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.
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0R4ptmQIZDc

RSS Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?

I selected what I enjoy doing and or learning about. For example, I subscribed to Music Feeds because I like to be informed on what is happening in the music industry. Another feed I subscribed to was, World Soccer. Both of these feeds are things I find interesting.

2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?

Some feeds were easy to find and subscribe to, but some had to be scoped out and looked for. 

3. Which sites were your favorites?

 The FBI History and Access Hollywood sites were my favorites.

4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?

RSS feeds keep you informed on the most recent news and data. They can be used notify you about the arrival of new products in a store and warn you about upcoming weather changes. 

5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

I most likely will not be using RSS feeds in my future. I prefer to search the information myself.

Do Now 11/18

Seeing people suffer and going through a difficult time, ignites me to make a change. Many people do not have the necessities I have everyday, such as food, water, and shelter. Sometimes I take these things for granted and do not realize how fortunate I am to have them. Whenever I get the chance, I like to give back to people in need. Being able to help and aid those in need makes me feel good inside. 

‘Think’ Pictures to Machines

• Technical experts at CA Institute of Technology have contributed associate experiment to link brains to machines.
• New technology tested to ‘think’ pictures to machines
• They claim volunteers are able to create screen pictures and eventually fade out just by thinking.
• You will be able to see what images are going through a persons mind.
• The institute is trying to spread out this technology around the country, one step at a time.

Do Now 11/11

When I heard that the Philippines was in a typhoon attack, my heart went out to the families that were affected. In this horrific event, many were killed and some not found. I think this was a terrible occurrence and people all around the world should help the people of Haiyan.

Wiki Dissection & S.M

What is the purpose of this Wiki?

The purpose of this wiki, is to inform us about the disruptions of technology.When was the last post?

The last post was June 23, 2010.How was this Wiki created?
It was created by using wiki-spaces.

What would you add to it?
We would add more information about the teachers opinions, on the technology.

What did you learn from it?
We learned that the technology used in classrooms, for good purpose, can take a turn on its students. The technology distracts students from learning and paying attention.

If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?
Our topic would be about podcasting.

How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education?

Wikis can be used to combine students information together, so they can learn from each other and communicate with each other.

Wiki Research

1. Using the Internet, research how a class wiki can be used in education?

Students will be more involved in their classes. Using a wiki a is a fun way for students to combine their information with other classmates. It encourages them to participate and interact with each other.

2. What are the benefits of using a wiki?

There is less information you have to combine together. By using a wiki, you can put together different kinds of information into one easily.

3. How can we create one in this class and utilize it?

We can combine our do nows into one for the entire class.

4. What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

I have never created a wiki.

Invisibility

        Being invisible for a day would be a life changing experience. Given just a day, I would help those who are in need of assistance around town. For example, I would help an old person reach the top of the shelve for a cereal box or help a child from getting bullied. Also, I would try stopping mischievous behavior from becoming a serious crime. 

          If I were to get this invisibility cloak during the winter, I would try to shovel all the driveways of the old. They are not as strong as they used to be, so it is difficult for them to pick up the heavy snow and lift it. I would also scrap the ice off their cars so, it will be easier to see while they drive. Having the invisibility cloak for a day would be awesome! 

This Apple accessory is designed for gamers

who like to play on-the-go.


It is called the Bladepad.


It includes a low-latency gaming 

controller that slides out when needed.



This accessory has illuminated joysticks and 

buttons. 

84 dollars


Additional charging power cable allows you to

charge your iPhone/iPad while playing.

Do Now Class 7

        Welcome to the Photography Class of Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School! We have the best cameras in town! These brand new Nikons will create photographs amazing quality. This class will enable its students with the opportunity to work in the field of photography. We will meet every Wednesday, outside on the field and some Wednesdays indoors inside the auditorium.

Gadgets That Track Your Body’s Vital Signs

• Many new fitness-tracking devices are on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 
• Monitor your activity and health 
• Precisely detects blood oxygen level

• The iSpO2 clips onto a finger 

    and measures the amount of oxygen 

    carried in blood

• shines both infrared and red 

    
    light into the digit

•  blood absorbs different 

     amounts of each depending on 

     how much oxygen is carried by red blood 

   

     cells.

• Flexible screens were showcased at CES in 2012. 
• In the future, Samsung is going to reveal a flexible display of technology at CES.
• It is going to have a flexible display of 5.5-inches.  
• High definition resolution of 1280 x 720.
• Samsung's mobile business head, D.J. Lee, has confirmed that the South Korean manufacturer plans to release a  smartphone with a curved display.

My favorite sport is soccer, I love hanging out with my friends, and I also enjoy baking.

Most Interesting Class

     Mrs. Gaven has been teaching in Wood-Ridge for ten years. She is the head of the Wood-Ridge Debate Team. Currently in her class we are learning about the Cold War and World War 2. U.S History class has been interesting so far.
     In U.S History, I expect to learn more about the causes and effects of World War 2. In class she assigns questions due every week about the topic we are learning about. This is helping me understand more about the chapters she has been teaching. 
    Later on in the year, Mrs.Gaven is taking us on a class field trip to the 911 memorial. I am very excited about this trip because I have never been to the memorial. 
     A new element that has been added to our school last year are the online textbooks. I have not used the textbook yet, but I plan on doing so in the future. In every class, I am using Realtime to see my grades. 
     
       

Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics To Walk

• The Ekso is a wearable robot that is made of a motorized frame and computer.
• This Bionic robot gives paraplegics mobility and strength to perform tasks standing up.
• Started as a project for the military to help injured soldiers.
• It is developed by Ekso Bionics.
• This has been a work in progress for over the past ten years.

I am in Period 7 Web2.0.