Assignments

toc =Assignments for Project 2=

October 26, 2009
Due on October 28, 2009

**Homework:**
Find an informative web page about Artificially Intelligent systems. Bookmark and annotate it in [|Diigo]. In your annotation: Additionally, **prepare for a quiz** on today's material on Wednesday.
 * //**Describe**// how you found the web page (i.e. which search engine and keywords you used).
 * **//Make Inferences//** to determine whether the web page can be considered a primary, secondary, or tertiary source for your research.
 * Write an MLA citation for the web page.

=Assignments for Project 1=

September 14, 2009
Due on September 16, 2009

Homework:
Read the remainder of the handout on Social networks. //**Discuss**// the benefits and drawbacks of student use of social networks in class. Write/type on paper and hand it in at the beginning of the next class.

September 16, 2009
Due on September 18, 2009

Homework:
Investigate a social network. In a post on Turnitin, write up your findings, including doing the following: //**Identify**// the social network you are investigating (1 point) //**Describe**// the essential features of the site (2 points) //**Compare**// the features of the site to the capabilities of the sites that you have already looked at in class (2 points)

September 18, 2009
Due on September 22, 2009

**Project work (start in class, finish for homework):**
Choose a social networking service that you are familiar with (and which is accessible in school). Make a thorough investigation of the site, including the following (publish your findings in a GoogleDoc with the title //"Tech-10: Social Networks Project: [Your Name]"//, shared with me at ssaha@bsge.org)
 * Document the steps necessary to sign up for an account at the site. (1 point)
 * Document the types of information that are displayed in the User profile. (1 point)
 * Document the ways in which members of the site can communicate and associate with one another. (1 point)
 * Find two reviews of the social network published on other web sites. Bookmark these reviews in Diigo in the BSGE_Tech_10 group, and annotate them. Include annotated citations to these sources in your GoogleDoc. (2 points)

September 22, 2009
Due on September 24, 2009

**Homework:**
Revise and post your Design Brief in GoogleDocs (//title is "Tech-10: Social Networks Design Brief: [Your Name]", shared with me at ssaha@bsge.org)//

September 24, 2009
Due on September 29, 2009

**Project Work: (start in class, finish for homework)**

 * 1) Test possible programs or web services for creating your own screencast. For each one that you test, create a short screencast with it, and then attempt to upload the screencast you created to Blip.tv and to youthvoices.net.
 * Jing ([])
 * Screencast-o-matic ([])
 * Screen Toaster ([])
 * Screen Castle ([])
 * FreeScreencast ([])
 * Other tools (some of which can be downloaded and run on your computer at home) can be found here
 * 1) Write up your findings in your Social Networks Project GoogleDoc. Include the following:
 * Which programs or web services you investigated (minimum three)
 * Describe the features you liked and did not like about each program/service
 * Based on your research so far, explain which program or service would you choose to do your final screencast.

**Project Work:** (start in class, finish at home) Create your own Design Specification for this project.

 * Design Specification must include the items in bold on the sample document. The remainder are up to you.
 * Specification should show evidence of research to solve a problem, either by personal experience or by referring to cited sources (preferably both).
 * Upload your Design Specification to Turnitin by Monday, October 5th.

**Project Work:** (start in class, finish at home) Create two alternate storyboards for your project.

 * Create a Google Presentation named **"Tech 10 Social Networks Project Storyboard: [your name]"** and share it with ssaha@bsge.org.
 * On this presentation, create two alternate storyboards for your screencast.
 * You may use screenshots of your own, or ones that you can find on the Internet.
 * In your speaker's notes, outline what you will say, and put what you will do in square brackets [ ].
 * Distinguish the two storyboards with two separate title slides.