Blog 2

CATCHING FIRE

 

 

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district Peeta Mellark.





Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark: both winners of the 74th Hunger Games.



However, it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh, cruel rules that oppressed everyone.

After all, they have won everything they could ever wish for: money, luxuries, and plentiful stuff.  






Katniss and Peeta as the faces of the rebellion.  

 

However, this year nothing will be the same...

 

 

 

Knowing that not even the strongest of the strongest cannot defy the Capitol, twenty-four victors will be chosen to enter the Hunger Games....and only one will win.

 

 

Catching Fire is my favorite book of all three. It is when the rebellion against the Capitol starts and the spark of defiance starts "catching fire."

 

 

 

"I'M NOT A PIECE IN THEIR GAMES."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment 7

1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website? 

The .com is more for commercial than .org websites. The Disney website was promoting the new fantasy land of Disney and the .org website was showing information on a nonprofit organization named angels of life. The .com contains more animations and interaction than the .org website. The .org website just displays the information without any pretty pictures or organizations. 

2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?
The Disney website since it's a commercial it has more hyperlinks to take you to other pages to buy stuff or  advertisements to promote different things for Disney.  The Disney website wants to trap your attention in any way it can. The nonprofit organization, on the other hand, just tells you about how the organization works and what it does. 

3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?
I would want to do a website on the effects of drugs on people and how we can prevent people from using them. It would look professional, but fun at the same time with many animations and images. This would trap the attention of the users, and it would inform the users of the negative causes. 

4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why? 

To create my webpage I wouldn't need many programmers. I could do it by myself, however, it would be lots of work and very time consuming. Yes, it is possible to create a website. I've created only website in my life, and it wasn't very hard but it did take a lot of time.

5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?
Www.killerdrugs.com

6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?
Websites with more information such as images and color take longer to load due to the more megabytes it has to load. If a website only contained text, it would be quicker because of the smaller amount of text. Although websites with more color and images are more attention getting, websites with only text load faster.  

The Hunger Games

Twenty-four are forced to enter into the arena...only one survives.

A New York Times best seller that revolves itself in the life of a teenage girl who is trying to survive in the ruins of which were once called North America. 

 

When Katniss's sister is picked to participate in the Hunger Games, Katniss steps in even though she knows this may be her death sentence. 

The story of Katniss Everdeen goes on in three amazing books: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.

 

The Hunger Games Movie came out in March 2012.

This is the trailer of the first book:

The Catching Fire film will come out on November 22, 2013.

These are some Hunger Games blogs for #1 fans:

All Hunger Games blog and The Hunger Games Blog.

This song reminds me of the Hunger Games due to the rhythm of the melody: the hunger game's song

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY HUNGER GAMES AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!

Assignment 7

1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
Some of the problems that children face when using the internet are that they can't find what they are looking for. Children express themselves differently than adults, and so they do not have the same search skills as adults. For instance, children may write the whole question on the search bar instead of just writing clues or keywords.


2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?
Through children, engineers have found problems that not only children face but adults as well. They thought it would be easier if they introduce related searches. With that, you can add to what you are searching. Also, queries such as videos, pictures, or news.


3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the article characterize these two types of searching?
I usually type in keywords when I'm doing research. However, if I do type in a question Yahoo Answers and Ask.com usually come out, and those aren't websites you can really rely on. Therefore, I always try to use keywords so that reliable websites can come out and not websites like wikianswers.


4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching?
No, I've never searched for information with pictures. When I research, I just use keywords  to find information on my topic through Google. If I need to find an image, that's when I use Google images.

5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why? I believe they are efficient because we can see that some of these methods are already being used such as the voice control or the video searches and they have been very helpful. For instance, the voice recognition has been helpful for when you can't type. However, at times it doesn't understand what you're saying. Therefore that can improvement.

Assignment 6 questions

Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?

Yes, I think the results are accurate because they show exactly what the person chose. It may not be the correct answer, but that is what the person doing the survey chose.

 

How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you received?

I think that if it has a tricky wording, people will most likely fall for the trick. That is why we need to read carefully the instructions given to us to be able to answer correctly the question. A careless mistake can ruin your whole response.

 

Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why?

On most of them I did. On one of the polls, I thought I would get the same results form everyone, but instead I received a great variety of answers. Some fell for the trick of one of the wordy questions.

 

If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Tecnologico de Monterrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll?

I would construct a poll of multiple choice questions asking them about how many questions they would dedicate for each class after school. I would also do a construct an open answer poll where students would put their opinion on homework and what teachers and staff can do to give different types of polls.

 

Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tec de Monterrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not?

Yes, I believe online polls are a good method for the administration to learn about their students. This way they could find out how they could better the school and the activities that are offered. They can learn more about their students to see what they like or not and do activities based on that.

 

How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person?

I think they wouldn't answer honestly because they would have to be telling the truth in front of everyone. If people had to answer anonymously, then more than likely they would answer honestly without worrying what others think of their answers.

In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain.
I had never created a poll before but it was very easy. From my experience, I don't think there's anything for Google Spreadsheets to improve.

Poll Assignment

Scale
List type of poll
Grid
Multiple Choice

Assignment 5

1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?

Workers from Google company are smart and determined people from all over the world who have different backgrounds and cultures. Having a uniqye working place at google enables its workers to be in a place that they feel is like home, with freedom and some privileges. With this, Googlers get their minds going without being pressured and let the creativity in them to flow.


 2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?

This method of free time for employees gives workers the opportunity to be able to think and create their own ideas. In addition, it permits workers to create their own projects on their own time without being pressured. It increases innovation and productivity, low turnover, low sickness rates, and high employee satisfaction.


3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?

To work at Google, you need to highly impress the interviewer by showing your intelligence and talent.  Most of the time, in interviews they ask you for your perspective on events or on how you would react to different situations. They also ask unique brainteaser that you had never heard before such as, "How would you weigh your head," or, "How may golf balls fit into an airplane?"Sometimes they even give people a Rubik's cube and see who solves it first.


4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?
more than 3 billion search queries


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.

The google algorithm makes our searches through the internet faster, easier, and more efficient. It is less time consuming than searching something in a book because instead with google you can find it in seconds. It made us have access to information in less than a second. We even invented the phrase "google it" because of how much we use it.


6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?

Only certain employees are able to enter this top secret server room, not even one other person can take a peel inside. This room is so high-tech and stores so much information that google would not want another company stealing their multibillion idea. Google does not want any other company to have access to their information.



7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?

Google company will keep you healthy in all aspects, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially. They offer convenient medical services, travel insurance and emergency assistance, reimbursement of classes and degrees, and legal aid for less. New parents get time off with their new born babies including some extra spending money. In the installations, workers have available a gym, clothing washers, spas, and great cafeterias all of which they could use at any time.


8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?

SOFTWARE ENGINEER: develop next generation technologies, not only for Google search
GOOGLE TESTER: runs tests on new products finding death tests, fatal and non-fatal failures, assertions
INTERACTION DESIGNER: helps define the user model and user interface for new and existing google products and develops prototypes for products
RECRUITING COORDINATOR: responsible for the administration of employment processes in accordance with google's hiring guidelines and policies
SALES LEAD: help manage the team that evangelizes Google fiver services to MDU (multi-dwelling apartments and condos) and SMB owners


9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?

Home automation: not yet determined when it is going to be completed
NEST: not yet determined
Google X: not yet determined


10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?
The author believes it is better for graduates to not work in huge corporations like Google because they will only be part of the 30,000 employees that they have. Instead, graduates, if they have the initiative, should try to start their own companies even if they don't have the experience. If you have faith on something and you're willing to do it even if you fail, most likely you will be able to accomplish it.


11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?

Google, Yahoo, and Bing are all search engines that help you find information quickly. However, google is different from all of them because it gives more trustworthy information and more websites than both of them. Google is a very complete search engine that will hep you find what you are looking for in a fast and understandable way.

Test Review

The difference between analog and digital: An electronic signal that is sent as binary digits of either ON or OFF. In the illustration to the right, is a digital signal that is up or down for either ON or OFF, unlike an analog signal that is more like a wave. This example also illustrates a digital picture where a pixel is turned either ON or OFF helping to create an image on a display. Analog allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes such as voltage, current, and wave.

Random Access Memory (RAM) -Alternatively referred to as main memory, primary memory, or system memory, Random Access Memory (RAM) is a computer storage location that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations within DRAM on a Memory module

Read-Only Memory (ROM) -Short for Read-Only Memory, ROM is a type of "built-in" memory that is capable of holding data and having that data read from the chip, but not written to.

World Wide Web – is a graphical interface for the internet that was first introduced to the public on August 6, 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee.  the world wide web provides a rich medium and helps brings all people together.

Data (computer) – Data could mean large quantities of standard information used for reference. For example, the information you're reading now is considered data. On a computer is stored in binary or a series of 0's and 1's.

Program - provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a particular task.

 Hypertext – A simple method of organizing and accessing text and other data through the use of hyperlinks.

Hardware –  is best described as a device that is physically connected to your computer or something that can be physically touched.

Software –is a collection of instructions that enable a user to interact with the computer or have the computer perform specific tasks for them 

Title (resource) – The name by which the resource is formally known.

Creator (resource) – The person, organization or service who made the content of the resource, for instance, the writer of an article or the photographer who took a picture.

Subject (resource) - One of the topics of the resource. It is usual to choose keywords from an accepted classification scheme as the subject.

Publisher (resource) -The publisher is “responsible for making the resource available”. This might be a commercial publisher, an academic institution or an individual.

Contributor (webpage) – A person or organization that has contributed to the content

Format (resource) - a type of media of the resource.

MP3 – A file extension and compression method utilizing the MPEG compression standard to reduce the size of a file often down by a factor of 12 and still have a CD-like quality. MP3 files are commonly used to store a song or complete CD and require very little hard drive space when compared to other files.

Cyberbully - "involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others."

Database - is a large quantity of information that can be searched, referenced, compared, changed or otherwise manipulated without a lot of work. 

Desktop - is a system of organization of icons on a screen.

E-mail - messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network

Home page - is the name of the main page of a website where visitors can find hyperlinks to other pages in the site

Keyword -is a word or group of words that help the search locate a better match for their search.

Password - is a set of secret characters or words utilized to gain access to a computer, web page, network resource, or data

Paste - is an operating systems and programs action that allows a user to copy or cut an object or text from one location and move it into another location

Search Engines - A software program or script available through the internet that searches documents and files for keywords and returns the results of any files containing those keywords

URL Address -  is a standardized naming convention for addressing documents accessible over the Internet 

User name - is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network

File format –is the structure of a file that is best viewed with the program it was designed for

Hacker -an individual who had an advanced understanding of computers, networking, programming, or hardware or which describes any individual who illegally breaks into computer systems to damage or steal information

Keyboard - allow a computer user to input letters, numbers, and other symbols into a computer and is what allows you to write e-mail and is what you used to visit this web page

Retrieve (document)- A term used to describe the process of searching for, locating and returning data

Assignment 4

1. Discuss what the main idea of the video is?
Our future generations are changing and they do not have the same way of thinking as their parents did when they were young. The video shows us how we are losing our values starting with the lack of communication with our families. There are different kinds of people that have either a future or past oriented way of thinking. They either look forward or stay behind.

 2. Do you see yourself as past oriented or future oriented? Why?
I see myself as a future oriented person because instead of focusing on what happened, I focus on what will happen. If I mess up, I let it go and focus on how I will change to become better. Even though I do look on my past successes and failures, it is not as important for me as the future that I'm leading myself into.

 3. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker in the video? Explain why?
I agree because our technology is changing each and everyday like he explained. With that technology, our ways of thinking are being influenced as well. We either think towards the future or towards our past. We are also, like he said, not interacting with our families as much.

 4. Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"? Explain your answer.
I agree because the youth of today is changing towards a more dependent way of being. They are more dependent towards technology and they are changing with technology. Like the speaker said, they get bored in class due to the fact that they are not in their own world, creating and inventing it.

 5. Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch? 
People dislike the watch because it performs one task at a time. They are so used to using multitask objects that they  think that the watch is useless. They can easily just take out their cell phone and check the time. The wristwatch is something that young people don't really need.



1. Why did Sir Tim Berner's Lee decide to make the World Wide Web free when he created it at CERN?
Tim Berner Lee wanted the world wide web to be available for everyone. He wanted everyone to have the opportunity to use it. He believed that it was not something that you should pay for, instead it should be free for everyone.

2. What are the benefits of having "web addresses," an idea that Sir Tim Berner's Lee created?
It is a great idea because there are so many web pages on the internet that with this each site will have its own address. If all websites had the same address you would not be able to find the website you are looking for. Also, the idea of having the web address translated from "computer" language to our language was a great idea because that way we can understand what it is saying.

3. How does the World Wide Web allow people from all over the world to communicate?
We can communicate through blogs, social networks, e-mails, and via other methods thanks to the world wide web. We can talk to people from the other side of the world instantly. The world wide web has facilitated humans to communicate to other people in a cheaper and faster way.

4. Why is it important to link information? What are the benefits of having instant access to information?
Because of links, webpages are all connected as the word says, a "web." We are able to take ourselves form one site to another with just a click. It is easier and faster because it takes you instantly to the next page you want to go to.

Assignment 3

Information Processing Cycle

Assignment 2

Questions 1,2,9, and 10 should be answered in 3-5 sentences.  1. What are the pros and cons of using Google Drive to complete a project like the one you just did for your Technology Presentation.
Some of the pros for using Google Drive are that it is very easy to use, it is similar to powerpoint, your work will be saved automatically, and you can share your work. Some of the cons for using Google drive are that it may be confusing for people who don't know how to use it and you need to have a google account. Google Drive will help us as a class because we will be able to do many assignment on it.
 2. What did you learn about your technology that you didn't know before? Explain.
I learned that the owners of such technological gadgets gain more money than we imagine. Every product has to be renovating itself constantly in order to be successful because of the changing technology. You can see a lot of change in such little time in the past few decades.
 3. Create a test question using the information you researched from your project. You must come up with a question and at least 4 responses or answers to choose from.

 Question?: What are the different uses for the iPad mini?
A. Games for entertainment
B. Virtual Books to read
C. Browsing on the web
D. All of the above

4. What does URL stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
 5. What is the URL for Mr. Fierro's Blogger?
Principlestechnology.blogspot.com

6. What is your URL for your Blogger created for Principles of Technology class?
nohemilova.blogspot.com

 7. Using the notes from the Parts of a Computer System, identify and define the four parts of a complete computer system.
Hardware - Any part of the computer you can touch. A computer's hardware consists of interconnected electronic devices that you can use to control the computer's operation, input, and output. (The everyday term device refers to any piece of hardware.)

Software - A set of instructions that makes the computer perform tasks. In other words , software tells the computer what to do. (The term program refers to any piece of software.) Some programs exist primarily for the computer's use to help it perform tasks and manage its own resources. Other types of programs exist for the user, enabling him or her to perform tasks such as creating documents.

Data - consist of individual facts or pieces of information that by themselves may not make much sense to a person. A computer's primary job is to process these tiny pieces of data in various ways, converting them into useful information.

Users - People are the computer operators, also known as users.


8. Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices.
The three input devices are the keyboard, scanner, and the bar code reader. The three output devices are the headphones, screen, and speakers.


 9. Write about the most interesting software you have ever used on a computer. Explain why it was
your favorite or what you liked about the software you have chosen to write about.
My favorite software is the Adobe Photoshop because you can do different changes on many types of pictures. I like to edit pictures therefore I believe that this software is the easiest and most efficient to use. This software is not like the cheap websites that ruin your picture, but instead it's professional and useful.

10. Why do you think important technology corporations like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony create new versions of their product often? Think about why every few months to a year a new iPad or iPhone is released... Explain.
Companies like Apple keep renewing their products because they know people will want to buy them and therefore, make more money. Technology keeps changing each and everyday and so products need to be renewed because of how advanced it is becoming. People don't want to have the old version forever and so they will want to buy the newest version.

11. For question 10 you will research on the World Wide Web. What are the units of measure for a computer memory storage? Fill in this table with your answers. Must fill in unit abbreviation, and approximate value.

UNIT	Abbreviation	Approximate Value (bytes)
Kilobyte	KB	1,000 (1 thousand)
Megabyte	MB	1,000,000 (1 million)
Gigabyte	GB	1,000,000,000 (1 billion)
Terabyte	TB	1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)

 

Assignment 1

1.  Create an acrostic poem using your first name. So what you are going to do is use each letter in your name to create an adjective that describes you or use each letter to write something you like to do.

 

N- ice

O-utstanding

H- onest

E- lite

M- ajestic

I- ntelligent

2. What technologies do you use in your everyday life? Describe how and why you use the technologies you do.
Technology is something that is changing each and every day of our lives. Some of the technologies that I use in my everyday life are computers, tablets, cameras, cell phones, ipods, and internet. The internet would be the most important thing for me because without it I wouldn't be able to take advantage of most of the things that I just listed. Computers are used for research and for connecting with other people via chat, email, etc. I use my camera to take pictures to capture the moment of an everyday event. Tablets can be used like computers but are more practical to use and easier to handle. Ipods are used to listen to music wherever you like and cell phones to be able to connect with other people through text messages and calls.


 3. The _____system unit________ is a case that holds the computer's critical components.


4. A(n) _____workstation_______ is a specialized, single-user computer that typically has more power than a standard PC.

5. A(n) ___network server_________ is usually a powerful personal computer that functions as the primary computer in a network.

6. ______Super computers_________ are the most powerful computers made.


7. What does "PC" stand for?
It stands for personal computer.

 8. Research how computers play a crucial part in nearly every government agency. Pick an agency and discuss how that agency uses computers and why computers make their jobs easier. Some examples of government agencies that use technology frequently are the U.S. Census Bureau, IRS, Military, and Police.

The FBI, for instance, uses computers to perform several tasks such as to connect via email, distribute payments through the computer, keep record of incidents, and direct-mail promotions. Emails allow workers to compose, send, or read emails form other workers and people outside the company and can be easier and moe efficient than phone calls or texts. Distributing payments is easier to accomplish through email and therefore you don't need to give it directly to the person. The FBI has many incidents happening around the world therefore, the computer is a great tool to keep record of everything that happens and have a good history of the events with the tremendous amount of memories that the computer has. The computer is very useful and has helped many federal agencies such as the FBI.