Technology Fundamentals

• Course Information (Google Document)
• Introduction
  • Christian Perspective on Technology (Google Presentation)
  • WCS Acceptable Use Policy (Google Presentation)
• What? So What? Now What? Presentations
  • What? So What? Now What? Presentations (Google Presentation)
  • Student Presentations Schedule (Google Document)
• Computer Basics
  • Logging-in
  • Email Etiquette (Google Presentation)
    • Navigating Email System
    • Trash vs. Archive
    • Muting, Blocking, Spam
      • Monty Python Spam Sketch (YouTube Video)
    • Composing Messages
    • Reply vs. Reply All, Forward
• RenWeb
• Google Classroom
• Bits & Bytes (Google Presentation)
  • Different Counting Sytems
• Laptop Components (Google Presentation)
  • What's inside the Apple iPhone 6S? (YouTube Video)
  • Google Pixel XL Teardown (YouTube Video)
  • Laptop Components Quiz
• "Cloud" vs. Local Computing (Google Presentation)
• Operating System Terminology (Google Presentation)
• Filenames and File Extensions (Google Presentation)
• Mouse & Keyboard Practice
• Troubleshooting (PDF Document)
• Typing
  • Keyboard Layout (PNG)
  • Typing Tests
    • Typing Club
    • Free Online Typing Tutor
    • 10 Key Typing
  • Typing Special Characters: International Keyboard
• Online Safety
  • Articles
    1. How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life
    2. Megan Meier's Story
    3. Bullied Teen Leaves Behind Chilling YouTube Video, Sexting scandal at Cañon City High involves hundreds of students
    4. Alex From Target: The Other Side of Fame
  • Sexting (Google Presentation)
  • Online Safety Questions (Google Presentation)
  • Worst Passwords of 2018
• Technology and Your Health
  • Articles
    1. Ergonomics
    2. Eye Strain
    3. Blue Light
    4. Ear Buds
    5. FOMO
    6. Multitasking
    7. Self-Control
    8. Social Media Addiction
    9. Addictive Technology
    10. The Power of Persuasive Technology
    11. Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
    12. How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds (PDF)
  • Classical Conditioning from "The Office" (Vimeo Video)
  • How Do Cell Phones Impact Our Relationships (YouTube Video)
  • Moby & The Void Pacific Choir: Are You Lost In The World Like Me? (YouTube Video)
  • Technology and Your Health Quiz
  • The Last Text (YouTube Video)
  • Distracted Driving
  • Distracted Driving Simulator
• Moodle
  • Moodel Login Instructions
  • Moodle Login
• The Internet
  • How the Internet Works (Google Presentation)
  • Convert to binary tool
  • What is my Browser?
  • Visual route tracer
  • Internet speed test
  • List of Top-level Domains
  • Domain name registration
  • Whois search
  • DNS (IP address) lookup
  • Alexa Site Rankings
  • Google Phishing Quiz
  • Search
    • The History of Search (Google Presentation)
    • Google Advanced Search
    • Google Scholar
    • Google Books
  • Evaluating Sources
    • Articles
      1. How the internet is loosening our grip on the truth
      2. The Macedonian teens who mastered fake news
      3. How Roger Ailes polarized TV news
      4. 'Captain Marvel' attacked by trolls, Wikipedia blames PR firm for skewing entries
      5. Critics say the media make innocent blacks look dangerous
      6. It was London's top restaurant. Just one problem: it didn't exist.
      7. How I used lies about a cartoon to prove history is meaningless on the internet
      8. The movie that doesn't exist and the Redditors who think it does
      9. Viral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In India
  • Factitious
  • GetBadNews.com
  • Internet Research (Google Presentation)
  • How to Spot Fake News (PDF Document)
  • Fact Checking Resources
    • Snopes.com
    • Factcheck.org
    • Politifact.com
    • Econofact.org
    • USAfacts.org
    • Allsides Bias Ratings
  • Evaluating Sources Worksheet (PDF)
  • Is Wikipedia a valid source?
• Google Docs
  • Basic Operations
    • Google Docs Skills Practice (PDF)
    • Olympics Outline Assignment (PNG)
    • U.S. Elections Outline Assignment (PNG)
    • Election Results Table Assignment (PNG)
    • WCS Times Assignment (PDF)
• MLA Format
  • Writing Papers in MLA Format (PDF)
  • Sample MLA Paper - Spanish Peru
  • Sample MLA Paper - ADHD Tutoring
  • MLA Checklist (Google Document)
  • MLA Citation Examples
  • Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - MLA
• Styles
• APA Format
  • Sample APA Paper - Spanish Peru
  • Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - APA
• Copyright & Copywrong
  • Common Sense Media: Copyright and Fair Use
  • Copyright Basics (YouTube Video)
  • Copyright Flowchart
  • Is it Protected by Copyright?
  • Image in Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles tweet pulled for copyright infringement
  • Copyright & Copywrong (Google Presentation)
  • Copyright Quiz
  • Resources
    • Creative Commons (public domain images)
    • Pixabay.com (public domain images)
    • Unsplash.com (public domain images)
    • Google Image Search (& reverse image search)
    • Photosforclass.com (properly attributed public domain images)
• Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Office 365
    • Office 365 Sign-up
    • Office 365 Login
  • Basic Operations
    • Sample Flyer Assignment (PDF)
    • Table & Outline Assignment (PDF)
    • Tab Stops
      • Tabbed Chart (PDF)
  • Mail Merge
    • Overdue List (Excel Spreadsheet)
• Google Sheets
  • Basic Operations
    • Google Sheets Basics Assignment (PDF)
  • Graphing
    • Graphing Data (Google Presentation)
    • Data for Graphing
• Microsoft Excel
  • Excel Practice (PNG image)
• Image Creation Software
  • Google Drawing Practice (PNG image)
  • Flowcharts
  • Flowchart Assignment
  • Pixlr.com
• 3D Printing
  • Tinkercad.com
  • 3D Print Examples (Google Presentation)
  • Willis Tower Project (Google Presentation)
• Slide Presentation Software
  • Effective Presentations (Google Presentation)
  • Choose Your Own Adventure (Google Presentation)
    • CYOA Storyboard (PDF)
  • Church Slideshows (Google Presentation)
• Coding & Programming
  • Hour of Code on Code.org
  • HTML on Codecademy
  • CSS on Codecademy
  • HTML Editors:
    • Chromebook / Chrome: Use Caret (install from Chrome Web Store)
    • Windows & Mac: Download and use Brackets
  • FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
    • net2ftp.com
• Javascript
• Google Sites
• Other Links
• History of Communication Technology (Google Presentation)
• Convert Image to Spreadsheet
• The Greatest Machine That Never Was (Video)
• How Floppy Drives Worked (YouTube Video)
• Moral Machine
• Virtual Turing Tumble
• Logic.ly
• thispersondoesnotexist.com
• recursivedrawing.com
• Period 3 Random Name Picker
• Period 6 Random Name Picker

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