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William Cavada |
William Cavada Introduction to the Internet (LINC 066.01) Krause Center, Room 4002, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills Saturday, December 2, 2017, 9:00 am-2:05 pm
Edited by Peter Y. Chou |
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Preface: William Cavada teaches at Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose. I've taken FASTtech classes
at Foothill College before in Podcasting (Winter 2017) and Photoshop (Spring 2017) with Cavada. I woke up at 6 am, got the
7:58 am Bus #40 to Foothill College at 8:20 am. Krause Center was still locked. Martha Rubin opened
the doors at 8:45 am. Ten students participated in today's class "Introduction to the Internet"
(LINC 066.01).
Cavada told the class to use Adobe Spark
for finding photos and typing in text. However its formatting is not elegant enough, so I'm composing it
in HTML instead. The numbering refers to the slide # in Cavada's presentation. |
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Contact:
cavadaw@esubsd.org or
Twitter@cavada Typing "goo.gl/yVZM5s" directed us to Cavada's web page "Introduction to the Internet" There were 24 slides, of which 14 were covered today, the remaining for next Saturday class on December 9. WC: In the early 1990s, I took a class in Conceptual Design, and learned HTML code to design web pages and view them in the Mosaic Browser. 2) Overview: Overview course that explores the educational, personal, and social benefits of the Internet. Participants will explore current Internet trends, tools, and technologies for information, communication, & collaboration. Participants will learn how to use Internet more effectively and with a better understanding of the issues and dilemmas that surround life on the Web. Find Photo in Adobe Spark for your web page
Soul of the Universe", there was no time to add anything. Cavada showed slides where we had to answer questions. Added "Platonic Lambda Poster" (done 6-29-2017 in Cavada's Photoshop class) and the Platonic Lambda book cover (done 1-28-2013) when composing this web page in HTML a few days after the Saturday class. May these images spark me to write my book, long overdue. 3) Question: Describe how the Internet has enhanced the way you learn today? 1) Internet helps me to find quotes quickly without consulting books. 2) Google Books locate source of book with page # where the quote is. 3) Google Images locate flowers, trees, and portraits of famous people. 4) Four Concepts:
5) ac-ro-nym:
since the capture of fire. I used to think that it was just the biggest thing since Gutenberg, but now I think you have to go back farther." — John Perry Barlow PYC: I would add URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the above list. This web address is essential for us to find the location for information we're seeking on the Internet. 6) Internet Milestones: .jpg)
Consulting the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) confirms that Vincent Cerf first used it in Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 675.1— Specification of internet transmission control program. HTML-5 puts animation and video natively in its code. Before had to use Flash and JavaScipt to run animation. Running Adobe's Flash required too much battery power & program crashed often. WC: High school students are efficient in iPhone and social media, but they don't know computer basics like copy & paste or do HTML coding. 7) Reflecting on Technology: What would you like to see being developed in the future? Response from students in class 1) Cyber-Security 2) Virtual Reality 3) Artificial Intelligence 4) Translation Software 5) App for Flower & Tree Identification (WC: already exist) WC: Sweden has digital currency now. There is a Voice Recognition App from Adobe that wll finish sentence based on a snippet of voice. PYC: Such software is dangerous in spreading Fake News! 8) Get More Out of Google: Tips & Tricks for Students in Online Research How to Organize a Search How to Google Tips How To Google It 9) Daniel Russell's Home Page: https://sites.google.com/site/dmrussell/ Daniel Russell works at Google and is an expert web searcher. His web page is a collection of resources to help us search better. Google's Advanced Search Operators
brought the following interesting articles— EDUCATION LIFE: What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything) (By Eric Hoover, NY Times, November 1, 2017) EDUCATION LIFE: 10 Things to Know About Getting Into Your Dream College (By Eric Hoover, NY Times, November 1, 2017) A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry (By Kyle Spencer, NY Times, August 11, 2017) Google Scholar: Searches exclusively academic and scholarly work in peered-reviewed journals Typing "Peter Y. Chou" gave 105 results of scientific papers I published & citations 1) "Prediction of Protein Conformation" (Biochemistry, 1974) 3167 citations 2) "Empirical Predictions of Protein Conformation" (Annual Review Biochemistry, 1978) 3178 citations 3) "Conformational Parameters for Amino Acids" (Biochemistry, 1974) 2518 citations 4) "β-Turns in Proteins" (Journal of Molecular Biology, 1977) 1022 citations Reverse Dictionary: Type definition to find the word Typing "cosmic consciousness" gave 542 words, the top five are faint, revive, blackout, unconscious, and conscience— none of which describes the transcendental experience. Scanning through the entire list, the closest words are: attention, awake, awakening, awareness, being, I-now, mind, moksha, nirvana, nothingness, nous, present, satori, spirit, sunyata, superconscious, transcendent, universal, wakeful. 10) Frameworks: Blended, MOOC, Gaming MOOC— A massive open online course is a model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, with no limit on attendance.
William Cavada showed an image of an alarm clock by his bedside, saying his favorite place to learn is at home where's he's comfortable.
12) Question: Can you teach a class that allow students to connect with experts? 1) Teach students to predict protein conformation using Chou-Fasman method. Google Scholar has 983,000 results on Prediction of Protein Conformation. The first result is the paper written by Peter Y. Chou & Gerald D. Fasman, Biochemistry, Volume 13, 222-245 (1974). As leading author of this paper, I can share with the class how the method was developed and guide students to predict protein structures. This paper has been cited in over 1160 publications, making it the most-cited paper in Science Citation Index (August 10, 1987). YouTube 2013 video: Chou-Fasman method in secondary structure prediction.
PAYBACK: A Game to Help Students Pay the Right Price for College (By Ron Lieber, NY Times, September 29, 2017)
14) Each of these "what if" questions presents a possible future:
William Cavada ended the class early at 2:05 pm, so students could attend the MakerSpace Grand Opening downstairs at the Krause Center at 2 pm. Some of the equipments demonstrated are the Cricut Maker, Zing OrbitVinyl Cutter, Carvey CNC machines, Laser Cutter, and six 3D Printers.
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