BP 12/19

BP 12/19: Amazon and Facebook Had Secret Data Sharing Agreement

How did the poster know the author?
Who else did Facebook share data with?
Why was Facebook sharing this data?
What does Facebook not tell us?

BP 12/18

BP 12/18: Alexa Guard is Live

What is Alexa Guard?
What does it listen to?
What can't it do?
What can you do with lighting?
What echos does it work with?
What features need to work in order to make this worth it?

BP 12/17

BP 12/17: If your Password is on this list you should change it

What is Kayne's cell password?
What are the top two passwords?
Do you know what it takes to make a good password?

BP 12/13

BP 12/13: Apps You Use Every Day Are Tracking You

What does a report by the NY Times report?
What do personal injury lawyers do?
Can you find out exactly who it is?
Do you have any of these apps?
What laws are there protecting you?
When was the last time you reviewed your privacy settings on apps?

BP 12/7

BP 12/7: Florida COmpany Helps Parents Track Teens

What does this company offer for teens?
What does the advertisement say?
How does this technology work?
How much does this cost?
What do you think about this?

BP 12/6

BP 12/6: The Road to 5G

What is the next era of mobile networking?
When will 5G come out?
What can this technology lead to?

BP 12/5

Welcome Back to Blogs!!!

12/5: CRISPR Baby Controversy 

What did the scientist do?
What was his aim?
What is CRIPR?
Who payed for his experiments?

Seriously, what are your thoughts on this article?  Should we edit genes to cure diseases? 

BP 11/27

BP 11/27: Make Your Own Custom Emoji

What is the name of the site?
How do you build one?
What's the catch?
I assume you can paste in an emoji here... let me see it :)

BP 11/26

BP 11/26: Supreme Court to Rule if Customers can Sue App Store

What are people suing for?
How much money did the App Store get in 2017?
What would be the benefit of another app store?
How much money does Apple make of each app?
Who can actually sue in this case?
When will this case be decided?

BP 11/19

BP 11/19

Hey guys,

I'm not here obviously.  Alex has a bad fever... and I get to stay with him.  I'll be back tomorrow.  Hopefully.  Don't forget about Friendsgiving.

Keep everything running and don't let it burn down.

Here's today's blog

BP 11/19: Google Working on VR Shoes

What is the big problem with VR today?
What is the patent called?
How cool is this?

BP 11/16

BP 11/16: Why OJ Tastes Bad After Brushing Your Teeth

Why does it taste bad?
What is a side effect of SLS?

BP 11/15

BP 11/15: AMazon's New Microwave

How much does it cost?
What did amazon say about the 30 seconds thing?  Are you one of those people?
How do you set it up?
What do you need in order for it to work?
What is it adding in the future?
What does it do for ordering?

BP 11/14

BP 11/14: Nintendo ROM Sites to Pay Nintendo $12 Million

What website did Jacob Mathias run?
How much do they have to pay?
What was on the websites?
Why is nintendo so litigious?

BP 11/13

BP 11/13 Youtube VR Lands on Oculus Go

What is the Oculus Go?
What does Youtube Offer?
How has Oculus positioned itself?
Would you watch youtube in 360 degrees?

BP 11/9

BP 11/9

Alright,

Few things #1, I won't be here.  So you know what you need to do.

I want you to finish your Podcast.
I want you to build the shell of your website for the Buying Guide by the end of the period.
I want you to take a look at these ads so you can see if you can find a good deal on what you are looking for.

Walmart
Best Buy
Target
Others

For credit for today's blog, just tell me what deal you'd buy.

BP 11/8

BP 11/8: Black Friday Deals on Smart Home

How much is the Amazon Echo?
Where can you buy these?
How much is the smart plug?
How much is a google home hub?
How much is the PHilips Hue?

BP 11/6

BP 11/7: What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach us about AI

What did Boston do?
What happened when the author met with MIT?
What was the goal of the algorithm?
Who did this system benefit?
What happens to people when something becomes personal very suddenly?
What are some lessons learned here?

BP 11/5

BP 11/5

No article but a few questions...

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6_prZSFBekxYAew5qBcp172wSz49RmbcthXrgFWuAuARQ9w/viewform

BP 10/30

BP 10/30

Happy Halloween!  No Blog today, but take a minute to post up what you think about the class.  What can change etc.  Let me know how I'm doing.  BTW this isn't anonymous so don't be too mean.  That being said, I won't hold it against you.

BP 10/29

BP 10/29: Everything We Know about Gab

What is Gab?

How does it bill itself?

What is Gab's commitment?

How many people use the service?

What has happened to the company since Sunday?

Bigger question -- should hate speech be tolerated on social media?  I'd like to talk about it. 

BP 10/25

BP 10/25: Apple Blocked Graybox HAHA

What is GrayKey?
How much does it cost?
What can it pull?
What is USB Restricted Mode?

BP 10/24

BP 10/24: Facebook Trims Messenger's Clutter

What is facebook doing to messenger?
What does the app offer now?
What does it have?
What new feature was teased?
When will it roll out?

BP 10/23

BP 10/23: Samsung Teases Foldable Smartphone

How did Samsung tease the device?
When will the product arrive?
What day does the developer conference start?

BP 10/22

BP 10/22: 100 Websites that Shaped the Internet as we know It

I really liked this article, and I wanted to share it with ya'll...

What site do you think is the most important website on the internet?  In that it shaped everything after it?

BP 10/19

BP 10/19: China Plans to Launch Artificial Moon

When are they planning on launching an artificial moon?
What city will it illuminate?
How much will it save the city?
What happened to Russia's experiment?
What did the US do?

BP 10/18

BP 10/18: Facebook Posts Can Reveal if you are Depressed

How did scientists predict this data?
What happened earlier this decade?
How long does it take to get this data?
How many people were part of the study?
What do you think about this use of Facebook's data?

BP 10/17

BP 10/17: Youtube Goes Dark

How long was Youtube down?
What other services were down?
What happened to cause the service to crash?

BP 10/16

Hey guys,

As you can tell, I'm not here today.  I'm sorry. 

I will be sporadically checking email from ya'll, but not from many other people.  Tomorrow my game plan is to have a quick meeting about stuff.  But I do want ya'll to know that everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is due on the 26th.

If you need anything let me know.  Hopefully, it won't be too awful without me.

BP 10/16: You Really Shouldn't Be Running Adobe Flash Player

When is Adobe officially dying?
What used to run on Adobe?
Why is Flash bad now?
What does HTML5 do?
If you need to... IF... how do you enable it in Chrome?

BP 10/15

BP 10/15: Investigators Told Not to Look at iPhones w/ Face ID

What company is warning law enforcement?
What is protected by the 5th amendment?
How have courts compelled users to unlock their phones?
What do you think about this?

BP 10/12

BP 10/12: Google and Apple Are Crackign Down on SPAM calls

How is this problem getting worse?
How is Apple trying to fix it?
What did Google Announce at its Pixel Event?
How does the feature work?
What happened with the Nobel Prize?

BP 10/10

BP 10/10: Artificial Intelligence

A little different today.
1) Go to Classlink
2) Log in
3) Watch this video



Questions:
1) What are the two biggest challenges to AI?
2) Why are empathy and emotional intelligence difficult for computers?

3) What do you think about this video/activity?  Is it good?

BP 10/9

BP 10/9: Fortnite Buys Anti-Cheat Software

What company did they buy?
What other things does Kamu do?
Where is Camu located?

BP 10/8

BP 10/8 : Everything to Expect from Google Tomorrow

Where is Google having it's event?
What are they announcing in cell phones?
What about the watch?
What type of OS does the Slate have?
How will the new chromecast be different?
What else might we see at the event?
Anything you interested in?

BP 10/5

BP 10/5: Do this now on your iPhone

Whave have iPhone users created?
What does the shortcut do?
What can't police do to a suspect?

BP 10/4

BP 10/4: WiFi Alliance ditches 802.11

What's the name of the newest version of WiFi?
What is this doing to the old versions of WiFi?
Where should it begin showing up?
What is OFDMA?
When will this hardware come out?

BP 10/3

BP 10/3: Strange History of Presidential Text Alert

What's going to happen today at 2:18?
When was the first attempt to reach all citizens in the US?
What is NEAR?
What is the Decision INformation Distribution System?
What's the name of the system we use today?

How cool is this article????

BP 10/2

BP 10/2: Google's Project Stream

What did Google Announce?
What will this allow someone to do?
What industry is Google getting into?
How do you sign up for this stuff?

BP 9/28

BP 9/28: Facebook Uses Two-Factor for Ads

What does facebook do with phone numbers?
What types of TFA alternatives does facebook use?

BP 9/27

BP 9/27: Instagram founders Leave Facebook

Who founded Instagram?
Why are they leaving?
How many people use Instagram now?
What type of crisises has Facebook had recently?
What other app does Facebook own?

BP 9/26

BP 9/26

A little different this time.  Don't know if you got this, but they are thinking about updating the school calendar for next year.

As many of you may have heard, MGSD is considering proposing a Non-Traditional calendar to the Board of Education for the 2019 - 2020 school year.  Both Traditional and Non-traditional calendar links can be found below for your review.  Please note that in reviewing the non-traditional calendar, the purple days are non-working days for 10-month employees.  Also note that there is one week off between 1st and 2nd quarter, as well as 3rd and 4th quarter; however, there is not a designated work day between quarters.

A few items to consider when deciding which calendar you prefer:

• The non-traditional calendar more closely aligns with post-secondary institutions allowing high school students to graduate early and enroll in college for the spring semester.  This alignment is also helpful to MHS students taking Mitchell Community College courses while in high school.
• Students involved in fall extra-curricular activities such as marching band and athletics already begin these activities around the beginning of August.
• First semester would end prior to winter break.
• More shorter breaks throughout the year allow for student retention of material between sessions.
• Week long breaks in both fall and spring allow for family vacations during cooler, off-peak seasons.
• Iredell-Statesville Schools has approved a calendar very similar to our DRAFT Non-Traditional Calendar
• The first summer (2019) transitioning to a new non-traditional calendar will be short with school ending for students on June 7, 2019, and beginning on August 6, 2019.

Non-Traditional

Traditional

Vote Here

Which calendar do you prefer and why?
Full Disclosure... I prefer Non-traditional.

BP 9/25

Hey guys,

As you know, I'm obviously not here.  Do what you do best.  You have the A-Z thing to do.  Among your other plentiful assignments.  Don't forget to do all your running.

Here's today's blog:

BP 9/25: Sirius XM to Buy Pandora

How much did Sirius buy XM for?
How many subscribers does it have?
How many does Pandora have?
When was the last time you used Pandora?
WHy did Sirius do this?
What happened to the stock?

BP 9/24

BP 9/24: Apple's Bet on USB C looks to be a misfire

What was the deal with the keyboard on the Pro?
What did Apple get rid of on the Pro?
What are some of the benefits of using a USB C?
What did Apple do in the 90s?
What is Dongle Hell?
How has Apple not supported this new system?
Why doesn't apple go all in on USB-C?

BP 9/21: Alexa Gets some Updates

What did Amazon do yesterday?
How big is the Echo Show now?
What can you now do to your home audio?
What did Amazon do to the microwave?
What is the Echo Auto?
You can buy one... which one would you buy and why?

BP 9/20

Some Reminders

1) Make sure you post in the classroom an idea for Digital Citizenship
2) Make sure you post in the classroom some stuff for the A-Z Guide

Anywho, blog for the day

BP 9/20: Should Schools Inform Parents about Bullying?

Who is pushing the NY pushing a law?
Do you think the school knows about all bullying in the school?
How many times has the law been passed?
What do you think the best way to combat bullying?
What do you think about this law?

BP 9/19

BP 9/19: Make Your Paper 10% Long w/ this Font

What's a bad habit that schools teach you?
What's the name of the Font?
How can you use this font in a paper?
What is MSCHF?

BP 9/18

BP 9/18: What happened when Apple Deleted Movies

What happened in the Twitter exchange?
What was his claim?
What did Apple say?
What does it say in the terms and conditions for Apple?
What is Da Silva's long term solution?

BP 9/17

BP 9/17: 5G May Return Locked Smartphones

When will 5G smartphones be released?
Why are phones going to be locked?
Whose using what band?
How would you be able to get an unlocked phone?

BP 9/13

BP 9/13: Everything Apple Announced Yesterday

How many phones were announced yesterday?
What's the deal with the Xs?
How is the device unlocked?
How much does it cost?
What's the Xr?
How big is the new apple watch?

BP 9/12

BP 9/12 Gboard makes it easier to find GIFS

What's the point of Gboard?
What feature are they testing?
Do you text with Gifs?
How do you pronounce gif?
WHen will this roll out?

BP 9/11

BP 9/11: Instagram is Testing Video Tagging

How does the option work?
Do the videos copy?
How many people are testing this feature?
When did taggins tart?
Why is video important for instagram?
What do you think about this video?

BP 9/10

BP 9/10: What to do when you lose your phone

What's the first thing you should turn on in your phone?
Should you hunt a thief down yourself?
What can you do if someone finds your phone?
Who should you contact if your phone goes mission or gets stolen?
Why should you check your online accounts?

BP 9/7

BP 9/7 Apple came up with a model to cooperate w/ Law Enforcement

How many legal requests did Apple respond to in 2017?
What is Apple creating to cooperate?
How will law enforcement work with this system?
What does this actually do?
What do you think about these efforts?

BP 9/6

BP 9/6: The Best New Features to Try in Chrome's Latest Update

How long has Chrome been out?
What does chrome now do with passwords?
What's new with the search bar?
What can you now do in the omnibox?
What happened in the mobile app?

BP 9/5

BP 9/5: What to Know about Google's Titan Security Key

What did Google begin selling on Thursday?
Why would it be bad that it is being manufactured in China?
How do you use the key?
What is SecurID?
Why does Google think the key could be successful?
Where will the key work?
How much does it cost?

BP 9/4

BP 9/4 Samsung Foldable Phone Teased

When will the device be revealed?
What audience is Samsung looking for?
Would you buy a foldable phone?

BP 8/31

BP 8/31: Firefox's New Browser Will Help Keep Brands from Stalking You

What will future version of Firefox have?
What is Firefox emphasizing?
What is the company doing about pop-up ads?
What other browsers are worried about this?
What's makes our web bad these days?
What market share does Chrome have?

BP 8/30

BP 8/30: Apple Acquires Start-up that's developing AR lenses

What company has apple purchased?
What is HoloMiorror?
Where did the facial recognition software come from?
Why do you think apple would invest in this technology?

BP 8/29

BP 8/29: You can now be Verified on Instagram

How can you be verified?
What do you need to do it?
Who is this geared towards?

BP 8/28

Welcome to your first blog post of the semester.  I'll add the title of the article in the hyperlink.  Just name your Blog Post BP 8/28.  You can just change the date each day. 

BP 8/28: The Physics of Falling into a Black Hole

What happened at the art exhibit?
What happens when your brain gets tired of darkness?
How are we able to see?
What is vantablack?

BP 5/24

BP 5/24: Stealthy Malware Infects Routers

What is happening with routers?
What is VPNFilter?
How many have been infected?
Why are routers prone to vulneratibilities?
Where are most of these routers?
What has happened before in Ukraine?
What's the response from router manufacturers?

BP 5/23

BP 5/23: Youtube's New Streaming Service Rolling Out

How much does this service called?
What is Youtube Music an answer to/
What are the advantages of this service?
What other services does it offer?
Where is it available right now?

BP 5/22

BP 5/22: School Districts can't Wait to Use Face Recognition

What is Aegis?
What is the point of this technology?
Who all will it flag?
What would happen to student photos?
What does John Curr say about it?
What happens when students get in trouble in this system?
What do you think about this?

BP 5/21

BP 5/21: Thousands of Apple ID Passwords Leaked by Teen Monitor Server

Who did the leaked data belong to?
What does the app do?
Where was the information hosted?
What was exposed?
What does the app do with two factor authentication?
How many people use the app?

BP 5/18

BP 5/18: Instagram Offers Re-Sharing of Stories

What is Instagram offering now?
Why did they do this?
What can you do with DMs now?
Can you opt out of this feature?
How do you do it?
Why are they doing this?
When does this feature roll out?

BP 5/17

BP 5/17: Senate Approves Overturning Net Neutrality

What house of Congress approved the net neutrality rollback.
What will actually happen to the net neutrality?
What do critics say?
Why is this a wedge issue?
Why is this an issue of the 2018 campaign?

BP 5/15

BP 5/15: Say Hello to Google One

How has Google revamped it's consumer storage options?
How many people can you share storage with?
What other feature comes with Google One?
When will this upgrade happen?

BP 5/14

BP 5/14: Google Sells Your Data

What is Googles technology underpinned by?
How many products does google have that have more than a billion monthly users?
Where does Google's data come from?
What type of guardrails exist?
How can users be protected?
What is GDPR?

BP 5/10

I may have spoken too soon.  Still not up to a full day.  I'll keep ya'll posted.

BP 5/10: Everything important from Google I/O

What new things did Google Announce to it's speakers?
What is in Android P?
What is new in Maps?
When does this come out?

BP 5/9

Ugh, so I wrote up a blog post on the 8th around 3AM, but I didn't hit the publish button so we are going to push it to the 9th. 

So I'm going to give you a long update on all the stuff that's been going on. 

1) I have work for you to do -- sign up and start creating it will be due next Friday the 18th. 

2) I've gotten a few emails from ya'll about grades, it's on my to-do list, I promise.  You know I'll fix them when I get back.  If it makes you feel better, I have about 40 flagged emails that I need to take care of on Thursday.

3) Now for the update from the life of me.  I will be back on Thursday.  The short version is that I had to take Alex to the Doctor on Thursday afternoon, which led to a trip to the ER on Thursday Evening/Friday morning.  Didn't get home till around 3AM, so Erika and I took Friday off... fast forward to Sunday, I'm not feeling well like I feel bad, so I take off Monday.  Still not feeling better, so I take Tuesday off too and go to the doctor, turns out some little kid from the children's ER gave me Strep Throat.  So I'm in "quarantine" for 48 hours after my first dose of medicine.  Meaning, I'll be back better than ever on Thursday.

So there you have it.  BAM!

BP: Someone Hacked an Alabama High Schools Grades

When did they find the grades had been tampered with?
How is the school board trying to find the culprit?
Why is this such a big deal?
What happened to the kin in Staten Island?
What percentage of schools don't encourage teachers to use secure passwords?

BP 5/7

BP 5/7: Programmers are Debating the Rules of Civility

Do you think people should have to agree to a code of conduct?
What does the code say?
What is Outreachy?
What is LLVM?
Who is Lattner?
Where did this news set off a firestorm of debates?
How has this worked out in the past?
What is Red Hat?

BP 5/4

May the Fourth Be With You!

Excuse my poor joke, I am actually writing this blog at 2:29 in the morning in preparation for not being at school.  The Mrs. and I had a late night trip to the Emergency Room.  No worries, everyone is alright, and I'll tell you about it on Monday, so don't worry.

That being said, due to the hour of the post, I'm probably not going to be checking email or anything until around noon.  Maybe.

I do have several points of work for ya'll to do.

1st and 2nd Block -- Both of you have to setup the VR headsets in Ms. Hocutt's room.  She's doing a field trip to France.  I'm not 100% confident in the fact that you can do it flawlessly, but if you follow the directions on the paper on the HD bench (near the phone), I have 98% confidence in your ability to problem solve it and get it to work.

We've talked also this week about the new Help Desk Handbook we will be working on.  I'll go into further detail on Monday, but here's the link for the sign-ups.  It's a first come first serve thing.  Each of you at the moment will be responsible for one.  I'm still looking to add ideas to this.

Lastly, and certainly not least, here's today's blog.  I thought it was funny.  I hope you enjoy it too.

BP 5/4: NJ Mystery Pooper is Superintendent

What did the superintendent get arrested for?
What time was he arrested?
Does he get paid during his leave of absence?
Seriously, how funny is this?

**Oh... Spoiler Alert... Don't click the link below if you haven't seen the Avengers: Infinity War**

Again... only click if you've seen it... Link

BP 5/3

BP 5/3: Google Pay ROlling Out

What did Google Pay use to be called?
Where can you now use it?
What browsers can you use it on?
What is Google doing with this push out?

BP 5/2

BP 5/2 Facebook Tries to Move past Scandals w/ New Features

What is F8?
What game is Facebook getting into? Why?
What new feature has been added to clear browsing history?
What did Instagram add?
What is WhatsApp getting?
What can companies now do with Messenger?

BP 5/1

Happy May Day!

BP 5/1 WV Teaches Parents How to Spy on Kids

What's the name of the program?
What does the program teach parents?
Why was this program created?
What other things did parents receive?
What do you think about a program like this?

BP 4/30

BP 4/30: The Spring/T-Mobile Merger is Huge

How many subscribers would the new company have?
How many times has the mobile industry tried to get smaller?
What are some pros of this merger?
What are some cons?
What do you think about this deal?

BP 4/27

BP 4/27: Snaps Updated Spectacles

What changes did snap make with V2?
What company is competing with Snap now?
How much do these spectacles cost?
Would you buy these?
What was the biggest success from V1?

BP 4/26

BP 4/26 Alexa for Kiddos

When will this new feature roll out?
What type of parental controls are there now?
How will they answer questions for kids?
How much does FreeTime cost?
What else is Amazon launching?
What colors?

BP 4/25

BP 4/25: Gmail Redesign

How many people use Gmail?
What is confidential mode?
How does it work?
What does 2FA do for Gmail?
How is google fixing phishing?
What is Snoozing?
What else is coming back?
What else is helpful that is coming?

BP 4/24

BP 4/24: Youtube Says Computers are Catching Problem Videos

How many videos were taken down during the 4th quarter of last year?
What is a major challenge for Youtube?
What fraction of videos have been removed?
What does Silicon Valley do with AI?
How many people is Youtube hiring in 2018?
What are these computers getting better at doing?
How many flags have been raised?

BP 4/23

BP 4/23: Thought Reading Machines and the Death of Love

What is Openwater developing?
What can these devices do?
What percentage of people don't have access to medical imaging?
How can a brain scanner be abused?
What do you think about this technology?

BP 4/20

BP 4/20: People don't want iOS and MacOS merged

What did Cook tell the Sydney Morning Herald?
What is Marzipan?
What would the move help?
What do you think? Should they combine these devices?

BP 4/19

BP 4/19: Amazon has How Many Prime Subscribers?

How many people are Amazon prime members?
What do the memberships encourage customers to do?
What are the retention rates?
Where is Amazon's biggest lead?
Who is the world's wealthiest man?

BP: 4/18

BP 4/18: Cheat Better

What has been happening in Singapore?
How old are you when you take the O-Level exams?
How did the 32 year old send her information to others?
What were students wearing?
When did it happen?
How much do these cost?

BP 4/17

BP 4/17: Google's New DIY AI Kit

What happens to technologies of the future?
What is google giving to engineers?
What is AIY?
What is the Voice Kit?
How much do these things cost?
What are your thoughts on this?

BP 4/16

BP 4/16: Play Store Improperly Tracks Kids

What percentage of apps accessed sensitive data protected by Android permissions?
Transmitted sensitive data over the iNternet?
What type of data was collected?
What are persistent identifiers?
Why are some of these apps exempt from COPPA?
What are activists pressuring the FTC to do?

BP 4/13

BP 4/13: New GOogle GO App Tackles SLwo INternet

Where is this app being released?
What network can use this app?
Where are they expanding their search area?
What device can app work on?

BP 4/12

BP 4/12: Instagram is going to let you download your data

What other service allows you to do this?
When will this tool arrive?
What's another benefit of this tool?

BP 4/11

BP 4/11: Ignore Warranty Void Stickers

What do companies argue about these stickers?
What is the result of this type of stuff?
What did the FTC say about these stickers?
What law do these stickers violate?
How long do companies have to fix te issue?

BP 4/10

Hey guys,

Not there today, but luckily for you... you know all what you have to do.

1) Blog
2) Don't burn down the Help Desk
3) Genius Hour stuff -- look at the meeting minutes from Yesterday in Classroom
4) Podcast
5) Other small items.

I hope you had a great break.  I'm at UNC Charlotte today, so I'm close to my computer today if you need me.  Here's your blog:

BP 4/10: IOT Crisis is Here

How are hackers exploiting devices?
How do hackers do this?
What does UPnP do?
What does this do to IP addresses?
Will users know if they've been hacked?
What's the point of proxying?

BP 4/8

Welcome Back Guys.

I assume today will be a busy day, so I'm going to try something new for this one.  Find an article from this page, and tell me what you've learned.  It's usually where I grab your articles.  Think of it as a choose your own adventure blog.

BP 3/29

SPRING BREAK!!!

BP 3/29: Apple Facility Called 911 2000 times this year

How many calls did the facility make?
Why did this happen?
What did the city do to fix the issue?
What are NSI?
What is the main suspect of this issue?

BP 3/28

BP 3/28: Apple Adds Pencil Support to New iPads

How big is the new iPad?
How much do these cost for education?
What is Schoolwork?
When will it be available?
Who is the leader in classroom tech?
What's the benefit of chromebooks over iPads?

BP 3/27

BP 3/27: Just for Fun

What's your Number 1?

BP 3/26

BP 3/26: Facebook Denies It Collects Calls and SMS

What has facebook said about this controversy?
How is the feature handled?
What is a contact importer?
What three options do people have?

BP 3/23

BP 3/23: Schools Using AI To check Kids Social Media

What are schools turning to for social media?
How many indicators are there for alarms?
What does the company say about these tools?
What did Miami do?
What do you think about this technology?

BP 3/22

BP 3/22: Youtube Wants to Frustrate Users

What did Lyor Cohen say?
What is YouTube abour ready to launch?
Why does Youtube want to do this?
Do you use YouTube for Music???  Does anyone?

BP 3/21

BP 3/21: Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian

Where was the woman killed?
What other tech companies are working on these?
How does this testing take place?
Why is Tempe considered a good place for self-driving cars?
What has Waymo been doing since last year?
What is the biggest struggle for self-driving cars?
What do you think about these self-driving cars?

BP 3/20

BP 3/20: Schools Spending Millions on Kids Surveillance

What type of technology is being implemented in schools?
What is coming to Randolph Central School?
What does that software do?
What's the downside of face recognition systems?
What is happening when schools do this type of surveillance?
What do you think about this type of thing coming to schools?

BP 3/19

BP 3/19: GrayKey Unlocking Box

What is GrayKey?
What does it do?
How long will it take?
What can be download?
What types of phones can it work on?
How much does it cost?
How does it work?
Who is the device being sold to?
What is Apple doing to fix this?

BP 3/16

BP 3/16: Google Lens Available on iOS

When is this app rolling out?
What does the app do?
What does it work on?
How do you access this feature?
When did this app debut?

BP 3/15

Beware the Ides of March

BP 3/15: How Apple Let Siri Fall Behind Alexa and Google

How much did Apple buy Siri for in 2010?
What was the mark of the end of Siri?
What did siri have issues with?
What did they do to fix it?
What does it look like now with Siri?

BP 3/14

BP 3/14: Fitbit for Kids

What is the Ace?
How old do you have to be for this?
What is COPPA?
How long does the battery last?
What can't the device do?
How much does it cost?
What do you think about this type of device?

BP 3/13

BP 3/13: Movie Pass Wants to Gather Data

How many subscribers will MoviePass have at the end of the year?
What information does MoviePass collect?
What does MoviePass collect after the movie?
What does MoviePass do with this data?
How has MoviePass responded to this?

BP 3/12

BP 3/12: New MacBook Coming Soon

What will Apple release in June?
What price will it be?
When will this enter mass production?
What is WWDC?
What else will be upgraded this year?

BP 3/9

PODCASTS DUE TODAY!!!

BP 3/9: 5 Reasons You'll Want Android P

What type of people should install Android P?
What type of colors is it using?
What did they do to media control?
What type of security has been installed?

BP 3/8

BP 3/8: House of Pane

What did Albert Salvador warn Apple about last year?
How much did the headquarters cost?
How many 911 calls have there been?
What happened to the inspectors in the cafeteria?
What has Apple done in this building to prevent these?

BP 3/7

BP 3/7: Happiest Place on Earth now Online

Where are the parks available online?
What is on the view?
What limits does Google have on Street view?
What was Google fined for in 2011 and 2013?

BP 3/6

BP 3/6: WT Facebook

What did Facebook ask users about yesterday?
What responses were users able to put in there?
What did Facebook say (don't copy and paste :))?
How is Facebook dealing with child protection issues?
What type of Hard questions has facebook asked in the past?
What do you think about these type of questions?

BP 3/5

BP 3/5: Youtube Tests New Background Image Features

What have Engineers at Google developed?
What's the name of this technology?
What are users able to do with this technology?
How can you download this feature?
When will this come out?

BP 3/2

Not here again.

Remember
- Monday We have the Elective Showcase afterschool
- Tuesday we have a tech visit.

BP 3/2: People Asked Google to Forget

What is the right ot be forgotten?
How many requests has Google gotten since it started?
What were a third of the links taken down for?
What's weird about these reports?
What percentage came from kids?
What type of people make up a part of this?
Do you think the right to be forgotten should apply to the US?

BP 3/1

Alright, I feel like I've told you a few times I won't be here today or tomorrow.  But just a reminder... Don't let anything burn down.

BP 3/1: Facebook Tries to be LinkedIn

What was LinkedIn not built for?
How can they apply?
Who did Facebook partner with?
What other countries will be using this service?
How much has Facebook Invested into this space?
What's the challenge of Facebook?

BP 2/28

BP 2/28: Amazon acquires Ring

What is Ring?
How much did it cost?
What is Blink?
What is Amazon Key?
What do you think about the concept?

BP 2/26

BP 2/26: No Threat to MHS

What did Mooresville PD say about the threat?
How did MHS react to the threat?
Where was the post?
What do you think about a walk-out?
Do you feel safe here?  Why or why not?

BP 2/23

BP 2/23: How Apps Get you Addicted

What is the time you spend on your phone called?
What does instagram do to attrack you?
Why does Instagram have more users than Snapchat?
What does Twitter use to lure you in?
What is FOMO?
What does Facebook do?
What does Snapchat use to keep you hooked?
What about HQ?
Which of these apps is most addicting for you?

BP 2/22

BP 2/22: Snapchat's Redesign Isn't going Anywhere

How many people signed the change.org petition?
What was Snaps response?
What other changes are in store?
What was the problem with Snaps old UI?
Why did Snap have a redesign?
What do you think about the redesign?

BP 2/21

BP 2/21: Fake News Game 

What is the purpose of this game?
What's the name of the game?
What are players encouraged to do?
What's the problem with this game?

BP 2/20

BP 2/20:  Chrome SHortens URLs when you share them

What version is Chrome on now?
What will Chrome now do?
What are the cons of this feature?
What else has Google been working on in Chrome?
What does Google do by default now?
What do you think about this service?

BP 2/16

BP 2/16: Google Removes View Image Button from Search Results to Make Pics Harder to Steal

What did the View Image button allow you to do?
Why did they make this change?
What is the intention of this?
What's the work around for this?
What has Google removed as well?  Why?

BP 2/15

Happy Thursday ya'll!

I'm out again today, this time with a sick Eleanor.  She's gotta nasty cough, but if you need to get a hold of me you can email me.   I'll be checking it all day today so I won't be totally MIA.  If you need anything feel free to let me know.

Here's your blog for the day:

BP 2/15: Salon should be able to Hijack your computer

What is Salon?
What is their new policy?
How do media companies pay for costs of hosting sites?
What's the problem w/ adblockers?
What happens when your computer mines bitcoins?
What do you think about this idea?

BP 2/14

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

BP 2/14: AMP for Email is Bad :(

What does AMP stand for?
Why is email a special class?
What is the moat?
What are websites and apps designed to do?
What does Google want to do with the moat?
What is the motive behind this move?
What do you think about this move?

BP 2/13

BP 2/13: Facebook Losing Users to Snapchat Faster

What will happen for the first time this year?
How many users will Instagram add this year?
What are Facebook Nevers?
How many users does Facebook have?
Why does Facebook need young users?
What is the draw of Snapchat?
How much did Facebook try to buy Snap for?

Help Desk Meeting

BP 2/11

Another day without me.

Sorry.  Today's weird, I'll be on campus around 12:30ish if you need me.  We'll chat more tomorrow.

BP 2/12: Microsoft is Trying to Kill the Password

What do insecure passwords do?
What other types of authentication has Microsoft tried?
Why are passwords so awful?
Why is finding a good password hard?
What's the real path to killing the password?

BP 2/9

Hey guys,

Another day another time I'm out.  This time is unexpected though because Alex has a fever and has to go to the doctor today. 

So the first thing I'd like to do is apologize, I feel like I haven't been around that much this semester and it kind of breaks my heart.  On Monday (if Alex is feeling better), we'll have another meeting and go over some of the other stuff that's going on. 

You do have a podcast due today, submit it to the dropbox in Google Classroom.  I've also had one kid tell me they are done with their Zeitgeist, so if you haven't started you should get on that.  The other thing that I want you to ponder is a project for your Genius Hour.  Over the weekend try to come up with three things that you would love to do if there were nothing holding you back.  During out meeting we'll chat about them and try to come up with some sort of project for each of them.

It's very nice that I have such small classes, because normally it means that I'm able to develop close relationships with ya'll and be able to bond.  That hasn't been the case this semester I feel, but I'll work to fix that.  Anywho, here's your blog article for today...

OH!!! I almost forgot, we should have Chinese students today to turn in their stuff.  Just set their bookbags down by the board.  If you all are in the need for a bookbag, wait until Monday when we check in their stuff and get everything organized.

Now for your blog:

BP 2/9: Chronic Absenteeism Threatens Our Schools

What makes you more likely to miss school?
What is chronically absent mean?
Do you think that Mooresville suffers from a "culture of passing" Why or Why not?
What's the danger when we focus on only one single measure?
What's the national graduation rate?
What are some low-cost interventions?
What do you think about this article?  Be honest...

BP 2/8

Reminders:
- Social Contract Poster (due today)
- Podcast (due Tomorrow)

BP 2/8: Your Smart TV may be spying on you

Who is warning us about these TVs?
How bad is the security?
Why do consumers buy Smart TVs?
What is Automatic Content Recognition?
Do the TVs ask for permission to collect information?
What did Vizio do to get fined?

BP 2/7

BP 2/7: Snap Rolled Out Do Not Disturb Feature

What does the new feature do?
What could the app do for smartphone addiction?
What other apps offer this type of tool?
What did Snap announce in November?
What is Type Mode?

BP 2/6

BP 2/6: Intel's Smart Glasses

What are the glasses designed to do?
What unit are the glasses part of?
How much do the glasses weight?
What is displayed in the eye?
Do the glasses need to be fitted?
What devices will these work with?
Would you buy these?  Why or why not?

BP 2/5

Fly Eagles Fly!

BP 2/5: How Amazon Doesn't Trigger Alexa

What's the most annoying thing about watching Youtube?
How did Amazon not trigger Alexa during the SuperBowl?
What did the Reddit user say about it?
What detects matching audio?

BP 2/2

Happy Groundhog's Day!

BP 2/2: Nintendo Labo is Pretty Cool

What is the new project called?
Who is this product aimed at?
What is the Labo made out of?
What about the construction of the materials?
What type of little touches are included?
What are the builds?
How much does this cost?
Would you be interested in something like this?

BP 2/1

Happy February

BP 2/1: Drones Can fix our Forest Problem

How can drones fix humanity's deforestation?
How many trees are cut down each year?
How do these drones work?
What's the rate of seeds dropping?
How much faster is this method?
What do you think about this technology?

BP 1/31

Morning Ya'll!

I'll be back tomorrow, and we'll do our first meeting and some other stuff, so don't miss me too much.  Thanks for holding down the fort while I've been gone!

BP 1/31: Apple Holding Key iOS Features for 2019

What is Apple going to focus on in the next version?

What issues has the OS had?

What type of features are we expecting in 2019?

What features do we expect this year?

What do consumers pay for?

BP 1/30

BP 1/30: Fitness Tracking App Compromised Top-Secret US Military Bases

What's the name of the app that has published this?
Where were the bases discovered?
What else can be explored using this data?
What's the most dangerous part of these lines?
What other countries have been exposed?
What's in Djibouti?

BP 1/29

Good Morning From Pensacola, FL,

I hope you guys enjoyed your wonderful and restful weekend.  This webpage is going to be the home of all of your blogs and any announcements that I need to make.  Its purpose is for you to check daily so you know what is happening and going on.  I'm going to try to link to our minutes as well with everything. 

Anywho, the post is not normally this long, but I wanted to add a few loose ends.  1st of all, Tyce and Ethan, bring those laptops up to Mr. William's room the moment you read this.  2nd of all, Jessica, report cards go on on the 7th.  Third of all, the backboard has been updated with due dates.  The only thing of note on there that you aren't aware of is I may need some of you to help me out on the evening of March the 5th.  Details will come when I come back.

Make sure all of the laptops that are on the counter are taken care of today and listen to Frank.

Lastly, here's your blog post.  When you post these on your own blogs, just copy my title and use that as your title, it makes life easier for me when you grade it.  Click the link to access the article... if you have any questions, feel free to ask the honors help desk student and they'll answer the questions as best as they can.

Oh!  One last thing before your blog, please email me if you need anything while I'm gone.  I'll see you Thursday!

BP 1/29: Google's Testing a New App Letting anyone publish a Local Story

What's the name of the app?
Where is the app in pilot?
What is the purpose of this app?
Who is this application aimed at?
How can this tool help push the envelope of Tiwtter and Facebook?
What do you think of this app? 
Do you think we should use this for the Help Desk/Mooresville?

BP 1/10

Congrats guys!

You finished Help Desk for the Fall 2017 Semester.  Before the end of class I'll share my affection.  That being said, I'd really like you to answer a few questions about the class in order for me to become better and help ya'll.

1) What did you like about this class?
2) What didn't you like about this class?
3) What was your favorite project in this class?
4) What was your least favorite project in this class?
5) What advice do you have for me moving forward?
6) What advice do you have for students moving forward?
7) What would you change about this class?
8) What's something I shouldn't change?

BP 1/9

BP 1/9: Democrats Plan to Save Open Internet

What is the magic number of cosponsors to get a vote?
What is the CRA?
What's the point of this vote if they know it will fail?
What is Votefornetneutrality.com?
Who is the chairman of the FCC?

BP 1/8

Howdy Y'all.

Sorry, I'm not there.  Eleanor has the Croop... it's just a nasty cough and she needs to stay home and rest.  So that's where I am.

Your Genius Hour presentations are due on Wednesday, so you should be busy.  Make sure the HD doesn't burn down in my absence.

Anywho, here is your blog for today:

BP 1/8: What to look for at CES?

What is important to take away from CES?
What is 5G?
What are techs doing to find the next big thing?
What is now part of the tech industry?
Why will the Keynote address be interesting this year?

BP 1/5

BP 1/5: All Apple Devices are vulnerable to Chip Flaws

What devices are susceptible to the vulnerabilities?
What is the vulnerability?
When does Apple say the issues were fixed?
What's the best way to fix this issue on your phone?
What does Apple say about the vulnerability?

BP 1/4

A Few Notes
1) I graded all the blogs
2) I also graded the techsplanations.  You may want to check your grade.

BP 1/4: Everything about Apple Slowing iPhones

Why does Apple slow down old iPhones?
What have consumers done?
What is Apple now doing for consumers?
What else weakens iPhone batteries?
What iPhone's are impacted by this?
How can you check your phone's performance?
How long will a battery replacement take?

BP 1/3

Happy New Year!!!

We'll have a meeting at somepoint today.  But I feel like it'll be crazy.

BP 1/3: Big Security Issue with Intel Chips

What computers will suffer from this issue?
What does the patch do?
What does the flaw affect?
When will they make the issue available for all to see?