Social Bookmarking Questions

What's another way we can organize your computers? What about email? Your Favorite Websites? Your Blog Posts? RSS Feeds?

Ways to organize the above is to create folders and bundles.

I think that our computers, emailing, websites, blog posts, and RSS feeds are already organized.

Tech Article 12/14

Sphero’s New Augmented Reality App Allows You To Walk A Beaver Around Your House

What- Sphero, an a game in the app store that is played on the iPad and in your house.

How- This app has a hamster named Sharky. You can see him on your iPad, but in your house he is a ball. This ball has an internal motor. You can use it by using a Bluetooth enabled to your tablet.
Where- This app is available in the app store and the ball can be found on Amazon.com
When- 2012
Who- Orbotix 

Tech Article 12/7

 

A Box of Crayons for the iPad

What-Crayola DigiTools

How-This toy is used on the ipad and is made for kids. It comes with 8 tools such as the 3D glasses, stamp, airbrush, etc.

Who- The companies, Griffin and Crayola.

When- Crayola DigiTools came out this year in November.

Where- You can find this product in the app store on your ipad and the tools in Walmart, Target, and order it online.

  

 

RSS Feeds Discussion

RSS FEEDS

Why did you select the sites you subscribed to? 
For my favorite website, I chose seventeen because I visit that website often. The websites I chose for government contained a lot 
of information about government. I chose MSN and ABC news for news because they show many of events that happen recently.
Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?  
It was easy to find the feeds and subscribe them.
Which sites were your favorites?
 My favorite site is the news website. 
What else can you use RSS feeds for? 
You can use RSS feeds to subscribe your favorite websites.
 How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?  
I don't think that I will be using RSS feeds in the future unless I am required to use them at work. 
 

Tech Article 11/30

 Make It So: Ubi, The Ubiquitous Plug-in Computer Is Available For Pre-Order 

What- This $219 gadget is called Ubi. It is like a smart phone used only in the house.

How- The Ubi can monitor things around your house with its sensors. It is used only with wifi. It changes different colors when there is wifi and there isn't.

When- Ubi will come out in 2013.

Where- This gadget can only be used in outlets in your house.

Who- Ubi was created by a Toronto team.

 

 

 

My Voki

Nao Next Gen Bot

 

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What- This robot is called Nao. He can talk, walk and play catch. Nao can also plug himself in to charge when his battery is running low.

 

Why- Nao was invented for autistic children to pratice having full conversations and responding correctly.

How- This robot has two HD cameras that has the ability to recognize your face and your movements. It also has four microphones that can recognize your voice and specific words in your sentence.    

When- This robot came out this year in March.

Where- 2,000 Nao robots have been sold worldwide, and are currently being used in schools to help teach children.