CNN Tech Article

There is now a possibility that your phone screen could be made of manufactured sapphire. Sapphire, being the second hardest material on the planet, would be 3 times as strong as the usual phone screens but will be 10x as expensive. Most phone screens are Gorilla Glass, made by the company Corning, which is usually $3  for a screen. The new sapphire screens will cost around 30 dollars each, but are expected to drop to around $20. Apple's Iphone 5 already has manufactured sapphire for the screen over the camera.

Glogster

Flashcards

Online A Reflection

     Technology is important because it connects people, makes people's lives easier, and lets people see things they would not be able to see without it. Technology has changed quite a bit over the past 5 years. Smartphones have become something that almost everyone has and most people cannot live without them. Computers have gotten faster and capable of more things. Video games and the way we get music has changed and Facebook has become a social media giant. I believe that technology will keep getting faster and more innovative over the next 5 years. As shown by motion detective devices like the Kinect for Xbox or the PlayStation Move, video games and smartphones will become controlled more by motion, than touch.
       At school I use a lot of technology. I use computers in more than one class and use my Ipod and my phone to look things up when I cannot access a computer. I use my laptop at home to type essays and other school assignments. But at home I use a lot more technology. I use my laptop, Ipod, and my Xbox to play games. I use the TV to watch the news and other shows.
        I will use some of the tools from Online A at home and in school. they will help me do things on the internet faster and better. I think that the RSS feed or iGoogle are the best for lifelong learning because you can connect to so many different News sites, Blogs or Sports pages with the RSS feed and with iGoogle. you would be connected to enough outlets to let you know almost everything important happening in the world. I will probably never use the Avatar, or Delicious again. I had fun creating the Podcast. it was cool to hear myself talking from the computer. My least favorite was the avatar/Voki, my character kept getting deleted and so did my audio, it got a bit annoying after awhile.

Wordle

Myplick

1970s

Podcast

I listened to a podcast about the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the podcast they talked about players restructuring their contracts to leave more space for organization spending. they also talked about free agents on the team. People opt to do podcasts instead of written text because a podcast has audio and people can just listen instead of reading them, the same way audio books do it. The people doing the podcasts have and easier time recording the words than writing them down.

Picture assignment