First 9 Weeks

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

These first 9 weeks have been quite good, Its been a lot better than I initially expected. My impression of High School initially was that it would really be tough and exhausting, but even though its tough it nearly isn't as tough or challenging

What has been difficult about the transition from middle school?  

One of the most difficult aspects of my transition from middle to high school, was finding new friends and adapting to the semester routine. Because most of my friends that I took all of middle school to establish moved away to other schools, and I had to move to this school where in the first day I didn't know anyone but 2 people from my previous middle school

What has been easy about the transition?  

The easiest thing about the transition was that unlike middle school where I was extremely shy, I was actually quite open and proactive the first couple of days. I had a few friends from middle school who I was with who helped me not feel like loner during my first few weeks of high school

What have you learned about yourself?

One of the things I learned about my myself these 9 weeks is that whenever I study or work hard my grades always go up. Because in Middle school I didn't study much which was one of the reasons why I had A's and B's. But in High School I have changed that and have started to focus more on the task and work given to us realizing how important it is too my future

ID Theft Facoff

1. If someone has stolen information about your accounts, you should wait to see what they do with it and than take action ( False )
2. If some of your stolen information include you government issued ID, all you need to do is create a facsimile using a recent color photo ( False )
3. One of the best ways to protect your identity is by using online passwords only you would know - like your mother's maiden name or the last four digits of your Social Security Number ( False )
4. If the stolen information includes your social security number, you can place initial fraud alert by calling one of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies
5. The Best way to get a copy of the credit report is to file a FOIA Request ( False )
6. The names of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies are Equinox, ExerCorps and Trans America. ( False )
7. Identity theft refers only to the theft of drivers license or name badges ( False )
8. If someone has stolen your identity, and then you notice you're no longer recieving bills from creditors, this is a sign that your identity has been restored ( False ) 

Trends and Factors

What Three Trends Do I See in Computer Evolution and Why?

• Virtual Reality - It has been the most innovative and exciting technology that in the future and right now is changing the way people percieve and will interact with computers in the mere future
• Notebook/Tablet Computers - As computers are advancing in growth and so are tablets in sale. So it wouldn't be a surprise to figure out that the new wave of computers are going to be portable and touch screen with the ability to change from tablet to laptop.
• High Resolution/3D Cameras within Computers - Another market computers want to capture is the camera market, just like the tablets, lesser and lesser people are buying cameras every year as the cameras in computers are getting upgraded. Nowdays almost everyone uses the cameras they have in their phones, tablets or computers for pictures. So it wouldn't be surprisng that the customers want their tablet or computer cameras to be more advanced and 3D cameras are becoming the new trend.

Name Three Factors that drive Technological Innovation?

Global Scale Competition or Rivalry
Humanitarian Crisis or War
Expanding Human needs and markets

True or False

1. The first Computer Programmer was a Woman?
True : Ada Lovelace
2. The first Computer was built in 1975
False : 1910
3. Apple made the worlds first user friendly personal computer?
True 
4. Binary numbers are counted by 2s
False : 0s and 1s
5. A notebook computer is the same as a laptop computer?
True
6. Computers come in only 3 sizes : desktop, notebook and tablet
False : Mobile Devices and Supercomputers
7. All PCs use the Microsoft windows operating system?
False : Linux
8. People with a lot of Data often own their own main frame
False
9. Most modern supercomputers are made up of clusters 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 a light on the inside?
Agree

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 won't 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 programs written in languages like C are still important to learn.
Agree

6. Unrestricted access to technology is a fundamental human right.
Disagree

7. If I get a job in the computer industry, I will never have to worry about being unemployed.
Disagree