Technology blog 3/11/16

iFusion SmartStation

• A docking station for your iphone.
• Charges your iphone.
• Supports Bluetooth.
• When docked you are able to receive calls on the phone and your iphone at the same time.
• A combination of the iFusion and an iphone.

 

Technology Blog 3/4/16

Innovative Sony Xperia Projector

• Used on almost every surface
• Touch projector
• As a built in battery
• Has built in sensors to detect hand gestures
• Able to connect to Wifi
• Retrieves information from the internet and more
• Can be connected to a mobile device or computer

Educational Technology and Copyright Law

I've learned that as soon as you draw or take a picture of something it instantly becomes copyright. It is your work and no one is allowed to steal it. Copyright is a United States federal law that protects original work. For educational purposes students and teachers are allowed to use your work. For example a student is allowed to include your work in their project. Giving credit to the person's work that you are taking is a big thing. In some cases you don't have to give credit but in most cases you do have to give credit. It is the right thing to give the work you are using credit. Claiming the work that is not yours to be yours can get you in a lot of trouble.

Technology Post 2/26/16

"Boston Dynamics' New Atlas Robot Can't Be Pushed Around"

• 5 feet and 9 inches tall, and weighs 180 pounds.
• Has a human like mindset.
• Helps with manual labor.
• The Atlas robot can work on it's own.
• No emotions.
• Able to lift factory boxes over 20 pounds.

Do Now 2/22

I feel that the FBI forced Apple to do this. They gave Apple no choice of what to do. Apple creating the program that can hack any iPhone on the suspect's phone, now makes most of Apples customers afraid of their information being stolen. Apple would now need to create even more security to block the new brute program they've created. The FBI wasn't wrong for doing this but, I felt that they should have handled this more professionally.

Technology Blog 2/19/16

       Google Glass    

• A pair of glasses that you wear on your eyes.
• It's like a computer on your face.
• Connects you to social networks.
• Can receive calls and emails.
• You are able to hook up your notifications from your phone to your Google glass.
• Able to record.
• Has a Gps in it.
• Price is around $1500

Article URL is https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/02/27/everything-you-need-to-know-about-google-glass/

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Ms. Hunter is the Freshman English 1 teacher. I would say that Ms. Hunter is a really fair teacher when it comes to homework, and grades. Every Friday she gives us a quiz to take based on a vocabulary book called Wordly Wise. I expected to learn about Essays, short stories,books, vocabulary words, etc. when I first joined her class. For the Wordly Wise quiz on Fridays Ms. Hunter does give us fair warning about it. The Wordly Wise quiz does help out your grade a lot.

So far I have learned about writing essays, short stories, letter to the author,ect. I’ve also learned about ways to improve my writing, and my reading. The Mid-Terms for her class were challenging. The link to Ms. Hunters Wood-ridgeschools webpage is http://wood-ridge.schoolwires.net/Domain/185. The link to her webpage where she grades most of our work is http://turnitin.com/.

Every now and then we would use the laptops in the back of her room. When we are on the laptops we would usually type essays or classwork. We do not use our phones for anything in her class. We are currently reading Romeo and Juliet.