Friday, February 28, 2014

The minority report: What can/do we do?


Two Day Learning Target(s):  I can EXAMINE the social implications of DATA MINING by READING and ANNOTATING an article, engaging in a DISCUSSION, and exploring our own uses for such technologies.

Announcements: 
  • Next Week we go OUTSIDE to take pictures: You will have more fun if you have a fully charged camera or camera phone of your own.  You have less than 7 days to find one if you can!
Agenda: 
  • Typing TEST [07]
  • The Minority Report: Get out your reading and pull up your responses
    • THE DISCUSSION [30] - Cold Call with Socratic followups
      • What is DATA MINING?
      • What was the most important IDEA in the article? 
        • If your's was said already look for another "!" to tell us about.
      • What is the most important QUESTION you still have FROM or ABOUT the article? 
        • If your's was said already look for another "?" to tell us about.
      •  What do you AGREE WITH in the article? 
      •  What do you DIS-AGREE WITH in the article? 
    • THE NEXT STEPS [20]
      • What things about EA might we "figure out" if we had access to ALL of the DATA?
      • What things to we WANT to find out?
      • What DATA could we use?
      • How do we collect, store, manipulate, and MINE this data?
      • WHAT WILL WE DO?




    • SPREADSHEETS VS DATABASES - there WILL be a quiz
      • Flat File vs. Relational
      • Isn't a spreadsheet really a database?
        • Google forms and the rise of super fast data indexing

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