Weekly Blog Review

Create your own mind maps at MindMeister

My week has been pretty good. We have learned a lot of different stuff  like new web 2.0 tools, vocabulary.
The class did this thing called A.S.P.E.C.T it is a tool to help you to make sure the site your on is real. It is pretty cool because it is six words that if you follow them you will have no problem on the internet. Here is what A.S.P.E.C.T means.

• A=Authority

• S=Source

• P=Purpose

• E=Evenness

• C=Coverage

• T =Timeliness

The new web 2.0 tool that we learned about is mindmeister. It allows you to create this little map of information. Its kind of like a prezi it just doesn't move all the information you put in is all one page. MindMeister is cool and all but its kind of plain I would recommend using prezi if your wanting to present information in a cool way.

We took another long test on Wednesday about stems it was 50 questions long. Surprisingly I did well on that test. I normally can't keep focused on really long test but the stems test only take about 20 minutes to complete so I done really good on it.

We did the digital drivers license again this week. I think it is fun because the only thing you have to do it watch a short video and answer a few easy questions.That is all I have for this week I look forward to writing another post next week.

Here is the link: http://www.ninjamarketing.it/2012/07/27/app-week

Current Event

1. Topic:
Its about a XM-25 smart grenade launcher

2. Article Title:
XM-25: The US Army's first smart shoulder-fired weapon

3. Article Source:
I got the article from Gizmag

4. Summary:
It is a smart grenade launcher, it is capable of taking out enemy behind walls or in fox holes using an air burst grenade. They can program the grenade to detonate over top of whatever they want. A German arms manufacturer called Heckler & Koch and a US manufacturer called Alliant Tech systems. Both companies helped build the semi-automatic five shot smart grenade launcher called the XM-25. The weapon has two types of non-lethal grenades blunt and agent dispersing air burst plus armor piercing, and door breaching grenades. The smart grenade launcher is Capable of hitting a point target at 500 meters and area targets at 700 meters away.

5. Reaction:
I feel this weapon is going to help out a lot of soldiers because they said it improves their accuracy by 400%. With a rang up to 700 meters away. The soldier doesn't even have to be close to take out an enemy. I feel that every soldier in the battlefield should have access to one of these smart grenade launchers. The weapon can be used day or night because it has an infrared scope and a thermal optic scope. The weapon also has a rangefinder.

6. World Impact:
The XM-25 impacts the world by allowing the soldiers to be more effective on the battlefield. If they have better weapons they will be less soldiers dieing. If they can fight the war without ever having to get close to the enemy then that's the way they need to fight it.



May 27, 2009 Xm-25 smart grenade launcher Gizmag

Weekly Blog Review

At the beginning of the week we got assigned new partners. The partners are there to read are post's, comment, and to help us edit our post before posting them.

Every two weeks we do a stems test. I'm glad we do stems test because I find them to be really easy. Its kind of like a free good grade because sense last year we learned about them. There are twenty-five new stems every two weeks. The test last week had thirty-three questions twenty-five from that week and eight from the other week.

We also took a grammar test this week I thought it was really easy but when I finished the test and checked my grade I had failed it I made a sixty-nine but there was one hundred questions so I think that's why I failed  it because the test was really long and I only start missing the questions near the end of the test.

I did this thing called digital drivers license. Where we had to take a quiz on the stuff your suppose to do online. The quiz was really easy so it was a free hundred so I hope we have many more of those easy quizzes.

I also learned how to do photo editing. I thought it was really cool. We had to edit someones picture in a good way and a bad way. I will put the picture that I edited below for y'all to see.

Thursday Current Event

1. Topic:
Its about a key-chain keyboard.

2. Article Title:
CTX Virtual Keyboard fits on a key-chain

3. Article Source:
I got my article from Gizmag

4. Summary:
It is a virtual keyboard that is able to fit on a key-chain. It project a keyboard onto any flat surface. It uses lasers to project the keyboard. It uses Bluetooth to connect to connect wirelessly to almost any smartphone.

5. Reaction:
I feel this technology can really help out people that uses their smart phones a lot as a computer. It will not make your thumbs hurt from typing for a hour because it is like a normal keyboard. This event doesn’t affect me. I do not get on the internet much with my smartphone. when I get on the internet I normally just get on my computer because the small screen on my smartphone make it hard to see the very small words on the internet.

6. World Impact:
I think it’s going to help anybody that uses their smartphones as computers. Typing on a smartphone can get annoying because your fingers can hit the wrong button that makes you spend more time backspacing than actually typing. That is why the Key-chain keyboard is so much better than your phones keyboard it allows you to type easily. It also allows you to have a full keyboard anywhere you go.

weekly blog review

This week we have learned about many things like animoto, Being a digital citizen and how to respect other peoples privacy on the internet most of the online ethics are common sense but some people need to be reminded the rules. Here is a list of the vocabulary words we have learned this week.

• Online ethics
• Digital citizenship
• Privacy
• Self expression
• Connected culture

Animoto is a fun way to make music videos it is quick and easy. The only thing you have to do to create a video is follow the directions on animoto Flickr really helped me find pictures to use I embedded mine so you could see an example.

 We have also learned about how to break down a sentence and diagram it I found it to be pretty easy considering we did the same exact thing last year.

we also took a stems test today I did pretty good considering I really didn't study this week. We also learned about stems last year so that really helps me out for this year.

Over all my week has been going pretty good the only thing is I didn't complete my animoto on time but that's not going to hurt my grade. I am so happy its Friday I can't wait to get home.
 

Current Event

1. Topic
The I phone 5 Is going to be the fastest phone apple has ever made.

2. Article Title 
Apple announces iPhone 5 – its thinnest, lightest and most powerful phone to date

3. Article Source
I got the Article from Here

4. Summary
It has a four inch screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio. It has a faster chip inside a smaller case. Apple is saying the I phone 5 is the thinnest smart phone in the world. It has an eight megapixel camera. It comes out September 21.

5. Reaction
I think the I phone 5 is going to be awesome. It is a huge upgrade from the I phone 4s. I like the fact it will run faster Than the I phone 4s. I am for sure buying the I phone 5. It will make it easier on me because I'm on the web on my phone a lot and this would allow me to search stuff a lot faster.

6. World Impact
I think the impact on the world will be because of how fast the phone is going to be. The camera on the phone is 8 megapixel witch is better than some cameras. It records at 30 frames per second. The only thing bad about the I phone 5 is it is a little pricy  It is 299 dollars with a two year contract. Over all it is a going to be a good phone and I'm looking for to buying it.

Blog post

• We have learned about Google reader and how it helps you keep your blogs organized. It is so much easier than trying to keep up with all of your blogs it keeps up with them for you. We have also learned about RSS feed that is short for really simple syndication.

• This new stuff we have learned has really helped me out it allows me to check all my stuff way faster and it allows me to find blogs that are like the ones I already have subscribed to with a click of a button which is a lot easier than trying to go to Google and search for random blogs. I see nothing but positive stuff with these web 2.0 tools that we have learned about this week. My interactions online have improved greatly sense I have learned about these web 2.0 tools like Google reader and the RSS feeds.

• My week has been great I have learned a lot about email etiquette Google reader RSS feeds and so much more I find the schoolwork to be really simple. I have had a almost no homework and the homework I have had has been easy enough to do in class so I did not have to take the homework home. I really like this school. I can not wait to learn more and better stuff about the internet.

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