Do Now 12/3/14

If I were a teacher, a class that I would add to the school curriculum would be Critical Thinking. Most kids in the current world are very lazy when it comes to school. In this class the students would have to take their time reading a passage and then writing a response to it. After the response have been finished the students will revise their answers with a partner.

I would give the students a project where the had to read a novel and answer questions on it after. Everyday for homework would be reading short stories and questions on those. Critical Thinking is a very important skill when it comes to school and not many students have perfected, or even become decent at this.

Tech Article 11/14

Pricey M4 advances BMW's legendary sports performance

Good

BMW M4 offers large tap power on the engine that can run all day above 5,000 rpm. The handling of the vehicle is very precise. The navigation system online searches can easily tell you where detours are on upcoming roads and highways. 

Bad

Since it is well over 60 grand, it has many tough competitors. The fixed suspension of the car makes it awkward for some people to drive it.

This vehicle is great for driving on back roads, and racing it on the track will look very nice. But it is not a car meant to be comfortable for daily transportation.

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Wiki Research

1. How can a wiki be used in a current class on your schedule (not this course)? Pick a class and be specific how the class could create and use a Wiki on a regular basis (tip: Use the Internet, here is a good source).
2. What are the benefits of using a wiki in class
3. How can we create a wiki in this class, what would we contribute to it and how would we utilize it on an on-going basis?
4. What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

    1. Our world history class could use a wiki to collaborate on the work we are currently doing. One of my classes that uses wiki currently is Geometry. In Geometry our teacher has us post reasoning's on this one website. Everyone can see everyone else's posts and if you need help you can view someone else's.

    2. The benefits are that you can view other's additions if you are having trouble, and you can as well help others who are in need of help.

    3. In this class we could create a wiki to contain all the information needed to complete the assignments we have in this class. All student will be able to get the information that they need

    4. I used wikis two years ago when I was in this class the last time.

Tech Article 10/23

Kuna's porch-light cam helps you get proactive with safety 

The Kuna's Light Fixture is a new porch light that was just released recently. They want to take the invention one step farther and add a weatherproof camera to it. According to Kuna 72% of robberies occur when no one is home. With the camera, if there is someone within radius of it it will send you a push notification to mobile devices of your choice and you can get a chance to view the camera from wherever you are. You can sound an alarm, talk to them, play recording, and turn the light on which would most likely scare the robber away with your mobile device.

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Tech Article 10/17

Apple's WatchKit for developers to launch in November

This picture was taken at the event yesterday.

Apple has created something called WatchKit, which will help to make apps on the Apple Smartwatch, which should be coming around Spring of 2015. The WatchKit will be launched in November of this year. Even though this is going to greatly help the developers create apps for the new Apple watch, it will not be a "game changer," said some developers. 

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Tech Article 10/10

What We Expect From the New Apple iPad Air 2

The iPad is going to be 12.9 inches

The maximum amount of storage of the last iPad are double (64 GB and 128 GB)

Price is somewhere between $599 and $799

The date is somewhere in 2015
It will be running iOS 8 and it will have the Touch ID just like the newer iPhones

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Tech Article 10/3

7 Things to do to Protect Your Location After Downloading IOS 8

Many of the new features of IOS 8, include your location. Changing these few settings could keep you from being located as easy.

1. Limit apps from tracking your location in the background.

2. Prevent apps from accessing, and uploading your data.

3. Enable Find my iPhone for lost or stolen devices.

4. Allow iMessage, voice and video to expire and be deleted after a specific amount of time.

5. Prevent sharing your location with others.

6. Prevent iPhone location-based tracking.

7. Limit advertisers tracking your location, data.

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