PROJECT OF 2008 -2009

1. PROJECT OF 2008 -2009 Tech Wizzes Sponsored by the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP)

2. OUR PROJECT • The Creators & Helpers Of This Project Are: • Daniel Gratton (Mentor) • Susan Switzer (Facilitator) • Kasandra Posey (Facilitator) • Jasmine Soto (Leader) • Chalant Harris (Researcher) • Nelson King (Editor) • Misha Collier (Web Master) • Roxana Hernandez (Web Designer)

3. Answers – 23 56 Convex Concave INTRODUCTION Students aren’t allowed to use their cell phones during class, but they still do it. How can you detect when a student is using their cell phones during class without permission? Teachers don’t know who, or when their students are using their cell phones, and that’s creating many problems. Students could be using their cell phones to cheat on tests, text inappropriately things to one another, or play games on it.

4. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Our Facilitators ……………………………………………… Slide 5-7 • Our Mentor ………………………………………………….... Slide 8 • Tech Experience ……………………………………………….Slide 9 • The Tech Wizzes ……………………………………………… Slides 10-15 • The Problem…………………………………………………….Slide 16 • Our Three Solutions…………………………………………... Slide 17 • Our Final Solution ……………………………………………. Slide 18 • Our Research………………………………………………...…Slides 19 - 30 • Our Idea!...............................................................................Slide 31 • Presenting To The Class.......................................................Slide 32 • Feedback From The Class.....................................................Slide 33 • Communication Log...............................................................Slide 34 • Bibliography…………………………………………………..... Slide 35

5. Mrs. Susan Switzer • Assistant Principle • Attended Clark 2005 to 2009 • Master of Science degree with Educational Technology Specialization • Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education • She is an Intel Teach to the Future Master Teacher • Was awarded an Educational Technology Competency Certificate from Boise State University • Committed to increasing student achievement through the support of colleagues at CPS and the Golden Apple Foundation • She worked as an educational consultant, instructor and regional education manager for Future kids, Inc.

6. Ms. Kasandra Posey • Special Ed. Teacher • Second year of teaching • Earning Masters degree in Instructional Leadership

7. OUR MENTOR – DANIEL GRATTON • Is Canadian • Works In Canada Space Agency (CSA) • Electronics engineer working in the field of microelectronics as applied to communication, radar, and imaging • Went to McGill University • Bachelor of Engineering • Wife & Two Daughters • Daughter’s ages 25 & 27 • Get to influence the direction where the Canadian Space Program goes

8. Tech Experience For all of us this has been another exciting year working with the Tech Wizzes. We learned that to create a signal, you’ll need a square wave, sine wave, and a pulse wave form. Also we’ve learned that for a detector to be able to detect something, it’ll need a signal, and detectors and signals need each other to be able to function well. Another thing the Tech Wizzes learned this year was that China uses cell phones to lock in answers to a question in class when there are many students in a class.

9. BIOGRAPHIES OF THE TECH WIZZES! • Jasmine S. (Leader) • Chalant H. (Researcher) • Nelson K. (Editor) • Misha C. (Web Master) • Roxana H. (Web Designer) Tech Wizzes

10. LEADER- JASMINE S. • Helps everyone with their job when needed • Makes sure everyone does what they need to do • Does some of the research • Likes to listen to music a lot • Enjoys spending time with friends • Loves to text people • Wears Van shoes mucho (Spanish for “a lot”) • 8th Grade

11. RESEARCHER – CHALANT H. • Does some of the research for the group • Helps the leader • Got this job because knows how to find information quick • Enjoys hanging out with friends • Likes to read books • Participates in a dance troop • Loves listening to music • 8th Grade On Left Side

12. WEB MASTER – MISHA C. • Check email and edit power point • Makes sure everything is correct and in the proper place • Has this job because I'm a internet person • Also gather information • Loves hanging out with friends and family • However love to shop(shoes) • Enjoy learning • 8th Grade

13. Web Designer – Roxana H. • Picked this role because I love to design things • Designing interest me • My job is to design the website • I'm outgoing • Excited to be in TechXplorers again • I'm aslo web designer because it relate to my career • I want to be a fashion and interior designer • 8th Grade

14. EDITOR – NELSON K. • Looks through information to support our solution • Looks through things to see if needs any corrections • Join because wanted to learn more about technology • Likes football & video games • Youngest and newest member • Likes working with the Tech Wizzes • 5th grade

15. PROBLEM Cell phones are not allowed in school. However, students still use them during school. What if teacher's could detect when cell phones are being used in their classrooms or in the school building? Some students ignore the rules of cell phones, and still use them. How can teachers stop students from using their phones during class without permission?

16. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS • Solution A: We are going to solve the problem by creating a router that could detect if a student is using their cell phone during class. Therefore, if they are using the cell phone during class the router will sensor the text or phone call, and inform the teacher right away. • Solution B: Creating a gadget that is similar to a memory card that students could put in their phones, and it will signal the teachers if students are using their phones during a lecture in a e-mail. • Solution C: Have a program in the school’s website that students will have to put their cell phone number in so when the cell phones are turned on during school hours the teachers will automatically know who are using their cell phones.

17. FINAL SOLUTION • Solution A • Something that could be built • Easier to understand what we are doing • Have fun creating it! We Nailed You Down!!!

18. Our Research • What’s Bad About Using Cell Phones During Class? • Cell Phone Usage • Cell Phone Policies • What Are Signals? • What Creates Signal? • How Can We Transmit A Signal? • Types Of Signals • What Are Detectors? • Types Of Detectors • Tying Together Signals & Detectors • Understanding The Inside Of A Cell Phone • Main Components In A Cell Phone

19. WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT USING CELL PHONES DURING CLASS? I Can’t Help It! • Reasons Why Cell Phones Are Banned: • Texting • Meeting with schoolmates • Cheating • Playing games • Contacting parents

20. CELL PHONE USAGE • Private Schools: • Highland Park (USA) • Montgomery County (USA) • Most school in China (As Clickers) • South Africa Schools Uses Cell Phones

21. CELL PHONE POLICIES AT SCHOOL • Los Angles, Chicago, Miami, Houston, San Diego, and Dallas. • Phones NOT SEEN NOR HEARD • Phones will be confiscated • Result in suspension • No students/teachers use cell phones during school hours Cell Phone Policy Students/ Teachers can’t use cell phones

22. WHAT ARE SIGNALS? • Any quantity measurable through time or space • Type of message • The text of which consists of one or more letters, words, characters, signal flags, visual displays, or special sounds with prearranged meaning • Transmitted by visual, acoustical, or electrical means. • Electrical waves transmitted through the air to another place • ALL signals must have a “period”, “frequency” and “stimulus” • Period – time to create a electric wave • Frequency – number of waves created in a second • Stimulus – quickens action, thought etc… T.V.

23. WHAT CREATES A SIGNAL? • Sine Waves – Energy transmitted one place to another (most common in a signal) (Picture Of A Sine Wave) • Square Waves – Used as stimulus in a system (Picture Of Square Wave) • Pulse Wave Forms – Similar to square waves but only works on top-axis of signal (Picture Of Pulse Wave Forms)

24. HOW CAN YOU TRANSMIT A SIGNAL? • Sends invisible voltage • Needs a command to send the message • Needs a “beginning” and a “ending” • Different types of ways to send a signal • Hand gestures, movements, voice, electricity, etc. Router #1 Router #2

25. TYPES OF SIGNALS • Types Of Signals: • T.V. Signal • Communication Signals • Cell Phone • Rail Road Signals • Traffic Lights • Wireless Internet • Fire Pit Signals

26. HALT! I Detect YOU Are Using A Phone!!!! D:< WHAT ARE DETECTORS? • Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner • Helps find things • Recovers information of interest contained in a modulated wave • Detectors = Sensors • Example of detector – metal detector

27. TYPES OF DETECTORS • Cell Phone Busters • Radiation Detector • Thermionic Detectors • Gas Ionization Detectors • Photocathode Detectors • Semiconductor Detectors • Particle Detectors • Smoke Detectors Radiation Detector Gas Ionization Detector

28. TYING TOGETHER SIGNALS & DETECTORS • For a detector to detect it needs to signal things • Detector commands a signal once it has what its looking for • Detector commands a signal to go some place • Signals need to be detected to be created a signal • For a signal to be created it needs a router to command it Signals & Detectors Go Hand & Hand Working Together!!!

29. UNDERSTANDING THE INSIDES OF A CELL PHONE The Parts Of A Phone

30. MAIN COMPONENTS IN A CELL PHONE • Buttons On A Phone • Antenna • Amplifiers • Screen • Battery • Microcontroller (Controls ALL Commands) • Sensors • Wireless Connectivity • Power Manager Look At My Insides!! 

31. Signals Teacher Detected Modified Teacher’s PC OUR IDEA!! HA-HA-HA!! I found YOU!! Signal Box (One In Each Class Room) CP Being Used!

32. PRESENTING TO THE CLASS!!

33. Class Survey • 1.What did you like most about the presentation? • 2.What did you like the least about the presentation? • 3.Do you think there should be an allowed use of cell phones in school? Yes or No • 4.Have you ever text during class? Yes or No • 5.Do you think there should be a consequence for cell phone usage during school? Yes or No • 6.Have you ever been caught using your cell phone when you were not supposed to use it? Yes Or No • 7.DO you think cell phone usage during school can be educational? Yes or No • 8.DO you think cell phone usage may distract others during class? Yes or No • 9.How can cell phone usage during school be used for educational purposes • ______________________________________________________________ • 10.How can we improve this project idea? • ______________________________________________________________

34. Survey Results • Click Here To View Our Results  Click Here To View Our Results

35. “What I liked best from your presentation was that it was understandable” – 8th Grade Student FEEDBACK FROM THE CLASS!! “I Like Your Guys Problem” – 8th Grade Student “I Like The Router Solution Best!” – 8th Grade Teacher “What I Liked Most Was The Inside Of The Cell Phone.” – 8th Grade Student “What I Liked Most Of Your Guys Presentation Was The Detector Being Able To Find A Student Using There Cell Phone” – 8th Grade Student

36. COMMUNICATION LOG • We used the website to contact and share info with our mentor • Visit Our Chat!!! You’ll want to here it!!! http://vyew.com/nsteproom#/160769/Project_544

37. BIBLIOGRAPHY Texting Friends And Many Others http://privateschool.about.com/od/yourschool/qt/cellphones.htm Use Them During School http://articles.familylobby.com/489-should-schools-allow-students-to-have-cell-ph.htm Signals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal Types Of Signals http://www.doctronics.co.uk/signals.htm Particle Detectors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_detector Types Of Detectors http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/kobayash/thesis/node27.html Types Of Detectors http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/ralphs_chemistry_courses/470/8/tsld004.htm