The Natives Aren't Restless Enough A couple of points to start with, in the hopes of not wasting readers’ time and preparing for some reactions: This post could be named “Get Off My Lawn” or “In My Day, We Earned It!” or some other title that would demonstrate that I am, more than ever, a cranky old guy now. What follows obviously does not apply to everyone younger than I am (42, for the record). But it does apply to a distressingly large percentage of those who I have taught at the university level (undergraduate and graduate) over the past eight years. This post could be about how slow, feature-less and pathetic the Internet tools and sites I first encountered were compared to the ones we have now, but as we know too well, nostalgia isn’t a selling point. I really enjoyed the data journalism MOOC itself and was glad to see the Poynter write-up. Let’s stipulate up front that the facility with devices thing is very real and very much worth paying attention to, for lots of reasons.
How To Crack A Wi-Fi Network’s WPA Password With Reaver Your Wi-Fi network is your convenient wireless gateway to the internet, and since you’re not keen on sharing your connection with any old hooligan who happens to be walking past your home, you secure your network with a password, right? Knowing, as you might, how easy it is to crack a WEP password, you probably secure your network using the more bulletproof WPA security protocol. Here’s the bad news: A new, free, open-source tool called Reaver exploits a security hole in wireless routers and can crack most routers’ current passwords with relative ease. Here’s how to crack a WPA or WPA2 password, step by step, with Reaver — and how to protect your network against Reaver attacks. In the first section of this post, I’ll walk through the steps required to crack a WPA password using Reaver. First, a quick note: As we remind often remind readers when we discuss topics that appear potentially malicious: Knowledge is power, but power doesn’t mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal.
Gamestar Mechanic Using Googles Full Capabilities. « XBOX, XBOX 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, & MORE! – Your source for the latest in console modding. Well most of you use Google to probably look up porn. Other just search stuff. And others use Google to hack. Using Google, and some finely crafted searches we can find a lot of interesting information. For Example we can find: Credit Card Numbers Passwords Software / MP3′s …… (and on and on and on) Presented below is just a sample of interesting searches that we can send to google to obtain info that some people might not want us having.. Try a few of these searches: intitle:”Index of” passwords modified allinurl:auth_user_file.txt “access denied for user” “using password” “A syntax error has occurred” filetype:ihtml allinurl: admin mdb “ORA-00921: unexpected end of SQL command” inurl:passlist.txt “Index of /backup” “Chatologica MetaSearch” “stack tracking:” Amex Numbers: 300000000000000..399999999999999 MC Numbers: 5178000000000000..5178999999999999 visa 4356000000000000..4356999999999999 “parent directory ” /appz/ -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums ? Example: ?
Hopscotch Kodable Hackers (1995 Makers, Hackers and Gamers: Learners and 21st Century Pedagogy Date(s) and Time: October 28, 201302:00 pm - 03:00 pm EST Provided by: Games MOOC Description: This is the opening webinar for the Fall 2014 Games Based Learning MOOC. Archives: Be sure to ask the event organizer for a code to claim your digital badge for this event. 5 Great Tools to Teach Coding Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science. Coding teaches you how to think. Below are resources for kids (and adults) to learn more about the exciting world of coding! Scratch - Developed by MIT, Scratch is one of the best coding sites out there. Blockly - nice tutorials which guide students in the basics of coding. Daisy the Dino - Learn the basics of computer programming with Daisy the Dinosaur! Hopscotch - Using this beautiful, intuitive programming language, kids can unleash their creativity and build their own games, animations and programs. Kodable - Kodable is a free educational iPad game offering a kid-friendly introduction to programming concepts and problem solving. Rate this: i Rate This Like this: Like Loading...
Partners with ISTE and Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program Virtual Conference for Mobile Learning Topic Tweetchats » SIGML February 11, 2014 Thank you to all of our special chat guests and all participants for sharing valuable resources and ideas in our Tweet Chats today. Archive - Gain all kinds of resources and collaborate with your PLN and SIGML for this virtual conference! Join us for Tweet Chats on the topics below and share resources with our Tweet Chat guests and all who participate. These are sure to be fun and valuable sessions! Tweet Chat Schedule Tweet Chat Questions Questions to start all Tweet chats: Please tell us where you are from and if you or your students have a blog or wiki. Where do you go to get information on the chat topic?
Experts Weigh in on K-12 Coding & CS Resources A big city superintendent called last week and asked for recommendations for K-12 resources for teaching coding and computer science so we reached out to some folks in the know. Here’s a summary of what we learned: Hadi Partovi is CEO of Code.org. As reported in May, he thinks Teaching kids to code is an economic and social justice issue. His site is packed with stats that make the case for coding–a good place to start. Ed Lazowska, UW, said, “To state the obvious, there is no substitute for a motivated, curious teacher who is empowered to do great things with his/her students. “What’s popular these days is the CS Principles course. “David Malan’s CS50 intro course at Harvard is available online both directly and through edX. Lazowska added, “The CS10K community is a good place to start.” Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures, said, “[As an investor] We of course like Codecademy and they have an afterschool kit.” Hutter also likes CodeNow. NAF’s research, led by Andy Rothstein.
Lets Make Things! - Using Technology to Innovate in STEM (5 of 5): Games Design (#Kodu #Scratch #ProjectSpark) This is part of a series of posts that talks about a few things that schools could invest in to improve and enhance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math’s) Education. They each contribute to the bigger picture of making schools challenging, fun, exciting and desirable places to be. In this short post I want to talk a little bit about introducing young people to computer coding and programming with a specific focus on computer games design. Before I do that I want to go back and re-visit some of the history of IVT and Computing in UK Schools. ICT vs. Computing As educators and school leaders, our challenge is a simple one. To help us achieve this, it might be useful to think about how technology is often perceived and sometimes retrofitted into schools. There was an intense focus on ICT, both in the UK and many other countries, during the first part of the 21st century. For evidence of how much of an issue this may be, you only have to look at the UK visual effects industry.
Future Developers: Why Kids Should Learn the Basics of Code Do you remember learning how to read? You might recall the simple wonder of interpreting something that had previously just been so many meaningless symbols on the page, the amazement you felt when you realized that these words – previously mysterious – were now unlocked to you. That’s the same experience that advocates of teaching coding skills to children are advocating, and it’s definitely one worth pursuing. Different strokes for different folks Marshall Brain, the man behind the famous “How Stuff Works” web series, is a strong advocate of teaching kids to code. Many roads to learning how to code As learning how to code gains more momentum, more and more online classes (most free!) It’s not just about the code Scratch, put together by MIT, is all about learning logical thinking in way that makes it easy to visualize the complex processes that you’re piecing together. “Let me show you about what it's like to code in Scratch. A bridge to tech literacy Standout kid coders