Cybercrime

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10235083-83.html

Infographics

As an alternative to making a paper poster, you can experiment with some of these methods for creating Infographics:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-of-the-best-tools-for-creating-infographics/

Make sure you can screen shot it or save it so you can submit it to me.

Creating Tech Questions

Today, your task will be to become IT Teachers!

You job will be to find an article that is related to the topics we've discussed so far:

- Hardware
- Software
- Hacking
- Viruses
- Online Safety

After you've got your article, you need to create a list of 5-8 questions that relate to the article. Post these on your blog and then email the link to THREE other students in our class. Your grade will be affected by the quality of the questions you ask and the answers your classmates give!

(In other words, don't just ask questions that can be answered with one word -- try to ask questions that will get your 'students' to talk about how their own life relates to what the article is about. See my last post for examples.)

Grade 9 Fundamentals Presentations

In your groups (or alone), you will come up with a presentation based on one of the following topics:

- Hardware
- Viruses
- Piracy
- Hacking
- Online safety

Sign up with your group HERE.

You will need to make a presentation that is 10 minutes if you're working alone and  15-20 minutes if working with a partner.  You must also have some sort of activity that the rest of the class will participate in. They could answer questions on their own blogs, or they can comment on a post you've made on your own blog.

- both members of the group must be a part of the presentation
- you must have visuals to show on the projector
- include resources of different types (presentations, videos, websites, games, etc)

Format must be in EITHER Prezi or Google Presentation (no Keynote or PowerPoint for this one!).

10 Worst Computer Viruses of All Time

(from: http://www.relentlesslyoptimistic.com/)

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/worst-computer-viruses.htm

After you complete the Piracy assignment, do some research and prepare a post that outlines the evolution of computer viruses. (Complete the questions as a post on your own blog.)

1. Why are they actually called 'viruses'? how are they similar to the flu?


2. When did they begin? Create an outline showing the early days of viruses all the way to present day. Make this as a picture and post it on your blog. HINT: wikipedia is your friend for this!


3. What is the purpose?


4. What are the different types of viruses out there?


5. How do they work? (What do they do to a computer?)


6. How do they spread? Has this changed throughout the history of viruses?


7. Why are Macs less likely to be attacked?