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Corrupting files for art

The Art of PNG Glitch

https://ucnv.github.io/pnglitch/

Pyrofoux

https://twitter.com/pyrofoux/status/1454856822481997825

Databending in Audacity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iSe5qy8VwY”

Guides to Making Glitch Art

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchoGlitch/comments/js1nm5/how_to_make_glitch_art_guides/

How to Glitch Images with Wordpad

http://datamoshing.com/2016/06/26/how-to-glitch-images-with-wordpad/

Unraveling the jpeg

https://parametric.press/issue-01/unraveling-the-jpeg/

How to Datamosh Videos

http://datamoshing.com/2016/06/26/how-to-datamosh-videos/

Make Abstract Glitch Art Photographs

https://digital-photography-school.com/make-abstract-glitch-art-photographs/

Glitch an Image on Mac Using Audacity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHdHfL8L_Y

Databending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypcV1UHRyP0

A Whale of a Language

Orca

https://esolangs.org/wiki/Orca

Making a tracker with Orca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAjx6n97IY

What is Orca?

https://100r.co/site/orca.html

Orca Website

https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca

Phone Sensors with Smarts

Smartphone and Astrophotography

https://www.space.com/smartphone-astrophotography

Sensors Book

https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sensor/SensorsBook.pdf

Which Smartphone Sensors Work?

https://fossbytes.com/which-smartphone-sensors-how-work/

All the Sensors in Smartphones and How They Work

https://gizmodo.com/all-the-sensors-in-your-smartphone-and-how-they-work-1797121002

Mobile Sensors and Components

https://medium.com/jay-tillu/mobile-sensors-the-components-that-make-our-smartphones-smarter-4174a7a2bfc3

What is a Smartphone Sensor?

https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-a-smartphones-sensor/

Accelerometers

https://www.credencys.com/blog/accelerometer/

What’s a Gyroscope & Accelerometer Doing in My Cell Phone

https://medium.com/chip-monks/whats-a-gyroscope-and-accelerometer-doing-in-my-mobile-device-eb7acbdfa4e0

How a Gyroscope Sensor Works in Smartphones

https://www.techaheadcorp.com/knowledge-center/how-gyroscope-sensor-work-in-smartphone/

Proximity Sensors

https://www.ia.omron.com/support/guide/41/introduction.html

What is a Proximity Sensor?

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/sensors/what-a-proximity-sensor

What is a Magnetometer?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetometer

Sensors embedded in Smartphones

https://www.samsungsds.com/en/story/What-Kinds-of-Sensors-are-Embedded-in-Smartphones.html

Alexa, Stop Listening

What Is a Smart Lock?

https://www.lifewire.com/smart-locks-4159894

Alexa, Play My Alibi: The Smart Home Gets Taken to Court

https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-470/

Smart Home

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/smart-home.asp

Smart Homes

https://smartofficesandsmarthomes.com/smarthomes/

Best Smart Home Devices

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-smart-home-devices

Smart Home Guide for Beginners

https://www.techhive.com/article/3297744/smart-home-guide-for-beginners-how-to-make-your-home-more-convenient-to-live-in.html

Smart Home Pros and Cons

https://environmental-conscience.com/smart-homes-pros-cons/

Smart Home Disadvantages

https://www.smarthomepoint.com/disadvantages/

A Smart Home is Where the Bot is

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/a-smart-home-is-where-the-bot-is

Impact of Artificial Intelligence

https://www.futurebridge.com/blog/smart-homes-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-in-connected-home/

What is Domotics?

http://www.easydom.com/en/discover/what-is-domotics

Home Automation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation

Which American Cities Have the Most Smart Homes?

https://blog.treasuredata.com/blog/2019/12/27/which-american-cities-have-the-most-smart-homes-the-answer-according-to-zillow/

10 most advanced smart homes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz340JPoJUM

Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53131/ada-lovelace-first-computer-programmer

Who is Ada Lovelace?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace?

Bernoulli Numbers

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/mathematics/bernoulli-number

Ada Lovelace

https://www.biography.com/scholar/ada-lovelace

Women in Science: Ada Lovelace

https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html

Things You May Not Know About Ada Lovelace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ITqnEmf-g

Things You May Not Know About Ada Lovelace

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-ada-lovelace

Ada Lovelace

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ada-lovelace

Ada Lovelace Institute

https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/our-work/themes/

Spotlight On Ada Lovelace

https://thinkeryaustin.org/blog/steamspotlight-ada-lovelace/

Ada Lovelace Notes to Charles Babbage

https://lynx-open-ed.org/node/356

Ada Lovelace Books

https://www.amazon.com/ada-lovelace-Books/s?k=ada+lovelace&rh=n%3A283155

What’s a Computer Worm?

Information on Tapeworms

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/tapeworms

Computer Worm on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

The Shockwave Rider on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider

Computer Worms

https://www.britannica.com/technology/computer-worm

What is a Computer Worm?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

Morris Worm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

Early Word Gets the Worm

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-early-word-gets-the-worm/

List of Computer Worms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_worms

What is a Computer Worm

https://softwarelab.org/what-is-a-computer-worm/

Difference Between Virus, Worm & Trojan Horse

https://www.websecurity.digicert.com/security-topics/difference-between-virus-worm-and-trojan-horse

Conficker Worm

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/Sunday/conficker-worm-ukraine.html

Power to the People

Polis

https://pol.is/home

Computational Democracy Project

https://compdemocracy.org/Case-studies/

Open Source Initiative

https://opensource.org/osd

Crowd Sourcing

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crowdsourcing.asp

Civic Tech Community

https://g0v.asia/

What is crowdsourcing?

ps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowdsourcing

The Noisy Language of Modems

Practical Guide to Analog Modems

https://web.archive.org/web/20180225041819/http://www.myhome.org/pg/modem.htm/

Modems Matter

https://kevindriscoll.info/docs/modems_matter/driscoll.modems_matter.screen.2016-06-26.pdf

The Sound of Dial-up

http://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html

Dial-up

https://oona.windytan.com/posters/dialup-final.png

Dial-up Modem Sounds

??https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a29611456/internet-dialup-modem-sounds/

The Internet of Sound

https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/26/the-internet-of-sound/

Computer Sounds of the 90s

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62217/15-computer-sounds-will-take-you-back-90s

The Days of Dial-up Internet

https://blogs.opera.com/news/2015/08/remember-the-days-of-dial-up-internet/

Dialing into the Internet

https://mclaneintel.com/flashback-friday-remember-dialing-into-the-internet/

The Sound of Dial-up Modems

https://www.thedrum.com/profile/receptional/news/the-sound-of-the-dial-up-modem-and-other-relics-from-the-webs-first-30-years

Advanced Online Search Techniques

Learn to Search

https://websitebuilders.com/how-to/learn-to-search/advanced-web-search/

Advanced Search Techniques

https://onlinelibrary.london.ac.uk/support/information-skills/advanced-search-techniques

Safe Search Engines for Kids

https://www.familyeducation.com/life/internet-safety/6-safe-search-engines-kids

Online Safety Advice

https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/6-10/

Internet Searching

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/internet-searching.htm

11 Kid-Safe Search Engines

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/01/11-great-kids-safe-search-engines.html

Safe Search Engines for Elementary Students

https://www.iste.org/explore/iste-standards/5-safe-search-engines-elementary-students

Six Safe Search Engines for Kids

https://www.familyeducation.com/life/internet-safety/6-safe-search-engines-kids

Things Kids Should Know About Searching the Web

https://www.makeuseof.com/things-kids-should-know-searching-web/

Online Search Tips for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOmSLK42HzI

How to Help Your Kids Search Effectively Online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp7k4ypt6PQ

Simple and Effective Tips for Searching

https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/high-school/online-searching-simple-and-effective-tips-for-kids/news-story/4e219a6371d0461471b44d192f163255

Five Must-have Google Search Tips for Students

https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/5-must-have-google-search-tips-for-students

Primary Parent Search Tips

https://www.tvdsb.ca/en/students/resources/Documents/primary-parent-search-tips-literate.pdf

Introducing Mini Micro

Virtualization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization

Three Types of Virtualization

https://wamsinc.com/2016/06/17/three-types-virtualization/

Virtualization: A Complete Guide

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/virtualization-a-complete-guide

Mini Micro

https://miniscript.org/MiniMicro/

Flappy Bat

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wlgamer.flappybat&hl=en_US&gl=US

What is Virtualization

https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/virtualization/what-is-virtualization

You Got ‘Rithm

Self-Taught Computer Scientist

https://www.amazon.com/Self-Taught-Computer-Scientist-Beginners-Science/dp/1119724414

Algorithms

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computer-science/algorithms/1/

Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

https://www.wired.com/insights/2014/09/artificial-intelligence-algorithms-2/

What is an Algorithm?

https://theconversation.com/what-is-an-algorithm-how-computers-know-what-to-do-with-data-146665

What is a Computer Algorithm

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/what-is-a-computer-algorithm.htm

Real World Algorithm Examples

https://sphero.com/blogs/news/real-world-algorithm-examples

Algorithms for Kids

https://www.create-learn.us/blog/what-are-algorithms-for-kids

How to Explain Algorithms to Kids

https://www.tynker.com/blog/articles/ideas-and-tips/how-to-explain-algorithms-to-kids/

Algorithm Facts for Kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/Algorithm

What is an Algorithm

h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCrMJuEBkQY

Flash Back to Noisy Tech

What noises mean for your computer

https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/noises-computer-repair/

Why is My Computer Making a Whirring Noise

https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge/why-is-my-computer-making-a-whirring-noise

Noise Inside Computers

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/noise-inside-computer/

Computer Noises You Shouldn’t Ignore

https://www.crtucson.com/computer-noises-you-shouldnt-ignore/

Old Computer and Printer Startup Noises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpSfgusep7s

Computer Sounds from the 90s

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62217/15-computer-sounds-will-take-you-back-90s

Mac Startup and Crash Sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB1lOLnWh-c

Man Behind Apple’s Most Famous Sounds

https://www.imore.com/meet-man-behind-some-apples-most-famous-sounds

A Pico Temperature Sensor Project

Pico Environment Sensor

https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/Pico-Environment-Sensor

DHT11 Sensor

https://www.adafruit.com/product/386

DHT sensor

https://learn.adafruit.com/dht

Set Up Humidity Sensor on Arduino

https://www.circuitbasics.com/how-to-set-up-the-dht11-humidity-sensor-on-an-arduino/

Temperature Humidity Sensor with Raspberry Pi

https://how2electronics.com/interfacing-dht11-temperature-humidity-sensor-with-raspberry-pi-pico/

Measuring Humidity Using DHT11

https://www.instructables.com/Measuring-Humidity-Using-Sensor-DHT11/

Teaching Efficiency

Five Ways to Write Functions in Javascript

https://dev.to/koladev/5-ways-to-write-functions-in-javascript-17d5

How to Write a Function in Javascript

https://www.javatpoint.com/how-to-write-a-function-in-javascript

Javascript Functions

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions

Ladder of Abstraction

https://eatingenglish.community.uaf.edu/the-ladder-of-abstraction/
Java Control Structures

https://www.baeldung.com/java-control-structures

Control Structures in Java

https://javagoal.com/control-structures-in-java/

Formal Operational Stage

https://www.simplypsychology.org/formal-operational.html

Using Abstraction in the Classroom

https://medium.com/tech-based-teaching/big-picture-learning-using-abstraction-in-the-classroom-b5a2b0ce150b

Abstraction in Programming

https://www.educative.io/edpresso/what-is-abstraction-in-programming

OOP Concept Abstraction

https://stackify.com/oop-concept-abstraction/