Gorilla Glass

Corning’s Gorilla Glass is now antimicrobial and cuts down on glare!

• The new bacteria-fighting Glass has a fine layer of silver ions that cleans the surface. 
• Corning says it can kill 99.9% of bacteria on screens.
• It prevents straining of the eyes in direct sunlight.
• It has been verified by the EPA.
• Gorilla Glass is also going to find its way onto tablets, laptops, medical devices, high-end calculators, and just about anything else with a touchscreen.

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Do Now: 1/2/14

When I get assigned projects, I tend to procrastinate. This year, I want to be able to say "Oh that research paper I finished it last week"apposed to "Oh no I did not finish! I am going to be up all night!" In 2014, I want to improve my study habits and get straight A's. 

Social Bookmarking Project Questions

1. What's another way we can organize your computers?
    By categorizing different websites in alphabetical order. 
2. What about email? 
    You can drag different emails with the same topic or person into different folders and       tag them.
3. Your Favorite Websites? 
    By making diigolet bookmarks to your favorite websites.
4. Your Blog Posts? 
    By putting them in date order.
5. RSS Feeds?
    By putting them into different categories and folders.

Catchbox: A Throughable Microphone

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Catchbox is a new through-able microphone designed to liven up audience participation.

These padded cubes come in bright colors and have wireless microphones inside them.

It is meant to be tossed across a room or passed from person-to-person crowd surfing-style.

When being thrown in the air or dropped on the ground, the device has been engineered to automatically mute the sound.

This device is patent-pending.

Do Now 12/3/13

Twitter can be used to bring students to certain websites for the lessons information, by using links. Students can tweet what they learned about and if they have questions, they can ask the teachers in a tweet. Teachers can use hash-tags to see if students have been on the website. Some students might use twitter as their own personal time and tweet about the unrelated topics that should not be spoken about.

Sphero Robotic Ball

• Robotic ball that you control with your smartphone or tablet
• Compatible with Bluetooth-enabled smartphones and tablets, including Apple and Android devices
• You can change Sphero's color to suit your mood or have it glow in the dark
• Package includes: Sphero robotic ball, inductive charging base, Quick Start card, user manual
• Available through the iTunes App Store or Android Market / Google Play
• approx. 3 inches in diameter
• Sphero 2.0 offers twice the speed, three times the brightness, and increased accuracy over the original.
  
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