CLASS 11

Introduction to Computers

Semester review

Lesson 1: Chat acronymsGraphical User Interfaces (GUIs)Useful websites

Lesson 2: MemesURLs / domains

Lesson 3: Google Search techniquesComputer chips / binary systems

Lesson 4: Moore’s Law / data prefixesSound / Twitter

Lesson 5: Peripherals / Wikipedia /Citations

WebquestsLesson 6: QR codes

Twitter user configurationLesson 7: Online safety / Phishing /

MalwareLesson 8: YouTube / Subtitle creationLesson 9: Easter Eggs / Video quiz

creationLesson 10: Cloud computing / Google

docsLesson 11: TED lectures / interactive

transcripts

Here’s what we’ve studied so far:

Assignments: Google search / Weekly Twitter posts / Follow 10 classmates, teacher and a celebrity / Change Twitter user settings (photo and background) / Create a QR code / Meme presentation / Facebook Friends checking / Shakespeare Webquest / Video subtitles / Video quiz / Easter Eggs / Google Docs survey / TED Questions

The final quiz is 50 questions to review a bit ofeverything we have studied this semester. Even though the computers haven’t been friendly to us, we still covered a lot of information.

You can review by going to www.jadekite.com/computer

Be sure to review:Chat acronyms GUIs Memes URLs Google searches binary

memory YouTube subtitling Wikipedia peripherals QR codes malware Easter Eggs Google Docs cloud computing TED lectures

Final Quiz

Review of cloud computing

What is cloud computing?

Name three examples of companies that use cloud computing.

What are the five major advantages to cloud computing?

Name two disadvantages of cloud computing.

What online software have we used in this class?

Review of cloud computing

What is cloud computing?Cloud computing is working and saving files online.Name three examples of companies that use cloud

computing.Facebook, Flickr, Dropbox, Google docs, YouTube,

Twitter…What are the five major advantages to cloud computing?Sharable, Efficient, Portable, Flexible, AutomaticName two disadvantages of cloud computing. 1: You have to be able to go online 2: SecurityWhat online software have we used in this class? Facebook, Google docs, YouTube, YouCaption, Twitter

ONLINE LECTURES AND INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS

TED

What is TED?

Source: http://teachingwithted.pbworks.com/w/page/19958111/FrontPage

TED stands for TechnologyEntertainmentDesign

TED started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds.

TEDTalks share what happens at TED with the world through their online website at www.ted.com

Their motto (座右銘 ) is “Ideas worth spreading”

Millions of people now visit their website to listen to some of the most interesting people in the world talk about what is important to them.

Where are the TedTalks held, and who speaks at these things?

TEDTalks were originally held in California, but they are now held all around the world.

Some well-known speakers include:

Bill GatesAl GoreBill ClintonJane Goodall BonoJamie Oliver

What’s the point?

You can learn about almost anything you’re interested by looking through the TED website. They have a really great variety of speakers from almost every field, giving very interesting information.

TED has been called “YouTube for smart people”.

TED is also a social networking website, where people can get together and discuss interesting topics, write comments to the lectures, and even help to subtitle the lectures into other languages.

You can see TEDTalks translated into Chinese at: http://www.ted.com/translate/languages/zh-tw

Let’s watch one

http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods.html

On the TED website, search for “Truth and lies” and choose the first

video.You can choose Chinese subtitles

(if they are available) from the menu:

Extra features

For many videos, you can use subtitles, and even view the transcript (謄本 ) of the talk.

If the talk has been translated, you can select the subtitles and view the words on the right of the screen.

You Try

TED also collects talks given by famous people in other places besides their conferences.

Find the Steve Jobs speech called: “How to live before you die”

This video doesn’t have a transcript, but it does have subtitles which you can turn on.

Quiz

When you’re done, take the quiz to answer the questions.

Go to the following webpage and click on the link for a quiz about the video.

www.jadekite.com/computer/TED.html

Answer all the questions.