Howdy!
For blog credit this week I would like you to open up your mind and think about where cell phone technology might be going. Post one feature you'd like to see in the near future on your cell phone.
Read Tuesday. Comment Thursday. Don't forget to sign and give your class number.
ALWAYS go and double-check immediately that your post has updated.
Talk to me . . .
Monday, October 8, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Blog 3 - Week of October 1
Howdy!
The iPhone5 has been out a hot minute. Let's talk about some of the new features.
Contrary to popular belief, I am NOT an early technology adopter. I spent 16 years in the real world doing Graphic Design at a shop that was an Adobe Authorized Service Provider. That meant that every time Adobe had an update I got the programs several months early and I got to help figure out what was wrong and make suggestions to Adobe.
Translation: I got buggy, janky programs and I spent hours on the phone with software developers (technical nerds) explaining to them why certain features weren't working in the real world.
This experience led me to my current thinking: If I'm going to PAY for a piece of technology I want it to work correctly. The first time. I don't want to be the person on the phone with technical support.
Therefore, when new stuff emerges I have a tendency to hang back. I am not the person waiting in line at the Apple store at midnight. *coughcoughCaymoncoughcough*
So for blog credit this week you will need to pick a glitch and tell why it would irritate you. Alternatively, if you HAVE the new iPhone5 you can tell us which one of the new features is your favorite, or anything else you'd like to share about it.
Read Tuesday. Comment Thursday. Don't forget to sign and give your class number.
ALWAYS go and double-check immediately that your post has updated.
Talk to me . . .
http://www.product-reviews.net/2012/09/30/ios-6-problems-kill-iphone-5-features/
http://www.t3.com/reviews/iphone-5-review
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57520538/more-iphone-5-problems-scuffed-out-of-the-box/
http://www.itproportal.com/2012/10/01/the-iphone-5--apples-history-of-launch-problems/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/iphone-glitches-secrets-scratches-discovered-launch/story?id=17313745
The iPhone5 has been out a hot minute. Let's talk about some of the new features.
Contrary to popular belief, I am NOT an early technology adopter. I spent 16 years in the real world doing Graphic Design at a shop that was an Adobe Authorized Service Provider. That meant that every time Adobe had an update I got the programs several months early and I got to help figure out what was wrong and make suggestions to Adobe.
Translation: I got buggy, janky programs and I spent hours on the phone with software developers (technical nerds) explaining to them why certain features weren't working in the real world.
This experience led me to my current thinking: If I'm going to PAY for a piece of technology I want it to work correctly. The first time. I don't want to be the person on the phone with technical support.
Therefore, when new stuff emerges I have a tendency to hang back. I am not the person waiting in line at the Apple store at midnight. *coughcoughCaymoncoughcough*
So for blog credit this week you will need to pick a glitch and tell why it would irritate you. Alternatively, if you HAVE the new iPhone5 you can tell us which one of the new features is your favorite, or anything else you'd like to share about it.
Read Tuesday. Comment Thursday. Don't forget to sign and give your class number.
ALWAYS go and double-check immediately that your post has updated.
Talk to me . . .
http://www.product-reviews.net/2012/09/30/ios-6-problems-kill-iphone-5-features/
http://www.t3.com/reviews/iphone-5-review
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57520538/more-iphone-5-problems-scuffed-out-of-the-box/
http://www.itproportal.com/2012/10/01/the-iphone-5--apples-history-of-launch-problems/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/iphone-glitches-secrets-scratches-discovered-launch/story?id=17313745
Monday, September 24, 2012
Blog 2 - Week of September 24
Hola! Welcome back!
So I want to kick everything off with some cell phone talk. We'll probably be on this subject for a few weeks as we explore coming technology and how to effectively integrate it into the classroom.
I found this website that's got some pretty cool concept ideas. First let me explain what a concept is. Designers envision the coolest possible stuff that we can't even imagine yet, and then they jam it all into their design. Eventually SOME of the cool stuff will make it to the market.
Dictionary.com defines concept as an idea. So these phones are in the idea stage.
For this weeks credit you will need to visit the website below. Pick one of the concepts and tell us which one. Tell us about a concept feature on that particular phone that you would use and you find cool. OR pick one of the concepts and tell us which one and then tell us about a feature that you think is ridiculous and goofy.
As always, you'll need to sign your last name and class period to get credit.
I want you to go look at all the phones today. On Thursday I will want you to give your opinion. I like for you to let stuff marinade for a day or two so that your opinion is an informed one that you've had a chance to be able to explain. You can also disagree with someone else's opinion to advance the discussion.
It should look a little something like this:
http://www.t3.com/features/concept-phones-we-wish-were-real-2
So I want to kick everything off with some cell phone talk. We'll probably be on this subject for a few weeks as we explore coming technology and how to effectively integrate it into the classroom.
I found this website that's got some pretty cool concept ideas. First let me explain what a concept is. Designers envision the coolest possible stuff that we can't even imagine yet, and then they jam it all into their design. Eventually SOME of the cool stuff will make it to the market.
Dictionary.com defines concept as an idea. So these phones are in the idea stage.
For this weeks credit you will need to visit the website below. Pick one of the concepts and tell us which one. Tell us about a concept feature on that particular phone that you would use and you find cool. OR pick one of the concepts and tell us which one and then tell us about a feature that you think is ridiculous and goofy.
As always, you'll need to sign your last name and class period to get credit.
I want you to go look at all the phones today. On Thursday I will want you to give your opinion. I like for you to let stuff marinade for a day or two so that your opinion is an informed one that you've had a chance to be able to explain. You can also disagree with someone else's opinion to advance the discussion.
It should look a little something like this:
I chose phone #4: HTC Magnesium Unibody. I dig the fact that it carries an extra battery that charges while I'm using the phone. I think it would also be helpful that the body of the phone is pretty hard to destroy.Talk to me . . .
Lanham, 1st period
http://www.t3.com/features/concept-phones-we-wish-were-real-2
Friday, September 14, 2012
Blog 1 - Week of September 17
Hola Peeps! Thanks for logging in.
Let me 'splain how this will work:
Every Monday morning I will post a discussion question relevant to technology. You will have the entire week to post a short blog answering the question. It's very simple . . . you either advance the discussion or you don't. It's either a 100 or a 0. You can also respond to a thought posted by another user to advance the discussion. Every Sunday evening I will check off names. So you have from Monday AM to Sunday PM. Grading closes at 6pm Sunday. The first ten minutes of class on Tuesday will be devoted to reading the blog, and the first ten minutes of class Thursday will be devoted to answering the blog question.
Here are the things that this discussion is NOT:
This is not a social forum. All you guys have Facebook / Twitter for that stuff. Holla at your friends on those sites.
This is not a place for you to ask me questions about your grade. Please remember that EVERYBODY will see all of your communication on this site. If you have questions about grading policies, etc. please see me before or after school, before class or on my conference period (6th). Barring that, please email me at rlanham@nacogdoches.k12.tx.us.
This is not a place for you to air grievances of any kind. Bad language, derogatory comments and intolerance of any kind will not be accepted. These will result in blocked usage for you, and zeros on weekly discussions for the remainder of the year.
What this discussion IS:
This is a place for us to explore how technology is affecting our daily lives. You guys are digital natives (meaning you were practically born with a cell phone in your hand) and you are not accustomed to thinking about life before this technology came along. I would also bet that most of you haven't given a lot of thought to where this technology is going either. Well, that's what I want to do here.
Also, almost every college classroom has some online portion as well. In other words, when you get to college even though you're sitting in a traditional classroom your professor will expect you to go online and participate in some sort of ongoing discussion on something like Blackboard.
One more thing:
To the best of my knowledge we are still the only classroom in the district to use blogging as part of the classroom learning. Occasionally our Principal, Superintendent, and others from the district will be blogging with us. All eyes will be watching as this district prepares to incorporate more technology into everyday learning. Please keep that in mind. Let's have fun, but please be responsible.
Here's what you need to do now:
Make sure you ALWAYS leave your name and period in your comment. By posting this first time you are agreeing to:
1. ALWAYS read my words. You should never just log in and click links. Doing that will cause you to miss the questions that I want addressed.
2. Comment in the correct section for the week.
3. Understand that you get one (1) makeup blog for the YEAR. Because this blog is available 24/7/365 from any computer in the world, I don't allow more than one makeup. Go home and bookmark it. Go to the library and bookmark it. Bookmark it on your smart phone. Always remember that if you're absent on Thursday when we comment, you'll need to get it taken care of before Sunday at 6pm.
OK, questions?
Talk to me . . .
Monday, April 30, 2012
Blog 30 4/30/12
It's That Time!
Last blog of the year. ::sigh::
I'm not even gonna lie. I'm glad this year is coming to a close. It's been a pretty rough one for me. In some ways it feels like we just started, and in some ways it feels like we've been here for 2,304 months. Do you feel that way too or is it just me?
One of the things I like to do at the end of the year is post some of the strange things that have come out of some of our mouths in this room.
Things like (from my mouth):
1) Zachary! Nobody cares how you feeeeeeeeeel. This is the REAL world. How you feel doesn't matter. Only your mother cares about you!
2) DJ! Stop touching yourself from the neck up!
3) What is going on in here? Trying to have a conversation with you people is like trying to herd cats!
4) Elizabeth! Take your medicine! I'm blaming THIS on you!
5) Me: I don't know what Emily's problem is, other than she's sandwiched between two boys. Curly: Ms. L. That didn't sound good.
6) Rye! Put Cloudy out. He's on fire! Ashley: How's she gonna put him out when she's flaming herself?
7) Birdie! If you keep singing country songs I'm gonna call somebody and have your brother card repossessed!
8) Os! Butt is not better than boobage!
9) I don't care! You don't just get to pirate and ninja your way through life! (Anybody remember who this was directed at?)
10) Black is 100% black.
11) Gary! This is a very famous band called The Beatles. You may have heard of them. They have nothing to do with either Jesus OR McDonalds.
12) (To Gary in the hospital) Hey Gare, you want me to bring you some magazines? People? Truckin? Gary: Only you, Ms. L., would ask me if I want a Truckin' magazine right after I got hit by a truck.
From yall's mouths:
1) I CAN move my upper body that fast, THANK YOU! (Tyler L)
2) You can't spray paint camoflage properly. (Mandi P)
3) I have a friend who makes meth. (Seth R)
4) You could give them laser guns . . . (Daniel M)
5) The whole bus thing does not satisfy me. (Caroline K)
6) I hate eyeballs so much (Mandi P, who was actually saying she hated iBoss so much)
7) Can I get a grade for breathing? (Norma O)
8) So Photoshop is how we get into heaven? Oh crap! (Seth R)
9) I don't watch pony shows (James Y)
10) I like elevators. (Trenton B)
11) It's a structured kind of insanity (Cody H)
12) Os: "Caroline?" Caroline: "What Os?" Os: "Nothing. I just like saying your name."
13) What if some people are horizontal? (Gary B)
14) It's ok Ms. L, I get on my OWN nerves sometimes (OsMan)
15) I like beans. (Neil B)
16) I just recently figured out that TGIF and TGIFridays is the same thing. (Ellen A)
17) His tongue is just so disagreeable (Daniel M)
18) I done did it. (Gary B)
19) Welllllll, I'm certainly no expert on mythological creatures. (Reid P)
20) Stop touching things! (Tobin to Victor in Photoshop)
21) AAAHHHHHHHHHH! (Sam when I hit him with a rolled-up newspaper)
22) OMG Mrs. L. has a stalker laugh (Eli G)
23) Can I play with my magic kit now? (Seth R)
24) Mrs. L! Tiffany! (Birdie)
25) Uh . . . . yeah . . . I don't know what's going on. (Rye K)
26) There's plenty of dinosaurs in the sea (Gary B)
27) I hope I get a quote (Tyler S, who I hope is reading this from California. We still miss you!)
And one day when I didn't seem to be hearing correctly:
1) I hate being so sexy. (Jordy, who was actually saying he hated being dyslexic)
2) I'm gonna get hammered all the time. (Daniel, who was actually telling me he's gonna go camping all the time when he goes to college in central Arkansas)
So for your blog credit this week, I want you to do one of two things: 1) Log in and give me your favorite memory from class. OR 2) Log in and leave a piece of advice for next year's class (ala Ms. Christian).
Talk to me . . .
Last blog of the year. ::sigh::
I'm not even gonna lie. I'm glad this year is coming to a close. It's been a pretty rough one for me. In some ways it feels like we just started, and in some ways it feels like we've been here for 2,304 months. Do you feel that way too or is it just me?
One of the things I like to do at the end of the year is post some of the strange things that have come out of some of our mouths in this room.
Things like (from my mouth):
1) Zachary! Nobody cares how you feeeeeeeeeel. This is the REAL world. How you feel doesn't matter. Only your mother cares about you!
2) DJ! Stop touching yourself from the neck up!
3) What is going on in here? Trying to have a conversation with you people is like trying to herd cats!
4) Elizabeth! Take your medicine! I'm blaming THIS on you!
5) Me: I don't know what Emily's problem is, other than she's sandwiched between two boys. Curly: Ms. L. That didn't sound good.
6) Rye! Put Cloudy out. He's on fire! Ashley: How's she gonna put him out when she's flaming herself?
7) Birdie! If you keep singing country songs I'm gonna call somebody and have your brother card repossessed!
8) Os! Butt is not better than boobage!
9) I don't care! You don't just get to pirate and ninja your way through life! (Anybody remember who this was directed at?)
10) Black is 100% black.
11) Gary! This is a very famous band called The Beatles. You may have heard of them. They have nothing to do with either Jesus OR McDonalds.
12) (To Gary in the hospital) Hey Gare, you want me to bring you some magazines? People? Truckin? Gary: Only you, Ms. L., would ask me if I want a Truckin' magazine right after I got hit by a truck.
From yall's mouths:
1) I CAN move my upper body that fast, THANK YOU! (Tyler L)
2) You can't spray paint camoflage properly. (Mandi P)
3) I have a friend who makes meth. (Seth R)
4) You could give them laser guns . . . (Daniel M)
5) The whole bus thing does not satisfy me. (Caroline K)
6) I hate eyeballs so much (Mandi P, who was actually saying she hated iBoss so much)
7) Can I get a grade for breathing? (Norma O)
8) So Photoshop is how we get into heaven? Oh crap! (Seth R)
9) I don't watch pony shows (James Y)
10) I like elevators. (Trenton B)
11) It's a structured kind of insanity (Cody H)
12) Os: "Caroline?" Caroline: "What Os?" Os: "Nothing. I just like saying your name."
13) What if some people are horizontal? (Gary B)
14) It's ok Ms. L, I get on my OWN nerves sometimes (OsMan)
15) I like beans. (Neil B)
16) I just recently figured out that TGIF and TGIFridays is the same thing. (Ellen A)
17) His tongue is just so disagreeable (Daniel M)
18) I done did it. (Gary B)
19) Welllllll, I'm certainly no expert on mythological creatures. (Reid P)
20) Stop touching things! (Tobin to Victor in Photoshop)
21) AAAHHHHHHHHHH! (Sam when I hit him with a rolled-up newspaper)
22) OMG Mrs. L. has a stalker laugh (Eli G)
23) Can I play with my magic kit now? (Seth R)
24) Mrs. L! Tiffany! (Birdie)
25) Uh . . . . yeah . . . I don't know what's going on. (Rye K)
26) There's plenty of dinosaurs in the sea (Gary B)
27) I hope I get a quote (Tyler S, who I hope is reading this from California. We still miss you!)
And one day when I didn't seem to be hearing correctly:
1) I hate being so sexy. (Jordy, who was actually saying he hated being dyslexic)
2) I'm gonna get hammered all the time. (Daniel, who was actually telling me he's gonna go camping all the time when he goes to college in central Arkansas)
So for your blog credit this week, I want you to do one of two things: 1) Log in and give me your favorite memory from class. OR 2) Log in and leave a piece of advice for next year's class (ala Ms. Christian).
Talk to me . . .
Monday, April 16, 2012
Blog 29 4/16/12
Hiya Peeps!
Continuing along the house of the future, let's talk about some future kitchen technology.
Back in the day, they thought our kitchens would be WAAAAAAAY further advanced than they are today. I found a you tube video to check out. It also includes more about the Monsanto house:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiACOLuYlJ4
These videos make me LOL. I don't know about YOU, but I'm ALWAYS that dressed up when I'M in the kitchen. Also, I randomly break out in song and dance.
I do dig that rotation see through oven though . . .
So for blog credit this week, go visit this site.
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/category/home-gadgets/kitchen/
Pick a piece of new kitchen technology and give us an opinion. Please make sure you tell us which product your talking about.
Talk to me . . .
Continuing along the house of the future, let's talk about some future kitchen technology.
Back in the day, they thought our kitchens would be WAAAAAAAY further advanced than they are today. I found a you tube video to check out. It also includes more about the Monsanto house:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiACOLuYlJ4
These videos make me LOL. I don't know about YOU, but I'm ALWAYS that dressed up when I'M in the kitchen. Also, I randomly break out in song and dance.
I do dig that rotation see through oven though . . .
So for blog credit this week, go visit this site.
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/category/home-gadgets/kitchen/
Pick a piece of new kitchen technology and give us an opinion. Please make sure you tell us which product your talking about.
Talk to me . . .
Monday, April 9, 2012
Blog 28 4/9/12
Howdy Peeps!
Go here and watch these two house of the future videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJr8QwgLEA&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=fvst
For credit this week pick any house feature on one of the videos and give us an opinion. Tell us how you would use it. Tell us why you think it's stupid. Please give me some thought.
Talk to me . . .
Go here and watch these two house of the future videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJr8QwgLEA&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=fvst
For credit this week pick any house feature on one of the videos and give us an opinion. Tell us how you would use it. Tell us why you think it's stupid. Please give me some thought.
Talk to me . . .
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