Tech article 11/15/13

For the first time, driverless cars will soon be making their way through the streets of the U.K. The electric powered pods can carry 2 people and will operate on designated pathways in the town of Milton Keynes, London. The Brittish government said it will provide £1.5 million or $2.4 million to help fund the project.The cars will cut congestion, pollution and improve road safety.

Typhoon in the Philippines

I think its amazing the damage nature can do. This affected many people's lives in so many ways. The typhoon destroyed over 20 thousand homes and left many people with nothing left. This is going to take years for the Philippines to recover. I could not believe that it killed over 10 thousand people. I would donate some old things to send to the people in the Philippines. 

Web 2.0: Wiki Dissection/ DS

What is the purpose of this Wiki?
TO GET INFORMATION FAST, QUICK, AND HARD

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When was the last post?

The last post was June 23, 2010.

How was this Wiki created?

This wiki was created wikispaces 

What would you add to it?

Give a more modern approach to it.

What did you learn from it?

We learned how disruptive technology is.

If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?

We would create a wiki on toilet paper.

How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education?

It can be used for classroom research.

Wiki

• Using the Internet, research how a class wiki can be used in education.

It can be used for supplies for a class project and be used by having your students collect information on a subject and put it on a wiki.

What are the benefits of using a wiki?

You are more organized 

How can we create one in this class and utilize it?

We can create an account and focus on a subject with it.

What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

I do not have a lot of experience creating a wiki.

Invisibility Post

    With an invisibility cloak I can do many things.Here are some of the good things I would do.I would stop a bank robber,save someone in a horrible incident, stop a murder. I would capture a Mexican Drug Lord and bring him to justice. I would also help an old lady cross the street and save a cruise ship from being hijacked by pirates. I would help a lost blind person find there why home. I would have another season of Breaking Bad be produced.

    Invisibility can help many people. It can help with a lot of military . I would stop North Korea from making a nuke and stop them from launching it. I can stop terrorism in America and stop bullies from bullying others.

Tech Article 10/18/13

Hundreds of cyborg insects carrying radio transmitters like backpacks may one day scurry in to help emergency responders survey damaged or contaminated buildings after an earthquake, chemical spill or nuclear reactor accident. The cyborg bugs could give responders a quick picture of the environment, under conditions that may be dangerous to rescuers.The insect which is a Madagascar hissing cockroach has its own behavior and programming from nature.Meaning that when you set bugs free they tend to run around all over the place. People can exploit that random movement to work in our favor.
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/dont-panic-these-cyborg-roaches-are-trained-emergencies-8C11403092

Tech Article 10/11/13

Russia is developing a new 20 ton attack drone that may be used to carry out strikes on stationary and moving targets over land and sea. Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi, is building the massive drone, whose  prototype will be ready in 2018.The new vehicles have not been discussed publicly, but are expected to be a rival of similar American attack drones.Currently the Ministry of Defense of Russia is working on a funding program and wants to create of different types of Drone types and classes. The Drone will be a model of the Russian T-50 Stealth fighter.
These are pictures of Russian's T-50 Stealth Fighter.

 

Web 2.0 Do Now 10/7/13

Mechanical Engineering

     A curriculum my school should offer is Mechanical Engineering. The classes can meet during and after school  every Tuesday and Thursday at a body shop such as a Pep Boys. Students there can learn how engines in cars and other vehicles work and how they are made. They will learn how to create their own engine. The teacher should be a Mechanic or engineer and be able to teach about how engines work and how to build one.

     The class should look, feel, and sound like a mechanical shop. There are many ways for students to show they learn. there will be test on what they learned and projects were you build what you learned. As a finale exame students should build a small engine for a small toy car. I'm sure many people would like to take Mechanical Engineering.

Tech Article 10/4/13

On Thursday Samsung revealed its HomeSync. It lets you blast your videos and look at your photos on your TV, save media files on a central home network drive, and play movies and other content from the Internet via standard Android apps. Instead of coming with a remote control, it takes commands from your Galaxy phone. The HomeSync will be available on October 6th and will cost $299.
  

Multimedia Blog Post

One of my favorite classes this I am taking is history with my teacher Ms. Forsyth. History is my favorite class this year I hope to learn more about the history of the world. My teacher Ms. Forsyth worked for the Navy and than decided to become a teacher. We use technology in the class to look up pictures of what we are learning about.  The grading policy in her class is that tests and projects are both 40% of my grade each, along with 10% for both homework and do nows. I hope to have a lot of fun this in all of my classes.

    

Tech Article 9/27/13

Microsoft unveiled the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets at an event in New York Monday morning.The Surface 2 is a major overhaul of the Surface RT tablet. The Surface 2 has a high-definition screen. It also has a faster chip and faster connections to USB and the Internet. The Surface will start at $449 for a 32GB model and a 64GB priced at $899. It ships out October 22.

Tech Article 9/19/13

A new study shows that an e-reader may make reading less of a struggle for some kids with dyslexia.
Researchers found that high-school students with dyslexia had an easier time reading sentences broken up into short segments shown on an iPod than the same text printed on paper.
The researchers from Harvard and the University of Massachusetts say that dyslexic people are able to focus better when there are fewer words per line. The brain also gets distracted less.

Hello my name is Nico Casella. I have two younger brothers and I enjoy sleeping.