Assignment 6: Results of Online Polls

1. Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?  I don't think it was a 100% accurate because not the whole class answered the polls. However, I think my class mates did a pretty good job answering based on their opinions. They were true to their answers in the most part.
2. How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you received? It has some impact because they answer based on how clear the question is and their understanding. Still, they were easy questions that weren't hard to answer based on their personal likes.
3. Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why? I did because I know my classmates personality and what they like mostly. I think everybody answered honestly and did not lie.
4. If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Tecnologico de Monterrey 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? First I would choose a type of poll that works better for answering the question. Maybe an open answer question works better because they can put the number of hours and explain why. Later I would tell each grade to take it to calculate the results at the end.
5. Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tec de Monterrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not? Maybe it could help depending on the question that is being asked. They could get to know a little more of some students but not everyone because in cases of education and teaching many lie.
6. How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person? In person, they can give me way more detail and explain me why they chose that answer, than if it was by a social media etc. Also, they can choose something else that is not included in the answer and that could help me make my polls and questions better.
7. 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 think it wasn't hard if its explain correctly. Google Spreadsheets needs more directions to know where to go and that way trouble decreases by a lot in order to work efficiently. It can be improved by a lot, maybe making shortcuts because there is a lot of clicking to get started.

Asignment - Polls

Multiple choice

Checkbox

Choose from a list

Open answer

Assignment 5

Assignment 5

 

You must write 3-5 sentences for each response except for question 4 and 8.


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?
 

It encourages innovation because they offer many services that make employees happy at work so that way they work well and are looking forward to do excellent things and to keep their work at Google. Google makes their life's more easy making work and enjoyable experience.

 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?

It encourages because they get time to relax, get free food and accomplish other needs that no other job offers, and that gives them time to get stress off their minds for a while and be active workers when its time to get back to the office. At the time of creating projects, Google lets them spend their time but then later they have already accumulated ideas to succeed in their jobs.
 


3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?

Google looks for smart people who can get things done. They need leadership and role-related knowledge. The company is less concerned about grades and transcripts and more interested in how they think. The difference is the ability to hire is random.



4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?

In 2012 the average searches per day was of 5,134,000,000.


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 makes it much easier because they immediately give you some options about what your typing. Also, helps it to become more curious about other things related or even random things. It saves time and makes it more reliable when you want to search information.



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?

Because it has countless information that needs to be secure from anything. Only critical employees are needed because they can hack the system and there would be many problems throughout the web, for that reason is very private. If someone could enter the server room they might steal their ideas.



7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?

There are many services and is a friendly environment. Its all amazing, from getting free food, to free doctors visit and much more. You have free time that you could spend it in the library or in other places and the offices are different making working for Google a joyful experience.



8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?

-Software engineer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
-Product manager: investigates, selects, and develops products for an organization, performing the activities of product management.
-Business analyst: analyzes the organization and design of businesses, government departments, and non-profit organizations, they also assess business models and their integration with technology.
-Interaction designer: they study devices with which a user can interact, in particular computer users.
-Test at Google: Tests anything related to Google, from products to webpages.



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?

 -Driverless car program- To drive safer but still no word on when will this be available.
-Google Glass- Lets you read your tweets, and a lot of other things without having to pull out your phone. It is expected to release a consumer version of Glass next year.
-Android@Home- Aims to connect your entire house to the internet like something out of a sci-fi movie. No date or known time to get this done.
Other projects:
-Elevator to space
-Android-powered smart watch


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?

He thinks is no longer a start-up because he thinks is better for working in a small company. If they worked for a small company they have more responsibilities than just following a crowd of people. Is better to do and accomplish someone's little idea or project and make it happen.



11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?

There are many similarities between search engines like Google and Bing however it is somewhat different. Google is different because they are the leader in the Search space and in addition a very mature and sophisticated search engine. Bing is infancy and has yet to develop some of the rich indexing capabilities that exist with Google. Bing does not support the Canonical tag and does not offer Canonical URL management in their Webmaster Center.

Review exam 1

Review Exam 1

The difference between analog and digital: The main difference between analogy and digital signals is that an analogue signal is continuous and a digital signal is discrete. Analog technologies record waveforms as they are, while digital technologies convert analog signals into numbers. Digital communication systems offer much more efficiency, better performance, and much greater flexibility than analog.

Random Access Memory (RAM) - access memory is a form of computer data storage.

Read-Only Memory (ROM) -  computer memory on which data has been prerecorded.

World Wide Web – an information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another

Data (computer) –  large quantities of standard information used for reference

Program - A software application or software program is the most commonly found software on the computer

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

Hardware – The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system.

 Software – The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

Title (resource) –

Creator (resource) –

Subject (resource) -
Publisher (resource) -
Contributor (webpage) –
Format (resource) -

MP3 – Means of compressing a sound sequence into a very small file, to enable digital storage and transmission.

 Cyberbully - Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology
Database - 
 
Desktop - background image of a display screen on which windows icons and other graphical items appear.
  
E-mail - messages distributed by electronic devices by an account.

Home page - the main page of a website

Keyword -  word or concept of great significance.

 Password - words or numbers to get in an account

Paste - To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

Search Engines - computer software used to search data 

 URL Address - Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator (URL) it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

 
User name - name used to access a webpage and view people.
 

File format – a way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

Hacker - someone who gets in someone else account

Keyboard - it is used for typing in the computer

Retrieve (document) - the ability to search for documents by keywords and ither attributes such as date and author.

Assignment 4

Assignment 4

1. Discuss what the main idea of the video is?
The main idea is to see how much the world has changed throughout history. Technology affects positively and negatively the people. It makes you think if you are past oriented or future oriented. For example, people cant manage waiting anymore and kids now have a different mentality.

 2. Do you see yourself as past oriented or future oriented? Why?
I see myself as a future oriented person because technology is part of me. I see time like opportunities to do something and I get anxious pretty fast. I don't look at my past like I look at my future, the future is more important to me.

 3. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker in the video? Explain why?
I agree because he says that people now a days cant wait for something, they want everything FAST!!! In addition, I also believe kids focus more on playing video games than focusing on the future. There is also many people that look at the past and not in the future and that waste their time only on job and not family anymore.

 4. Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"? Explain your answer.
I do because young adults are addicted to technology, they want to be updated with the world. Also, people have begun to be more lazy than ever and they just want to do nothing. They prefer to drop school than to be listening to a teacher.

 5. Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch? 
The narrator argues because we want more. The wristwatch doesn't do anything special at all. We want things like phones that can multitask.

1. Why did Sir Tim Berner's Lee decide to make the World Wide Web free when he created it at CERN?
Because he noticed that more users would wanted because it was free. Many people don't want to pay for things, and now it is a daily thing. The World War Web is something everyone wants and needs and he figured that out.

 2. What are the benefits of having "web addresses," an idea that Sir Tim Berner's Lee created?
We can look up many things nonstop! Whenever we want to look information we can with just a click, and if we want to look more we can. It is more easier than finding info in a book.

3. How does the World Wide Web allow people from all over the world to communicate?
Because it is a big network linked to many webpages. The links connect all over the world which allow people to communicate through world wide web pages. Social media allows people to also communicate.

4. Why is it important to link information? What are the benefits of having instant access to information?
Because if we link information we have better access and we know more specific details. The benefits, are many, we can find answers in seconds. Also, it can help us when we need the answer instantly and there is no time to wait.

Assignment 3

Information processing cycle

Assignment 2

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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.

 Pros: It is easy to handle because it is similar to a PowerPoint. It saves your work by itself. There are many options to edit. It is an easy way to share your work with others plus it's free.

Cons: It doesn't do spellcheck automatically like Microsoft. there aren't many layouts you can pick from. There aren't many variety kinds of fonts, sizes or colors.

 2. What did you learn about your technology that you didn't know before? Explain.

We learn who made YouTube and its first video which is still viewable. We learned about the history and its transformation. It was a long process but very interesting. Now it is one of the most visited webpages.


 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 company bought YouTube?
A. Bing
B. Google
C. Facebook
D. No one, YouTube is still on its own

4. What does URL stand for?
 Uniform (or universal) resource locator

5. What is the URL for Mr. Fierro's Blogger?
http://principlestechnology.blogspot.com/

6. What is your URL for your Blogger created for Principles of Technology class?
http://fridacamille.blogspot.com/

7. Using the notes from the Parts of a Computer System, identify and define the four parts of a complete computer system.

1. 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.
2. software- A set of instructions that makes the computer perform tasks. In other words , software tells the computer what to do.
3. user- People are the computer operators.
4. 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.

 8. Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices.

Input: Mouse, Keyboard, Microphone

Output: Monitor, Speakers, Printer.

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 Microsoft Windows because it is easy to use and has many programs that are helpful for school. I like how you can use many things on the software. Its pretty and also very colorful but not that much like the new version.

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.

Because they want people to buy the new products and keep up with new technology. People also tell them what should the product have and they keep making them better and better. They also make them to beat their competition and be the best corporation.


11. For question 11 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
Megabyte	MB	1,000,000
Gigabyte	GB	1,000,000,000
Terabyte	TB	1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)