Jing 6/4

Jing Screen Capturing Video

LifeStraw Weekly Tech. 13

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Life Straw is a tube about 9.25 inches (23.5 centimeters) long and about an inch (2.5 centimeters). The outer shell of the unit is made of a durable plastic, with a string attached so users can wear it around their necks. the product incorporates mechanical filtration. When you suck on your Life Straw, water is forced through hollow fibers, which contain pores less than 0.2 microns across. Thus, a microfiltration device. Any dirt, bacteria or parasites are trapped in the fibers, while the clean water passes through. When you're done drinking, you simply blow air out the straw to clear the filter. You can down a quart of water in eight minutes using the Life Straw.

Web 2.0 Tool "Dropbox"

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The tool that I commonly use on a day to day basis, especially when I need to switch between mobile devices is the "Dropbox" tool. The "Dropbox" tool I can easily use for Medical Terminology for Mr.Man and for Web 2.0 for Mr. Porfido, as well as many others. The "Dropbox" tool I can use it for moving files between computers, or keeping my important files in my ICloud. Also, it helps keep my files mobile, and is very manageable. Using "Dropbox" I can move files such as pictures for a project that is due the next day, and put the project together when I am on the go, and won't get back home until very late. Also, I can share my photos with other classmates that are either working on the same project, or just need my pictures as a reference for looking for different pictures. Using "Dropbox" will teach me to engage with other people excluding myself, and will help me with the lesson, project, and unit at hand. For example, by sharing my files with other classmates I am able to collaborate ideas for a specific unit, and or lesson that we are doing inside the classroom. Also, I am able to gather a diverse amount of information concerning the lesson or unit to generate my own ideas that is not plagiarizing my fellow classmate.

Social Bookmarking Project

What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers? 
I can store information on my computer by bookmarking, tagging, and pasting information in certain folders on my computer.
What have you learned from researching the above topics?
I learned that there are multiple websites that are still to be figured out by student like myself.
What do you know now about those current events that you didn't know before?
I figured out that we actually have a law called " The Dignity for All Students Act" which is basically like a bullying law, but it provide the State’s public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying.
What are other social bookmarking apps/websites?

• Blinklist
• BlogBookMark
• ClipClip

Will you continue to use social bookmarking?
To be honest I don't think I will because I am so transfixed on bookmarking on my computer and searching for past sites to look back upon without having to have another site for bookmarking.

Do Now 5/18

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ~Mahatma Gandhi 

My desire to make this world a better place, is due to seeing people struggling in the streets asking for spare change, or food. Also, I see the difficulty that many families are going through, trying to make ends meet. Lastly, I see not only adults but children in the streets homeless, in poverty, and having to do the most horrific things just to get by in life. Out of the many life goals I have the top two are to open up my own shelter for people that do not have a home. Secondly, I want to be a doctor to help people who have an illness. These two goals contribute to helping my community become one that anyone from everywhere could count on getting a safer environment, a place to live, and good medical attention.  

Jetbike Weekly Tech. 12

Jet Bike?!

A jet-powered vehicle that can travel the length of a football field in the blink of an eye will attempt to break the world two-wheeled land speed record later this year. The goal of the Jet Bike- built by a team in Britain and dubbed Jet Reaction- is to travel more than 400 mph (644 km/h), or 587 feet per second, in order to beat the current fastest motorcycle record of 376.36 mph (605.69 km/h), set by an American team in 2010. The speedy vehicle is powered by a modified helicopter engine. In contrast, with all past record holders the Jet Reaction is 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weighs 1,235 lbs. (560 kilograms) with fuel and oil.

 

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Discussion Questions

Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
I selected the sites I subscribed to because each one contained information that interested me, and I figured that it would be information that would interest other people as well.
Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?
Yes and no, because a few times when I was searching on really good websites, it was difficult to find an rss feed on the page.
Which sites were your favorites?
Some of my favorite sites were ESPN, FBI News, and NCAA Men's Basketball.
What else can you use RSS feeds for?
I can use RSS feeds to subscribe to subscribe to my favorite news sources, blogs, websites, and other digital properties, and then receive the latest content from all those different areas or sites in one place, without having to repeatedly visit each individual site.
How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?
Possibly, because I am not use to creating RSS feeds, so when I am in need for an RSS feed somewhere in the long run I will create one.