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What's another way we can organize your computers?

Computers can be organized by using folders and labels.

What about email?

In email I use folders to divide my emails into categories.

Favorite Websites?

My favorite websites have different tabs to look on depending what I want to see. I know where to look for specific information because of the different tabs and the search bars.

Blog Posts?

My blog posts are labeled with dates and all of my posts go in chronological order. I also have the blog archive to make finding an article easy.

RSS Feeds?

With RSS feeds I divide them into separate folders. With folders I know exactly where to look for what kind of information I'm looking for. 

Do Now- Twitter/Instagram in Education

Twitter and Instagram can be used for educational purposes in multiple ways. By using twitter students can share with others apart of their classes and in other classes as well. For example, a project can be assigned to discuss with others about a specific topic, by using a specific hashtag, students can then search for the tweet they must comment on. Twitter can also be used for sharing projects. For example, if the project was to create a poster for a certain event and promote it to others, twitter can be used to show others. The same can be done with videos. However, once something is on twitter, it is out there for the world to see, and you never know who may retweet or favorite it. 

Instagram can be used in multiple ways as well. For example, by using Instagram to post pictures, the teacher can create a virtual tour. Many times a teacher will want to show a slide show, but instead of people having problems seeing and reading the slides, the slides can be posted on an Instagram page. This makes it easier so if a student is not able to see the slides then they can look up the Instagram page and follow along on their. One issue with Instagram is that most people have their accounts on private. This means that in order to view their posts the follower must be approved. Once approved the pictures that they post will constantly be popping up on the home page. However, a hashtag can be used to share easier, just like on Twitter. 

RSS Feed Discussion Questions

1. 1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
2. Many of the websites I subscribed to relate to my interests. For news websites, I often check them in the morning or at night to find information about a certain story I heard about or to find a story to be able to share in school when talking about current events. 
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4. 2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?
5. For some websites yes, although a couple websites I tried I could not find a RSS Feed for it.
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7. 3. Which sites were your favorites?
8. My favorite websites were the ones that were personal. I found the RSS feed for Buzz Feed, and that is my favorite website to read.
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10. 4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?
11. RSS feeds can be used to for school work. If you have to write a paper of some sort you can use RSS feeds to get the articles from specific websites. This makes it easier so you don't have to search the whole website and then you can have all the articles organized by date. 
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13. 5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?
14. I will continue to use RSS feeds to read the articles I want to read. I will use them to read the news and find different things happening in the world and I will also use these feeds in my school work. 

Do Now 11/18 - Change

Many things in the world need help or change. Depending on what situation, many things motivate me to helping or fixing others or other things. For example, yesterday tornadoes hit mainly in Illinois destroying many people's homes. Seeing the damage that many suffered makes me want to help them. After experiencing Super Storm Sandy last fall I can now understand this devastation more. Many people lost their homes and some lost family members. Not only can I help in multiple ways for those who are suffering devastation, but I can also help around me. Many often complain that our school isn't good enough or we have a bad school, however certain things they complain about can be fixed if everyone were to help. For example many want to get new computers in our library and computer labs, but getting new and nice computers is a privilege that must be earned. We can prove that we deserve new supplies and other things if we all work together and take care of what we have now. I can also help inside our community just by volunteering. For example many different events occur throughout the year that often need volunteers. Just by helping hand out fliers or set up/clean up for different events could help others so much. Our public library has multiple events throughout the year and many of the older librarians get stuck doing the work. Not only do they enjoy having help to get the work done more efficiently and quickly, but by putting ourselves out there we become more known and gives others the impression that we are good students and good people that want to help.

Pinono (Technology Article #6 11/15)

Picture taken with the Panono camera

• Pinono is a new way to take panoramic pictures

• Created in Berlin 

• 36 cameras 

• Made to throw into the air and take a picture

• As the ball is thrown, it takes the picture with all 36 cameras

• Once taken, the picture can be viewed in low resolution on a smart phone

Pinono Camera

• Within a few minutes of taking the picture the full image can be viewed

• Can be viewed on different devices, but best on tablets

• Said to release next September at $600

• Made with a durable polycarbonate material that is able to withstand hitting the ground after being thrown 9 feet into the air 

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Do Now- Philippines

The devastation that happened in the Philippines is not only frightening but upsetting. We all live in the same world and when something bad happens to one part of the world each part of the world feels the pain. When the U.S. was hit with hurricanes or other types of devastation the whole world felt it, and many came to help. Now that this has happened to the Philippines we all must help them in their time of need. When hearing the death toll I can only imagine people who did survive, how they must feel if their loved ones were killed. It's scary that children may now be left all alone in the world because their parents/guardians were killed in this typhoon. Hopefully those who are alive will be able to once again regain their strength and stay strong through these hard times. Hopefully those that did survive can rebuild and stay safe throughout these are times.

Quixey (Technology Article #5 11/1)

• Quixey is a new app search engine
• It makes searching easier
• Searches for key words & highlights
• Styled like Google
• Available on Android (Free)
• In the future, wants to be available on all products (i.e. iOS, Windows, Android)
• Assists in making unknown apps popular

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