Technology article for 4/25/14 Kill switch

On Tuesday Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung along with five of the major cellular carriers have signed up to wok together to make a "kill switch" program for all phones. Kill switch system refers to a program on cell phones that would allow the user to delete all all information on his phone.The kill switch program would allow the user at any time to erase all e-mails,contacts, and texts on the phone and lock the phone so it can not be used without a password. This program is suppose to deter thieves and stop them if they are able to  break into your phone. The feature will come at no extra cost for customers. The main reason why this getting major backing is because there has been pressure from lawmakers to have a system like this on your phone. You can expect the a "kill switch" like feature on your phone by 2015.

Multimedia blog post favorite restaurant

My favorite restaurant would have to be the Park Tavern in East Rutherford New Jersey.The Park Tavern  serves a wide variety of food ranging from thin crust pizza pies all the way to chicken parmigiana. Even though Park Tavern is most famous for their pizza  my favorite dish served has to be the burgers. The Park Tavern has quick service and takes very little time for your food to be made. The cost of The Park Tavern is also very cheap not costing much money for such great food.  

The Park Tavern is a local bar owned by a local family that live in the area. The Park Tavern is part bar part restaurant with the bar being in the front of building while the restaurant is in the back. This works because large formal parties can stay in the back while informal parties can have fun at the bar. This also helps with people who do not like the atmosphere of bar but like the atmosphere of a restaurant. This is part of reason why I go to the Park Tavern because even though it is a bar there is still a part where you can have a nice dinner with your family.    

What would happen if The Park Tavern where to closed down where would I go ? I would probably go to the Crows Nest in Hasbrouck Heights. The reason why I would go here because it is closer to home also serves very good burgers. This is the only place that competes with how good The Park Tavern in my opinion. There are very few other places that I go to but in my opinion The Park Tavern is the best.

Wiki Dissection MB and CL

1. What is the purpose of this Wiki?
2. When was the last post?
3. How was this Wiki created?
4. What would you add to it?
5. What did you learn from it?
6. If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?
7. How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education?

1.To explain the difference of sustaining and disruptive innovations.

2. Nov 7, 2007 2:53 am

3. By using the website K12wiki.wikispaces.com 

4. I would group all the resources into a organized section instead of all over the page.

5. The differences between sustaining and disruptive innovations and how disruptive have gotten into the classroom.

6. I would make the subject on something I know a lot about, like soccer, so that I can provide correct information. This Wiki was more opinion based, as it was on a controversial topic, and didn’t supply many facts.

7. Wikis can be used in the classroom to provide information for lessons, or as extra notes at home for students. Also, Wikis can be used for collaboration of the class. A teacher can put up assignments, or information. Students can comment on the Wikis, and help each other with any unclear information. For English classes, it could be used to enhance editing skills, as students can go through Wikis and correct any wrong grammar.

 

Technology article 4/4/14 Amazon making set top box

On Wednesday Amazon announced that they will be making a new set top box will be called Amazon Fire TV. The set top will be priced at $99. The Fire will feature a quad core processor and 2GB of ram and also comes with its own dedicated graphics card.  Amazon Fire has providers such as Hulu, Netflix, and ESPN. You can also purchase a $40 game controller with the Amazon Fire this can be used to play games from major game companies like EA, Mojang, and Ubisoft. The Amazon Fire will also have voice commands. The users commands will be heard through a microphone on the remote. The Amazon Fire TV is available now!      

Wiki assignment

1.How can a wiki be used in your current classes? (tip: Use the Internet, here is a good source). Be specific to your classes!

2.What are the benefits of using a wiki?

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

4.What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

1.In English class a students can make wikis and teachers can make other kids in the class peer edit the wiki. 

2. The benefits of using a wiki is that wikis are faster and easier to find then other sources of information. 

3. anyone can create a wiki and edit the information on it to make it correct and anyone can see the logs of who change what

4.I have never created wiki but i have used wikis many times.