Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Growing up online

Not surprised 
1. 90 percent of teenager are online
2. Its hard to control what you do on the internet 
3. Accustomed to talking to various people at the same time
4. Schools trying to keep up their students
5. Very comfortable chowing everything about their life
6. Internet help them show their personality 
7. parents made their daughter erase those photos
8. predator are always online 
9. Sons are very eggy when of Facebook 
10. MOSt students known to block a predator 
11. Parents don't understand  the technology 
12. Girls go one sites to be anorexic 
13. kid usually avoid predators
14. cam gets mad when his mother send the email
15. the internet has created the biggest generational gap since the rock and roll
Surprised
1.There is only one teacher that doesn't use technology it surprising because I would think that most  would be old style school.
2. Their are people how only had online relationship, like some people have different lives online than in real life
3. The girl was really mad that her photos were deleted 
4. Teenagers are more participants than victims 
5. Teenagers go looking for an encounter usually not abducted  
6. Pictures online
7. Ryan kills himself
8. He was being cyber bully
9. Computer is not the fault of Ryan suicide
10. Most bullying happens online 
11. parents blame my space instead of the bullying
12. Parents think that they're children are completely  deponent 
13. Jessica photographs were considered pornographic
14. I was suprised that the kid was able to make the decision to go without technology for 2 months

Things that have changed
1.Operating systems
2. Myspace was popular
3.phones
4.The interphases of youtube,Facebook etc 
5. Most people use apple now.
6.There is no save haven at home.
7.parents have no email
8. most people don't use internet explorer anymore
9. We don't spend that much time online
10. We are more depend on the internet now
11. Not addicted because we can stop when ever we want
12. In colombia there are almost no cases of suicide o because of cyber bullying
13. Most people now use laptops instead of desktops.
14. Now people use tablets as much as the computer 

The biggest befit of being online is homework. For i.e if you forget your homework at school a friend cans end it to you. Also if your having problems with a question somebody who already did can help you.



Swiss School

Sumas Video
Sustainability school is a place where you study business bit how to make it Eco friendly
It it the only schools that has the bachelor degree as well as a master degree
The students like it their because it is very well located and is very safe
To them sustainability is the future
 Sustainable constitutions 
The world is deteriorating  
Most important thing is global warming 
There are some tools that can help us thee how we are affecting the world.
By 2050 we will need twice the area of the earth to store waste and Co2 emissions
Europe made some labels that means that it is green (better for the environment)

An inconvenient truth
Its a movie were AL gore stars in it.
If were not smart Manhattan could be under water Calcutta and shanghai over 100 million refugees would be left.\

Solar impulse
This the video made when the pilots and engineers talk to the graduating class of Arizona 
They talk about all the hardship they faced and about how an error led to them being able to fly across america.
The other solar impulse is the actual video of the guy who flew the plane across america.


Email: In my city I think the best way to apply a change would be to make solar cars. In Bogota the traffic is sucks there are times when you wont even be moving and it would be faster to take a bike but you would get mugged. If we were able to make solar efficient cars that could store the energy so that you could have 45 miles. Imagine all the money you could make because maybe this car on the long run would be cheaper than a car that runs on gas.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Google


Chrome extensions for students and teachers
They are small apps programs that adds features to you browser (chrome) 
They do more things that you're browser couldn't do otherwise.
Everyone could benefit from the extension because they are basically apps that help with everyday task on a browser

These are some of the extension you can use with descriptions


Magic Scroll is a Chrome web app that you can use to read ePub files on your desktop or laptop even if you do not have an internet connection.
Select and Speak is a simple text to speech browser extension. Select and Speak installs with just one click and does not require a browser re-start. Once Select and Speak is installed just highlight any text on a webpage, click the Select and Speak icon in your browser, and listen to the reading of the text.
Announcify is a free text to speech application that is available as a Chrome browser extension. With Announcify installed in your browser any time you're viewing a webpage you can simply click on the Announcify icon in your browser and have that page read to you. A bonus aspect of using Announcify is that in order to make a webpage easier to read it enlarges the text of the webpage and removes all sidebar content.
Webpage Screenshot is another good one to add to the list. Webpage Screenshot is a Chrome extension that you can use to capture all or part of webpage. You can draw and type on screenshots you make with Webpage Screenshot. One feature of Webpage Screenshot that is quite helpful is the option to capture the entire content of webpage even if it doesn't appear in your current view of the webpage. Webpage Screenshot images can be saved in your Google Drive account.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

College and careers.

Goals.
What are legacies for colleges.
What do legacies do.
An example of legacies.
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/theartofgettingaccepted/f/legacy-admissions.htm
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/glossaryofkeyterms/g/legacy-status.htm
http://chronicle.com/article/10-Myths-About-Legacy/124561/
Legacies are when your family has helped or graduated from this college so you can get in the college with lower standards than everyone else. I.e my grandfather was a famous soccer player in georgia tech and he graduated from their and from what i read you need to have a 3.6 to get in the college but for me it would be around 3.3. But that is because a Georgia tech is very strict about legacy other schools legacy won't matter. Legacy can also happen when a student parent is giving the college money so if the students don't get accepted, the money gifts are probably going to stop. But some colleges just use the legacies as a tiebreaker  If you and someone else are very similar in grades SAT etc. You if you have legacy will get the edge and win.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Google Day 2.

What major is chosen most frequently
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/top-ten-majors.aspx
I this site it said Business/ administration is the one that is chosen the most.
What is the best college in the world
http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/top-400-universities-in-the-world
This is a site where you can see the top colleges and Harvard is third, I thought Harvard was the best. The best college is MIT and the top 3 are all american schools.
Should I apply as foreign or a citizen
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/209600-can-dual-citizenship-hurt-you-your-app.html
I should apply as a US citizen as it would give me more benefits and i could get in the college eaier than if I applied like a colombian citizen. But some say it wouldn't make a difference saying I would get the US benfits and the cultural benefits the Colleges see my colombian passport.
I want to learn what Major should i choose

Friday, April 5, 2013

GOOGLE 20%

I want to now how much it would cost for a good college (estimate)
I want to now how long to you have live in a state to get in state tuition.
What is ultimately better to have to undergraduate degree or 1 master.

For a college that is rated top 100 in the US cost from 30 grand up to 250 grand.http://businessmajors.about.com/od/payingforschool/a/CollegeCosts.htm
According to this site it says you have to live 12 months in the state to get the tuitionhttp://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/savings/articles/2009/12/23/how-to-get-in-state-tuition
Having 1 masters degree is better than having to undergraduate degree even though having two would be helpful.

I learned in state tuition is a good way to cut your expenses in half and when it that amount of money it could be a life saver. The bad things is you would have to live in the state for a year and is only for public school.
Also you should really look for your school because bigger doesn't necessarily mean better.
think about what you're going to study because if you switch careers you'll lose all the time you've been in the other career.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Linux

I know nothing about this topic.
What is it, what does it do, who made it.

Linux is an operating system system.
It was released in 1991
Linus Torvalds was the main guy who created Linux
It is specially made for coding.
It is the third major brand of computers after Apple and Microsoft.
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/
http://www.ntchosting.com/linux-operating-system.html

This topic relates to my life because next time I'm going to buy a computer I will think about buying a cheap Linux instead of a expensive mac. Also it said in one site that Linux is made for coders so many of the sites i got to probably have been created by Linux computers.

What makes it a coding computer.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Design Project

1. We went to the evl but there are no residents there so we could only ask the employees. Most of them didn't play the game,the ones hat did liked the idea, but thought the game was to fragile and worried the catapult was going to break.
2. We couldn't get a picture because the catapult broke and they stole the ball, so they threw the game a week ago.
3. Our goals were to make it just the right difficulty and adjustable so it would be firm. We met our second goal but it was to hard.
4. The biggest problem we encountered was either balancing and supporting the board, or making the catapult  so it was resiliant and usable at the same time
5. When we found a way to make the catapult stay in a place, and make it shoot long enough. However  this design did not work to well on a larger scale.
6. I resisted the most because I wanted to keep it simple, Alejandro and Daniel wanted it to be more complicated.
7. The biggest doubt was the we wouldn't be able to finish on time because Daniel missed half the class and Alejandro didn't come to class but we were able to finish.
8. I was the devil advocate because I always questioned if we should do something wether it helped us in the end or not.
9. Without teamwork we wouldn't have been able to finish. The design process was easier but slower than I thought it would be. I learned i always question everything to see if it really should go on the design.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Day #3

We are going to follow ore descriptions from day one as this game was very fun especially to guys and we don't think were going to drop anything from the design.
The most powerful ideas is the catapult because it is our center piece
our game is perfect as it, right now it is very simple
first we need to make the hoops
then we glue the hoops on a backboard
then we make the catapult 
the game is ready
i will bring a ball
alejandro will bring the hoops 
daniel will bring the catapult

Friday, February 15, 2013

My photo

Alejandro show perspective creative title
wheels were hard to make which was bad.
Daniel: his show different point of view which was good
doesn't show how the game is going to work
Me: i showed how the system should be for the catapult.
It was poorly drawn as i have no drawing skills.

Thursday, January 17, 2013