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   

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.   

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  

Do Now

What is digital organization to you ?

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

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.

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.

RSS Feed Questions

   1.Why did you select the sites you subscribed to

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

   3.Which sites were your favorites?

   4.What else can you use RSS feeds for?

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

   1. I selected the sites I subscribed to because I thought they were interesting.

   2. Yes, the rss feeds were easy to find they were either on the top of the website or          the bottom.

   3. My favorite site was YouTube. 

   4. You can use rss feeds to get updates with cool new information about your                    favorite websites.

   5. I might use rss feeds in the future to get updates on my favorite websites.