Google 20% RISD

http://prezi.com/vobqfzl3zvln/risd/

Swiss school

Notes:

SUMAS

- SUMAS is located in Switzerland and students like it because they have a lot of festivals and parties. It is also a very safe place to live in. 

- SUMAS is located in the green IUCN Building in Gland

- It offers an MBA in Sustainability Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Sustainability Management.

- Students leave that school with a deep knowledge of sustainability and how to bring it to life.

Case Study

- Buildings, cars, foods, waste, co2 emissions make 80% of the environmental impact.

- Measured with ecological footprint.

- By 2050, if we don't make changes to our ways of producing and consuming, we will need twice the earth's surface to absorb waste and the co2 that we produce. 

- starting to make ecological products.

An inconvenient truth

- hottest year was 2005

- humans are causing global warming

- it increases every year

- temperature increasing causes strong storms

- if the Antarctic melts, many places will drown.

Flight Moffett to Phoenix 

- they can use things like refrigerators to reduce the energy they use by half. 

- they could fly a plane with solar energy.

Arizona State University

- it was a challenge

- many things went wrong but they saw every problem as a challenge to make it better. 

- they think that you have to start thinking about creating a new future and that now is the perfect time to start. 

Sustainable consumption in Bogota:

- School should use solar energy for all of their technology part. 

- Avoid printing many copies of paper (use more technology)

- Solar energy for transportation.

- Make more bike routes and walking paths so people walk more and ride bicycle more instead of always using cars.

- Educate the teenagers and kids so they understand sustainability and apply it in their own lives.

- start recycling more

- Sell ecological products. 

Growing Up Online

NOT surprise me:
- People use technology while hanging out with friends.
- People use technology to meet other people.
- Adults don't have control on the way teenagers use the internet.
- Teenagers know more about technology than parents
- Parents can use parental control.
- Students don't read because they read summaries online.
- Turn it in is a webpage that looks for plagiarism in papers.
- Every kind of person has a Myspace or Facebook.
- Everyone has access to the internet.
-.Everyone can find out what you post or do.
- Predators on the internet.
- Parents try to be aware of what you are doing online.
- You can find help online.
- People do things online that they would never do in person.
- Cyber bullying

DID surprise me:
- Teenagers use it to express themselves.
- Teenagers use it to make more friends.
- Students know more about technology than teachers.
- Students had to do their papers in class so they don't get extra information from the internet.
- Relationships online but not in person.
- People confront each other through internet and not in the face.
- Internet allows them to express their identity.
- Stalkers are people who get obsessed
- Teenagers made a competition of who had more friends.
- Parents ask their children to give them their passwords.
- 1/7 kids were sexual solicited online.
- Parties used to be with computers (watching videos, playing games, etc.)
- Start thinking about the kids less as victims and more as participants.
- When people are online, they are the real them but in person they are not.
- the internet has created the greatest generation gap.

CHANGED about technology:
- iPod are more advanced now and they are touch.
- Cellphones have changed too. They are more advanced and the are called "smart phones"
- Facebook users has increased.
- Myspace is not popular anymore.
- Social media links increased.
- There are a lot of webpages that can help you with everything.
- First the entertainment was the computer but now you can have it in your phone too.
- People are more aware now of the consequences.
- People are more in danger now than before.
- Schools are adapting more technology now.
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Questions:
1. What topic in the video did you most strongly identify with and why?
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2. What topic in the video was the most UNLIKE your own experiences online and why?
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3. What advice to you have to parents about kids and being online (should they have your password, be your friend on Facebook, monitor your texts... what should and shouldn't they do? why?)

GAFE

Youtube:

1. What is this?
Youtube is a webpage where you can watch videos. If you don't have an account, you can watch videos but you can't upload, like, share, etc. You have to create an account so you can have more access to all the things Youtube offers. 
- Account: The first step is to create an account. You will need a username and fill in some information about you.
- Search for Videos: The second step is to search videos. You enter key words, the username, or the of the video in the search tab. Also, you can choose any category you wants and choose a video.

- Playlists: When you find a video that you like you can like it, add it to favorites, or add it to a playlist you created and it will be easier to find. You can create a as many playlists as you like and the good thing is that you can choose the privacy setting (public or private). Another great thing that Youtube has is the "Watch Later" playlist in which you can add videos that you didn't have time to watch. "History" playlist works too if you want to go back to video you already watched. 

- Share/Subscribe: If you like the video, you can also share it to Twitter, Facebook, and other social medias. You can also subscribe to the user that uploaded it and receive notifications of every new upload from this user.  

- Comment/Like and Dislike: You can also comment on the video and like it or dislike it.

- Upload Videos: You can upload your own videos or even record them directly from your phone or computer. In the privacy settings you can determine whether you want your video to be public or private. You can also put a title, a description, and tags to let people know what your video is about. 

- #Views/#Likes: You can see how many people viewed you video because underneath the video it says "# views". You can also see how many people like it and disliked it.

- Rent Movies: There is an option to rent movies. You have to purchase it and then you can watch it in your computer while you are connected to the internet.

- YouTube Mobile: There is an app that you can get for your smart phone and watch videos there. 

- Captions/Subtitles: You can select a setting in which you can watch the videos with subtitle of any language. 

- 3D: You can watch videos in 3D if you own a pair of 3D glasses.

- Recommended for you: Youtube recommends videos and channels to you depending on what you watch and to who you are subscribe to.  

2. What else can Google do for users?

Youtube can improve the time it takes for a video to charge. Also it can change the setting in which you cannot watch some videos if you are in a certain country. That bothers me a lot.  

3. How could this tools be useful to teachers and students?

This tool is useful for teacher because they can find videos as an example of what they are teaching so their students can understand the topic better. Students can use them for projects, and also to understand what the teachers taught them better if they didn't understand in the class.  

4. How does it relate to CNG?

Youtube works for CNG because it can help teachers explain their lessons in interesting videos. Also, it allows students to have a bigger source of information were they can find videos about the topics they learn in their classes and it can help them with their homework instead of having the only option of communicating with the teacher via email. 

Youtube edu:
1. What is this?

It gives access to a educational videos to schools and universities. 

2. What else can Google do for users?

3. How could this tools be useful to teachers and students?

Moderator:
1. What is this?

2. What else can Google do for users?

3. How could this tools be useful to teachers and students?

Picasa:
1. What is this?

2. What else can Google do for users?

3. How could this tools be useful to teachers and students?

Google Day 3

Goals:
1. RISD helps graduates find jobs?
2. Who has gone to that University?
3. Are the AP courses accepted for a credit?

Research:
Goal 1:
http://www.risd.edu/About/FAQs_Facts/
http://www.risd.edu/Admissions/FAQs_Info/
96% of the students are employed after one year of graduation. RISD hasd a career center were it supports graduates and give them all the resources to make it easier to find a job. RISD will help you create a portfolio that you will use for your job interviews. They also teach you how to handle an interview.
Goal 2:
My mom went to RISD and she graduated with honors. She works in graphic design which is what she studied. I can ask her every question to have the point of view of a student.
Questions:
- What was it like living in that area?
- Are there many facilities?
- Which courses did you take?
- etc.
Goal 3:
http://www.risd.edu/Admissions/FAQs_Info/
The AP courses that you take in High School are accepted as a credit. If you pass the art history exam, you will get three credits and you don't have to take Art and Architecture History I which is a required course. If you pass the English Literature and Composition exam, you will get three credits and you don't have to take English Composition and Literature which is a required course.

What I learned:
Today I learned that RISD graduates are more likely to find a job in the area they studied. Also, RISD will help them find a job by giving them a lot of resources. I also learned that AP courses gives you credits in RISD.

Google Day 2

Goals:

1. How is the students' life in the community?

2. What is RISD's connection to Brown University? 

3. Are there any sports in RISD?

Research:

- First Goal:

http://www.risd.edu/Students/

Rate of rooms: 

Category A: costs $3,479 Hill House and Quad (Shared room with 1, 2 or 4), 15 West (Shared Room in Alcove Suite with 1 or 2), and Charles Landing (Shared one Bedroom).

Category B: costs $4,188 Hill House and Quad (Single room), and Colonial (three bedroom apartment).

Category C: costs $4,672 15 West (shared double loft with 1 or 2), and Colonial & Dwight (two bedroom apartment).
Category D: costs $5,306 15 West (3 or 4 bedroom apartment), 15 West (two bedroom apartment), 15 West (mini loft), 15 West (single room in Alcove suite), Colonial & Dwight (studio apartment), and Charles Landing (two bedroom apartment).
Category E: costs $6,087 15 West (studio loft), Charles Landing (studio apartment), and Charles Landing (townhouse). 

- Second Goal:

http://www.risd.edu/About/FAQs_Facts/

RISD and Brown University campuses are very close. Students may cross-register, with no extra cost, so they can take other classes in Brown or RISD according to what they want to learn. Brown offers foreign language, advance science and math, and athletic facilities. Also, you can do the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program which undergraduates can earn a BFA from RISD and a AB from Brown. You can do this in five years. 

-Third Goal: 

http://www.risd.edu/Admissions/FAQs_Info/

RISD has a variety of sports including: basketball, ice hockey, soccer, skiing group, biking and climbing clubs. Students can also get involved in some sports in Brown University like: ultimate Frisbee, tennis, and softball teams. 

What I learned:

I learned about the cost and rate of the places where you could live if you are a RISD student. I also learned that RISD and Brown University are allied so you can make a Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program. You can also take classes in Brown with no extra cost. Another interesting thing was the sports offered by RISD and if you are not satisfied with the sports, you can go to some sports that Brown can offer you. 

One thing that I want to learn for next class:
One thing I would like to learn next class is if RISD will help students find a job after they graduate.
http://www.risd.edu/Admissions/FAQs_Info/

Google Day 1

Goals:

1. In what rank is the university RISD on?

2. What programs does this university have?

3. Cost and acceptance?

Research:

- First Goal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design

http://www.risd.edu/About/News/RISD_Ranks_1.aspx?dept=4294967974

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-25-best-design-schools-2012-11#1-rhode-island-school-of-design-25

RISD is ranked every year. It is one of the top art universities in the US. It is ranked above Yale University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. RISD ranked #1 in fashion design, graphic design, interior architecture design, glass, and industrial design. It ranked #2 in jewelry design and printmaking. Also, it ranked #3 in ceramics, multimedia, painting, photography, and sculpture. 

In 2012, RISD was voted #1 of "The World's 25 Best Design Schools"which 85.1% of the people thought it had a valuable program.   

-Second Goal:

http://www.risd.edu/Academics/#

Some of the academics they offer are: apparel design, architecture, ceramics, digital and media, film/animation/video, furniture design, glass, graphic design, history of art and visual culture, history, philosophy and the social sciences, illustration, industrial design, interior architecture, jewelry and metalsmithing, landscape architecture, literary arts and studies, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, teaching and learning in art and design, textiles.

For undergraduate they offer: apparel design, architecture, ceramics, film/animation/video, furniture design, glass, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior architecture, jewelry and metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles. 

For graduates they offer: architecture, ceramics, digital and media, furniture design, glass, graphic design, industrial design, interior architecture, jewelry and metalsmithing, landscape architecture, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, teaching and learning in art and design, textiles. 

-Third Goal:

http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/risd-rhode-island-school-of-design-admissions-gpa-sat-act.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design

http://www.risd.edu/About/FAQs_Facts/

The acceptance rate in RISD is 34%. To get in, most of students have B+ or A for their GPA, above 1750 (CR+M+W) in their SAT, and 25 or higher in ACT. But RISD admits student based on their art skills. The school asks student to make two essays and they have to have one or more letters of recommendation  Also, they have to submit two drawings and a portfolio of 12 - 20 images. 

Estimated cost of education in 2013-2014 is: 

Tuition: 42,622 (undergraduate) 42,622 (graduate)

Activity Fee: 310 (undergraduate) 310 (graduate)

Estimated Room: 6,958 (undergraduate) 10,542 (graduate)  

Board: 5,314 (undergraduate) 5,314 (graduate)

Estimated Personal Expenses, Supplies and Travel: 6,250 (undergraduate) 8,090 (graduate)

Estimated Total Cost of Education: 61,454 (undergraduate) 66,878 (graduate)

What I learned:

I learned that RISD is a great university that has a lot of programs involving art and design so if you like all of that this is probably the university for you. You also have to be a good student. It costs a lot but the education is worth the value because it is ranked first in the world for design. 

One thing that I want to learn for next class:

I would like to research about the life of students there and all the community. 

http://www.risd.edu/Students/

White Hat Hacking

White hat hacking

What I know:

- I don't know anything about this topic. The only thing I can infer about it is that is a type of hacking. 

Questions:

- What is white hat hacking? How does it work?

Links:

- http://www.techopedia.com/definition/10349/white-hat-hacker 

- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/white-hat-hacker-discovers-names-of-anonymous-volunteers-of-genome-study-in-security-drill-8457739.html

- http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/54434/white-hat-hacker

- http://bizsecurity.about.com/od/glossary/g/A-Definition-Of-The-Security-Term-Em-White-Hat-Hacker-Em.htm

- http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/tools-and-tricks-of-the-white-hat-hackers-515208

What I learned:

- White hat hackers are hackers who breaks the security with no harming intentions so they can improve the security.

- A competition was created so that white hat hackers were honest. This competition rewarded the ones who submitted the most information. 

- It is very easy to hack because you can just get a software that will make the job for you. 

- The white hat hackers are hired even by banks.

- There are also black hat hackers which are the ones with harmful intentions. 

How the topic connects to my life:

- The topic connects to my life because everything has a good and a bad side but you have to choose one. So it relates because in life, you should probably do the honest thing. It is also a job because you are getting rewarded in a legal way instead of just hacking and probably sell it to the black market. 

Questions I still have:

What if a white hat hacker doesn't submit the whole information and uses it for other harmful and beneficent intentions? And what if they find out who it is?

Amazon Project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cksuRMSJbhY

Design Project day 5

Our project was thrown away.

-What was the biggest problem you encountered? How did you solve it?

Our biggest problem was that the ramp wasn't inclined so the balls couldn't go through the holes. we tried to lower the holes. 

-When did you get your biggest "AH HA" idea? What was it?

Our biggest "AH HA" idea was when we thought of making a way that when you throw the ball, it will come back to you. 

-Who in your group resisted new ideas the most and why?

Laura because she knew how to fix the project by putting tape in the right spots so the project wouldn't fall apart. 

-What doubts did YOU have about the project and how did you overcome those doubts?

We thought that the carton where the holes were was going to fall. Also we though that the balls wouldn't go through the holes. We solved these doubts by making sure that the carton had a better support so we decided to put a stick so it would hold it up. With the balls, we tried to lower the carton and incline a little bit more the ramp. 

-Who in your group played "devil's advocate" (a person who questions everything, even good ideas) and how did that help the process?

Paula because she was questioning a lot if the balls were going to go through the holes and come back to the person. She also questioned if the carton wasn't going to fall. That helped us a lot because it made us worry so we would try to make it better than it was before. 

-What did you learn about yourself, teamwork, and the design process?

Myself: I learned about myself that I am very persistent on  my work and also a little bit perfectionist. 

Teamwork: Sometimes it is better to work in a team because you can listen to other point of views and ideas to make the product better. Also, you have an extra pair of hands so you finish faster and easier. 

Design Project: It is very difficult to design a project because you have it all planned and perfect in your head but when you try to make it, you end up making a different thing because it is more difficult than it seems. 

Design Project Day 2

1. - The model that has the most strengths is Paula's (front view) and my drawing (side view).
- Some details we should include is: The glitter on the skeeball so it attracts girls. The way the ball goes in the holes. And all the decoration.
- We won't take anything away.

The good comments about are project was that it was very challenging and creative. The structure was very well created.
The things we could improve were the holes and the ball so it is more interesting and fun to play.

Design Project Day 1

Group: Laura Michelsen, Paula Jaramillo and Maria Vernaza.

Define Phase:
1. We are going to make this game for Middle School and girls.
2. The game's difficulty level is going to be medium.
3. - Challenging
    - Creative/Different
    - Attractive
    - Have prices/rewards
    - Possible to win

Research Phase:
1. 3 Links:
-Game 1
What is fun: It is an entertaining game that is quick and fun and most people like it.
What can be improved: The decoration could be improved.
-Game 2

What is fun: You can easily win something but it is challenging to win the best prices.
What can be improved: Maybe the decoration and the format can be improved.

-Game 3

What is fun: It is colorful and it has a lot of probabilities.
What can be improved: Make it more interesting.

Ideation Phase:
1. Get back together.
2. Brainstorm:
We would like to make whak-a-mole or skeeball.
- Colorful
- Shiny
- Possible
-Visually attractive
3. Our idea: We are going to create skeeball. It will be entertaining, shiny and very girlish.
4. Things that could go wrong: people damaging the game, the balls getting lost, the ramp doesn't work.
5. Drawing:

Tour Colombia

http://prezi.com/aocfyyrhektt/cali/?kw=view-aocfyyrhektt&rc=ref-5519444

FINAL PRESENTATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFjfj5Wz1Y