Tech article 12/13

Pros and Cons of a 3-D printer.

When many people hear about a 3-D printer, the first thing that comes in their mind is how it can be used to make weapons. Even though that's mainly what's talked about, there is also a good side to 3-D printers.

You can make things like acoustic guitars, camera lenses, flutes, kaleidoscopes, plastic mugs, and even fabric! 3-D printers work by layering melted plastic to make a 3-D form.  

How can Twitter be used in the classroom?

It can be used in multiple different ways to help educate and teach people different skills. It could be used to inform people of homework and put up notes or lesson. It can also help suggest different educational websites or articles. I don't see too many problems that could happen with twitter.You can also learn about cats. =

Rss feed questions

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

I selected them mainly because they are related or talk about my interests. 

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

Yes, it was fairly easy to find them except for some websites like the FBI website.

3.Which sites were your favorites?

My favorite ones were the NASA feed, CNN,and the CIA. 

4.What else can you use RSS feeds for?

It could be used to show your friends interesting websites alot easier.

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

It depends if i take your class again.

Do Now 11/18

Seeing something like this

makes me want to make up for these kind of people in the world.
To be truthful I don't have any life goals, my main goal in life is to be the most interesting person i could possibly be. I'm not sure if I'm able to contribute to society with that. =(

Tech article

The Tedi bear.

This special device is not just a toy for you're child, but it is also a monitor for those overprotective parents. This bear has a microphone, a thermometer, and sensors for the child's pulse and to keep track of their growing strength. It is able to be recorded on a near iOS or android device. There is also a microphone in case you want to talk to your baby. It is currently $99 to pre-order it. I believe it is a really cool devise, but not as cool as a baby vacuum. 

Typhoon in the Philippines

After hearing about the typhoon in the Philippines the only thing that i was able to think about were my cousins . I could not stop thinking of them until i heard from them yesterday (there doing ok). Im overall happy that they are fine.

Wiki dissection M.C. J.C.

 1.What is the purpose of this wiki?

.This wiki discusses how technology is considered disruptive in a classroom.

2. When was the last post?
The last post was posted by CLykowski on October 29, 2006 labeled, Thanks Everyone.

3.How was this wiki created?
This wiki was created through k12wiki by creating an account on k12 wiki, and posting whatever they had pleased, in this case it had been disruptive technology in the classroom.

4.What would you add to it?
I would add much more updated information on this certain subject because technology has changed education and updated compared to the technology in this post.

5.What did you learn from it?
Neither me, nor my partner had learned anything from this wiki. Its understood that when technology can be used wrong when dealing with education, but self-control and proper use of technology should be used.

6.If you had to create a wiki with a team, what would be your specific topic?
Animal, and new discoveries of new species.

7. How can wikis be used in the classroom.
Wikis can be used in the classroom to keep tabs and all the information that a class has learned and can be updated and posted for study purposes.

wiki research

1. Using the Internet, research how a class wiki can be used in education - Here is a good source, use it and adapt it to your specific classes.
2. What are the benefits of using a wiki?
3. How can we create one in this class and utilize it?
4. What experience do you have using or creating wikis?\

1.study guides, virtual field trips, exploratory projects

2.You can post information for all to see and edit.

3.using websites like wikipages and using it as a list for multiple people

4.your class =D

Invisibility

If I were invisible for one day, I would steal from the rich and give to the poor. I would try to bring as much money as i possibly could and haul it over to Africa. By that time I would be visible and buy things for those nice poor people of Africa. I would then live with them until i grow up and get enough money to go back to the U.S. Finally I would move to Mexico (zihuatanejo) and live with a hotel on the beach and have a small boat for fishing and entertainment.


    I will then move back to the United States in my old age. I will move to South Dakota and live happy for the rest of my life.

My Survey

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Do now 10/7

                                                                Metal shop

If I were a teacher I would want to teach metal shop.I would want the class to take place at the nearest Lowes hardware store. I would teach the students how to weld, the different types of tools ,and a little bit about soldering. I would try to use the workshop stations that they have at Lowes. While the children would be working i would play the radio. For their main project i would have them create a simple metal sculpture.

It would mainly be graded by projects and not so much home work. I would have them create simple mechanisms(pulleys winches etc.)

Tech article 9/27

Men try to smuggle 50 lbs of marijuana onto us land by raft.

A Mexican drug smuggler tried to smuggle 50 lbs of marijuana across the border by making his raft out of marijuana. They had actually made it across, they were just not able to get to land before getting caught by border patrol. In my opinion I thought this was a very ingenious idea. The amazing part is that it almost worked.

This year i'm taking world history with Ms.Forsyth. In my opinion i think that she is a nice and funny teacher. She does not say much about herself. I expect to learn about different kind of wars around the world and the different types of technology that has helped us survive as long as we have. Her grading policy is 40% for projects, 40% for tests, 10% for homework, and 10% for class participation. I will use technology in her class for research and projects.

 This is all that the teacher has for a website.

Tech article 9/13

Siri's soon to come out AI competitor.

It is rumored that Microsoft is currently working on a new mobile personal assistant. Supposedly it will be named Cortana after the famous AI from the Halo series. There has been an app on recent leaks on the early version of the windows phone operating system that is named "zCortana". I believe that this would be a cool thing to add to a phone from microsoft.

(I couldn't add a picture or video because this had to me done on my phone)

Welcome

Im jon cox i like corndogs, bacon, and trains. Im taking this course biology, history, algebra, and English. i also like the movie Sharknado