You may redo the assignments from yesterday. Many people did not even attempt them!

Future of advertising:

Three posts today for grades.

First read this article.

This is from the blog of the guys who wrote the book "Freakonomics".

Three questions:

• What is 'product placement'?
• How much does Martha Stewart charge to mention a product on the air?
• Do you think her use of this is hurting her ratings?
• What do you think of product placement?
  

Read this article about a new book search.

Questions:

• What has changed with the book search?
• Do you think people will still be reading books in 10 years? Why or why not?
• How long do you currently read online per day (in hours)? How long do you currently read offline per day (in hours)?
  

First read this article and summarize what her advice is for the class of 2007.

Next, explain whether she is optimistic or pessimistic. How can you tell?

Thirdly you will write your OWN 300 word speech for current graduates. What advice do you have for current graduates?

Click here to go to a good site.

First article summary on your blog (out of three).

Linux vs. Microsoft:
Visit this site: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/
-According to this obviously biased site, when should people stick with Windows?
-Which are the three most compelling reasons to migrate to Linux, according to the web site ? Elaborate on each.
-Create a hyperlink to the above website on your blog. A hyperlink is able to be clicked and doesn't need to be copied and pasted into the address bar.

First read this article concerning the loss of history and digital archives.
-How does the situation today compare with what happened at the library of Alexandria?
-Give a summary of the article and your own feelings as to whether the American government should invest money in this project.

Write at least two paragraphs.
This will be a grade in the grade book.

There are a few aspects of this performance that are important to high school students. Read this:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963202.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562

An astute student suggested printed out copies of the study guide!

So on Monday you will get a paper copy of the study guide.

It will be complete so you can study away from the computer.

Over the weekend read the following articles all the way through:

1. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/pf/0705/gallery.credit_score/index.html is an article about credit scores.
   
2. http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/18/news/economy/record_gas_retail_hit/index.htm?postversion=2007051807 an article about rising gasoline prices.
3. http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=2007-05-18T110313Z_01_WEN8226_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-GENERALELECTRIC-DC.XML
   
   is an article about GE selling its plastics division to a foreign company.
4. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN1627079220070518
   is an article about a new computer chip by AMD.
5. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=:ePkh8BM9E0KzgxVohwELPluMBB6t_Jx2-ebKL8mz7pxoDWE7DABzuBGM/2-0&fp=464db1ca70324c14&ei=15RNRqneKL2KtAH8mJHrAg&url=http%3A//www.reuters.com/article/TechnologyMediaTelecoms07/idUSL1872411020070518&cid=1116427049&sig2=nPbTGhjM0Lcp0aLY9s04Fw
   is an article about advertisements on cell phones.

Staying current is one of the most important things in business.

Day 4 Questions for Midterm:

1. What are Internet cookies?
2. What are packets?
3. What route do packets take over the Internet?
4. What is a 404 error on the web?
5. What is 'e-commerce'?
6. What is the difference between ebay and craigslist?
7. What is SSL?
8. What are the two major ways for home users to connect to the Internet via a high speed connection?
9. What is a T-1 line?
   

Essay questions (10 points each):

• Describe how a business can use open-source software (Firefox, Open Office, Linux) to increase their productivity. What are the benefits to open-source alternatives? What are the benefits to Microsoft products?
• How can a small-business utilize Google's services and products to increase their exposure and profits?
• Explain the steps in creating a web site from scratch using a program like Dreamweaver from inception to getting the word out after publishing the site online.

DUE ON THE DAY OF THE FINAL USING GOOGLE DOCUMENTS.

YOUR DOCUMENT MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING HEADING:

LAST NAME, FIRST NAME
Period Number #
FINAL ESSAY EXAM

First period is due on May 24th 2007 before 2:30 pm.
Third period and Fourth period is due on May 25th 2007 before 2:30 pm.

Your responses may range from a single paragraph to five paragraphs but you may not copy a single sentence from anyone else without giving them credit for their work! This is very important and you will absolutely receive no credit if you copy work from other people.

See me if you do not have a Google Document account.

More FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS (not midterm as I said in yesterday's post):

# Who edits Wikipedia?
# What is Web 2.0?
# What is a social network?
# Which corporation owns Myspace.com?
# How do Digg.com and Reddit.com work?
# Why do people visit Monster.com?
# What does FTP stand for?
# What does HTTP mean?
# What is the file extension for Flash media that is available to see online?
# What is the file extension for Microsoft Word files?
# What is the file extension for Microsoft Excel files?
# What is the difference between Excel and Word?
# What is the file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint?
# How is Google Documents different from Microsoft Word and Excel?
# What is Linux?
# How does Linux differ from Microsoft Windows?
# What is Adwords?
# How would one profit from Adsense?

Today's questions for the midterm:

Day 1 Questions -

1. When were the following companies founded? (a) Google, (b) Microsoft, (c) Yahoo?
2. Who were the founders of each of those companies?
3. Last year (2006), what did the following companies make in revenue (a) Google, (b) Microsoft, (c) Yahoo?
4. What is .NET?
5. What is the Google Page Rank Algorithm? Basically, how are the placements of searches made?
6. Which company purchased Flickr.com?
7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler?
8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?
9. What is money coming in to a company? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (a) Accounts payable (b) Overhead (c) Wages (d) Revenue.
10. What is a share of stock?
11. What does Alcoa do? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (a) Mine diamonds (b) Make computers (c) Mine aluminum (d) Accounting.
12. What does the abbreviation GE stand for?
13. What does the CEO do in a company?
14. What does the CFO do in a company?
15. What is the NYSE? NASDAQ?
16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation?
17. What is an IPO?

PUT YOUR ANSWERS ON YOUR BLOG!

Having trouble with uploading the information?

I made this tutorial for you! It should make the process simpler!

CLICK HERE!

You are going to create a web page using Dreamweaver and uploaded to the class server.
Year-end Retrospective/Online, Digital Portfolio


Links and explanations:
5 grades.

1. Link to your 3d warehouse. No need to comment since the models should be self-explanatory. You find your models by going to http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
and log in. Click on "My models" and copy and paste the URL into your Dreamweaver.
2. Business information. http://finance.google.com and explain the process for finding out additional information about a public company. Do you find Google Finance easy to use?
3. Stock market game. Link to the site and evaluate your performance in the market with your fictional 100,000.
4. Link to your personal stumbleupon.com page and give your impressions of the Firefox add-on.
5. Link to mozilla.org: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ and give your impressions of Firefox. Which do you prefer Firefox or Internet Explorer (or indifferent)?
6. Link to the class message board: http://www.davidcfreer.com and give your impressions of the site.
7. Link to your start-up business web page that you created with the template from http://www.oswd.org and you uploaded to davidcfreer.com. This page is hosted at davidcfreer.com/~YourUserName. How realistic is your business idea?
8. Upload one of your Flash creations you made this year to davidcfreer.com/~YourName. Link to your creation on your page. (Extra credit if you embed the Flash in the HTML! It's not hard, just go to Insert->
9. Link to your class blog.
10. Link to the class blog: www.killianbusiness.blogspot.com


Pictures:
1 grade.

1. Find a picture of a server and put it on your page.
2. Find a picture of Killian Senior High.


Layout:
2 grades.

1. Are the links and explanations arranged logically and neat?
2. Is there appropriate color on the page? Is there a background?


Due Friday May 11th 2007
Here's my retrospective up to this point:
http://david.freer.googlepages.com/home.

P.S. If you get a gmail account you can use pages.google.com instead of Dreamweaver.

Your passwords for the class server can be found here.

1. Start up Fire Ftp in Firefox.
2. Upload your Flash files to the server.
3. View them by going to user davidcfreer.com/~User/filename.swf
4. Post on web page using Dreamweaver.

Look how many times this has been viewed. Youtube.com so not visible at school.

There are many people who did not post their Sketch Up online or do the work when the substitute was here. You can still do this without penalty! Post this on your blog today!

This doesn't seem fair but it's done by an algorithm.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=12462578235233164229

Here is the assignment from Thursday when the sub was there:

Review two articles from http://money.cnn.com/. Article reviews must be at least 50 words long.

After you are done with this, finish your three designs using Sketch-Up. Upload your house and your other two creations with Sketch Up 6 by go to File-> 3-D Warehouse-> Share. From there pick a nickname and upload your work. Once your work is on the screen click on the link to the art and put the link on your blog.

Review two articles from http://money.cnn.com/. Article reviews must be at least 50 words long.

After you are done with this, finish your three designs using Sketch-Up. Upload your house and your other two creations with Sketch Up 6 by go to File-> 3-D Warehouse-> Share. From there pick a nickname and upload your work. Once your work is on the screen click on the link to the art and put the link on your blog.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=a650983093f8c1cc2c4fe531a1ae4fc7

I wrote a bit about myself in a PowerPoint. You can read it here.

You can open it with Internet Explorer, Firefox is going to ask you to save it.

The future can seem scary!

Finish your home and design two other things of your choice! Put them online by going to File -> 3-D Warehouse -> Share.

After the tutorial...

I installed Google Sketchup 6 on the computers in the lab in room 319. Today you are going to finish your house and design two other models which you will place online in the 3-d warehouse. Once your work is online you are to put a link to it on your blog.

I was sad I missed any...
but I didn't use Google for any questions!

Here is the program we used in class:
http://sketchup.google.com/

Here is an example of some work done by a student in my second period:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=12664904406918692112

Guy's just trying to make a buck.

Drug companies and doctors.

Sports are big business. This racer says NASCAR is fake.

Credit cards can ruin your life!

Don't lose your cell phone!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Federal_Reserve

not for life....

Presentation about corporate accounting. Quiz on Monday.

Open with Microsoft Internet Explorer or save to your desktop.

Second presentation concerning basic economics: click here.

No websurfing during the presentation. Self-control is lacking.

According to this study, smarter people make more money.

Today you are going to look specifically at some of the largest corporations in the world (most founded in America).

• General Electric
  
• Alcoa
  
• Chevron
• JP Morgan Chase
• Cardinal Health
• Morgan Stanley
• Altria Group
• Procter and Gamble
• Boeing
• Statefarm

For each company you are to do the following:

• Write a sentence describing what each company does.
• Include a picture of their "core competency".
• The company's profit, revenue, and total current assets.
• A paragraph describing your prediction of the company's future.

Due on Friday but finish today. It's quite easy.

This is a good site for information: http://finance.google.com

Write it up with docs.google.com and add me as a collaborator.

First you are going to add me as a friend on stumbleupon.

First click here:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/find_friend.php

And search for
mrfreerkillian

I finally got the phpBB forum up and running! Please register here:

www.davidcfreer.com

I don't have a way to email passwords (Bellsouth disables port 25), so there will be an error message...but do not despair. Simply go to Login and use the user name and password you just created. Extra credit if you leave a message in one of the forums I created.

When you successfully sign up for the forum, you will get the following message:

Ran into problems sending Mail. Response: 502 Command is locally disabled

DEBUG MODE

Line : 126
File : smtp.php

THAT MEANS IT WORKS! Just click on login and leave a reply or new topic.

(SMTP refers to sending emails, which like I mentioned, Bellsouth blocks.)

What should be taught in high school? Notice how the author annoyingly writes "highschool"...oh well, the ideas are insightful.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

How I spend my time (an interesting pie chart!)

Create two graphs and place links to them on your blog using this link.

The first will be a bar graph with all the expenses for your college experience.

The second will be a pie chart with a pie chart showing the amount of time you spend out of school doing the following things:

• Listening to music
• Playing sports
• Doing homework
• Working for $
• Doing nothing
• Or whatever you do!!

Create a link to the chart and paste it into your blog.

http://www.wired.com/software/softwarereviews/news/2007/04/lavidagoogle

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18cnd-virginia.html?hp

• Assuming an interest rate of 6.8% what is the total cost of a $50,000 loan if the minimum payment is $200 per month?
• Assuming an interest rate of 4.8% what is the total cost of a $50,000 loan if the minimum payment is $200 per month?

Assume a payback of 10 years.

http://www.finaid.org/calculators/loanpayments.phtml

ATT has a cool speech demo.

How gratifying is the work?

Continuing the theme of higher-education week, today we will focus on the costs and benefits of university using Google Spreadsheets.

Select one of the colleges from yesterday and find out the following information:

• Tuition for a semester (five classes)
• Average cost for books per semester
• Cost for a dorm for a semester or an apartment or house
• Find a meal plan for a semester on the school website or guess your food costs for a month
• Give costs for transportation
• Shopping costs?
• How much will you spend on fun?

Include links to everything you find online.

Investigate two possible majors on your blog. Write a summary of them. Here is a link to start.

By the way, here is a link to investigate the best universities and colleges in the country.

Investigate three prospective colleges.

Put a link to three universities or colleges and write a brief summary why you are interested in the school. If you are a senior, write about three schools you considered and the school you chose.

http://www.2addicted.com/words

This game is really addictive.

Two blog posts:

Do you agree with the author about "cutting and pasting" being an important skill?

Paul Graham got a lot of attention for saying this. Do you agree with his assertion?

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If you were interested, Goowy is making a lot of people notice. Check it out.


Also don't make these grammatical errors.

Colleges are more selective. Don't be lazy.

In demand jobs.

For each of the ten jobs you need to answer the following three questions:

• Are you interested in the job? Simple yes no answer.
• What type of salary is available? (Put a link to the information.)
• What type of education is necessary for the job?

First as a class we will discuss the following terms:

1. Blog
2. Web Site
3. FTP
4. HTTP
5. Web services
6. Podcasts
7. RSS feeds
8. VOIP
9. Web mail
   
10. Web browser: Firefox vs. Internet Explorer
    
    Then you will consider each term on your own blog and whether it is relevant to a small business or a large corporation.
    

First go to this site:

http://fireftp.mozdev.org/

Click install.

Next go to edit options and ALLOW the site to install.

Restart the browser and go to Tools and click on FireFTP.

Click on Manage Accounts and enter the information I gave you on the sheet exactly as it appears.

Then click connect.

Then find your HTML and SWF files and upload them to the public_html directory.

This is just too strange...

Download template for a personal website from www.oswd.org. On the personal website include information about your personal goals and aspirations. Think of the theme of this personal website is "aptitude" and "interest". Bring together their personal and professional interests, aspirations, and favorite links and pictures.

We will put this and your business web page and business Flash online tomorrow.

Today you are going to create an excellent, professional Flash for your business!

Extra credit:
Put your template online. Here are some links.

google.com/calendar

Quiz on networking terms tomorrow.

Second, go to your business template and add three links to important businesses.

Most people saved it to the Desktop or My Documents.

Everyone of you has a blog. Apparently Israel does too.

And a Myspace (You have to watch a brief ad to read that one.)

Americans are more likely to default on their mortgages lately. Look at what this cartoonist thinks:

Today I want you to answer three questions about Warren Buffett on your blog. Who is he and how did he make all his money? Also read the part about what he is doing with the bulk of his fortune and explain on your blog.

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Questions from yesterday due Friday before 10pm! Add me as a collaborator with your Google Docs today before you forget.

Question #4 is a Java applet to trace Internet traffic and view IP addresses.

Piggy-backing refers to "borrowing" a neighbor's signal without paying them or letting them know.

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Today we will be customizing templates for your business that you created for the Herald business plan.

OSWD.org

1. What is a server?
   
2. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/tcpiptutorials/a/ipaddrnotation.htm How many IP addresses can IPv6 handle?
3. What is a computer network?
4. Remember traceroute? Check out this cool implementation of it here: http://visualroute.visualware.com/ and search for any web site you choose. Write a brief review of this Java applet.
5. On the home side of things, click here: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm Define 'technophile'.
6. Still at howstuffworks.com, what does a router do?
7. Consider the question of 'piggy-backingo' off a neighbor's wireless router. Is it the wrong thing to do?
8. Follow the link about 'Phone Line Networking' and summarize how it works in five sentences!
   
9. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2007/0129wireless2.html What is 802.11n all about?
   
10. Summarize three other articles at http://www.networkworld.com/.
11. Define 'bandwidth'.
12. Do you think this is cool? http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Would you ever do such a project?
    
13. What is DNS?
14. http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2005/ssl.asp Where can someone get SSL certifications?
    
15. What is a VPN? What is it used for?
    
16. What is an application server used for?
17. What is a print server?
18. What is the difference between an Intranet and Internet?

Answer these questions using Google Documents and put everything you don't write in quotation marks. Due tomorrow.

An Internet classic. First person to leave a comment on the blog with the year it was published wins an extra A.

The guy who founded Craigslist.org. He could be amazingly rich but he's not. Find out why he doesn't put ads on Craigslist.org.

Two questions:

1. Of all the things we've done this year. which are the most useful and important up to this point?
2. What do you WANT to learn about computers in the last 9 weeks?
   

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/ts_nm/usa_subprime_detroit_dc

Even though I love Mozilla Firefox, in this case you will need Microsoft Internet Explorer to get the resume template. Go here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC063685891033.aspx?pid=CT101449351033

Click on install Active X and verify. Download the template and fill in the information.

Save this file as Resume.doc inside a folder named "Resume" on your H:\ drive.

Read this article and write a summary on your blog.

The Fourth Nine Weeks. Lots of exciting things are planned!

http://tinyurl.com/2nuaup

Business Ethics:

Local Edition.

Story 1
Story 2
Story 3

After reading all the stories answer the following two questions:

• Was the developers' behavior ethical?
• How can this be avoided in the future?

Finding a job online.

Using the most well-known site www.monster.com you are to search for three different job descriptions in two different industries. Simply copy and paste the job descriptions on your blog. In total you will have six different jobs on the blog.

Next you are to write a cover letter asking to be considered for employment to ONE of the employers. This will be a separate post.

Go through the tour of this site:

https://www.buxfer.com/tour.php

Write a review. Is it a good idea or not? Would you use it or not?

Answer on your blog.

Business plans due before 10pm tonight.

DF

Steps to adding all the student blogs from this class to your Google Reader:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/reader
2. Click on "Manage Subscriptions" on the bottom.
3. Click on "Import/Export".
4. Browse your H: drive and select googlereader.opml
5. Click upload.
   

The Internet has revolutionized the entertainment industry. Now everyone can be a published, world-renowned movie critic.

Today you will write a critique of either (1) your favorite movie or (2) the last movie you've seen.

Today's site is http://www.imdb.com.

After you visit the site put a link to the movie main page.

Here's an example, based on a movie I saw yesterday, written by me. This is just for reference as to the length I'm looking for, I really don't care what movie you write about.

Click, by Adam Sandler and starring the familiar cast of characters from all his movies, seems to reflect Sandler's personal transformation into a devoted family man from a wild egotistical comedian. The film's lesson is simple: family before money and career. Though Sandler's character toils endlessly, he's stuck on the corporate treadmill watching others provide all the materialistic comforts he cannot yet afford (even bicycles for his young children, in fantasy movie-land junior architects make less than janitors).

At his breaking point, he finds himself drawn to a Bed, Bath, and Beyond (beware the product-placement, I found myself drawn to the store the next day) where he encounters a mad-scientist played by Christopher Walken. Walken's character gives him a remote control over every aspect of his life for free with the caveat that it can never be returned. Too bad the remote couldn't control for overly-sentimental movies.

But the message is positive and you'll feel for our collective sorry position as we forsake everything else that counts for the comforts of "Bed, Bath, and Beyond". Sandler says to embrace family, faith and fun. I loved the message and the obviously nonsensical plot moved the theme adequately. For a movie that was totally panned by the critics, however, it was a memorable film.

Final Business plan due Monday at 10pm.

A somewhat ignorant discussion of the FCAT on the Herald message board. Check it out.

This man inspired the Matrix. He died.

These are the categories to explain in your business plan:

1.0 Executive Summary

2.0 Company Summary

3.0 Products

4.0 Market Analysis Summary

5.0 Strategy and Implementation Summary

6.0 Management Summary

7.0 Financial Plan

Taken from a student response:

You know those kids that you see, who dont seem to care?
Those students who just fail all the time and say they dont care.
People just are'nt born that way, they have experiences which result in their current behavior.
My proposal is to change the elementary school system first. The whole school is system is horrible, for lack of a better word. The fundamental to eduction is the wanting and craving to learn. To have the student have fun and enjoy learning. You cant make a person learn, they are going to want to. The grading system deserves ridicule, the reward system in elementary schools is disgusting, and all this creates the environment before you. This here, this forcibly creates in schools what you call the smart kids, dumb kids, and those kids who dont care. The smart kids get praise from their teahcers and the others are shuned. They give up, what do you expect?
There should be a system where kids in the early grades not follow a curriculumn but follow their curosity, and their teachers leading the way. It is important the individal drive be initiated at thier early ages.

http://plantsfromparadise.blogspot.com/

One suggestions to make class more conducive to learning.

How can a system be designed so students care more for learning?

China has blocked LiveJournal. It's like a Giant X-Stop!

In order to help better understand what a business plan should have, you are to read through the following business plans.

What do you notice about all the business plans?

Read through the following sections on this website:

1. Basic Company Information
2. Thinking Strategically About Your Company
3. Establishing Baseline Numbers For Start-up Companies
4. Describe Your Product or Service
5. Competitive Comparison

Now you need to start evaluating your business (service or product) according to the five categories above. Below what you wrote yesterday, you will need to explain your business and add me as a collaborator on Google Documents.

The Miami Herald Business Challenge.

You will be entering this.

A sensitive racial issue relating to business.

Cool way to add sounds to your Flash!

Click here.

Search for .wav sounds.

It's important to get in the habit of reading the news. There are a number of great online resources.

Divide your blog post today into three sections. Separate each section with -- as I did. Also most of you don't need to leave comments anymore.

There are many companies working to make renewable energy possible. Of course there are profit motivations, perhaps there are ethical concerns as well. Read this article and summarize it on your blog in your own words.

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Companies state their earnings every quarter. In this case an international company is not making as much as expected: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/technology/02dell.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Why aren't they as profitable now? Answer this question with information from the article and your own personal insights.

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How much should environmental concerns play into business? What are the states doing here?
Is it a good idea? Read the second page. How does Maine deal with recycling electronics?

My cat.

Do you have a facebook?

Kinda spooky.

Gator chomp.

The next Flash animation is either going to be of

Your favorite animal at the zoo

or...

A sporting event

The Flash needs A.) Full color B.) Animation C.) Smooth motion.

After finishing your flash, you need to put the Flash animation online at http://50megs.com within an HTML page. Then put your link on your blog.

Due tomorrow!