Vocabulary and troubleshooting

Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi is working to keep smart power grids safe from hackers, reads the title of the article that appeared in the January 15th edition of The National newspaper.  We read it in class and it should be an inspiration to those of you who want to study IT just how important that career is for the future of renewable energy in the UAE.  We also gleaned some vocabulary words that are used in everyday English that are useful to know.  Although there are 16 words here, our vocabulary quiz on Thursday will only be on 10 of the words below.....and another five from last week's vocabulary list so start familiarizing yourself with these words now.  Here they are

generation
monitor
reliant
renewable
complex
unpredictable
analyze
efficient
vulnerable
quirk
coherent
protocol
verify
genuine
encrypt
consumption

On another topic.....we're having far too many problems with our laptops during the course of one period.  Students are not able to use their web browsers or not able to upload their work to either of the two sites we use in class, schoology.com or pb works.  Therefore, starting Tuesday, several of the really good computer literate students of g10-05 will give us all a troubleshooting tutorial during class, where they will suggest ways you can work around these common problems or even fix them using approved ATHS solutions.  We may make this a regular class exercise to refresh ourselves on the problems we face with the  laptops.  Perhaps we can get the ball rolling in g10-02 and g10-08 as well with students who can help their classmates in those sections. Any students interested?  If so, please let me know, otherwise see you in class!