Thursday, May 22, 2014

Tech Article 5/23

App lets you customize sneakers with Instagram pics

Adidas are trying to create a mobile apps that will let users make a fashion statement by printing any photo, including Instagram pics, on a pair of shoes. The app will launch for iPhone and Android in August. This is going to be a relaunch of "mi adidas,the shoemaker's customizable-sneakers program, and is available for its line of Originals lifestyle shoes, such as the ZX Flux. The ZX Flux sneakers offer a mostly clean, uncluttered canvas on which creative sneakerheads can print their favorite image. 

Social Bookmarking

What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers?
I can organise and store information on my computer using a flash drive or a hard drive.
What have you learned from researching the above topics? What do you know now about those current events that you didn’t know before?
I have learned that many things are happening everyday. I now know that the tensions between Ukraine and Russia are moving towards war and they are killing many innocent people.
What are other social bookmarking apps/websites?
The other social bookmarking apps/websites one can use is Tizmos, Speeditle, and Quicklinkr.
Will you continue to use social bookmarking?
Yes I will continue to use social bookmarking.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Tech Article 5/16

Cloud-Connected Bike Lock Is Just As Cool - And Crazy - As It Sounds

Skylock is a U-lock which uses a solar-powered lock that syncs with your smartphone and the cloud. Instead of using a key mechanism there are integrated electronics that let you either unlock it with your smartphone or tap in a numerical password. This means that a person cannot pick your lock with just a pen. There is no key hole and if someone jostles your parked bike longer or harder than what's expected on the street, the built-in accelerometers will be detected and sent to your phone an alert. The same detector can sense if you had a sudden stop and you fall. If you do not respond when the alert pops up then emergency responders are alerted. Right now if you preorder it will cost $159. Click Here to lean more.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Gen i Revolution - A Personal Finance Game for Middle School and High School Students

The Gen i Revolution is tool I chose. The Gen i Revolution can be used for Financial Literacy, which is taught by Mrs. Beck. Kids that take Financial Literacy can all have an account. This is online game designed to help middle school and high school students develop and test their knowledge of concepts in personal finance. Not only will this tool be efficient to teaching Financial Literacy, but student may also learn a lot about how the adulthood may really be. Gen i Revolution contains fifteen missions,which students pick operatives to assist them. Each mission helps someone make better financial decisions and each operative has a different skill set that can be of assistance in the missions.