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What's another way we can organize your computers? Another way to organize computers is by putting things into folders.
What about email? I can put tags into my emails to organize them.
Your Favorite Websites? I can favorite my favorite websites with my toolbar. 
Your Blog Posts? I can organize my blog posts by tags. 
RSS Feeds? I can also organize RSS feeds with tags and on other websites. 

Barnacle Shelters

• Twenty-three homeless shelter pods barnacled to the side of a railroad station in Marseilles, France
• Architect and former graffiti artist Stéphane Malka seeks out these neglected armpits of cities' public space and transforms them into light, flexible, emergency housing
• He calls the process "architectural kama sutra" because of the unorthodox positioning of the structures next to, above, or below traditional buildings and city elements
• Putting up the structure in September was also part of Malka's strategy. "In France, there's a rule saying in wintertime, you can't take someone out of housing," Malka explains 
• Meant to protect low- and middle income workers from being pushed out of housing and into the suburbs by obscene rent increases, recently passed laws now guarantee that most renters won't end up on the streets during the coldest months

Amazon Prime Air Drone

• Amazon purchases can soon be delievered and dropped at your door in less than 30 minutes
• The service would ship orders under five pounds
• The drone then delivers the package to customers within a 10 mile (16 km) radius of Amazon's fulfillment centers.
• "Safety will be our top priority, and our vehicles will be built with multiple redundancies designed to commercial aviation standards," the company says.
• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently working on rules and regulations for unmanned aerial vehicles
• Drone test flight Video

Do Now 12/3

Twitter can be used in education in many ways. It can help people get in touch with teachers and other classmates. It can help students research for papers or find articles about the topics that they are learning about. It can be used to remind students of homework and upcoming assignments. Unfortunately there could be some problems with using twitter in school. Students could use the website for the wrong reasons, and use bad language or post inappropriate content on the website. Also students can recieve incorrect information if they look in the wrong places. Twitter can be used in many useful ways, if it is used correctly.

RSS Project Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?
3. Which sites were your favorites?
4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?
5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

1. I selected the sites that I subscribed to because I felt that those websites were very interesting.
2. Yes, it was easy to find and subscribe to feeds.
3. My favorite sites are the National Geographic photo of the day and the Make-up Blogger.
4. I can use RSS feeds to share interesting articles with friends.
5. I am very likely to keep using RSS feeds, they seem very useful. 

Apple Air

• 30% lighter and 20% thinner than the iPad that it replaces
• Same Retina display and 10 hours of battery life
• Not actually remarkable
• The new Kindle Fire HDX, for example, has a higher-resolution screen, more battery life, weighs less, and even costs less than the iPad Air

Do Now 11/18

Many things ignite my desire to help change the world. I believe in everyone be treated equally and it bothers me when people are not treated the same because they are different. To help my community I could hold a town wide meeting to get everyone's attention and get them to know about what is happening in the world.
Another thing that I could do to help my community is to hold a food and clothing drive to help the less fortunate. Everyone deserves warm clothes and a meal on the holidays.

Do Now 11/11

The typhoon that recently occured in the Philippines last week devestated the counrty immensely. Many people lost their homes and even their lives. The current death toll is estimated at a devestating 10000 people dead. The Philippines is in desperate need of aid from the entire world. In order to help them we can donate money and run food and clothing drives. Also if you really want to help, you can go to the Philippines and help out hands on and help them rebuild their country. They need all the help that they can get in order to get their lives back on track.

Wiki Research

1. Using the Internet, research how a class wiki can be used in education - Here is a good source, use it and adapt it to your specific classes.
2. What are the benefits of using a wiki?
3. How can we create one in this class and utilize it?
4. What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

1. You can get quick information about the class and be able to communicate with your class easily

2. You get credible information quickly and easily

3. We can create one with the entire class working on it and put the things that we need for class everyday on the website.

4. I have no experience with creating wikis

Do now 10/28

     There are countless things that I could do if I was chosen to wear an invisiblity cloak for a day. Many people would choose to help themselves, but helping someone would be even better. Not being recognized for doing something nice is worth knowing that you helped someone, or in my case, saved someone's life.
     The day that I was given the invisibility cloak, I was compelled to do something that would help people that lived in my neighborhood. I spent all day looking for someone or something that needed help and I was starting to give up on my dreams of helping someone. Finally, I heard someone yelling out for help, I started running towards the yell, it was my chance to help someone. A woman was stuck in the train tracks with her baby, and a train was coming towards her quickly. I knew that it was my time to help someone. I ran towards them as fast as I could and the woman was free from the track. I then realized that I wouldn't be recognized for my good deed, but I decided to keep the cloak on and keep my identity a secret.

Bose SoundTouch

• Combination of hardware and software aimed at making the easiest, most seamless wireless music system ever.
• Works over Wi-Fi integrated directly into Bose hardware.
• The system launch on three units: SoundTouch 30 ($700), SoundTouch 20 ($400), and SoundTouch Portable ($400).
• Designed to fill large/small rooms respectively.
• You control the system using a proprietary app and will work with Pandora.
• SoundLink software and hardware are based around a six station preset list that works exactly like the one in your car.
• Bose will be offering a $500 amp that's compatible with the technology.

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Do Now 10/7

I would like to have a class that teaches me about oceanography. Oceanography is a branch of Earth Science that focuses on the ocean. It covers a wide range of topics, including marine organismsand ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries. This is a very interesting topic to learn about and i believe many students would be interested in taking the class. 
The class would meet at the beach every wednesday and learn about a new topic everytime the class meets. This would be a hands-on experience and will  further the students understanding of the ocean and everything that lives within the water. A field trip for the class could be to go snorkling and study the ecosystems of the fish. The final project would be a presentation that the student must give telling everyone what they learned and what they are going to do with their new knowledge of the ocean. 

Lake That Turns Anything That Touches It To Stone

• Tanzania
• The rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical make up of the lake
• Petrified creatures surround the lake due to its constant pH of 9 to 10.5, that preserves the animals forever
• The water has a high soda and salt content
• No one knows for certain how the animals actually die

First Fully Bionic, Mind Controlled Leg

• Connected to the leg by two nerves that were rewired to his hamstrings and linked to the limb through sensors
• As a result if his mind says to lift his knee, it happens
• Can move his ankles the same way if he had a leg
• He doesn't have to carry anything around to control or steer the leg  

Medical Terminology

My favorite class this year is Medical Terminology. My teacher's name is Mr. Maniscalco, better known as Mr. Man. He has been teaching at Wood-Ridge High School for three years. He was the director of Medical Physics and Dosimetry for 30 years. Mr. Man taught physics St. Peter's College, Rutgers University, American College of Radiology, and American College of Medical Physics. He teaches Chemistry, Robotics, and Medical Terminology.

In Medical Terminology, we learn about the language of medicine. A majority of medical terms are based in Latin or Greek. There are parts of words that can be broken down, so they are easily understood. Words are made up by prefixes, roots, suffixes, and linking or combining vowels. Once you understand the parts of the words, they are much easier to understand. For example pericarditis seems like a word that is impossible to understand, but in reality it only means inflammation of the outer layer of the heart.

I'm very excited to be taking Medical Terminology, I love learning about the human body. I want to pursue a job in the medical field and this class will help me immensely.

IPhone Fingerprint Scanner Will Start Security Revolution

• Used instead of keypad password
• First time the fingerprint scanner is being used on a phone
• Fingerprints can't be guessed like 4 digit codes
• The information about your fingerprint is forever stored in a file that never leaves your phone

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• You can make phone calls from the watch.
• The watch can be set up with the Galaxy Note 3, which is the only phone compatible with the watch.
• The watch comes with a fitness app that counts your steps.
• Having a phone on your wrist makes looking at emails and text messages discrete. 
• The watch is rumored to cost $299.

SB's Tech Article 9/13

IPHONE 5C

• steel-reinforced frame 
•  energy efficient
• 8MP iSight camera
• 16 GB cost $99, 32 GB $199  
• Come in 5 colors  
• white blue green red yellow 

Me!

Hi, my name is Jessica DiMase. I have one one brother, and I enjoy hanging out with my friends.