Do Now 11/18

     Things that ingite me to help make this world a better place is my family and friends and my surroundings. My family and friends motivate me to do good things. My life goals can fulfill my own needs by making me feel good about myself and contribute to me having a good future. It can also contribute to the community if I help people and give to the communtiy, whether it's volunteering in the community or giving charity for a good cause. 

Do Now 11/11

     I don't really have a lot to say about what happened because I don't know what happened. I don't watch the news or anythng like that. All I know is that there was a really bad typhoon. I haven't seen any pictures on it but I could imagine that it was really bad. I don't think we can do anything to stop these things from happening but we can help the country get back on its feet.

Wiki Dissection VG

• What's the purpose of a wiki?- The wiki acts a an encyclopedia. It helps people understand a topic they need to know about. It's good for collaborating in groups that are disconnected. You can add content and edit the content on the pages.
• When was the last post?- The last post was June 23, 2010.
• How was this wiki created?- This was created using wiki spaces.
• What would you add to it?- I would add pictures and videos to make it more interesting.
• What did you learn from it?- We learned about disruptive technology in the classroom.
• If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?- Sports, music, and food.
• How can wikis be used in classrooms?- We can use them for do nows and for collaborting on group projects.

Tech Article 11/1

     Mind-Reading Technology Speeds Ahead

• By scanning blogs of brain activity, scientists may be able to decode people's thoughts, dreams and intentions.
• Although companies are starting to pursue brain decoding for a few applications, such as market research and lie detection, scientists are far more interested in seeing if these techniques can tell them about the basic principles governing brain organization and how it encodes memories, behavior and emotion.

• The computer program uses the details of a scan to guess what the participant has watched in the past.

• Brain decoding took off about a decade ago, when neuroscientists realized that there was a lot of untapped information in the brain scans they were producing using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

• That technique measures brain activity by identifying areas that are being fed oxygenated blood, which light up as colored blobs in the scans. 

• To analyze activity patterns, the brain is segmented into little boxes called voxels — the three-dimensional equivalent of pixels — and researchers typically look to see which voxels respond most strongly to a stimulus, such as seeing a face. 

• By discarding data from the voxels that respond weakly, they conclude which areas are processing faces.

• Jack Gallant from the University of California trained the program by showing it patterns of brain activity elicited by a range of images and film clips.

• People around the world use techniques like these to try to decode brain scans and decipher what people are seeing, hearing and feeling, as well as what they remember or even dream about.

• Reports say that these techniques have brought mind reading from the realms of fantasy to fact.

• Companies are starting to pursue brain decoding for market research and lie detection.

• Scientists are using this process to learn about the brain itself.

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mind-reading-technology-speeds-ahead

Wiki Research

I think it would be a good idea to use wiki in some classes. We could use it as a glossary for terms we learned in class, like for English we could use it for our vocabulary. We can also use it to create study guides for tests for all our classes. Wikis are useful for collaborating. For this class you can post the do nows on there and we can respond to them. I don't really have much experience with wikis. I only used a wiki once for a science project, which we had to use a wiki for.

Do Now 10/29

• The name of the school isnt the same as it was before.
• Soccer- No longer with Heights.
• Grades- Now it's grades 7-12
• Picture- Thats not how the front of the high school looks anymore.
• New assistant principal.

Do Now 10/28

        If I were to be invisible for a day, I would do many good deeds. I would help people who are in danger. For example, if someone accidentally fell off a buildings I would save them from dying. If there was someone about to get shot by a bullet I would push them out of the way.
        Also, another good deed I would do is help people who are ill. I would try to help them get better by finding a cure for whatever they have. I would try to find a cure for all types of cancer and illnesses. These are just a few of the many things I would do.