New ICT 12 Site

NEW ICT 12 SITE --> http://www.myndrs.com/clago

Check it out.

Python Language

Python has a powerful programming language which "incorporates modules, exceptions, dynamic typing, and very high dynamic data-types and classes."

Check out15 reasons why Python is a powerful programming language:
http://bit.ly/9x0omG

Digital Footprints

Finding yourself on the web is quite a nifty innovation, as done by the following Digital Footprint sites.

WebMii.com
Pipl.com
Whoozy.com

Both WebMii and Pipl are quite similar in the way that they both display photos & videos, however it seems as if WebMii is the better one as it shows results from popular social websites such as Twitter and Myspace. Whoozy only creates findings from results by Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and other similar sites.

The Apple Tablet

Apple is ready to release its announcement party for this new gadget later this morning. In theory, the Tablet should fall between a Macbook, and an iPod touch with its computing capabilities as well as its developed multimedia technology. Supposedly, with no keyboard, it is likely that the Tablet will be most used for its video and music features; a developed iTunes will be present. It will also be capable of reading ebooks, magazines, and newspapers, and will make gaming one of its other main features. The 'no-name' will be about 10 inches and will have a touch OLED screen which is defintely a bummer compared to the LCD display. It is expected to fall between $500-$2000 but by the iPod beginning at $399, and the MacBook at $999, it would make sense that the Tablet should begin below $1000. Overall, we're looking forward to this great innovation, whether its named either the iSlate or iPad--its two most plausible names.

Haiti Natural Disaster

Haiti, a Caribbean island country, was struck by an earthquake yesterday which centered at the city of Port-Au-Prince. The country, being east of Cuba, and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, was hit with a magnitude of about 7.0, and affected thousands, causing many injured and several deaths. Many countries have shown further support towards Haiti, such as Canada, of whom, has pledged $5 Million, as well as their disaster response team, DART including rescue aircraft packed with medical aid.

CES: Consumer Electronics Show

The CES is a trading show which usually introduces previews of new products or new products themselves. It is held in the Las Vegas Convention Centre in Las Vegas, Nevada and is considered a major technology trade show.

Two technical innovations were introduced at this show last night:

Project Natal - basically it's an advanced Wii for the Xbox 360 which, without a game controller, uses gestures, spoken commands or presented objects or images to be controlled.

HP/Microsoft Slate - A Slate PC, resembling a writing tablet, is a PC which by its smaller size, does not have a keyboard. It relies on its user to handwrite by the use of the fingertip or stylus.

Here's a very high-end monitor announced by Dell:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/

Twitter

My ICT 12 teacher uses Twitter for a variety of different reasons. In a professional sense, he posts up information regarding new programs and uses to support his ICT and Physics courses. And by doing so, he is returned with feedback or answers to questions.

You can visit his Twitter page:
http://twitter.com/petervogel

For professional use, since I am into musical arts, I could use it for exposure or promotion of my musical material. Thus, this would potentially accumulate followers and subscribers, in the intention of creating a fanbase.

NEW EXTRA COOL WEB 2.0 PROGRAMS!!

Two new flash-based programs released on the internet.

Sumo Paint (online and download versions)
http://www.sumopaint.com/home
A photoshop-based program containing some really cool features.

iNudge: No Download "Everyone can create music"
http://inudge.net
An easy program which allows you to create music in clicks.


And be sure to check out the ICT 11-12 home page.
http://ict11-12.wikispaces.com

Programming Language

Microsoft's Top 10 Programming Languages -- http://bit.ly/5tMHok
-C++
-PHP
-F#
-Axum
-Visual Basic
-C#
-Javascript
-"M"
-IronRuby
-IronPython

On eweek.com

Class Update: November 24

Bomomo
Bomomo is an artistic program which allows you to control many of its nifty brush techniques.
http://www.bomomo.com


Blog worth visiting
Please visit my classmate's blog:
http://ict12gdelorenzo.blogspot.com/
His blog focuses on Italian soccer.


Class Wiki
Here is the Class Wiki for ICT 11-12 at my school:
http://ict11-12.wikispaces.com

Class Update #5

In class, we are now wrapping up on our Turbo Pascal work. As well, in Google Analytics, I've seen changes with 32 visits, all by users in Canada & US. In addition, we checked our vistors' screen resolutions and the largest one was from a 1920x1200 resolution.

OLPC XO Laptop

Last year, students in this course held a fundraiser to buy two XO laptops. These laptops have been designed for use by students in third-world countries. They are given to students to take home where in some cases they might be the only source of light. The class kept one laptop and the other was donated to the OLPC program.

The XO contains many innovative features such as daylight visible screen, a flash drive, mesh networking, and a large colection of pre-installed software.

Poll Everywhere

Today, our teacher sent us links to our email which brought us to a website allowing us to vote on certain topics by texting from our cell phones. The statistics would show on a graph displaying in real time, which I found quite fascinating.

Other ICT 12 Blogs

C. Villamin
http://chrisICT12.blogspot.com

J. Nery
http://ict12jeromenery.blogspot.com

G. Sun
http://ict12garethsun.blogspot.com

Class Update #3

According to the past couple of classes, we learned how to determine our binary position number using our placements in class; my binary number is 20 and 10100. Moreover, we visited WolframAlpha.com to figure out our binary position in hexidecimal form. Lastly, we signed up for a Google Analytics account to be able to track our blogs.