First nine weeks

 What is your impression of the first 9-weeks of high school?

In high school you have a lot more freedom such as a teacher is not always breathing down your neck you also have more work, And the longer lunch is amazing because of you get more time to calm down and chill.

 What has been difficult about the transition from middle school?

The most difficult transition is the workload, longer classes, and having to wake up earlier.

What has been easy about the transition?

The most easy part was the excessive amount of freedom, longer lunches, and diverse array of students.

 What have you learned about yourself

I learned that if I prepare and study I will get a good grade if not I will get a average or not so good grade. In middle school I didn't study and still got good grades

ID Theft Faceoff

ID Theft Faceoff

Question 1: 

If you stop getting bills it does not mean your identity is restored

Question 2: 

You can't replace government ID'S by creating a facsimile using a recent pic

Question 3: 

You can file Initial fraud alert if your social security number was stolen 

Question 4: 

identity theft includes more than just driver  licenses and name badges 

Question 5: 

you should take action immediately when you realize your identity has been stolen 

Question 6: 

there are three main companys that deal with identity theft 

Trends and Factors

• What 3 trends do you see in computer evolution? AND Why?
• Faster processors, Because we always want better and faster experiences on the computer
• smaller and faster laptops such as Mac book converting to Macbook Airs because of demand for smaller computers
• Better Graphics this is mainly for people who like to game on their computers they mainly want better graphics cards which is why there are usually the newest and fastest graphics cards going on sale every year
• Name 3 factors that drive technological innovation?
• curiosity 
• Money
• Users

True or False

1. The first computer programmer was a women TRUE (Ada Lovelace)
2. The first computer was built in 1975 FALSE
3. Apple made the first user friendly personal computer TRUE
4. Binary numbers are counted by twos FALSE
5. A notebook computer is the same as a laptop computer TRUE
6. Computers come in only three sizes; Desktop, Notebook and Tablet FALSE
7. All PC's use the Microsoft Windows operating system FALSE
8. People with a lot of data often own their own mainframe computer FALSE 
9. Most modern supercomputers are made up of a cluster of computers TRUE

Anticipation guide

1. As long as I can check my email and surf the web I am computer literate. DISAGREE
2. All computer systems are basically alike on the inside. DISAGREE
3. Peer to peer networks are a great way to share all kinds of files. DISAGREE
4. Open source software is the wave of the future. Soon it wont matter what kind of machine a person has because everything will be open source and easily translatable from one operating system to another DISAGREE
5. Although computer programmers should focus on learning the very latest programming languages older programs written in languages like C are still important to learn. AGREE
6. Unrestricted access to technology is a fundamental human right DISAGREE 
7. If I get a job in the computer industry, I will never have to worry about being unemployed. AGREE