Sunday, March 16, 2014

Monday, March 17th- 8th Grade- Databases- NSA- largest database in the world

Bellringer:
1. Open your Typing file and on page 44 type lines 8, 9 and 10.            

    Use your left RING  for the X  key 

2. If your expedia.com worksheet is not finished, finish it
3. If you do not have the Career WORKSHEET finished Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all
4. If your name is on the board pull up your Career PowerPoint
5. ALL Students will enter their vacation information into a vacation database.
    

What are we learning?Understand the basics of databases.
How is database information used, organized, and managed in business?

Bring back signed Interim Reports today for 90 and by Tuesday for 85. 

Guided Practice:


Who has the world's largest database?

The National Security Agency has the world's largest database.
The NSA's responsibilities include  "global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

Intelligence gathering has occurred throughout history.

World War II Code Breakers

New word "query"- A database query is a piece of code (a query) that is sent to a database in order to get information back from the database
 
Pompeo Defends NSA's Role in Keeping America Safe
NSA collects data called metadata but does not use it unless they feel it is needed.
 
NSA Deputy Director John C Inglis - How Does the NSA Save Lives?  
 
The NSA's DataBase and Who Uses It  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SBEZJdtKQE

What are records and fields that NSA might use?
 
Amendment 4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Independent Activity: @ In groups of 2 or 3 (two groups may have 3 people) students will read a paragraph from the article "N.S.A Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens" from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
@ In their own words, students will write a 10 to 15 word sentence about what their paragraph is about and share with class.

@ Students will read the entire article and answer questions.


@ Students will create a Glogster about the NSA

Exit Activity:

CIA code breaking
 
Code breaking game
 
 
8th grade Glogster log-ins:  http://edu.glogster.com/ 
Do NOT create a new id if you can not log in!
students first initial and last name followed by atms14.  
passwords are student birthdays


Database words: http://www.quia.com/mc/1412062.html

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