Technology of the Future

What changes do you think will happen in the next year? Next five years? Next 10 years? Fifty years!?

(Just think, Google was created in 1998)

Write about what you think will exist in the future.

Write 3 paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) about what technology will exist in the future. How will it help us? Will it hurt us?

Technology Crash

Imagine that all of the computer technology in the world stopped working at the same time.

Write a story that describes what the world would be like in this situation.

Please write three paragraphs (beginning, middle, end). Each paragraph can be 3-5 sentences long.

You may want to use an outline to begin your work. Decide the who/what/where/when/why and how of your story.

Be sure to include details of what the world would be like and how the world will be changed.

Google Maps

You will navigate Google Maps to:

• Learn about world cities and landmarks (geography)
  
• Find a landmark in the map and take a screen shot (command-shift-4)
• Write three paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) about each city and a landmark in that city.
  
• Collect your work in PAGES
• Drag your photos into PAGES, write your sentences in a text box.
• Remember to list your sources. (Where did you find the information?)
  
• Chose 5 out of the 10 choices
  

Here are the names of the cities to research:

1. London, England
2. Paris, France
3. Washington, DC
4. Great Wall of China
5. New York, New York
6. Baghdad, Iraq
7. New Orleans, Louisiana
8. Pyramids of Giza
9. Honolulu, Hawaii
10. Pick your own

iWeb

Open iWeb

Explore making your own website.

You should have at least:

• One main page
• One page about you
• One page about what you want to do for a job

Think of it as an advertisement for yourself!

Progress Report

What? You will be creating your progress report using tables in PAGES.

Where? By using PAGES, you will continue your knowledge about that program and how it works.

When? Now.

Who? You.

Why?? To become an independent, reflective, problem-solving student, it is beneficial to you to take a look at your own work and make decisions about your own progress.

I definitely offer feedback if you say you completed everything, but your work does not show that you completed everything.

Your Assignments:

• Way of Life in WORD
• My Life in POWERPOINT
• Technology Timeline in WORD and POWERPOINT
• Typing Graph in EXCEL and WORD
• Research questions in WORD
  

My Business

What do you want to do when you grow up?

1. Pick what you want to be.

2. Research what it will take for you to do that job.

• This might include looking up jobs on the internet, looking at what skills you will need, what type of education you will need and more.
  

3. Take notes

• As you research, write down in WORD what skills you will need, what education you will need, where you'd like to work, what you'd like to do.
  

4. Create a business or find a business that you'd like to work for. What will you do there?

Your Microsoft WORD document might look something like this:

What I want to be:


What skills and education I will need:


Some names of places where I could work:


If I could make my own business, it would be:

Research Continued

Just like Thursday's work:

Write your answers in WORD.

Search for your answers on Google.

Remember to search for the main ideas of the question.

Write down where you found the information.

1. What Central American country had torrential rains that triggered mudslides, killing at least 40 during the last week?

2. In a speech Monday, President Obama promised to push for $50 billion to create jobs to upgrade America’s infrastructure. What does he (and the media) mean by this term?

3. What happened on Sept. 11, 2001?

4. What was the name of the storm earlier this week that hit parts of Mexico and then crossed into Texas, though most of the damage there was due to rain and flooding?

5. What happened in Colorado this week that destroyed an unknown number of homes in the foothills near Boulder?

6. With elections two months off, which party is worried about losing seats in the House and perhaps losing its control there?

Research

Click on File. Click on New Tab.

Now you have two tabs to switch back and forth.

In one, you'll have questions. In the other, you'll have google to search.

Question 1. What is the weather in Phoenix.

Focus on the main idea. Click on your google tab. Type "Phoenix weather."

Find what the weather is.

Open WORD using your spotlight.

Type what the weather is.

Type where you found the information. (Your source)

Now try these questions.

2. How old is President Obama?

3. What team won the Super Bowl in 2010?

4. What are the newest movies out in theaters?

Graphing Our Typing Data