Final Project

Tour of Wood-Ridge Junior Senior High School Website

Technology in Rugby

In Australia, the Waratah rugby team has began working with IBM. When practicing or playing, all players wear small monitors. They measure fatigue, collisions, and force used by the players.  Now coaches and trainers are able to see when an injury is possibly close, and can prevent it. Since using these monitors, the Waratah team has significantly avoided more injuries than in the prior year.

Social Bookmarking Project

1. What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers? You can organize information on computers using folders, which are stored on the hard drive. Also, you could use a social bookmarking site to save and organize information.
2. What have you learned from researching the above topics? What do you know now about those current events that you didn't know before? I actually learned a lot from researching the topics. For example, I never would have thought that people would be against the World Cup; it's just soccer. However, the fact that the Brazilian government is wasting money on hosting the tournament, instead of funding necessary social projects is a very good reason for the protests going on. Also, I really had no clue what was going on in Nicaragua, other than a bunch of girls were kidnapped. I didn't know an Islamic group took the girls as ransom for the release of other Islamic prisoners.
3. What are other social bookmarking apps/websites? BibSonomy, Delicious, and Google Bookmarks are all other social bookmarking websites.
4. Will you continue to use social bookmarking? I probably will continue to use social bookmarking. It's very useful, as you can access your bookmarks from any internet connected device. I'll definitely use it, when I know I will not be able to continue my work on the same computer. Also, social bookmarking is great, because friends and I could use it to collaborate different sources, while working on projects.

BAT

Buoyant Air Turbine

created by Altaeros Energies

planning an 18 month test run starting in 2015

designed as a clean renewable energy source for people in rural areas

able to reach higher stronger winds, which would produce more energy than normal wind turbines

one BAT can generate enough energy for 12 homes

35 ft wide helium cylindrical blimp with blades like a wind turbine

remote controlled

attached to ground by tethers, which carry the electric current to the ground

common in California, Texas, and Europe to see on top of tall buildings

usually placed higher than flights levels of animals, and lower than airplanes (1,000-2,000 ft)

Benefits to People in Rural Areas

• lower cost of electric and heat
• provide electricity to pump clean water from central wells
• refrigeration can be possible
• cell phone communications are possible, if cellular repeaters are integrated into the design

IXL

IXL is a wonderful website for Algebra II students. I would highly recommend that Mr. Olsen take advantage of this great tool. It has lessons for every section that his honors class covered throughout the year. However, IXL goes into more depth about each topic, and includes smaller more detailed sections than the text book.
IXL basically quizzes students on certain topics. When you get a question wrong though, it will display step by step instructions on how to complete the problem. This is a great way for students to see what they are doing wrong, and how to properly execute problems. I will definitely begin using IXL for some extra practice outside of class. It's excellent for students who are unable to receive any extra help or tutoring, and is a perfect study tool. IXL would really be an excellent website to incorporate into the classroom.

Do Now 5/7/14

     I agree with much of the article. The parts where it talks about maintaining privacy is highly agreeable, because you really don't know who is looking at your information and when. Maintaining a good reputation is extremely important as well. If someone looking to hire you sees a lot of curse words in your posts, it could greatly affect their opinion of you. You, also, don't want to be the person that's always negative or obnoxious. The article did have many good points.
    At the same time, it did not have some very good tips. However, I specifically do not agree with number ten. Even though I rarely post a "selfie," and don't really enjoy everyone's, people shouldn't be told to stop posting them. No one had a problem with selfies before Instagram and Twitter became popular, so why should it matter now; usually they're just harmless pictures of some faces. Also, I really don't understand what number two means. How do you create an interactive post? The only thing I could think of would be including links or media in the post. This article gave me quite a few mixed feelings.

RSS Feed Project Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to? I selected these sites, because for the most part they all interest me. I really like the types of things in my personal folder, like news about new video games or art. Also, I like being informed about everyday news, and the news section helps me with my tech articles. 
2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them? Yes, it was very easy. I was able to browse different categories in Digg Reader with only a few clicks. When I wanted to find a specific website's feed, I would scroll to the bottom of the page looking for the RSS symbol.
3. Which sites were your favorites? My favorite site was CNN. It always has a lot of new information about various topics. Also, it provides me with a lot of interesting material for my tech articles.  
4. What else can you use RSS feeds for? RSS feeds can be used for a lot. Besides blogging or just collecting news, they can be used to collect media, like pictures or videos. They're very useful ways for people to send important information to a mass.
5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future? It's actually pretty likely that I will use RSS feeds again. They're a great way to collect all the information you want and put it in one source. I'll most likely be using them for this class.