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

Another way anyone and everyone can organize their computer, emails, favorite websites, blog post and RSS Feeds is through diggolet. This website allows you to bookmark anything you want on the internet. Also, it has many other functions. You can highlight the text you want to use, put a sticky note, add a read later mark, share the document among many other great features.

Tech Article 12/13/13

Malls of the future: touchscreen store windows made from   'connected glass'

• These giant and amazing touchscreen windows are installed in Westfield San Francisco Center. 

• These new technology allows buyers to browse products, order and have them deliver for free. 

• It is believe that the program  brings the best of the online and new technologies to the physical world. 

• These system doesn't require square footage retail space, which allows retailers to have a presence in areas with heavy traffic.

• With 'digital storefronts', which are giant touchscreen store windows, customers can browse through a retailer's items with a single swipe.

• Retailers, like Sony, have set up connect glass points in malls.

• It provides the customer with a virtual shop within a real mall.

• It is an opportunity for brands to expand their footprint and offer virtual shopping experiences.

• video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypCMN3WPAq8&list=PLAB3D484F2FCD6D1F
• http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/tech/innovation/ebay-digital-storefronts-connected-glass/index.html

Do Now 12/3/12

I think it would be a good idea making twitter and Instagram for educational purposes. It would be a positive way in which this apps could be use. 

RSS Assignment

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

I selected the sites I subscribed to because they are sites that interest me personally. My favorite sport is track and field and i love anything that involves the topic. In concern with the news and government portion, I like to know what is going in the world around me. 

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

It wasn't so difficult finding the feeds.However, many of the sites I first visited, sadly didn't have the RSS feed. It was kind of a problem because it made it more difficult for me to find sources that had the RSS feed and interest me in matters of my sport .

3. Which sites were your favorites?

One of my favorite feeds was the elf cosmetics blog, since i love makeup. It provided me with information about certain makeup looks that i wanted to try, for example, during the holiday season. The track and field feeds provided me with information about my favorite athletes and outlooks on the best turnouts of the sport. They kept me updated on what interest me.


4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?

You can use RSS feeds for getting other information you want out there. It can quickly widespread throughout the internet. Recipes and or other information you will like others to use and benefit from it. 


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

There is a good change of my using RSS feeds in the future to keep me updated on my sport events and news. 

Do Now 11/18

The things that ignite my desire to help make this world a better place is the drive to help those in need. My goals can fulfill my needs, as well as contribute to the community. By volunteering, many individuals can benefit and grow greater as people. It can also help the community grow closer together and become mentors for others. It is something that can completely change the world and make it better place for many to live in. Without expecting anything in return, it is a great feeling doing community service, which changes peoples lives in a positive way!

Tech Article 11/15

Sensor-Studded Shirt Sleeve

• Made by the company Vibrado Technologies
• This sleeve will change the whole dynamic of shooting 
• It manages to give feedback to correct form 
• It also increases your chance of scoring
• It'll establish muscle memory for how the arm should be positioned
• The sleeve technology is still being refined and iterated.
• Vibrado expects it to market in late 2014.
• It's also expected to be around $200.
• It is expected to be appealing to athletes of all abilities 

video
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57612476-76/could-a-sensor-studded-shirt-sleeve-make-you-a-hoops-star/

Do Now 11/11/13

My thoughts on the death toll from a powerful typhoon that swept the Philippines were extremely shocking and worried about the country and its people. What i can do to help is contribute by sending overseas supplies, which are needed there. Everything counts; clothes, food and school and house materials, which were all lost is the devastating destruction. 

Wiki Research

Wiki can be used in my current classes in several different ways. Instead of using traditional presentation software, put presentations on a wiki. For some classes such as history, make it a class project to collaboratively write a reference book that others can use. Students can create study guides for a specific part of the unit that is being studied. Summaries can be crated after reading a chapter of a book in classes such as English and history.  Wiki encourages students to share review notes and other helpful pieces of information on your classroom’s wiki. School papers can be written and the students to draft their papers in a wiki, then ask other students to comment it. We create one in this class and utilize it by collaborating on a project or tech article each week. My experience using wiki is when working on a project, i can rely on the sources that wiki provides.

Do now 10/29/2013

1. the picture is outdated
2. the name of the school is not the same
3. soccer is not longer combined with Heights 
4. the Vice Principal is not Mr. Deo anymore
5. the grades are different

Do Now 10/28/2013

           If I were invisible for a day, many things would be done in order to help many. I would try to cure the new distributive diseases that are affecting many lives all around the world. For example, I would work along with great scientist to cure diseases like cancer. I would help the seniors of the world feel younger. Children that are happily running around and even if they fall their scars would be heal. Broken bones would be fix immediately as well.
          I would help lost children and or individuals find their way home. Kidnappers and murderers would be find by me and punish immediately. Families that are split apart for several circumstances of life would be able to meet together more often when missed. When accidents such as car crashes and or demolitions happen i would be able to save the many lives affected. Many people would be helped by the  actions taken place by me. People would be thankful and appreciate more their lives and their surroundings.

Tech Article 10/11/13

HP and Google roll out intriguing $279 Chromebook

• HP and Google have rolled out the 11-inch HP Chromebook 11.
• Chromebooks run Google's web-centric Chrome Operating System.
• Google says this version has a sturdier frame and is lighter at just 2.3 pounds. 
• Both have the ARM-based Exynos 5250 processor, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage.
• Consists mainly of a web browser and promises simplicity and security.
• Chromebooks start around $200, but HP's latest offering sets it apart from earlier Chromebooks in a way.
• HP's model sports a in-plane switching screen for better viewing angles and more vivid color reproduction.
• The Chromebook can be charged with a micro-USB cable.
• For example, if you’ve a got an Android phone, for instance, you could get away with packing a single charger before you leave the house. 
  
• HP’s Chromebook is available now in a Wi-Fi-only version for $279
• There will be a model available later this year with a built-in 4G/LTE cellular connection.
• Design-wise, the HP Chromebook 11 sports similar internal specs to an earlier $250 Samsung model; both feature a mobile processor more commonly found in smartphones and tablets than portable computers
  
• The idea is to offer better battery life, but there’s an associated performance tradeoff.
• http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/08/tech/gaming-gadgets/google-hp-chromebook/index.html

Do Now 10/7/13

The new class added to the school curriculum is geography.  It would be held in classroom 204, featuring four different teachers, which will focus on the different continents. The class would teach the history and culture of other countries and their people. The students will focus on learning to apply the material to real life experiences and leaning to deal with the several different languages around the world. This class will work along with the language classes to get a better understanding.

The student will make 3D posters every month featuring a different country, along with the country's history. All around the room the classroom has different maps and famous people from all over the world. Each test given would measure their understanding of the different continent learn during the period of time. Several activities would be drown from this class, such going around the room and identifying countries. As well as matching the capitals and cities and dialects of each territory around the world. 

Visually Impaired Turn to Smartphones to See Their World

• Blind people with an iPhone will be able to use the same technology we do.

• Advocates for the blind say that the device could be the biggest assertive aid to the blind since braille was invented.

• People with vision problems can use voice commands to read and write.

• Windows phones offer some voice commands.

• One of Apple's features helps blind people take photos.

• The phone can say how many heads are in the picture and where they are in the frame.

• Accessibility innovations have also led to using a smartphone’s camera to allow the blind and visually impaired to shop, count money and live independently in ways many of us take for granted.

• Apples tecnology includes VoiceOver and lets blind people interact with their devices using multitouch gestures on the screen.

• The iPhone will read aloud the name of each application.

• Swiping two fingers down the screen will promt the phone to read the text out loud in the reading app.

• The iPhone also supports 40 different braille bluetooth keyboards

• Another innovations like Siri and Dictation help users type, read calendars and launch apps like Facebook  and Twitter.

• These demonstrations clearly show how a smartphone with accessibility software can open many avenues to help the blind and visually impaired be more included in everyday life.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/disruptions-guided-by-touch-screens-blind-turn-to-smartphones-for-sight/?_r=0

Samsung Makes A Curved Smartphone

• Samsung plans to introduce a smartphone with a curved display screen.

• Curved screens are rare among smartphones since they usually have a flat, rectangular display.

• The displays are supposed to offer a more immerse viewing experience, but are significantly more expensive than standard screens.

• The edges of the smartphone would open exponentially more space for viewing content.

• It opens up into a small tablet.

• This bendable display screen could be unbreakable.

• However, it still faces a major challenge in making other handset components, such as batteries, that can bend with the rest of the unit.

• Whether the phone would be plastic or not is undecided.

• This phone could be a version of the Galaxy S3.

• The Nexus smartphone, which was release in 2011, had a slight curve to it, but this phone takes the concept further. 

• A curved screen would also boost Samsung's status as a leader on the mobile innovation front.

• No exact price or release date.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/25/tech/mobile/samsung-curved-smartphone/index.html

Multi-Media Post

     I have Mr. Minnocci's US History II third period honors class. He is the spring track and field coach at Wood-ridge high school, and he has been working in the education field for about more than two decades. He is an excellent role model and a person you can go to when needed. He has a sense of humor that makes him approachable and welcoming to the class. As the year goes on, I expect to grow mentally in that class. Learning new things and having discussions on everyday events and the past ones as well.

     The grading policy he goes by is 40% test and quizzes, 10% for homework, 40% projects and based assignments and 10%  for participation. There are several interesting aspects of his class. His everyday riddles make us think outside the box, and laugh about some of the answers provided by my fellow classmates. His discussions on the topics we are learning are powerfully strong, since the whole class participates. The video clips showed during this chapter about the Cold War and Korea greatly helped the understanding of the chapter by focusing on the main points.

      Technology in the class is used in different ways. It is used in watching video clips on the topic we are learning and or look a power point noting the important parts of each and every section we go over. We also use technology by using our online textbook and plugging in our user name and password. This years class is a challenge, but if hard work is put in, it will be worth it. With everything learn in the US history II course, someday, somehow is gonna help you in the near future.

What 9/11 means to me?

September 11 doesn't really mean anything to me because i was very little when this tragedy happen and I did not live in this country either. In Colombia, me and my family where worried when this happen because my aunt lived in the United States; we did not know if it affected her. Fortunately, she did not get hurt.  Sadly, many others were.

Introduction

My name is Valentina Gonzalez, I am 15 years old, and I'm in sophomore year of high school. My nationality is Colombian and I moved to the United States four years ago. I like to run and spend time with my friends and family. I do track and field and cheering. I enjoyed vising my country whenever I can, since mostly all my family lives there. I'm in two honors classes, which are history II honors and geometry honors. My only elective is Web 2.O for the first half of the year, and then financial literacy for the other half. I take Italian II, and the other regular classes require to graduate.