Do Now 5/18

Watching people help the homeless ignites my desire to help the world. I feel like the homeless people should have a second chance to get a job, home, and/or a car. It can show the community how people's generosity can impact to kids or adults. Also, if you help someone, that person can help another. If we all help out one another, we can eliminate other issues or the current issues.

RSS Feed Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
2. Was it easy to find feeds  and to subscribe to them?
3. Which sites were your favorites?
4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?
5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

1. I play video games and I like to see some news about a new video game or see what the gaming community has to say about games.
2. Yes, because I only needed to find a reader, then copy and paste the RSS link to the reader.
3. IGN's video game guides and news and N4G Gaming News.
4. For research paper like subscribing to the news to help.
5. I might not use RSS feeds in the future because I usually stick to one website.

Do Now 5/5: Online Game Programming Class

Online Game Programming Class

   I would want to add a video game programming class because many teens love to play on their Xbox, or on their PS4. Some students might want to learn on how to make games online or on consoles. Students can have a choice to take a full year or half year course. Students would learn the basics on online programming to create a small playable game themselves. The class would have computers with programming software installed.

   Students that want to make games can pick a full year course if they want to learn a lot more to program games and half year course for students who don't want the class to be hard with difficult programs that they couldn't understand. There would be projects where students would try each other's game for the quality, style, and playability.

Tech Article 5/1

American Airlines planes ground by iPad app error

Pilots in American Airlines use an iPad app which has a glitch which made dozens of jets to stop. They are using this app so they don't carry 35 pounds of paperwork in their jet. American Airlines went paperless in 2013 estimated this would save them $1.2 million dollars in fuel every year. The app can cause pilots to go without anything information on where they are going.

Wiki Dissection KT

What is the purpose of this Wiki?

It talks about disruptive technology and getting an idea of it

When was the last post?

June 23, 2010

How was this Wiki created?

A group of people worked on it together to create a wiki and other people can edit it

What would you add to it?

I would add more information about the goals for the World Wide Web that were discussed, such as about the "sustaining innovation"

What did you learn from it?

It's a starting point for disruptive technology and examples of it.

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

School-related topics 

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

It provides more information for different topics and general idea of the topic

Wiki Opinion

I don't trust Wikipedia because people can just edit the page and can have false information. I changed my mind about Wikipedia and it is not that bad. Wikipedia is a good site to have a start point on a paper. Also, if you search on famous people, the first link to click on is Wikipedia. There is a history tab in the site, so you can see who, where, or when the article was revised and edit.

Spring Break Post

   My spring break was very boring because I was sleeping everyday and doing nothing. I just went to the park and played basketball with some of my friends. Most of my cousins came to my house to sleep over and it was loud. On break, I always used my laptop and I got bored of watching the same youtube videos and same games that I already beat like Portal 2 on Steam. Easter was ok, my aunts and grandparents came and gave me candy. We had a Easter egg hunt in the house and my cousins got hurt from running into the wall, door, or some other object.
   Most days when I get bored and find nothing to do, I order chinese food and do some of my spring break homework. I sometimes help my mom by doing chores because she has to do everything everyday. For example, washing dishes, washing clothes, sweeping the floors, mopping the floors, and etc. I also help my dad on his trucks when something breaks or he has to do a delivering.

Tech Article 3/27

Ransomware Encrypting Your Files

A new form of ransomware called TeslaCrypt is usually targeting game files. This means that all your files are encrypted and forcing you to pay about $1,000 to just decrypting and getting your files back. TeslaCrypt has been usually found with you play RPG Maker, League of Legends, Call of Duty, Dragon Age, Starcraft, Minecraft, World of Warcraft, and World of Tanks. TelsaCrypt can be also be sent by hackers. Hackers use Angler Exploit Kit, a toolkit used by hackers to send malware out to the world. It also encrypts your files like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files and will ask to pay with PayPal My Pay or Bitcoin.

Tech Article 3/13

The CIA has been trying to break the iOS security for years. The CIA tried to penetrate iOS both physical and noninvasive. If the CIA breaks in to iOS, they can see what you are doing on your iPhone! Which means that they can see your profiles in social media apps, your pictures, important files and more. Should the CIA be stopped?

Tech Article 3/6

Your Anti-virus program might have missed malware.

• The Ponemon Institute found about 17,000 malware alerts
• Only 4% of alerts were investigated
• Anti-virus product missed about 70% of malware in the first hour
• 66% of malware in 24 hours, 72% of malware in 7 days, and 100% of malware in six months
• In phones, it could have unpredictable user behavior and jailbreaking devices

Web 2.0: Multimedia Blog Pre-Posting

   When I took my 1st geometry class, I thought it was going to be hard and complex. It's actually pretty easy. I thought of many equations with many variables and new things. Geometry is almost what I learned in pre-algebra last year. Anything new is really easy to understand. For example, we learned about sine, cosine, tangent. I never understood what it meant or what it is. It has to do with the sides of the triangle lengths. Things may look hard in geometry, but it's really easy once you understand.

   We don't use technology in our class very often. We only use laptops to use it for the PARCC practice tests and use an app called GeoGebra for finding angle measures and things about triangles and other polygons. We learn a lot more since we have a small class and we don't have distractions in our class. And we don't have any projects, but we do Think Through Math and Khan Academy for homework.

 Geometry is not hard if you don't make it complicated. It's not like algebra with different equations to solve one problem with variables. Geometry has some equations to help, but it's not that hard to use with shapes and/or coordinates. For example, finding the length of a line with a formula. It may look long, but it's easy.

Tech Article 2/12

Be Careful Of What You Download On Your Android!

People who use Android phones may be infected by downloading games. Games from Google Play are from random people. You might download it since the game looks fun, but the app can have malware and harm your phone. If ads pop-ups when you unlock your phone, then your phone is infected. It might say that your phone might be out of date or have adult content in your phone. The virus can go on random web pages and some apps might send expensive messages that you did not send. If you download any security apps (even if they are very good), the app will not stop the virus and the pop-up ads. One of the apps that had this virus was the Durak card game app that has been downloaded between 5 to 10 million times.

Multimedia Post

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Educational Technology and Copyright Law 2/9

   I learned that all images are not able to use to education purposes. Some of the image may be licensed which means that you can not use the image. If you make a random drawings in your notebook, it's copyrighted and you don't have to get any license for it. If you use an unlicensed image for educational purposes, then it's under "fair use".

Welcome To My Blog!

My first half of the year went very went. My favorite class is Geometry Honors. I help my dad making deliveries and fix his trucks, earning $20 each day. I love taking Web 2.0 because I want to learn many things that happen in the technology world and use several programs. I like to practice basketball in the park and also I practice soccer. So, I can probably join the soccer team next year. I'm going to El Salvador in summer to meet my aunt, uncle, and etc. I also want to go in winter because there is no snow and see numerous fireworks.