Hack the Code PowerPoint (Click this link)
Title: Hack the Code Description: Students learn several different ways to “Hack the Code: Save the World” by embracing the Computer Science concepts of not being afraid to learn how dynamic media works and “hacking” or modifying the code to create more interesting effects.
Hacking 01: The CC (Closed Captioning) File of United Streaming
Hacking 02: The Chroma Key in Windows Movie Maker
Hacking 03: Google Earth Description Box
Hacking 04: Multimedia in and Dynamic Web File
Integration: Hacking involves the areas of Computer Science, Math, and Engineering.
In Wired Magazine July 2008 issue, in an article called “The Darkest Knight” Christopher Nolan wanted to latest Batman sequel a realistic feel with as little digital effects as possible. So far the movie is shattering box office records. So is less digital technology better is some cases? As a Computer Programming teacher, life is good having your own computer lab, until it’s standardized testing time when the students test online and you are kicked out of your labs for a few weeks.
Here was the challenge: How do you teach about digital technology and computers without having access to a computer? Welcome to Computer Science Unplugged, a FREE resource for Computer Teachers K-12 with activities to teach how computers work without access to computers.
Below is a Binary Numbers Activity Unplugged.
There was thought-provoking article in Wired Magazine July 2008 titled “The End of Science” and discussed how the massive amounts of data is replacing the need for hypothesis, modeling, and testing. Sensors and Web Databases are stored on almost infinite amounts of storage and can be accessed worldwide.
Malick View: If you feel that there was “something in the water” to create an unusually high-maintenance group of students in your class, there would be no need for hypothesis and experimentation, just go to the water utility company in the area and search which chemicals were found in the drinking water for the life spans of the students in your school region. Correlation instead of theory seems to be such the norm, we are no longer trying to speculate big topics such as Global Warming and how InfoTech is going to make our students productive citizens in the future, because the massive amount of data is currently not available.
