What is your favorite school appropriate Memorial Day Weekend memory? I hung out with friends, had lots of play practice, and went to the Folk Life Festival in downtown Seattle and saw Aztec dancers and the spoon man, who recycles spoons into art! But the best thing I did was to hike up Mt. Index [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 37 so far )The Nintendo Dsi is the third generation of the popular Nintendo DS. With its two cameras and the ability to play music the Dsi is a leap of Nintendo greatness. Some more featurs are the Wii like menu screen with downloadable games and applications. All it needs is the ability to call people and the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 37 so far ) Which is the human? Which is the android?
On June 10, 2005, Hiroshi Ishiguru of Osaka University created Repliee Q1, a human like robot. Q1 blinks and appears to be breathing. Not only does Q1 look like a human, but it can also perform human like movements. For example, Q1 can block slaps, swat fast moving [...]
Kindles are devices that allow you to download books and read them on a special screen instead of on paper. Many readers who loved traditional paper books tried a Kindle one time and loved it. They say that it is nothing like reading text from a computer screen, which as some know hurts your eyes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 17 so far )The RIM Blackberry Storm is a phone that has a big battery and a strong network so that calls and file downloads won’t be dropped, and a touch screen that lets you physically press a button to ensure your information has gone through. It also includes a GPS system and a camera that takes very [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 65 so far )Today is a special day–perhaps it is the first presidential inauguration that you have paid attention to and/or cared about. What are your expectations for the new president? Please list two issues that you hope that President Obama will address in his first two years in office. Do you believe that change will happen or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 54 so far )A paradigm describes the set of experiences, beliefs and values that make up a person’s values or belief system. This belief system affects the way a person sees and responds to reality. For example, someone who believes that, “A good education will help me to achieve my goals and broaden my opportunities in life,” will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 54 so far )Photo: Steve Jobs (left) and Bill Gates
Do you agree with Bill Gates that you should “Keep your friends close and enemies closer?” Why would someone need to know not only who his or her enemies are but what they are doing? Is it a healthy attitude to assume that you have enemies? Why or why [...]
Like the movies you are making for computer apps class, the Story of Stuff had a specific thesis supported by facts and opinion. The movie’s thesis involved sustainable extraction, production, distribution, and consumption. It also encouraged intervention–acting to change or modify current practices. The movie’s presentor, Annie Leonard, encourages people to power down and/or unplug [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 19 so far )Choose one of the following main characters to reflect upon… Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Bill Gates. At this point in the movie you have seen all of them start out at ground zero and develop their businesses into lucrative, multi-million/billion dollar companies. What personal qualities enabled them to be successful? At what point did they seize an [...]
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