR App for Tech Advice

What's the name of the app?
How does it work?
What happens to the drawing?
What happens if the screen moves?
What framework is used to build it?
How does it work on older phones?

BP 10/3

BP 10/3: The Surveillance State Will Not Save Us

Why were the shooters movements probably tracked?
What has Vegas invested in?
What is the "real-time crime center"?
What did these cameras not stop?
How long did it take for Boston to find the Marathon bomber?
What's been happening in London?
What will probably happen to surveillance?
What do you think about this article?

BP 10/2

BP 10/2: FBI Doesn't have to reveal iPhone Hacking Tool

What did the Justice Department do to Apple?
Why was Apple not cooperating?
What did the judge say about it?
Why would it put the vendor at risk?
What else did the court deny?

BP 9/29

BP 9/29: Apple doesn't have an FM Radio

What did Pai suggest to apple?
Why can't Apple do this?
How long have iPhones not had radios?
What does Apple work w/ manufacturers for?
What has the FCC said about this?

BP 9/28

BP 9/28: Amazon's New Products

What is new with the Echo?
What is multiroom audio?
What is the Echo Plus?
What is the Echo show?
What device has a 2.5 inch display?
What did they unveil on with TV stuff?

BP 9/27

BP 9/27: Twitter is Doubling Tweets

What languages are excluded?
Does everyone have access to the double tweet?
Who is the CEO of Twitter?
What do some people worry about?
What has Twitter done recently to move toward this?
What will the 280 limit do?
What do you think about the new limit?

BP 9/26

BP 9/26: iPhone now using Google

When was Bing integrated?
Why did Apple switch?
What will Bing be used for?
What percentage of searches were performed in Bing?

BP 9/25

Hey,

I'm not there.  I'm at home... sick.  Like pretty sick.  But email me if you need me.  That being said I'm posting up the assignment that we will be working on during the next few weeks.  We will watch Zeitgeists tomorrow, hopefully. 

Sorry!

BP 9/25: A guide to Two-Factor Authentication

What does 2FA do?
HOw many types of 2FA are in use?
What's the downside of texting 2FA?
Why does Authenticating apps work better than texting?
What do security keys do?
What's the downside of U2F?
What's the bonus?
Do you use any of these?

BP 9/22

BP 9/22 Piracy Doesn't Harm Sales

Why did the EU never share it's report?
What did the report conclude?
What can illegal downloads actually do?
Why does the EDR suggest that the report was suppressed?
What do you think about this?  Do you believe it to be true?

BP 9/21

BP 9/21: What will the Internet Look like w/o Net Neutrality

Full disclosure -- I'll be in meetings the 2nd half of the period today :)
- Zeitgeist due tomorrow
- Podcast #2 due tomorrow
- RSS Due tomorrow
- Blogs Due tomorrow

What does Freeway allow you to do?
What does the app do in practice?
What is Freeway essentially?
What is bundling really?
What's the downside of this?
What is net neutrality designed to stop?

BP 9/20

BP 9/20: Apple's new OS

What is the most significant change to iOS 11?
How is control center grouped?
What does a firm press do it in it?
What is grouped together now?
How did Apple update Siri?

Go to next page :)

What is ARKit?
What is Files?
What is Do Not Disturb While Driving?
What does the iPad have now?

BP 9/19

BP 9/19: Hackers Hid Backdoor in CCleaner 

What does the tainted application allow for?
How many people are infected?
How many people have downloaded it?
What would the malware do?
What is DGA and what does it do?
What has Avast done to fix this?
Who was behind this attack?

BP 9/18

BP 9/18: Verizon is Booting 8,500 Rural Customer Over Data

Why is Verizon cutting data?
How does Verizon notify people?
What is the LTEiRA program?
How much data does Verizon say people are using?
What can these families do?
What is the FCC doing to acceptable access to broadband?

BP 9/15

BP 9/15: Facebook's Advertising Categories... kind of racist?

How does facebook create targets for advertising?
What is the controversy here?
How did propublica confirm this?
What did Facebook do?
Where else can you do this?
What do you think about this type of thing?

BP 9/14

BP 9/14: How Secure is FaceID?

What is virtually impossible for a thief to crack?
What type of larger issues will FaceID have?
Why won't FaceID be easy to hack?
Why won't spoofing work on FaceID?
Will FaceID use color?
How does FaceID deal with the 5th amendment?
What limitations does FaceID have?

BP 9/13

BP 9/13: Everything Apple Announced Yesterday

What's the big headliner from Apple?
What type of screen does it have?
What is replacing TouchID?
How does it charge?
HOw much does it cost?
What is the iPhone 8 made out of?
What is new about the Apple Watch Series 3?
How much will 4K content cost on the AppleTV?
What is the Airpower?

Do you want to buy anything?  What would you get?

BP 9/12

BP 9/12: You need to read your Textbooks

Why should you not use textbooks like they are a scavenger hunt?
Why should you not just highlight things?
What are textbooks according to the article?
What should you do when you read a textbook?

BP 9/11

BP 9/11 Spotify Stops Working in Safari

What has Spotify done?
Why did Spotify block Safari?
What Browsers are now supported on Spotify's web player?
What is the share of Safari on browsers?

BP 9/8

BP 9/8: Spotify and Hulu Team Up

How much will the new feature cost?
What's the name of the deal?
What will Spotify begin doing soon?
What did T-Mobile announce on Wednesday?
What comes with Amazon Prime?

BP 9/7

BP 9/7 - Congress Unites for Self-Driving Cars

What's the name of the bill?
When did self-driving cars start testing?
What percentage of crashes can be attributed to human error?
What does law do to state laws?
What does it do for driver privacy?
What may not be in the next self-driving car?
What has to happen next?

BP 9/6

BP 9/6: What's the difference between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atomic Bomb?

What happened on Sunday?
What do typical nuclear bombs use?
Why are hydrogen bombs scarier?
How much more powerful are hydrogen bombs?
When did NK claim to have a bomb before?

BP 9/5

Hope you had a good long weekend!

BP 9/5: Youtube-mp3 Shuts Down

What has Youtube-mp3 done?
How did the site work?
What is the fastest form of music piracy?
What is the argument that music companies say about music today?
Do you use the site?  Have you?  I assume you know others.

BP 9/1

BP 9/1: AR Star Wars Toy

What is the eventual goal of AR?
What examples has the world seen of AR?
What is Jedi Challenges?
What does the lightsaber do in the game?
What other game is included in this toy?
What do you need to have in order to use this?
What type of technology does the headset use?
How much does this cost?
Would you buy it?  Why or Why not?

BP 8/31

BP 8/31: Zip Codes in the US

What does ZIP stand for?
How many numbers were there at the beginning of the Zip Code System?
When did the system go into effect?
What does the first digit mean?
What are the next two digits?
What are the last two digits?
How long did it take for ZIP codes to travel across the US?
What is the ZIP+4?
What can be gathered based on Zip Codes?

BP 8/30

BP 8/30: Apple's Winning the AR War

What did Google unveil yesterday?
What is Google's problem?
What do ARKit and ARCore do for augmented reality experiences?
What did Google spend it's time on?
What did Apple spend its time on?
What is AR good for?
What does AR represent a shift for?

Blog Post 8/29

Welcome to your first blog post.

Be sure to answer the questions below in your own blog post.

Title Your Blog with the Date and the name of the blog, for example:

BP 8/29 - iPhone Feature

What is the secret iPhone feature?
When is the feature good to use?
How do you enable it?
What else can use this feature?
What carriers don't utilize this feature?

BP 5/25

BP 5/25: Nacho Cheese Sauce Kills California Man

How you feeling?
What actually killed the man?
Where did this occur?
What causes Botulism?

Lastly -- please fill out this class survey
- https://docs.google.com/a/mgsd.k12.nc.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEgJCiULk5wv6urFnoUclOyl5eCbL9KeRjufSMa9SbMSYZsA/viewform

That is all :)

BP 5/24

BP 5/24: Appeals Court Strikes Down FAA Registry of Recreational Drones

When did the FAA regulate drones?
What does the judges decision do?
What must the FAA do if they want to regulate drones?
Why should we do a UAS need to be registered?
Who doesn't need to register now?

BP 5/23

BP 5/23: Mood Lighting to go with Music from IKEA

What does the echo do with lights?
How will the bulbs be connected?
What does the backing of IKEA do?
How much do smart bulbs sell for now?
What is an obstacle to growth in this market?
What do you think about this type of voice control?

BP 5/22

BP 5/22: Facebook's Content Moderation Ruled Alarming by Child Safety Charity

What does Facebook's content moderation guidelines cover?

What is facebook's policy on animal cruelty?

What about self-harm?

How many followers do you need to be a public figure?

What does Zuckerberg want to use to moderate content?

What is facebook trying to balance?

What do you think about these policies?

BP 5/18

BP 5/18: Change Twitter Privacy Changes

What is Twitter about to do to it's users?
What three things are changing?
When do the changes take effect?
How do you disable it?
How can you see what twitter gives to advertisers?

BP 5/18

A couple of notes -- I won't be here tomorrow.  Meaning this is happening
- Podcast #7 is now due on Monday
- Class/Individual Podcast also due on Monday
- Genius Hour Presentation - Tuesday
- Mario Kart and Nachos will be on Monday as well.  Sign-up to bring something at tinyurl.com/HDMario

Here's your Blog
BP 5/18: Everything from Google I/O

What does I/O focus on this year?
What does Gmail get?
What is Google Lens?
What is Google Jobs?
What's the next version of Android?
What's Android Go?
What new features does Google Home get?
What new device is Google Assitant on now?
What is Google Lens?
What will Youtube now be able to do on your smartTV?

BP 5/17

BP 5/17: World's Worse Website Goes Down

What is dead?
What is it?
What is Doxxing?
Why did the site become unavailable?

BP 5/16

BP 5/16: Making Chatbots Chattier

What's the idea behind chatbots?
What do companies use with chatbots?
What is the name of the training ground for Facebook?
What is the goal of each of the chatbots?
Where will success come from?

BP 5/15

BP 5/15

Remember -- Podcasts are due this week... Both listening and your own.

BP 5/15: Microsoft Calls on Gov't to Stop Stockpiling Dangerous Software

What ransomware attack occurred last week?
What did Microsoft have to do on Friday?
What did Microsoft say it was like?
What is the Digital Geneva Convention?
What is cyber security now?
What are the two most serious forms of cyber security threats?
How many computers were affected by this ransomware?
Who remains most at risk with this system?

BP 5/12

BP 5/12: The Real Threat to Our Government is Tech Illiteracy

What did the FBI demand from Apple?
What problem is deep-rooted?
What has Congress done about this?
Why did the encryption legislation fail?
Why may one policy be impossible?
What is the real fix?
What did Congress do to the office of Technology Assessment?
What will the government need to do when they decide to address cybersecurity?
What did Trump do on Thursday?

BP 5/11

BP 5/11 Early Spotify Was Built on Pirated MP3's

What is the Piratbyran?
What did he launch?
What did Spotify tracks have on them that lead people to believe they were pirated?
How did Spotify distribute music?
What happened in 2006?
Where did a lot of tech titans start?

BP 5/10

BP 5/10: Amazon's Echo is weird, but it shows how far Amazon will go

How much will the new echo cost?
What's Amazon's goal with this device?
What is the Echo Look?
Why are smartphones so great?
What does having a screen do for the echo?
Who else is making smart speakers?
What do you think of this device?

BP 5/9

If I could let you watch the clip I would, but I can't... so you get a blog.

BP 5/9 John Oliver is Rallying to save Net Neutrality

What's the problem with net neutraility?
What happened in early 2015 with ISPs?
Why does Oliver's rant not matter as much this time?
What does the FCC boss believe ISPs will do?
What has Pai said about the Title II rules and ISPs?
What examples run counter to the digital dystopia argument?
What do you think about this Net Neutraility thingy?

BP 5/8

BP 5/8: Nike Comes up Short of Two-Hour Marathon

Where did Nike do the marathon?
What shoe were the runners wearing?
Why won't the run become a world record?
What factor didn't lead to success in Monza?
What did Kipchoge do?
What did he say about the attempt?

BP 5/5

BP 5/5 Phishing Attack Underscores OAuth Security Risks

How many users were phished on Gmail?
What did the attack do?
What does the developer platform allow people to do?
How has Google fixed the issue?
How did this developer get around this issue?
How do traditional phishing scams work?
What is the OAuth protocol?
How many apps use the protocol?
What can be done to fix the security holes?
How can people fix their email if they were targeted?

BP 5/4

BP 5/4: The Secret Hit Making Power of the Spotify Playlist

When did the song peak on Spotify?
What do real fans use?
How much time do Spotify users spend on playlists?
What are Spotify and other streaming services about?
What is Spotify investing in now?

BP 5/3

BP 5/3: Surface Laptop's is Answer to Chromebooks

What percentage of schools use chromebooks?
What do people do with devices they know first?
How much does the new machine cost?
What does Microsoft hope the machine can do?
What is Windows 10 S?
What's the big question for Microsoft?
What's the biggest news of the press conference?
What type of computer will you buy when you leave MHS?

BP 5/2

BP 5/2: Apple Working on Echo Rival

What would Apple's speaker be powered by?
What could it do?
Who is in charge of the speaker technology?
When would Apple Announce the device?
What's the benefit of Siri over Alexa?
Do you own a device like this?  Would you?  Why or Why not?

BP 5/1

Happy May!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week, so you should say thanks to a teacher.

You have a Podcast due on Friday and we're going to continue to do laptop checks today.  At some point this week I'll introduce one more project for you.

Here's your blog:

BP 5/1 Tesla Delays Solar Room

When did the company say it would sell the rooms?
Where are the solar cells on the shingles?
What is the crux of the solar roof vision?
What type of room does Musk have?
How much could a solar roof cost?
When will the singles come to market?
Where will they be produced?
Would you buy these?  Why or why not?

BP 4/28

Hey guys!

Not there today, obviously.  Luckily for you, you have an annotated bibliography and your Senior Sendoff websites due today.  So work on them.

Here's your blog

BP 4/28: Chatbots Explained

What is fueling the development of chatbots?
What can these bots do?
What types of businesses are using these bots?
What are chatbots doing now?
Where are chatbots good to use?
Do you use a chatbot?  Would you?

BP 4/27

Hey guys!

Tech visit today.  I won't be here tomorrow.  We're gonna do laptop checks today as well.

BP 4/27: Amazon's new Echo Look Camera will judge your outfits

What does the camera do?
What does the device come with?
What else can the device do?
What is next for the device?
How much does it cost?
Would you buy one?  Why or why not?

BP 4/26

BP 4/26

Googles Offering Rides in it's Self-Driving Minivans

How long has Google been working on this?
What's the name of it's spin-off?
Where is it launching?
In what way is Uber better than Waymo?
How does someone sign up?
Who makes the Waymo cars?

BP 4/25

BP 4/25: What we Know about the Flying Car Coming this Year

What's the name of the flyer?
Where can you fly it?
How much does it weigh?
How is it controlled?
Do you need a pilot's license?
What is the goal of these organizations?

BP 4/24

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Only about 25 days until Exams.  We got a lot to do before then though.  Here's what were gonna do today.  We're gonna have a meeting and then we're gonna do laptop checks.  Here's your blog for the day:

4/24 The US Charging Assange Could Put Press Freedom on Trial

What organization did Julian Assange create?
How is it like a journalism outlet?
What did Pompeo call Wikileaks?
How is Wikileaks protected?
How has the governement gone after these before?
What will the Justice Department charge Assange with?
What did the Obama White House use to charge people with?
What do you think about this?

BP 4/13

BP 4/13: Burger King's Big Whopper of a Problem

What did a Burger King ad do?
Was this intentional?
What happened three hours after the ad launched?
What did they say about the Ad itself?
What do you think about ads that do this?
What did online trolls do to the wikipedia page?

BP 4/12

3 Things to do
- Blog
- Annotated Bibliography
- Website

2 More Days!

1 Blog for today
BP 4/12: Google Fixes the biggest annoyance with mobile browsing

Why does page jumping happen?
What does the newest version of Chrome offer?
What does it do?
Anyone else excited about this?  Actually, does anyone use Chrome on their phones?

BP 4/11

Things to do:

1) Senior Sendoff Website
2) Annotated Bibliography
3) Podcast #6
4) Blog for the Day

Speaking of...  Her'es your blog.

BP 4/11: Phishing Scams

When do problems occur online?
How can you avoid these scams?
How are these guys able to fool people?
What's the advice they have about links?
What should you do if you receive a phishing email?
Where can you submit a phishing email to?
If an email leads you to a website, where should you look?

BP 4/10

BP 4/10: Let Schools Start Earlier in August

What did the House pass on Thursday?
What can districts now do?
What did opponents of the legislation say?
When can schools start?  Get out?
When did the law pass to limit the time?
What did McElraft say about the law?
What do you think about this?  When should school start?

BP 4/7

Happy Friday!

4 Days Til Spring Break!!!

Genius Hour Pitches are due today!  Prep yo self!
Typing Challenge is also due today!  Turn it in yo

BP 4/7: Twitter is suing the US government

What did US officials ask twitter for?
What is the account in question?
What does Twitter argue in front of the court?
What does the ACLU believe about the 1st amendment?
When did the Trump administration ask for access?
What do you think about this?  Should the government have access to names on accounts?

BP 4/6

BP 4/6

Update for the week:
- Typing Challenge is Due tomorrow
- Genius Pitch is Tomorrow Too, you'll need to present to the class
1) What you are researching
2) What you are going to create
3) What are you going to present?
4) What your progress on the project is

Here's your blog for the day:
BP 4/6 Facebook Cracksdown on Revenge Porn

What is Revenge porn?
Where is Facebook being sued?
What can Facebook users now do?
How is it automating this process?
What will happen to people who share these photos?
How many people have access to the database?

BP 4/5

BP 4/5: The Fee Streaming Gravy Train is Coming to an End

What is Spotify doing?
What did Spotify announce on Tuesday?
What has Spotify done to get more people to pay?
Do you agree with Daniel Ek?
What is the biggest revenue source for music in the US?
How much do money does Youtube Pay Out?
What is the RIAA doing?
What do you think about this? 

BP 4/3

Happy April!  Only 9 Days left til Spring Break.

BP 4/3: The Smartphone is going to Die

When does the article predict smartphones will die?
What did the smartphone do to the PC?
What is Bixby?
What other devices enjoy success?
What are companies starting to work on?
What does Neurallink build?
What does Musk say about keeping up with computers?
Where do you fall?  Do you think this is our future?

BP 3/31

BP 3/31: Pedestrian Deaths Spiked Last Year

How many people died last year being hit by cars?
Why is this behavior happening?
What do other researchers believe?
What is the solution to this?
What percentage of pedestrians were intoxicated?
Where were the highest fatalities?
Don't text and drive...

BP 3/30

BP 3/30: 9 Podcasts to Make you Smarter in 30 minutes or less

Wanted to give you this blog in case you are looking for a new podcast to submit by tomorrow.  This is your chance.

What is Planet Money about?
What is Hard Pass about?
What is 99% invisible about?
Who is the Allusionst for?
What's the Daily?
What's Hidden Brain for?
What is the Memory Place for?
What does Code Breaker do?
What is Why oh Why?

BP 3/29

BP 3/29: Facebook Pivots into Stories

What does Facebook now have?
Where did they steal this from?
What does stories do to the news feed?
What can Facebook do that Snapchat can't?
What does facebook want to do with Camera and stories?
What is Stories?
What is Camera?
What's missing from Camera?
What is Facebook Direct?
What's the new news feed like?

BP 3/28

BP 3/28 - Net Neutrality Made Easy

What are utilities?
What types of organizations aren't neutral?
What do utilities not have?
What has the history of the internet been?
What can the new rules of the internet do?
What does net neutrality mean?
What will companies compete on?
Should the internet remain neutral?
What do you think about this video?

BP 3/27

Blog Post 3/27: Supreme Court Printer Cartidge Case

What's the name of the case?
What's the issue in front of the court?
What does Lexmark offer customers?
What does Lexmark believe?
What is patent exhaustion?
What can this case lead to?
What do you think about this argument, should manufacturers be able to restrict what you can do with a product once it's bought?  Why or Why not?

BP 3/24

BP 3/24 Senate Votes to Undo Internet Privacy Rules

What would the legislation have done?
How did Senators vote?
What would the regulations have required companies to do?
What did companies attack the rules as?
What does undoing the regulations do?
What do you think about this rule?
Can people have privacy from IPs?

BP 3/23

BP 3/23 Does Alexa Have Free Speech Rights?

What does the Echo do?
What was Amazon's response to the court order?
What is Alexa a form of?
What does Amazon claim?
What is autonomy theory?
What has the Supreme Court given free speech protection to?
What does covering AI  and free speech teach us about?

BP 3/22

BP 3/22 Google is Finally Doing Something about Racist Videos on Youtube

What will google allow advertisers to do?
Where will these changes happen?
Why is Google doing this?
Why are these changes significant?
Why is Google Making these changes?
What do you think about this?

BP 3/21

BP 3/21 Honors System Adopted for MHS

When will the new system go into effect?

How any different recognitions are there?

Which class will this be enacted for?

How will speakers be determined?

What do you think about the change?

How many homes are being built in Mooresville?

Where will these students go to school?

Do you think Mooresville needs to build other schools? Why or Why not?

BP 3/20

BP 3/20 The End of the Perfect Banana

Hey, trust me on this article... It's interesting even though it's long.

Where did Banana's come from in the 1950s?
What did United Banana figure out?  What does this mean for bananas?
What happened to the coffee in Sri Lanka?
What happened to the banana's?
How did the new banana sell in the US?
What is happening to banana's today?
What is the new name of the United Fruit Company?
What has happened to us in grocery stores?
What has every crop in history done?

BP 3/17

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

BP 3/17: Surface Book 2 is Regular Notebook?

Full disclosure, if I had to buy a PC, I'd buy one of these guys...

What is Microsoft cutting in the new Surface?
What has Microsoft expanded its Surface line too?
What was the Surface Book?
What did it have built into the computer?
What was the problem with it?

BP 3/16

BP 3/16 Gmail Phishing Scam

Why is this scam so effective?
What is inside the email?
What have the scammers done to make it seem more legit?
What has google done to fix the problem?
How can you defend against phising scams?

BP 3/15

BP 3/15 Google Assistant on iPhone and Android

What is Google Assistant?
What is it designed to do?
What can Google do that Siri cannot?
What's the big promise of Assistant?
What is the downside of this?
Who gets Google Assistant?
What do you need to download on iPhone to get it?
What is Google Now?
What is Google on Tap?
Do you use Google Apps on your phone?  Which ones?

BP 3/14

Happy Pi Day!!!!

Akelman won't be here for 3rd and 4th block today.  We'll have a quick meeting though in 1st and 2nd.

Here's Today's Blog: 3/14 RSS

How many weblogs are there on the internet?
What does the new order do?
What's a reader?
What are the connections between sites and readers called?
What color is the icon?
Why does this video warn you?
What are the two things you need to do for an RSS?

BTW, Feedly is the best RSS out there.

BP 3/13

BP 3/13: Google CAPTCHA No Longer Proves You're not a Robot

What does CAPTCHA stand for?
What did Google invent?
WHat's the point of CAPTCHA?
What other types of security have been invented?
What is Invisible reCAPTCHA?

BP 3/10

Happy Tech Visit Day!

2nd Period, ya'll know what to do.  Look at the Bored :).

I'll be there for 3rd and 4th period today so, be on your best behavior for Frank.

Here's your blog:

BP 3/10: Gmail is adding Add-Ons

How is this service built?
What does Google Already offer Add-Ons for?
Why would it be helpful for users?
Who is Google copying with this?
Where do Add-Ins come from now?
What type of partners does Google Have?

BP 3/9

BP 3/9: Wikileaks Exposes CIA Hacking

We'll have a meeting today too :)

What do the documents claim to reveal?
What can the hacking program tap into?
Was anyone hacked with these tools in the US?
Where can the CIA use these tools?
What is Wikileaks?
Who runs it?
How did WikiLeaks get it's source?
What did the tech companies say about the hack?

BP 3/8

Thank Stephen for this article, I know it's long, but it's very interesting!

BP 3/8 Underwater Data Centers

Why would someone put data centers in the Ocean?
What's the name of the project?
Where is the prototype?
Why is underwater faster than land-based centers?
Where would the pods be made?
Where are data centers built now?
What doesn't the data center have?
What was the biggest concern for the engineers?
What is the environmental impact of this?

BP 3/7

BP 3/7: Secure Passwords

What's the easy route for passwords?
What's your job?
What should your password not include?
Why isn't the Jack and Jill password not easy to guess?
How many words are in English?
What can you do to make your password stronger?
Who should know your password?
How can you avoid problems?
What should you do in each site you visit?

BP 3/6

BP 3/6: Facebooks Disputed News Tag Goes Live

BTW -- It's Frank's Birthday!!!!

Where does the tag appear?
How will these stories be reviewed?
Where do these journalists work?
How long will it take for a story to be tagged?
What could this stuff do for user engagement?
What do you think about this new feature?

BP 3/2

Blog Post 3/2: The New Nintendo Switch

What's the problem with the Switch right now?
How long is the battery life?
How big is the screen?
How does it Charge?
What does the author say the controllers?
Does the author tell you to buy one?

Things to do:
1) Podcast is due today
2) Website is due next Friday, you should email the advisors
3) Diigo is due on Friday 3/17

BP 3/1

Blog Post Title 3/1 Bias Detection

What is good about bias?
What's the problem with bias?
What's the best thing to do with bias?
What questions should you ask yourself about articles?
What's the benefit of doing this?

BP 2/27

Blog Post 2/27: Cloudbleed Is a Problem But it Gets Worse

What is cloudbleed?
What led to the data being leaked out to the web?
What sites were affected?
How long before the leak was plugged?
What should anyone who wants to ensure their data is safe do?

BP 2/24

Hey,

Careful here, there be some language in this article that you may find offensive.  Sorry, but it's a good article.

BP 2/24: Twitter's New Abuse Filter Works Great, If you Name is Mike Pence

What did Twitter introduce last week?
What would it do?
What does it basically do?
How is the algorithm supposed to work?  Does it work?
What does the POTUS and VP accounts get?
What are the most problematic tweets on the platform?
What do you think Twitter should do to curb abuse?

BP 2/23

Blog Post Title: 2/23 Password Managers Protect from Hackers

What's the first bit of advice from cyber security experts?
What are the problems with people's password habits?
What's the world's most common password?
What does a password manager do?
What does it do to your login data?
What is an example of a password manager?
Are they secure?
How much do they cost?
What is the last advice this article gives?

BP 2/22

BP 2/22: Drone Slinging UPS is the Future

Instead of drones flying from warehouses, where will they fly from?
Where did UPS make it's test run?
What did the drone do when it was done w/ the delivery?
How long can the drone fly?
How much could the drones save UPS?
What is 7-11 using drones for?
What new rules will need to be developed to allow this reality to happen?

BP 2/21

BP 2/21: IP Addresses

Why does the internet work?
What does IP stand for?
What does an IP address look like?
What happens when you click on a link?
How many protocols were in the original IP?
What's the IP Address of your computer? Do you know how to find it?

BP 2/20

Happy Monday (President's Day)

Here's what's due this week (so far)
- Daily Blog
- Performance Task #2 (Flyers/Posters) 2/21
- Zeitgeist 2/24

Blog Post 2/20: Apple Acquiring RealFace AI

How much did Apple pay for RealFace?
What does RealFace do?
What is apple rumored to do on the iPhone 8?
Why would apple do this?
What do you think of this rumor?

BP 2/17

Blog Post 2/17

- Don't forget to submit your Podcast
- Don't forget to submit your Research Proposal
- Do your Flyers/Posters if you aren't coming to curriculum fair

BP 2/17: Cute Robot to Schlep Your Stuff

What does Piaggio Group make?
What is Gita?
What idea led to the development of the Gita?
What does Gita do?
What can this thing help you carry?
When can you buy one?
What is Kilo?
What do you think about this product?  Should MHS buy them instead of bookbags?

BP 2/16

Things due tomorrow:
2/17 - Podcast #2
2/17 - Research Proposal Submitted as PDF
2/22 - Curriculum Fair Flyers (Please do ASAP)

BP 2/16: Are you ready for a Snapchat Phone

What has Snap decided it was going to spend more time on?
Why are they targeting this platform?
What did Snap release to make itself more of a hardware company?
Who has the company hired?

BP 2/15

Just as a warning -- this kind of thing is a passion of mine.  I believe that access to the internet should be free... so yeah.

BP 2/15: FCC Puts Broadband Program on Hold

What fraction of adults have no broadband connection at home?
What is Lifeline?
What is the "homework gap?"
What is the FCC instittuting?
How is Lifeline funded?  What's the alternative?
What do you think about this article?  Should access to the internet be subsidized for the poor?

BP 2/14

Happy Valentine's Day...

Also, Happy Birthday Megan.

Here's today's Blog:

2/14 Screencasting

What can screencasting help us do?
What is screencasting?
What do the most popular screencasting programs have?
How can screencasters record their voice?
Do you know how to screencast on your laptop?  How?

BP 2/13

BP Title: 2/13 Tim Cook Says Fake News is "Killing People's Minds"

What does Tim Cook want tech companies to do?
What has proven difficult for online readers?
What is Pizzagate?
Where has most of this conversy been focused?
What has happened in Germany?  Do you think it should happen here?  Why or Why not?
What does Cook say should be done?
What do you think?  How can fake news be combated?

BP 2/10

Hey guys!

Again, not here.  Hope to not turn this into a thing... BUT...

Anyway here's your blog:

Blog Post 2/10: 2017 Facebook Sucks

What did you used to have in order to join Facebook?
According to this author, what is Facebook a place for?
Do you feel like you are "...smarter, better informed, more empathetic, even enlightened as a result of filtering my world view through an algorithm that tells me what I need to see in relation to what my friends are consuming?"  Applies to all social networks
What was early facebook about?
What has it turned into?
What does the author use Facebook as now?

BP 2/9

Blog Post 2/9: Android Wear 2.0: The End of the Smartwatch

Would you like to have a smartwatch?  Why or why not?
How long has Google been making smart watches?
What does 2.0 have?
What do smart watches do best?
You can skip the reviews of the two watches and skip down to Android Wear 2.0...
What's the new design like on 2.0?
What can watches w/ GPS do?
What's the biggest change?
Would you be interesting in buying something like this?

BP 2/8

Good Morning Guys!

Or Afternoon if you're in 4th block I suppose.  Good news.  I again am not there.  Long story short they needed another day so I'm at home.  I'll be able to answer email, but I'm going to put on my "away" message on because I got a lot of unnecessary emails yesterday.

I'll be there tomorrow (Thursday) for sure.  If you all have questions feel free to email me directly.  You should know what you need to do.  I heard it was a little busy yesterday.  Here's your blog for the day:

BP 2/8: Most SmartTVs are Tracking You

Who got hit with a fine this week?
How much were they fined?
Why were they fined?
What has Vizio been tracking?
What happens to the data?
What other TVs track your personal data?
What are the new policies that Vizio must follow?
Why is this behavior so common?
What do you think about this?


PS... I didn't think the article was that long, you may disagree, but I thought it was an interesting read.

BP 2/7

Hey guys!

As you have noticed, and as I have reminded you with near omnipotent reassurance, I am no here today.  I am home, watching out new nursery get it's popcorn ceiling get scraped off.  I will be available via email, assuming that I am up.  So if you need me email me.

Honors -- Finish up your Website Revisions
Regular -- Fix your Google Sites, make sure you look at the Rubric on Page 3, for that is how you will be graded.

All -- If you didn't turn in a podcast, please do so today.  I don't care if you don't like the assignment, can't find a good podcast, or whatever... you will have to do one every two weeks meaning you should spend some time looking for something else for the next one.  Just do one and turn it in so we can grade it :).

4th Block -- Ask Frank for your Report Cards, he has them.

Blog Post Title 2/6: Encryption on the Web

What is Encryption?
What is a key?
What are the two different types of keys?
What's the downside of symmetric encryption?
What's a public key?
Why is encryption necessary?

Blog Post 2/6

This Week

- Blog (Daily)

- GH Meeting at some point this week

- Website Revisions -- 2/10

- Research Proposal - 2/17

- Podcast #2 - 2/17

- Zeitgeist 2/24 (Start gathering pictures and looking at materials)

Blog Post 2/6: Apple, Facebook, Google, Others File Opposition to Immigration Ban

How many firms filed a brief opposing the executive order?
What do they argue about economically?
Besides the big hitters, who else signed onto the document?
What state mounted the strongest legal attack?
What does this mean for the companies that signed it?
What do you think, should companies get involved in politics?  Why or why not?

Blog Post 2/3

Good Morning!

1) Podcast is due today.  Make sure you complete it, submit it to Learn as a PDF
2) Driving Question is due today, please post your question in your blog
3) I'm going to look at Google Sites today for you HD kids to make sure it's setup, I'll leave some comments and notes for you to fix.
4) Honors - Please continue to get your website revisions done.
5) You have another Podcast due in two weeks, you can start listening ASAP.

Blog Post Title 2/2

Blog Post Title: 2/2 Reddit Bans Alt-Right Group

Why did Reddit ban /altright?
Why is this a switch for Reddit?
What does this ban indicate?
Why does /altright think it was banned?
Why has Reddit faced issues before?
What do you think about Reddit banning a community?

Blog Post Title 2/1

Blog Post Title: 2/1 Check out this Cell Phone Class

What's the purpose of this case?
What's the name of it?
How much money has it already made?
How much does it cost?

Blog Post 1/31 Computer Software

Tech Tuesday

Blog Post 1/31: Computer Software

What do we need to have the computer work for us?
What types of software do computers?
What's the name of an OS?
What is a software program essentially?
What types of devices have software on them?
What software do you use most?

Blog Post 1/30

Hello All!

First full week of 2nd semester.  Here's what you got for the week.

1) Daily Blogs Each Day
2) Podcast Assignment Due on Friday
3) Driving Question Due on Friday
4) Help Desk Meeting about Genius Hour today and tomorrow
5) Normal stuff we do everyday

Blog Post 1/30: Furious Customers Deleting Uber

Sorry, sometimes Politics and Technology intersect...

What are people doing with Uber?
Why?
What did Uber do with it's pricing during the strike?
How is Uber trying to deal with this PR crisis?

Blog Post 1/27

Things Due Today:

- Blogger

- Daily Blogs for the week

- 1st and 2nd go to Ms. Kish's room :)

Things for Next Week 

- Podcast #1 (Friday)

- HD Meeting #1 (Anyday)

- Driving Question (Friday)

All this stuff is in Google Classroom and Learn.

Blog Post Title: 1/27 Twitter Tries to Help You Figure Out Twitter

*Disclaimer, I've been a Twitter User since 2005, and have never really liked or understood it*

What rose from the ashes of Discover?

What's the new section they have unveiled?

What does Twitter see as it's role?

What did Moments want to be?

What is Twitters biggest problem?

Do you use twitter? Do you like it? Why or why not?

HD Blog 1/26

Blog Post Title: 1/26 Facebook Updates 'Trending' Feature

Why is Facebook making changes to it's algorithm?
What will trending topics not be doing now?
Who leads Facebook?
What is the most requested feature for Facebook now?
How will Facebook select trending topics?
When will this feature go into effect?

Lastly, don't forget to submit your Blogger Links by tomorrow.  Use this form:
https://docs.google.com/a/mgsd.k12.nc.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdY3KnMCqyVU5Tgq25maYFwixSB-SWyW1rjVSwQ5wZmqbqHjw/viewform

HD Blog 1/25

Good Morning!

For those of you who are new to the daily blogs this will be real simple.  All you have to do is watch the video/read the article and answer the questions.  Don't let me get by today without talking to you about the Genius Hour and any other question you have.

Title your blog post: 1/25 Blogs

Here's the video: https://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs

Who made news in the 20th century?
What happened in the 21st century?
What do blogs do for the news?
How are the sites organized?
What can readers do to bloggers?
Since 2003 how many blogs have been created?

Blog Post 1/12

Hey guys!

This is your last full blog... Take a minute to let that sit in.  Tomorrow you will present your Genius Hours and you can do one final Genius Hour Reflection Blog...

You also have your Podcast project due tomorrow.  Share your document with me via Google when you're finished.

Also, if you haven't completed the survey from yesterday regarding the HD class please do so:

https://docs.google.com/a/mgsd.k12.nc.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEgJCiULk5wv6urFnoUclOyl5eCbL9KeRjufSMa9SbMSYZsA/viewform

Today's blog is a little different... I graduated from High School in 2005, and one of the most intriguing things that stood out to me was this Commencement Address from 2005 to the graduates of Stanford by Steve Jobs.  It's about 15 Minutes long, but it's worth the watch.  Especially as we wind out time down together these words tend to be good life advice for you.  So here's the video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc and here's the transcript.

Here are the questions for today's blog...

What is the first story that Jobs tells?
Why did Steve Jobs drop out of college?
What does Jobs say about dots?
How old was Jobs when he started Apple?
What was the best thing that ever happened to Steve Jobs?
What does Jobs say you have to do?
What destination do we all share?
What is Job's advice to do with time?
What is Job's final wish to the graduates?

Blog Post 1/11

Happy Return!

Updates for Today (You can tell it's a two hour delay day)

You're Podcast is due on Friday... Don't forget.  You won't have the ability to turn it in late.

I need you to do two things today, your blog and this survey.

https://docs.google.com/a/mgsd.k12.nc.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEgJCiULk5wv6urFnoUclOyl5eCbL9KeRjufSMa9SbMSYZsA/viewform

It won't take long.  Thanks!

In addition, I've updated your semester long Genius Hour Grade... it helped most of you but it may have been sad for you.  Your Genius Hour Blogs do add up.  You have 1 left, keep in mind your presentation accounts for 60% of that grade... Which is due either tomorrow or Friday.  At this point, you cannot make up your Genius Hour Blogs... with the exception of last Friday's blog.

Here's your blog for today:

Blog Post Title 1/11: Monopoly will Let Internet Vote to Replace Tokens

What did fans vote for in 2013?
When does voting end?
How many options are there?
Which one are you most excited about?
Make sure you vote...
Do you think Monopoly needs updating tokens?  Why or Why not?

GH Blog Post 1/6

Hey guys!

Today I'm going to ask you to write a blog a little longer than normal.  It's the reflective blog on the Genius Hour.  I want you to tell me what you thought about the project, whether it was successful, what you'd change, and pretty much anything else you'd like to tell me.  I'll post a few questions below to get you started, you don't have to answer all of them, but I want a clear reflection of what you thought of the project?


What ways do you think you need to improve?
What problems did you encounter?
What resources did you use?
How do you feel about this?  What did you like?  What didn't you like?
Did this project meet your standards?
What did you learn about yourself during the Genius Hour Project?
What grade would you give yourself?  Why?
One thing I'd like to improve upon moving forward is...
What would you like to spend more time on during school?
Do you think this is a good project?  Why or Why not?

Blog Post 1/5

Blog Post Title: 1/5 Amazon Alexa is officially coming to Ford Cars

What can Ford users do?
When will vehicles hit the market place?
What can you do with your echo at home with your car?
How is this integration made possible?
Why did Ford do this?

Blog Post 1/4

Blog Post 1/4: For French Law on Right to 'Disconnect'

How many hours do French workers work per week?

What does the new law France passed do?

What do you think about the law?

Do you think this law can fix this?

Do you think it's actually possible for this to work?

Blog Post 1/3

Blog Post 1/3: Family Sues Apple Over Fatal Facetime Crash

What is the family suing apple for?
When did the accident occur?
What do the Modisette's contend?
What do you think about this case?  Should Apple be at fault? Why or Why not?

Blog 1/2/17

Good Morning!

We shouldn't be here today... but alas we are.

A quick reminder, we may be busy today because of the break and all the kiddos who broke things.  You have your genius hour presentations on Friday -- You have all week.

Also, I'm working on next weeks small project... I'll keep you posted.


Here's today's blog.

1/2 Toyota's Hydrogen Powered Car

What's the downside of a hybrid car?
Downside of a Tesla?
What is the name of the new Toyota Car?
How does it work?
How many filling stations are tere in the US?
How many MPGe does it get?
How much does it cost?
What does Elon Musk say about these cars?
What does Mirai mean?