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

 

Play video-3:32

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. 

 

Tech Article 11/7

I, For One, Welcome Our Salad-Making Robot Overlords

What: This Salad-Making robot is called CIROS. It is a robot that prepares a salad for you.

Why: CIROS was invented to help the elderly or handicapped people prepare or cook their daily meals.

How: This robot has a Kinect head that can identify common household objects. It can also load the dishwasher and pour your drink. The robot also cleans up your mess after you have finished your meal.

Where: You will find that most science centers have CIROS to present.

Who: Korean Institute of Science and Technology’s Center created this robot.

Click here to watch CIROS video 1:39

Tech Article 10/25

 

Watch A Swarm Of Robots Team Up With Flying Drones To Solve Real-World Problems

What: This product is a group of robots that team up to solve real-world problems.

Why: These robots were build because they are able to solve problems for you and act like your servants in the house.

How: This product communicates with other robots that are above them and tell them where there going and what there doing.

Who: Nithin Mathews, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O’Grady, and Marco Dorigo created this product.

When: This product came out on May 19, 2009.

Where: These robots were invented at Vilamoura, Portugal.

Click here to watch the video (3 minutes) 

 

  

 

Wiki Research 10/23

 

What are the benefits of using a wiki? 

• It is better than emailing
• Wikis can be edited by more than one person at the same time
• It gives you information on what other people wrote 

How can we create one in this class and utilize it?

• We can create a wiki by researching the topic given to us and post what we know
• We can work on the wiki at the same time and delete whatever we think is not important
• We can also add information we think is necessary      

 What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

• I have no experience in creating wikis 
• I have used Wikipedia and Wiki Answers  

X Factor

Tech Article 10/19

  Creator Of BlindType, A Keyboard App For The Blind Acquired By Google, Reveals New Keyboard App Called Fleksy

What: This is an app on the Android, Windows Phone, and the Iphone so blind people are able to text and email other people. 

Why: Flesky was created to allow the blind to text on there touch screen smartphone.

How: Flesky allows the blind to type and fixes your mistakes by using the clues you put in your message.
Where: You can get this app on your Android, Windows Phone, and the Iphone. You will find that most people that are blind has this app.
When: This app came out on August 16th, 2012.

Click here to view video of Flesky 

YouTube Videos

These are some of my favorite videos on YouTube
Blood
Baby  
Husky (I Love You)
Girl Crying 
Falling Door 
Halloween Candy
 

This is one of my favorite videos on YouTube!

This kid reminds me of my moms friend! This is funny (in my opinion), talented, and very entertaining! Just watch the whole video and you'll see what I mean by funny!

Amphibious bicycle in Wuhan
Click Here for link

  

What: This bicycle can be used on water and on land. It has eight water buckets as pontoons and adjustable vane wheels as driving power.

Why: This product was built so you can ride your bike on water and on land.

How: The eight water buckets help the bicycle float and the adjustable vane wheels make the bike move forward.

When: This bicycle came out on May 30, 2009.

Where: The Amphibious Bicycle can be found in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China.

Who: Li Weiguo invented this product.

Tech Article 10/4

Furry Baby-Like Robot Fights Depression in Senior Citizen



What: This Baby-Like Robot helps senior citizens, like your grandma and grandpa, fight against dementia, a type of depression.  this robot is called Babyloid.

Why: This not only helps senior citizens fight against depression, but it makes the nurses that work at nursing homes lives much more easier and less stressful so they are not worrying about their clients.

How:  Babyloid works just like a real baby except it can't show affection to you like a real baby does, but its behavior – crying, smiling, sleeping and making real baby noises – is very similar to that of an actual baby.

Where: You will find the most Babyloids at nursery homes.

When: The Babyloid came out on January 9, 2012


 

Sing-A-Lace

Tech Article 9/28

GifBoom: Create Animated GIFs Quickly With Your [iPhone & Android] 

 

• What: GifBoom is an app on the ipad, iphone, and android.  GifBoom is just like an instagram, but instead of pictures they are videos.
• Why:  GifBoom was created to entertain people.
• When: GifBoom came out on February 24, 2012.
• Where: This app is available in the app store. You can purchase this on your ipad, iphone, and android.
• How: This app takes videos that lets you add different effects.  You can share your videos with friends.

Click here to see a GifBoom video-Kylie Jenner 

My Weekend!

This weekend.....

•  I was sick :'(
•  My mom had friends came over :)
•  I ate at Surf City in Jersey City, NJ
•  I had a cheering game (football game) 
• Laughed
•  Ate 
•  Slept
•  Breathed
•  Help my mom fight against Post Concert Depression (PCD) (She misses P!nk) (PCD is when you go to a concert to see someone famous, you leave the concert and you miss that famous person.)
• Hung out in the basement with my brother.

My Summer Vacation!!!

On my summer vacation I went to......

CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS and PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

My family and I spent most of our time at Seaside Park in Cape Cod or as we like to call it the Little Beach.  It is like a miniature beach and if you swim across it, on the other side is the big beach. We also went to the Dominican Republic. My mom's friend got married at Lari Mar, a resort we stayed at. We spent most of our time at the pool and at the beach.
Click here for Lari Mar video 

The Little Beach

Lari Mar

Tech Artical 9/21

 
Texting and driving technology app
 

 Click Here for link and video

 

•  Why: They created this app, Drive Mode, so drivers, especially parents, stay focused on driving and keep themselves and their passengers safe.
• When: This app came out on September 19, 2012. The governor of Oklahoma made 9/19 "No Texting while Driving Awareness Day." 
• Where: This app is available on any internet connected cell phones. This app was created in Oklahoma.  
• Who: The cell phone company, AT&T, created this app.
• How: This app works by preventing your phone from ringing when you receive calls, text messages, emails, etc. on your phone while your driving until you reach your destination. While your driving it will automatically send the person that called or texted you a message noting that you are driving.   

 

Hi! Welcome to my blog!

Hi! Welcome to my blog! This blog is for when your feeling down and you need to laugh!

Things about me:
-Most people think I'm short. They are wrong! I AM FUN SIZED!
-I play soccer, softball, and I'm on the cheering squad!
-Most people don't like Justin Bieber or One Direction! Oh well! I LOVE THEM! THAT'S JUST ME!
-I have 2 little brothers and a little sister!
-I want a dog and an iphone so bad!!!! 

Hope you have fun on my blog!!!