This graphic from Baynote Shows a summary of what common online companies like Facebook and Google are doing with your data. This would make a great discussion board topic relating to Big Data for CS Principles.

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Today we are going to review all of the keys weve learned so far.  Well do that by working in Word and typing from page 5 in the book.

After spending some time reviewing we will add two more keys to our "repertoire" - the I (R2) and the R (L1).

Generally speaking, if you miss a day when we learn new keys the next day we will spend some time reviewing the new keys we learned.  So for those who are gone you can use the following day, during what would be a review time for everyone else, to learn the new keys. This should be beneficial in that if you miss a day you wont need to come in before school to make up what you missed - you can just use the "review time" to make up learning the new keys.

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It is sad that in the local book store with the best selection of these:

There is not a single computer science book in these:

My goal? To have enough local high schools offering computer science that is is financially viable for them to carry computer science review books too.

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Fourteen days left...not that anyone here is counting.
The end of the year is always bittersweet. Summer - positive. Goodbyes - negative.
I teach many of my computer science kids for all four years they are in high school. They are going on to great things, but I still miss them.

So this isnt exactly computer science, but it is definitely teaching. And I could use a dose of inspirational.
In the past month I have tried to explain the whole Dave - Eggers/education thing to at least five people. Heres a summary:

• Ted Talk - while I am not a writing teacher, per se, this is exactly what I am trying to create in the lab. I watch this several times a year, always good for inspiration.
•  Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of Americas Teachers - I have not (yet) read this. Seriously folks, it is the end of the school year. If I make it to the end of the day without getting caught in a food fight I am doing really good. It is on my summer catch up list, promise.
• The documentary - Heres an NPR story about the documentary AMERICAN TEACHER. As a computer science teacher one of my grumbles is, well, other teachers grumbles. When they complain about lack of planning time I try to remain calm - most other subjects have age-appropriate books with worksheets and practice problems. Over my 15 years of teaching computer science I have probably written five or six textbooks. Notes, worksheets, projects, the whole thing. These things are in short supply for computer science teachers.
  
  One of the main points of his work here is the amount of money spent on textbooks, $8 billion. Now I do not mind developing materials for my classes, curriculum work is actually part of what I enjoy most about teaching. It is just sad that out of that huge total the computer science teaching community is so under supplied.

So here it is - a little reminder of why we do what we do. Something to get you over the hump until summer. Just curious, where do you find inspiration?

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Overclocking could be both exciting and dangerous. The exciting thing about overclocking is that you could improve the computer’s performance up to 50%. This includes your processors, graphic cards and RAM. The dangerous part of overclocking is that it might damage your hardware permanently if you are not careful.

To learn how to overclock effectively and safely, I highly recommend you to download Overclock Your CPU.



Overclocking is basically like forcing your computer to work faster. Instead of walking, you are asking them to run. If you are careless in monitoring the heat, you might toast your hardware. Fortunately, there are programs that are able to monitor the heat and alert you if they are overheated. Some programs might automatically shut down your PC.

Personally, I have never done overclocking because I treat them as babies. Before you start, you should make sure you have good cooling hardware and heat monitoring programs for your computer.

So, how do I overclock my cpu?

Most overclocking works are done on BIOS. Before your computer reaches Window, you need to access the BIOS and configure the settings for your CPU, RAM and Graphic Cards.

Here’re 2 important tips while you overclock your CPU:

Don’t increase your performance 50% suddenly. It is dangerous to do so. Increase 10% and slowly move up.

Always search for opinions and reviews from people who had overclock their CPU and hardware on forums or search engines.

Click Here To Learn How To Overclock From The Professional

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Have you ever found yourself repeating the same word in a document over and over again? What did you do? Wish you had a thesaurus? Well, guess what. You do!

MS Word comes with a built in thesaurus and all you have to do is get it started!

First, youll need to highlight the word you want replaced.

Now, youre ready to activate the thesaurus.

In older versions of Word, youll want to follow these steps:

• You could go to the Tools menu, Language submenu and Thesaurus choice or you could also just use Shift + F7. That seems faster to me, but you decide.
  
  
• A window will then open with a list of any meanings Word may have and a list of synonyms for you to choose from.
  
  
  
  
• Just pick the word you want to use and then click Replace.
  
  
• An added bonus here is that you can click on one of the meanings and get another list of synonyms to look through as well.

Now, for those of you using Word 2007, as expected, things are slightly different.

• Your thesaurus is found on the Review ribbon (Shift + F7 works here too!)
  
  
  
  
• Once the thesaurus button is clicked (with your word highlighted), you should find that it opens on the right hand side of your program window.
  
  
  
  
• Youll see a whole list of alternatives and, as with the older Word versions, you can click on one of the suggestions and get other synonyms for that word as well.
  
  
• To use a word, click the down arrow and choose Insert from the menu.

As you can see, there are a variety of options. All you have to do is get your thesaurus off the shelf. Oops. I mean, on the screen!

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