Thursday, May 22, 2014

Tech article

                                 


  • A man named Colin Furze created shoes that allow him to walk on the ceiling
  • How this works is strapped to each of the shoes is an electromagnet, each magnet has a long cable attached to it, a button which then releases the magnets hold and allows him to move his feet independently. Click here   


Monday, May 19, 2014

Diigo Questions


  1. What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers?
  2. What have you learned from researching the above topics? What do you know now about those current events that you didn’t know before?
  3. What are other social bookmarking apps/websites?
  4. Will you continue to use social bookmarking?

            1. You can add information you need to files and folders on your computer. 
            2.  I learned about stuff that was going on in the world that I didn't know about before.                        One of  the current events I learned about was the Bridgegate issue dealing with Chris
                Christie.
            3.  Some other social bookmarking websites are Reddit, MetaFilter, Fark, and Slashdot.
            4.  I might use it in the future to organize information on my computer.   

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Tech Article

                                      

  • Apple has a new patent application that makes it easier to remember who your texting
  • The system works by using contact pictures employed in the background of  the text conversations
  • The system puts the contact picture of the person you're talking with in the background of your message window , with your actual conversation overlaid on top  

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Do Now

What is digital organization to you ?

To me digital organization is organizing all your favorite or helpful website you use

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Web 2.0 Tool Posting :Free Technology for Teachers

1) The Web 2.0 Tool, Subject & Teacher you will use it for
2) How you will use it specifically
3) How it will help you to learn the content/lesson/unit, and any other information you want to include.

1. I would use The Web 2.0 Tool in History in Ms.Garvin's class because we are always doing a ton of projects involving slide shows, voice threads,and videos

2. I would specifically use this tool for the slide show and video feature 

3.  Right now we are working on a dream destination project and the Slide show and Video feature would be very useful.



Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Article Reflection

I thought this article was pretty accurate. Social Media has definitely become a big part of our lives. The internet was created for a good positive thing but sometimes it can be a bad thing. I think that we do have to be careful about what we do and post on the internet. It could change our lives for the better or for the worse.