tech article 4/24

The brand new magic floating lightbulb.

     The technology that powers the Flyte floating light bulb isn’t particularly exotic. Magnets keep the bulb floating about an inch above its base which features a hidden inductive coil to wirelessly powers the bulb’s LEDs. But it’s the sum of its parts: a light bulb that appears to magically float and glow without any wires attached to it, is just plain cool.

tech article 4/20 bruh

     Nokia's plans for their new smartphones

     The Finnish company sold off its devices and services division to Microsoft back in 2014, which left Nokia to focus on mapping, networking and managing patents. Microsoft currently has a clause in place to continue using the Nokia branding until next year, and when this expires Nokia would be in a position to start executing smartphone plans. Unfortunately, there are no details on what the company has in the works, or more importantly what software the new hardware will support. The company will need to double efforts on new products, and not simply rely on third-parties like Foxconn to produce unremarkable hardware like the N1, though it's expected Nokia will continue to work with license deals instead of manufacturing devices in-house.

Tech Article 13/15

Pancake 3d printer?

     Just when you thought that you've seen everything from watches from pornhub or a phone activated door lock, low and behold the brand new "PancakeBot". It is basically a 3d printer that instead of using plastic it uses pancake batter. It is currently not in stores but it is still pretty awesome.

Tech article 2/12

Circuit board making 3-D printer 

     There is a new 3-D printer that goes by the name Voltera. This printer dispenses a small trail of conductive ink that can be used in the creation of complex mother boards. It is able to dispense a non-conductive mask over the conductive trail to add more ink on it. This is perfect for inventors, hobbyists, and tinkerers. They are to start hitting shelves on January of next year. If you want to pre-order one it costs about $1500. I personally think that this is a really cool invention that could be useful to a lot of people.

Tech Article 1/30

Austrian Gerhard Feldbacher recently unveiled an interesting small home that aims to strike a happy balance between ease of transport and size. Named Simple Home, the small dwelling sports four integrated legs that enable it to be easily transported by truck and left in its intended location without the need of a crane, hoist, or other machinery. The whole thing weighs about 11 tons. It stands about 13 feet high. In my opinion i dont quite under the point of this house. If you are going to live in such a small space. You might as welljust live in an empty dumpster.

tech article 1/17

A new rifle company called Trackingpoint is developing a rifle that has the ability to hit almost anything. Their special rifle has a computer that when a target is point it will calculate the right angle to shoot the target.

Do Now 1/2/14

2013 was a fairly normal year I went on vacation, laughed, cried, ok maybe not cried. I dont really have any goals for the new year but to be a better person overall. Im not exactly sure how to achieve that though

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.