First 9 Weeks

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

The first nine weeks of school were decent but could have been better.

  What has been difficult about the transition from middle school?

 Nothing has been difficult in the transition and it has been easier being at middle school to highschool.

What has been easy about the transition?

Getting more freedom in high school and the teachers being pretty chill.

What have you learned about yourself?

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. 

ID Theft Faceoff

• The Fair Credit reporting act allows you to only get one free credit report every 12 months.
• Dont use your mothers maiden name or your social security number for passwords because people could get this information from you
• Identity theft refers to a wide variety of items that include your identity on them
• The three nationwide consumer reporting companies are Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax
• If your driver's license or other government issued ID is stolen immediately contact the agency that issued that document
• If youre no reciving bills from creditors then it could mean that someone is still hijacking your identity and changing the address that the bills are being sent to

What 3 trends do you see in computer evolution? AND Why?

3 trends i see in computer evolution are increase in speed, increase in storage and an increase in amount because the speed of computers are becoming much faster every year and the amount of information they can store is also increasing at an exponential rate as well as the amount of computers being used in our everyday lives.

Name 3 factors that drive technological innovation?

• Money
• knowledge
• curiosity

True or False

1. The first computer programmer was a woman. TRUE
2. The first 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, tablet. FALSE
7. All pc's use the Microsoft windows operating system. FALSE
8. People witha 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. DISGREE
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 program written in languages like C are still important to learn. AGREEUnrestricted access to technology is a fundamental human right. DISAGREE 
6. If i get a job in the computer industry, I will never have to worry about being unemployed. AGREE