Discussion

1. Discussion Last week’s class Current events Assignment feedback Week 1

2. Don’t log in to Toromail

3. Questions or comments on last weeks assignments or topic modules? ?

4. Three ways the word “application” is used • A specific program • Microsoft Word • Angry Birds • An Internet service • Google search • Facebook • Something we do with IT • Word processing • Education Can you match the images with the category

5. Microsoft acquires Nokia Next CEO?

7. 10 of 51 people did two or three submissions

8. Computer components assignment

9. Why do teachers ask questions? Why did I ask you which survey question used a Likert scale? How did you get the answer?

10. Anonymous study habits feedback • Answer 1-6 Yes or No • Did you open and read through either syllabus presentation? • Did you answer the self-study questions for either syllabus presentation? • Did you follow a link to any resource pages on either syllabus presentation? • Did you print either syllabus presentation? • Did you look at my profile or resume? • Did you look at our class blog? • About how many minutes did you spend studying the second week topic modules: • 0 • 1-15 • 16-30 • 31-45 • 46-60 • Over 60

12. Discussion Last week’s class Current events Assignment feedback Week 3

13. Any questions or comments on last weeks assignments or topic modules? ?

14. Let’s look at: • Background survey results • Assignment scores • Quiz scores • Quiz blog

15. Anonymous study habits feedback

16. Year in school

17. Majors

18. Anonymous survey Do you know who this is and what he is doing? No. I think so, but am not sure. Yes, for sure.

19. A message on the class email list “I don’t know how to print the screen on a Mac … help” Why do I think that was a good use of the email list? What was my answer? What did Jason Fried mean when he said he wanted to hire “trustworthy” people?

20. Assignment feedback • A few folks were late with assignment 1, which was due on Friday. • A few overlooked the questions at the end of assignment 1 and 2. • A few did not turn in the survey completion printout. • Only 20% of you answered the question at the end of assignment 3!

21. This cartoon was in the New Yorker last week – how does it tie to our class? Applications, implications, technology?

22. Do you know who this is? • No • I think so • Yes, for sure How does he fit in our class?

24. Discussion Last week’s class Current events Assignment feedback Week 4

25. iPhone with a finger print reader To possible futures: It’s a dud and does not matter much to anyone. It catches on and is used for authenticating transactions in stores and online as well as opening your phone. Do you want a fingerprint reader on your phone?

26. mooc.org YouTube for teaching – the long tail?

30. Quiz feedback • Better but not very good … I do not have the feeling you are studying two hours for every hour in class. • I asked about a MOOC that I had described in a blog post. One person got it. Why? Why did I ask the question? • I asked you to name three input devices on an iPhone or other modern phone. Some answers that indicate misconception on computer components : • Email • Earphones • Thumb drive What is wrong with each of these answers?

31. Quiz page views as of Monday morning

32. Why team assignments must be done in teams:

33. Many failed to post assignment 6 online. Why?

34. Our collaborative document on Michael Wesch’s talk

36. Discussion Last week’s class Current events Assignment feedback Week 5

37. What’s LTE? Does everyone get it at the same time? LTE Report

38. Have you cut the cord? Which major video source is not shown here? Blog post

39. Old assignment feedback • #5 – a few people misinterpreted the question, giving different data types (types of data) instead of types of file. If their answers were reasonable, I gave them credit. Here is an outline that pulls it all together: • Files contain programs or data: • Programs • Data types: • Audio • Numeric • Image • Text • Video • Etc. Misconception alert

40. More assignment feedback • Almost all of your favorite blog posts were among the first few. • Some are still confused on clients and servers. • Some people did not work in teams. • Just turn in one copy of group assignments with all member names on it. Why do I insist that you do some assignments in teams?

41. Some folks have not turned in any assignments. I will assume you have dropped unless you tell me you are still in the class.

42. A question from the last quiz These three men are the “fathers” of ___. I figured no one would get this question right – so, why did I ask it?

43. Is asking or answering questions more important?

44. Questions at work vs. questions at school School failure: getting the wrong answer Work failure: not knowing how to get the right answer Getting the right answer requires that you know you are lost. (In other words, asking the right question). Play this excerpt, 1 min 4 sec Full presentation by Cathy Davidson, Duke University

45. Extra credit teams

46. Morning teams

47. Evening teams

48. Extra credit

49. Hypothetical final grades Which group has the highest average score? Which group has the most uniform scores

50. Hypothetical final grades Which team should win?