0330WarmUp

Interested in the latest gadgets? Pick out one of the latest from Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/ Pick one, read about it and leave a comment! dmac

0329WarmUp

Lets's have some fun today! http://www.esklavos.com/ketinetto8/ Leave a comment! dmac

0328WarmUp

Heads Up!! All you gamers. Nintendo is releasing it's new line of 3d games. Take a look @ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/03/3ds-games-buyers-guide/# Leave a comment! dmac

0324WarmUp

Got your license? Think you know how to drive?

Take a look at the fastest roads in the world:

http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/pl_motor_1607

Look them up with Google Maps street view.

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dmac

0325WarmUp

Tommorow is Earth Day.

What is it?

Check out some activities @

http://www.topix.com/forum/holidays/earth-day

http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/earth-day.htm

http://www.earthhourkids.org/

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dmac

0323WarmUp

Let's look at an impossible goal by Roberto Carlos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnXA0PoEE6Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoF-f8X5OJ4&feature=related

How

http://www.ehow.com/how_2047963_perform-banana-kick-soccer.html

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dmac

0322WarmUp

We have just witnessed what could have been of the worst nuclear disasters in history.

As stated in Wikipeida:

The Fukushima I nuclear accidents are a series of ongoing equipment failures and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). Reactors 4, 5 and 6 had been shut down prior to the earthquake for planned maintenance.[3] The remaining reactors were shut down automatically after the earthquake, but the subsequent tsunami flooded the plant, knocking out emergency generators needed to run pumps which cool and control the reactors. The flooding and earthquake damage prevented assistance being brought from elsewhere. On 20 March, The New York Times reported that Yukio Edano, the government’s chief cabinet secretary, "confirmed for the first time ... that the nuclear complex would be closed once the crisis was over."[4]

What is a nuclear accident and how does it happen?

Take a look at these interesting sites:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/fusion-reactor.htm

http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeHowNuclearReactorsWork

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4565219_nuclear-reactors-work.html

Look at these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnjGYHOePu0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJfIbBDR3e8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5UvAH11CjM

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dmac

0321WarmUp

Think you know your favorite music? Can you recite some lyrics?

This may help you--take a look:

http://batlyrics.com/

Now finish off the lyrics of these classic songs:

--------, play a song for me.

There is a house in ------. It's called the rising -------.

----------- but if you try sometimes, you just might find ----------.

-------- on such a winter's day.

In the ---------- with black curtains near the station.

Leave a comment with your answers!

dmac

0315WarmUp

The question of the day is:

Is YouTube this Generation’s Teacher?

Check it out @:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/socaldevgal/archive/2011/03/11/is-you-tube-this-generation-s-teacher.aspx

What do you think? What is / should be the role of the teacher? What part should You Tube play in the education of our children?

Leave a comment!

dmac

0314WarmUp

Ever feel like you need extra help with math and science?

Check out Khan Academy @ http://www.khanacademy.org/

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dmac

p.s.

Today is pi day

Check it out @ http://www.piday.org/

0211WarmUp

Ever wonder how electricity is being used in your house?

Check it out @:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/energy_electricity_forces/electric_current_voltage/activity.shtml

Leave a comment!

dmac

0210WarmUp

Let's play some music today!

Try out these sites:

http://www.glitchscape.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/fun/sixmixer/

http://www.isleoftune.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0209WarmUp

Let's take a look at some interesting sites:

http://www.electrocity.co.nz/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/seamonsters/game/index.html

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0208WarmUp

Now that smartphones are proliferating, so is smartphone malware.

Who is hot on the trail? You guessed it--Google.

What did they do?

Read about it @

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Google-Remote-Detonates-Dirty-Apps-Promises-to-Do-Better-72010.html

http://blogs.computerworld.com/17929/google_android_market_kills_droid_dream_malware_in_trojans?tc

http://mashable.com/2011/03/06/android-kill-switch/

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/05/android-malware-rootkit-google-response/

Leave a comment!

0207WarmUp

Well, it feels like a wired kind of day.

Write a blurb on an article that interests you.

http://www.wired.com/

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dmac

0304WarmUp

Got words? Got tunes?

Put your words to music @ http://www.rightwork.jp/fontdemusic/

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dmac

0303WarmUp

There's a war going on right now! Not Iraq, not Afghanistan. The Tablet war!

And Apple has just released a new version-IPad2.

Check it out @:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/hands-on-with-apples-thinner-faster-ipad-2/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/ipad2-gallery/

There are other soldiers in this war as well:

http://mashable.com/2011/01/12/ces-2011-tablet-videos/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0302WarmUp

There is a new organization to help cities get up to snuff with technology.

Check it out @

http://codeforamerica.org/boston/

http://codeforamerica.org/2011/02/23/boston-citizens-connected/

http://govinthelab.com/code-for-america-solving-education-challenges-in-boston/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0301WarmUp

Did you know that the Internet is about to get a makeover?

It's called IPv6. And when it happens, everything from cars to applicances can be plugged into the web.

Check it out @

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/02/28/online_universe_is_about_to_grow/

Also look at:

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2007/03/IPv6.ars

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IPng.html

Leave a comment!

dmac