Blog Posting 12/18

CNN reports to have found socks that automatically pause your netflix show if you fall asleep while watching.

-Users knit them themselves

-Attach sensor to sock

-Sensor detects when motion stops and body is at rest.

-Find a video of the socks working here.
'Netflix Socks' Pause Shows If You Fall Asleep by

Social Bookmarking Discussion Questions

1. What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers?
2. Another way I can organize and store information is to social bookmark.
3. What have you learned from researching the above topics? What do you know now about those current events that you didn’t know before?
4. I have learned more about gun laws in my state as well as more about the terrorist group ISIS.
5. What are other social bookmarking apps/websites?
6. Other social bookmarking websites include Pinterest and Tumblr.
7. Will you continue to use social bookmarking?
8. If I have enough links I need I will, if not I will not.

Good Deed Do Now 12/14

     Good deeds, or acts of kindness are often performed in order for one's own personal gain. I am here to tell you about my day in which I performed good deeds with no reward, or compensation. I began my day by doing simple little good deeds. These deeds included opening the door for people behind me. It was not until later where I did a bigger, more influential good deed.

     Later in the day I performed a greater good deed. I decided to volunteer at The Valley Hospital. I did not wear my name tag so I would remain anonymous. I wheeled people who were too weak, frail, or old to walk. I also transported patients who would not walk around. I ended the day by donating money to the Make A Wish Foundation to help pediatric cancer patients in need. Overall, thanklessly helping others was an amazing experience.

RSS Discussion Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
2. I selected the sites I subscribed to because I find them interesting, and wanted to see them easily.
3. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?
4. Yes very easy.
5. Which sites were your favorites?
6. The personal ones.
7. What else can you use RSS feeds for?
8. Anything really, an example is school work.
9. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?
10. I will if I have a need to use them.

W-R Wikipedia Page Findings

Errors found on the Wood-Ridge Junior Senior High School Wikipedia Page:

• Our name is listed as Wood-Ridge High School, we are actually the WRJRSRHS.
• The principal is not Dr. Sue DeNobile.
• We teach grades 7-12, not 9-12.
• There is no school paper anymore.
• There are more than thirty faculty members.
• Our ranking in the "Awards" section is outdated.
• Data under "Athletics" is outdated as well.
• The number of students has changed.
• The ratio of students to teachers is wrong.
• We have more athletic accomplishments than posted.

Wiki Disection

1. What is the purpose of this Wiki?
2. The purpose of this wiki is to help eductaors discover new methods of teaching their students.
3. When was the last post?
4. The last post was on Sunday, April 6th.
5. How was this Wiki created/designed?
6. The wiki was designed using a template from the source that made everything accesable.
7. What would you add to this particular wiki?
8. An easier to use side bar.
9. What did you learn after reading this wiki?
10. The backbone and structure of wikis.
11. If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?
12. I would write my wiki about a simple topic, like restaurants in NJ.
13. How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education?
14. Wikis can be used to educate people by provided quick, easily-accessable information.

Do Now: 11/9

     Due to the teachers' conventions in Atlantic City, the students of WRHS and many other public schools in New Jersey were granted a long weekend. Many enjoyed their extended weekend by sleeping, going out, or just relaxing. For a portion of my long weekend, I was in The Valley Hospital. Earlier that week I had been diagnosed with pancreatitis. This meant my pancreas was inflamed and and swollen, causing me great pain. I was released from the hospital late Thursday. Later that night i went to Whole Foods to purchase items I could eat with minimal pain due to my condition. After going home, I stayed home and watched Netflix.
     On Friday I had felt less pain so I had transitioned to coming home. I hung out with my aunt and cousins who had been looking to film a video at the WRHS field, but due to inclimate weather we could not proceed. On Saturday I attended the WR football game, where we lost to Harrison High School in the last five seconds. Later that night, I went to Whole Foods again for dinner. On Sunday I went to breakfast at the Candlwyck Diner with my friend, Milena. After that I celebrated my cousin's sixth birthday and helped film the video with my Aunt aforementioned. I later went for a walk with my friend Lawrence and then went to bed. Find a video of the Valley Hospital Staff here.

Article due 10/30

Apple TV Features You'll Actually Use

-New touch screen remote, detects touch exceptionally well

-More TV and movie content

-Added Siri intelligence, example: she gives recommendations

-The home button, just like the iPhone, you can double click

-Customizable apps

-Add screensavers

Do Now 10/19

Google forms is a program that allows users to create and take surveys. This would be helpful to everyday life for those in occupations that requires them to obtain customer feed back. This also helps with voting on certain issues for example, schools with google accounts use it for student council polls. In these ways is Google Forms a useful tool

Article due 10/16

Hackers Use Radio Waves to Silently Hack Through Apple's Siri and Google Now
-Able to hack from as far as 16 feet away
-Works through Apple Earbuds and the new "hey Siri" feature
-Hacking device fits into a compact space
-Users can have extra protection by turning some of these features, directions found here

Tech Article Due 10/9

ISIS releases propaganda video featuring hundreds of Toyota Trucks
-Toyota claims they don't know how they got them
-Has a strict policy of not selling vehicles to potential terrorists
-US now investigating
-Still unsure of how hundred of four wheel trucks got to ISIS

Find a propaganda video released by ISIS here

Article due 9/25

Volkswagen Scandal
-The technology in the car "technology tricks regulators into believing that 4-cylinder diesel vehicles comply with emissions standards"
-The cars are emitting 40 times the amount of harmful pollutants than what is legal
-Would cost VW 7.3 billion dollars to fix the cars
-Could be fined up to 18 billion dollars for breaking the law

 In the video above a car impacted by this scandal is shown.

Web 2.0: Multimedia Blog Pre-Posting

       One of my classes this year is English III Honors. I was expecting a challenging course, especially because all of his former students told me so. He had previously taught seventh and eighth grade, but know teaches juniors and seniors. I had heard so much about all the essay writing we would be doing, as well as the vocabulary tests and the weekly journal assignments. Overall, I had anticipated a very challenging class, with tons of work, but it would pay off in the end. 

       So far, I have learned quite a lot in Mr. Forman's English class. I learned how to write a paper in APA format. I also added quite a few new words to my vocabulary, thanks to the SAT word lists we study every week. The class is always very interesting and interactive, in that everyone is involved and learning. We will occasionally use laptops to research, but this happens very rarely in class. We make flash cards a few times a week as a 'do now' for our SAT word lists.

        I am excited to do the weekly journal assignments after reading over the curriculum, due to how interesting their content is. Mr. Forman grades these journal assignments by rolling a die. Each number of pips(the indents on each side) are a different aspect of the paper he will grade. This ranges anywhere from just checking spelling, to checking the whole entire paper top to bottom. I have heard Mr. Forman is a tough grader on all papers, but so far I am performing well in his class. To conclude, I am looking forward to acquiring more knowledge in Mr. Forman's English III Honors Class. 

Mr. Forman's Website: http://wood-ridge.schoolwires.net/Domain/281

SAT Word Lists: http://www.majortests.com/sat/wordlist.php