Assignment 4

Monday, August 26, 2013

Assignment 4

View the animate video Are you past oriented or future oriented. 

In at least 3-5 sentences answer the following questions.

1. Discuss what the main idea of the video is?

 

The main idea of this video is to show that technology is becoming a bigger part of our lives. It is distracting us from the importance of life which is family and values.

 2. Do you see yourself as past oriented or future oriented? Why?

 

I see myself as both past and future oriented. The reason I'm future is because I am very concentrated on my future. Due to the fact that my family is very important to me, I am also very past oriented.

 3. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker in the video? Explain why?

 

I agree because we should be more involved in our family and values, and focus less on materialistic things. This speaker is correct because we are getting overrun with technology, we must concentrate on what is really important in life.

 4. Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"?

Explain your answer.

This is true because, nowadays most young adults can't communicate properly without a laptop or any other technological device. We must learn how to communicate verbally with each other so we won't let technology take over our lives.

 5. Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch? 

 

Because young people believe that single function devices are useless, since nowadays there are devices that include that function and more.

Assignment 3

Information Processing Style

Assignment 2

Questions 1,2,9, and 10 should be answered in 3-5 sentences. 

1. What are the pros and cons of using Google Drive to complete a project like the one you just did for your Technology Presentation.

 

Google drive is different than what we normally use, which is Microsoft PowerPoint. It is easy to use and faster to post onto blogger. It doesn't have many background styles so you are pretty limited with designs. But it is easier to share with others, and is great for fast presentations.

 2. What did you learn about your technology that you didn't know before? Explain.

 

I didn't know there was such thing as Google drive, now I have a future reference. Also I didn't know much about all the presentations that were given by the students and myself. It was interesting to learn all these new things.

 3. Create a test question using the information you researched from your project. You must come up with a question and at least 4 responses or answers to choose from.

 Question?: 

Windows 8 was sued for:

A.It's new Microsoft explorer

B.The live tiles feature

C.Some of the new apps

D.It's online app store

 4. What does URL stand for?

Uniform Research Locator

 5. What is the URL for Mr. Fierro's Blogger?

http://principlestechnology.blogspot.com/

 

 6. What is your URL for your Blogger created for Principles of Technology class?
 

http://soypaulinayquieromiblog.blogspot.com/

 7. Using the notes from the Parts of a Computer System, identify and define the four parts of a complete computer system.

1.Hardware

2.Software
3.Data

4.User

8. Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices.

input:
    - keyboard
    - mouse
    - microphone

output:
    - monitor
    - printer
    - speakers

9. Write about the most interesting software you have ever used on a computer. Explain why it was your favorite or what you liked about the software you have chosen to write about.

Mac osx because it has many modern features such as the new design and the multitasking tools. It brings a whole new experience to using a computer.

10. Why do you think important technology corporations like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony create new versions of their product often? Think about why every few months to a year a new iPad or iPhone is released... Explain.

To keep the customers wanting more and buying the newest versions of the products. Naturally we always want the newest or the coolest product so that is why they are always updating.

11. For question 10 you will research on the World Wide Web. What are the units of measure for a computer memory storage? Fill in this table with your answers. Must fill in unit abbreviation, and approximate value.
 

UNIT	Abbreviation	Approximate Value (bytes)
Kilo Byte	KB	1024 in bytes
Mega Byte	MB	1024 in kilo bytes
Giga Byte	GB	1024 in mega bytes
Terabyte	TB	1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)