FreshmanTechBlog1-2018-19

noun: life hack a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way.     You're almost done. The finish line is near. For this blog post I would like you to share some simple hacks you have to get yourself ready for finals. What tips or techniques do you employ to help you prepare?  Do you read to stuffed animals? Make raps out of things you need to remember?   Share a strategy or two with your classmates and why you think it helps you.  Here's a few helpful tips: https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/life-hacks-finals-week/   Remember some of the things we learned throughout the year:    Listen to music while you study but do not listen to music with words. It will distract your mind.  Get proper sleep. Deep REM sleep helps your clear your mind and refresh your for the important work ahead.  Eat a good breakfast. Prop...

This is part 1 of a science fiction/know your rights series of blog posts. The following is a true story. For this post I want you to use your creativity and write a paragraph about what you think happens to Sarah next. It can be anything you want based upon the information you now have about Sarah. Sarah hovered over the mailbox, envelope in hand. She knew as soon as she mailed off her DNA sample, there’d be no turning back. She ran through the information she looked up on 23andMe’s website one more time: the privacy policy, the research parameters, the option to learn about potential health risks, the warning that the findings could have a dramatic impact on her life. She paused, instinctively retracting her arm from the mailbox opening. Would she live to regret this choice? What could she learn about her family, herself that she may not want to know? How safe did she really feel giving her genetic information away to be studied, shared with others, or even experimen...

There was a moment in class when I realized that students are interested in the news and particularly, news around social media companies (Shout out to Patricia Smith for knowing about Cambridge Analytica ). So I dug up some good articles on the subject so we can all be more informed citizens. Please read the following and answer the questions in the Google Form. Then write a 1-2 paragraph reflection on the topic of privacy in the Comment section of this post. Is it important to you or are you ok with companies using your data without your permission? 1) Read these two articles:  Section 1: https://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/im_terrified_of_my_new_tv_why_im_scared_to_turn_this_thing_on_and_youd_be_too/ Section 2: https://www.govtech.com/security/There-is-No-Such-Thing-as-True-Privacy-in-the-Digital-Age.html  2) Answer questions on the Google Form attached to the Classroom post. - 20 points 3) 1-2 paragraph reflection on the topic of privacy.- 20 points

Congratulations. You've passed your Digital Citizenship exam. Hopefully you are now more informed about the consequences of your online actions and the higher expectations we need to have of each other.  Please take a moment and write a paragraph of your reaction to the presentations of your classmates. What did you take away from the experience?

Giving presentations is hard. Many of us are extremely uncomfortable speaking in front of an audience. It takes practice and skill. Here are some helpful tips. Excerpts from:  https://hbr.org/2013/06/how-to-give-a-killer-presentation Frame your story We all know that humans are wired to listen to stories, and metaphors abound for the narrative structures that work best to engage people. When I think about compelling presentations, I think about taking an audience on a journey. A successful talk is a little miracle—people see the world differently afterward. Plan Your Delivery There are three main ways to deliver a talk. You can read it directly off a script or a teleprompter. You can develop a set of bullet points that map out what you’re going to say in each section rather than scripting the whole thing word for word. Or you can memorize your talk, which entails rehearsing it to the point where you internalize every word—verbatim. Develop Stage Presence ...

So now that you're ready to be a blogger. Great. Publishing your content is the easy part. Managing and preparing for the backlash or the fame that comes with posting your content on the internet is a whole other responsibility. For our next post you will be commenting on one review of someone else from our previous post. So follow this link: https://freshmantechblog3-2018-19.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-power-of-blogs.html and reply to someone else's post with your own perspective. Read their review and add your own thoughts to continue the thread started by your classmate.You can agree or disagree, but click Reply and add a paragraph of your own perspective to their post.