Twitter

I like twitter and I think it can be a great tool to use for learning. Recently however, I tweeted asking a question about an issue I am having with my car. I was surprised to see that after 24 hours nobody had responded. Maybe no one knew the answer to my question. Or maybe it is because I only have seven or so followers. I did post it with the cars hashtag though so I believe many people should have seen it. All in all this was pretty discouraging. I still think twitter is a usefull tool but, not for every question.

Raw Power

A terrible earthquake devastated Japan last week. Waves thirty feet high crashed very far into the main land. The waves wiped out everything in their path. It also triggered problem at a nuclear power plant. Aside from this being a horrible tragedy, it does give you a sort of respect toward the power of mother nature. The only things that were still standing after the water receded were the trees. Why is it that mother nature can destroy a building but leave a tree in the same place? Here is a before and after photo of Japan. As you can see, the trees were the only things that did not get swept away.

Tools for School

I believe google docs is the best tool for students. It allows you to view your work and make alterations from any computer. All you need is a google account. In the age we live in having a google account just makes everything easier. You can create templates presentations as well as papers of any length you want. Google docs is especially good for group projects. This is because multiple people can have access to your doc. The creator of the doc gets to decide who can see it and who can edit it. I like this because it keeps your work safe. Google also automatically saves your work regularelly to make sure you do not lose anything if something were to go wrong.

Here is a helpfull website for people who are new to google docs.

iPad 2

The iPad 2 is coming out soon and people are already raving about it. Yes, it is obviously an amazing piece of technology and it does make many upgrades to the original but, I believe people are going to be mad about its release. Imagine if you just bought a $500 iPad and then a year later the next generation comes out that is better in every way and has new features that the old version does not even have the option of upgrading to because of hardware issues. I think Apple should offer people who have the first generation of iPads the chance to turn in their iPad and get the new version at a discounted price. That seems more fair to me.

Here is the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9tXJ5UqXsg