One Direction

One Direction (1D)

 

One Direction is the biggest and most famous boy band in the world. The singers in this band are from left to right Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and last but certainly not least(my personal favorite), Harry Styles. They are all from the UK. <3

 

 

They started off as strangers in a show called "Xfactor". They didn't know a thing about each other until they were put together as a group and became One Direction. They did not win this competition but they won 3rd place. They were contracted later on and we now look at them as the best boy band in the world.

 

 

This is Louis Tomlinson <3

 

 

This next one is Liam Payne<3

 

 

This cutie is Niall Horan<3

 

 

This sexy beast is Zayn Malik<3

 

 

This last but most amazing and most talented one is Harry Styles.<3 <3 <3

 

You can visit here to read and listen to latest news from One Direction.

 

This is just a fan page that a girl has created to keep all her Directioners updated about the latest news and information. Visit here :)

 

 

 

Assignment 7

1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website? 
Yes, I do believe that the .com website is more exciting than the .org website. I agree with this because all the pages that I have gone to with .com are always more interesting and a lot more fun that .org. For example, this example that you used is a great example because it also shows how much effort .com puts on their pages than on .org. 
2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?
It has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on because .com takes you to different website or different webpages to make it more interesting and a lot more fun. It also does this to catch the people using the page attention and get more interested in it. Also, it's because Disney is used more and known world wide and not the other page.


3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?
I would want it to be about sport blogs and sport news. I would want this because it's what I like to look at and it's what interests me. I also believe a lot of teenagers and even adults would be looking at these types of pages especially the ones that are interested in sports and stuff like that.



4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why? 
I do believe it would be nearly impossible to create a webpage by myself. First of all, I don't know much about technology and how to work a computer. I think I would need help from an expert or someone who actually knows a lot about webpages and how to create them. I wouldn't want this webpage to just be focused on me by myself, but also with the help of other people. 

5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?
keepmeupdated.com
No it is not taken


6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?
They take longer to load because they need to process all of the information into that webpage and it's a lot harder than text. It also depends how long your videos and how many megapixels your images have.

My Summer at Culver Academy

My Summer at Culver Academy

 

Best summer that I have had so far. I spent time with people from different places in the world.

 

 

Military camp where you did many types of activities from a variety that you could choose from for example basketball, soccer, volleyball, dance, swimming, archery, crew, and much more.

 

 

We would have retreats three times a week and parades every Friday.

 

 

 

It's a place where you make friends that you will never forget.

 

 

The basketball crew!

 

 

Deck 6- The Great Race!

 

 Go to this website to learn more about the summer camp itself. Here, I will be demonstrating a video of the experience you get to have.

Click here

This is another website where you can find more summer camps to go to.

 

Assignment 7

1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
The problems that the article mentions that children run into when they use search engines are that it can be difficult for children to get to answers of their questions that they're looking for. It is also difficult for users to formulate the right keywords to call up their desired results. It also mentions how it is difficult for adults to get to their answers so it puts children in even a harder position.

2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?

It mentions how there is a chat system that helps get children get to answers that they are looking for. Children are getting to levels of adults that is helping them get to information ever more easier. So search engines want it to be easy for easy for children just as they want it for adults.

3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the article characterize these two types of searching?

I search using the questions. The articles that pop out sometimes have nothing to do with what I was looking for. If I put the question in a shorter way, it helps sometimes by using keywords. Most of the time, I do find the answers to questions that I'm looking for. I believe it's a lot easier to put in the question to the search engine because I get less sources and it easier to find my answer to my question.

4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching?

No, I don't do that because I don't want to. It is very difficult and confusing to use it.

5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why?

I think the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising. They do need to make these search engines easy for adults as well as they should for children. I think Google and Bing should improve on getting the answers to long questions that we have so it can be a lot easier for us in our daily lives especially for school. Google and Bing are doing really good right now but technology is advancing more and more each day so they should too.

Assignment 6

1. Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?

         I do not think the results are 100% accurate because not all of the students answered the questions that I had posted. I got some answers to some of my questions but not all of my questions were answered.

 

     2.How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you received?

        

        I think that if I had very advanced wording in my questions, the students wouldn't even read the answers or the questions that I had uploaded and start filling out random answers. Also, if I repeated the same questions over and over again, I believe that the students would start filling out answers without them even caring.

1. Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why?

          I did get the answers that I expected to some of my questions from my online polls. I would guess that some students would put some of the answers that I expected because I can say that I know some of the students fairly well for them to answer what I expected them to answer. On the other hand, I didn't expect some of the students to answer what I thought they would answer or what I thought they would answer because I don't know ALL of the students in class but I do know some.;

1. If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Technologico de Montorrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll?

          The steps that I would take to do the online poll would be putting different types of questions to the poll. I would have multiple choice questions, fill in the box, and other forms of questions as well. I wouldn't just make one question for all of the forms of questions but have different types of questions typed out.

         

1. Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tec de Montorrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not?

          I believe that the online polling could help Tec de Monterrey find out more about there students. I think this because the school could put many sorts of questions that our students could be interested about, but at the same time, they wouldn't always pay attention to them because they just want to get the questions over with because sometimes they can be tiring to answer.

         

1. How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person?

          I think they would be different but also the same because I don't think the students answered the questions with honesty. The students could've probably been lazy to answer them so they just put whatever thing they wanted. In person, on the other hand, I think they would actually pay attention to me and answer the questions with honesty.

1. In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain.

          I cant really answer these questions because I have never been in the part of Google or online polls. I wouldn't be able to answer the question only if I actually experimented it. However, I don't think it could have been to create the polls.

Online Poll: Montserrat Lugo

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Assignment 5

1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?
The workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company because the people that work there can get many of their ideas out and think about many fun and interesting things. You can't get many great ideas out if you aren't somewhere where you don't enjoy. To get your brain working and moving, you need a place where you can be entertained and be able to think about big and great things for Google. Google has a very unique environment and the people that work there I bet enjoy their job there because Google offers the people so much.


2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?
The employee freedom encourages its employees to spend on any project they want because on that 20% of free time that they have, they can rest, think about new ideas while having fun. They have so many things to do there that they want to work everyday. While they work the 80% of time, the 20% of time is maybe the time that they get there best ideas out by relaxing, sleeping, or having some quality time with their friends.


3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?
The requirements to work for Google is that the person has to be able to do a lot of things. This person has to be able to get things done, and this person doesn't necessarily have to be smart, but has to have a good way of thinking and has a lot of strengths. This person has to be willing to work and come up with good and creative ideas for the company.


4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?
Google can handle about 5.2 billion search queries each day.


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.
It changed the way we access to the internet because it is a lot faster. When we look something up, we get so many sites that help us get the proper information that we need. We get a lot of more information than what we need. More is always better. When we think about looking up something, we always want to put as much information as possible so we can get to our answers faster.


6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?
They would want to keep this server room a secret because that's the place where the data travels. If it becomes a place where people can just go in and walk around, something could go wrong. One of the people who can walk in there can touch something and the data that travels there could go wrong. What goes around in there is that the tubes and hubs that are in there is what contains the internet action going on via Google and it is very important to keep that safe.

7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?
There are many benefits for working as a Google employee. Google provides you with so many things including free food, gas for your car, a laundry where you can wash your clothes and so much more. That place is literally like a home for the employees. Not only do they enjoy that, but they also enjoy the time while they are working. They have fun working in different rooms of the building and that's what makes them want to get up every morning and get to work so they can spend a fun time there.

 8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?
One of the jobs there would be account manager and that's a person who handles sales and marketing relationships with specific, bigger customers. Google has a business analyst which is the job where people make sure its financial operations are running smoothly. There are the network engineers whom are the people that make sure everything is running smoothly but with these people, check into code bases and communicate across the company effectively. The site reliable engineer is the person that makes sure that the site does not shut down for even a second because in that way, Google can loose a lot of money. The last but not least position at Google would be the sales engineers help Google's customers solve key technical issues with whatever product they're deploying.

9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?
A new project that Google is currently working on would be the Google Glass. This product allows us to look at information like if we were wearing it like glasses. We don't need to pull out our smartphones because the Google Glass will help us out with that. Google is also working on the Adroid@Home. This product helps us to connect your entire house to the internet like something out of a sci-fi movie. Google's smartphone company, Motorola is nearing a release for its first smartphone. The Moto X smartphone will be packed with the latest features and specs. It'll also run Google's mobile operating system Android.

10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?
Recent college graduates shouldn't work for Google because what they studied in college took a lot of hard work and anticipation. To be in college, you have to be a hard working person with good grades. Google doesn't look for smart people. Google looks for people who can think outside of the box and have big ideas. When you graduate from college, you should be able to work at better places other than Google. Somewhere where you wont spoil you and you will actually take what you learned in college and use it for a career in your future life.


11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?
Google is different from Yahoo and Bing in the aspects that it not only shows you more websites, but also offers you trustable websites. In Google, you can find your answers quicker. Google also offers you images, maps, Youtube, news, G-mail, Google drive, and so much more. Yahoo, on the other hand, isn't always a reliable source because people who might be students or uneducated people can put information in which isn't 100% true. They are the same in some ways because they give you lots of information but some of the sites might not always be reliable.

Test Review

The difference between analog and digital: An electronic signal that is sent as binary digits of either ON or OFF. In the illustration to the right, is a digital signal that is up or down for either ON or OFF, unlike an analog signal that is more like a wave. This example also illustrates a digital picture where a pixel is turned either ON or OFF helping to create an image on a display. Analog allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes such as voltage, current, and wave.

Random Access Memory (RAM) -Alternatively referred to as main memory, primary memory, or system memory, Random Access Memory (RAM) is a computer storage location that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations within DRAM on a Memory module

Read- Only Memory (ROM) -Short for Read-Only Memory, ROM is a type of "built-in" memory that is capable of holding data and having that data read from the chip, but not written to.

World Wide Web – is a graphical interface for the internet that was first introduced to the public on August 6, 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee.  the world wide web provides a rich medium and helps brings all people together.

Data (computer) – Data could mean large quantities of standard information used for reference. For example, the information you're reading now is considered data. On a computer is stored in binary or a series of 0's and 1's.

Program - provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a particular task.

 Hypertext – A simple method of organizing and accessing text and other data through the use of hyperlinks.

Hardware –  is best described as a device that is physically connected to your computer or something that can be physically touched.

Software –is a collection of instructions that enable a user to interact with the computer or have the computer perform specific tasks for them 

Title (resource) – The name by which the resource is formally known.

Creator (resource) – The person, organization or service who made the content of the resource, for instance, the writer of an article or the photographer who took a picture.

Subject (resource) - One of the topics of the resource. It is usual to choose keywords from an accepted classification scheme as the subject.

Publisher (resource) -The publisher is “responsible for making the resource available”. This might be a commercial publisher, an academic institution or an individual.

Contributor (webpage) – A person or organization that has contributed to the content

Format (resource) - a type of media of the resource.

MP3 – A file extension and compression method utilizing the MPEG compression standard to reduce the size of a file often down by a factor of 12 and still have a CD-like quality. MP3 files are commonly used to store a song or complete CD and require very little hard drive space when compared to other files.

Cyberbully - "involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others."

Database - is a large quantity of information that can be searched, referenced, compared, changed or otherwise manipulated without a lot of work. 

Desktop - is a system of organization of icons on a screen.

E-mail - messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network

Home page - is the name of the main page of a website where visitors can find hyperlinks to other pages in the site

Keyword -is a word or group of words that help the search locate a better match for their search.

Password - is a set of secret characters or words utilized to gain access to a computer, web page, network resource, or data

Paste - is an operating systems and programs action that allows a user to copy or cut an object or text from one location and move it into another location

Search Engines - A software program or script available through the internet that searches documents and files for keywords and returns the results of any files containing those keywords

URL Address -  is a standardized naming convention for addressing documents accessible over the Internet 

User name - is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network

File format –is the structure of a file that is best viewed with the program it was designed for

Hacker -an individual who had an advanced understanding of computers, networking, programming, or hardware or which describes any individual who illegally breaks into computer systems to damage or steal information

Keyboard - allow a computer user to input letters, numbers, and other symbols into a computer and is what allows you to write e-mail and is what you used to visit this web page

Retrieve (document)- A term used to describe the process of searching for, locating and returning data

Assignment 3

Information Processing Cycle

Assignment 4

1. Discuss what the main idea of the video is?
Our future generations are changing and they do not have the same way of thinking as their parents did when they were young. The video shows us how we are losing our values starting with the lack of communication with our families. There are different kinds of people that have either a future or past oriented way of thinking. They either look forward or stay behind.

 2. Do you see yourself as past oriented or future oriented? Why?
I see myself as future oriented because I don't look back to my past. What I look to and worry about is the future and what new things will be coming up. If you look to your past, you don't focus on what is going to be happening later on in life and that's very important to do so.
 3. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker in the video? Explain why?
I do agree with the speaker in the video because he explained most of the things we do everyday and how much time we waste on being on the computer, or video games when we should be socializing outside in the real world. We are not spending enough time with our families and one day we will all regret not doing that.
 4. Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"? Explain your answer.
I do agree with the speaker's view because we spend way too much time on the computer. Now a days, we are too lazy. Instead of being able to communicate by talking, we use our cellphones to ask for a favor when the person is right in front of you. Boys spend a lot of their time playing video games at home and don't go out to socialize and play real games.

5. Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch? 
People dislike the watch because it performs one task at a time. They are so used to using multitask objects that they  think that the watch is useless. They can easily just take out their cell phone and check the time. The wristwatch is something that young people don't really need.



1. Why did Sir Tim Berner's Lee decide to make the World Wide Web free when he created it at CERN?
Tim Berner Lee wanted the world wide web to be available for everyone. He wanted everyone to have the opportunity to use it. He believed that it was not something that you should pay for, instead it should be free for everyone.

2. What are the benefits of having "web addresses," an idea that Sir Tim Berner's Lee created?
It is a great idea because there are so many web pages on the internet that with this each site will have its own address. If all websites had the same address you would not be able to find the website you are looking for. Also, the idea of having the web address translated from "computer" language to our language was a great idea because that way we can understand what it is saying.

3. How does the World Wide Web allow people from all over the world to communicate?
We can communicate through blogs, social networks, e-mails, and via other methods thanks to the world wide web. We can talk to people from the other side of the world instantly. The world wide web has facilitated humans to communicate to other people in a cheaper and faster way.

4. Why is it important to link information? What are the benefits of having instant access to information?
Because of links, webpages are all connected as the word says, a "web." We are able to take ourselves form one site to another with just a click. It is easier and faster because it takes you instantly to the next page you want to go to.

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.
Some of the pros for using Google Drive are that it is very easy to use, it is similar to powerpoint, your work will be saved automatically, and you can share your work. Some of the cons for using Google drive are that it may be confusing for people who don't know how to use it and you need to have a google account. Google Drive will help us as a class because we will be able to do many assignment on it.
 2. What did you learn about your technology that you didn't know before? Explain.
I learned that the owners of such technological gadgets gain more money than we imagine. Every product has to be renovating itself constantly in order to be successful because of the changing technology. You can see a lot of change in such little time in the past few decades.
 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?: What are the different uses for the iPad mini?
A. Games for entertainment
B. Virtual Books to read
C. Browsing on the web
D. All of the above

4. What does URL stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
 5. What is the URL for Mr. Fierro's Blogger?
Principlestechnology.blogspot.com

6. What is your URL for your Blogger created for Principles of Technology class?
lugo.mo.1217.blogspot.com

 7. Using the notes from the Parts of a Computer System, identify and define the four parts of a complete computer system.
Hardware - Any part of the computer you can touch. A computer's hardware consists of interconnected electronic devices that you can use to control the computer's operation, input, and output. (The everyday term device refers to any piece of hardware.)

Software - A set of instructions that makes the computer perform tasks. In other words , software tells the computer what to do. (The term program refers to any piece of software.) Some programs exist primarily for the computer's use to help it perform tasks and manage its own resources. Other types of programs exist for the user, enabling him or her to perform tasks such as creating documents.

Data - consist of individual facts or pieces of information that by themselves may not make much sense to a person. A computer's primary job is to process these tiny pieces of data in various ways, converting them into useful information.

Users - People are the computer operators, also known as users.


8. Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices.
The three input devices are the keyboard, scanner, and the bar code reader. The three output devices are the headphones, screen, and 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.
My favorite software is the Adobe Photoshop because you can do different changes on many types of pictures. I like to edit pictures therefore I believe that this software is the easiest and most efficient to use. This software is not like the cheap websites that ruin your picture, but instead it's professional and useful.

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.
Companies like Apple keep renewing their products because they know people will want to buy them and therefore, make more money. Technology keeps changing each and everyday and so products need to be renewed because of how advanced it is becoming. People don't want to have the old version forever and so they will want to buy the newest version.

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)
Kilobyte	KB	1,000 (1 thousand)
Megabyte	MB	1,000,000 (1 million)
Gigabyte	GB	1,000,000,000 (1 billion)
Terabyte	TB	1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)

 

Assignment 1

1.  Create an acrostic poem using your first name. So what you are going to do is use each letter in your name to create an adjective that describes you or use each letter to write something you like to do.

Monster

Outgoing

Nice

Talkative

Sporty

Energetic

Responsible

Remarkable

Adorable

Talented

2. What technologies do you use in your everyday life? Describe how and why you use the technologies you do.
Technologies that I use in my everyday life are my cellphone, television and computer. I use my cellphone to contact my family, friends, to wake myself up in the morning, keep track of time and to listen to music. I use the television to keep up with my tv shows, see what is going on outside of my city, and to basically watch news. I use my computer to do my school work for example essays, print assignments from Black Board, check my grades, and to download music.


 3. The __ system  unit__ is a case that holds the computer's critical components.


4. A(n) _____work-station_______ is a specialized, single-user computer that typically has more power than a standard PC.

5. A(n) ______network server______ is usually a powerful personal computer that functions as the primary computer in a network.

6. ______Supercomputers_________ are the most powerful computers made.


7. What does "PC" stand for?
It stands for personal computer.

 8. Research how computers play a crucial part in nearly every government agency. Pick an agency and discuss how that agency uses computers and why computers make their jobs easier. Some examples of government agencies that use technology frequently are the U.S. Census Bureau, IRS, Military, and Police.
The FBI uses their computers in many ways for example so they can get connected with their satellites and to also use surveillance with cameras in which are connected to their computers. Lastly, they also use their computers to save important files such as criminal information, history with any crimes, people, arrests, and many more things.