Google 20% Final Presentation

Growing Up Online

I am not surprised with...
-People are having an online society.
-People are having relationships online.
-90% of teenagers are online.
-The internet is a place to express.
-It is hard to control what kids do online.
-Adults are not as efficient as teens when using technology.
-People are multitasking when they use the computer.
-Kids use the internet for plagiarism.
-The internet changes personalities.
-Kids hide what they do towards their parents.
-There are no secrets online.
-Kids are not giving their passwords to their parents.
-Most kids keep obvious predators away.
-People still use the internet as a tool.
-Kids hide their thoughts from their parents.

I am surprised with...
-Many teens  don't know how to spend time off the internet. There are many things that you can still do but today, kids lack in creativity.
-Schools are very dependent on technology and a class without a computer is like a desert.
-The ability of students to focus is decreasing.
-Books are not common and Sparknotes is dominating. Some can't even remember when they last read a book.
-Teachers are caring less and less about plagiarism and have decided that what cheating was before is not the same as what cheating is now.
-People judge others through the web. Facebook is becoming a way of bullying.
-People compete for friends and end up adding people they don't know.
-Kids are shy when they look at each other but through Facebook, they feel more confident to say what they are thinking.
-People have their real friends and their online friends. I think this is surprising because you should be able to personally hang around with your real friends.
-People hide their identity while they hang online. This is shocking because you are basically lying to yourself about yourself.
-People even lie about their age in order to seem someone else.
-Their parents are affected from what their children do. I think that the relationship between parents and children is getting weaker.
-Some people regret the things that they do online. This means that there is some consciousnesses improvement.
-People online chase others 'cause they think that the person has a special connection. I'm surprised that the internet has created this obsession.
-Parents need to take control of the computer. I I'm surprised that this is not happening anymore. Now parents what to go on Facebook themselves.
-Parents are stalking their children. This is surprising because they are dong the same thing that they are fighting against of.
-Cyber bullying can easily lead to suicide when the kids has a low self-esteem.
-Webpages that the you the best way to suicide still exist! They are really easy to find.

Today, this things have changed...
-Myspace is not popular anymore.
-I Pods are thinner.
-Smartphones are more common.
-Facebook has more users now.
-YouTube's layout is very different.
-Computers look different.
-Picture quality is better.
-Train travelling has decreased.
-Stalkers are way more common.
-The chase for online predators is stronger each time.
-Microsoft Word's layout is very different.
-People don't use Internet Explorer as the main browser anymore.
-Video game consoles are more modern.
-Microphones are now usually incorporated into computers.
-School tools have been replaced with technological tools. (I Pads as notebooks)

Swiss Schools

Sustainability Mangement School (SUMAS)

This video says that the school is located on the french part of Switzerland. It also states that the curriculum mixes administration with scientific knowledge of sustainability. The focus of some of the courses is to relate sustainability to the daily life. Finally, it states that Switzerland is a very good place to live due to its landscapes and security.

Sustainable consumption & production: a greener world

This video explain the effects of our wastes on Earth. I also states that if we keep consuming at the pace we are, we will soon need double the earth's surface in order to store all of our waste. This video also proposes that if ecological goods are promoted, then the footprint will be less. Today, many industries and consumers are creating some type of awareness in order to help the world become more sustainable. 

An Inconvenient Truth | Film Trailer | Participant Media

This is the trailer to a film that has the objective of informing the audience of the fat but severe damage we are making. It shows how in a year, an entire icecap can be gone. It also uses hurricane Katrina as an example of how the climate is affected. It wants to show the long term consequences of Global Warming and how if we don't change what we are doing, we are all going to suffer. 

FLIGHT MOFFETT TO PHOENIX: BEST OF

This video is showing the first flight of an airplane that is only powered by sun. The pilot expresses that it can theoretically fly forever as there is no fuel on board. The goal is to fly all across America on this plane that only works when the sun is present. This technology can be implemented into many other things and this can lead us to spend only half of the energy that we spend today. 

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: GRADUATION CEREMONY

This is a graduation speech that uses the pilots of the solar-powered airplane to explain the benefits of a big project like that. The speaker states that a difficulty can become an opportunity and how trying is worth it. Another speaker says that only knowledge will never bring you much success. Only when you go beyond, is when you can stand out of the crowd. He also says that the future depends mostly on you. 

Starbucks Keeps it Sustainable

As our consumption is increasing every day, the consequences are being more severe as time goes by. We are seeing changes in our climate, in our waste storage and even in are icecaps. Most of these changes are not very beneficial. Companies such as Unilever or Starbucks are leaving a small footprint towards making Earth a sustainable place. As Starbucks depends on agricultural products, they are looking ahead and have decided to avoid problems in the future.

One of Starbucks’ target was to turn their stores into Green Stores. They focus on building their stores using less energy. They are focused in conserving water as well. They have also implemented recycling in each and every one of their stores. They want to create a type of awareness in their costumers too. Starbucks also wants to stop waste. They have added mugs and flasks to their counter so paper cups are highly reduced.

What Starbucks is doing should be an example. Other companies around the world should realize that doing something to save the world IS possible. 

GAFE

Google Search

Google search is a web search engine owned by Google Inc. It is the most common engine on the web. Google uses a certain algorithm that is confidential to the company. Certain facts of this algorithm are altered when someone searches anything. Google uses spiders and crawlers. These are different programs that lead to keywords. These are the ones that give you different results. Google has a system named PlaceRank were it gives a relevancy score to each page. This is when the order of the appearance of the results is altered.  This PlaceRank has different factors. These include the frequency of keywords in the page and the amount of time that the webpage has existed. Google search wan be very specific if you want to. You can use some of the search tools to change the location, the day of the articles and even the type of results you get.

There are different ways to search anything and get the results you want. This picture explain how everything works.

Google scholar is one of the tools that Google search has. Your search is directly filtered into scholar and academic work. These are more a curate pieces of information that will help the accuracy of your search. The results you get on Google Scholars are the type of pages you want to cite on a report.

As many websites on the web, there are different tricks to it.
If you want to define any word, type 'define:' before it and Google will display results quicker on y our screen.

If you type an equation on to Google, it will give you the answer with no need of opening a calculator app.

Google will also work as a unit converter.

There are some keyword shortcuts that you can use while you are using Google Chrome. Some include:

Ctrl + F                Finding tool
Ctrl +  - / +          Zoom in/Zoom out
Ctrl + L                Select the address bar
Ctrl + Shift + 3/4  Screenshot

Wanna have some fun? Go to http://www.mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-gravity/

A search engine such as Google is very important on a daily basis. Without a search engine as this one, it would be impossible to gather any information on the web. Learning how to use it is fundamental but learning different tricks to it will just make it easier and fun. This tool is helpful for teachers because they can expand their knowledge, gain different work material and learn from the different points of view of everyone on the web. Students often use Google search as their resource for any piece of school work. Knowing things such as how to preform a basic google search properly will give a better quality to their work.