Technology Current Events

BRAILLE SMARTPHONE

• first ever braille smartphone is currently in development
• screen is comprised of grid pins which will move to form characters
• being created by TED speaker Sumit Dagar
• planning on being released at the end of 2013
• cost will be reasonable at $185
• the technology will be able to do almost as much as a typical smartphone

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/tech/mobile/first-braille-smartphone/index.html

Personality Quiz- ESFP

My Results:

Extravert- 44%
Sensing- 62%
Feeling- 25%
Perceiving- 33%

I think this is accurate for me, because i love talking to people, and experiencing new things.  I also make decisions based on emotions or impulses rather than logic.

PicMonkey

Picovico

Go Animate

giraffe and zebra by lucyggoose on GoAnimate

Animated Presentations - Powered by GoAnimate.

Masher

Glogster

Glogster

Pixlr

Splashup

Blabberize

Voki

Photostory

Andy Warhol Popart Tutorial

Zooburst

Shawnee Mission East Tour

Storybird

http://storybird.com/books/meet-fuzzys-friends/

Cheapstamatic

Animoto

Create a birthday video at Animoto

Pinterest Web Tools

1. PicMonkey- free

2. LunaPic- free

3. iPiccy- free

TED Talks

The first Talk I watched is called "Forget Multi-tasking, Try Mono-tasking".  This video was interesting, because the speaker made the point that although multi-tasking may seem more efficient  you are actually doing a worse job on everything as opposed to focusing on one thing at a time.  With technology, multi-tasking has become much easier, and more convenient, but still, giving your full attention to one task at a time will allow you to do a better job.

The second Talk I watched is called "A Father Daughter Bond, One photo at a Time".  This one was about a father and daughter who returned to the same place every year to take a picture together.  It was really sweet, and inspiring to see the pictures because of the special bond they shared because of the pictures.

BigHugeLabs

I chose these pictures because I think they are cute.  I didn't really like this website because some of the options don't really work that well.  

QR Codes

These are some QR codes that I think would be helpful.  They are easy to use because you just have to scan them to get to a website quickly.

PhotoFunia #3

This is the 60's Effect.

PhotoFunia #2

This is the Caricature Effect

PhotoFunia #1

PhotoFunia with Three Color Effect

Wordle

My Wordle

Tagxedo

My Prezi- 3rd Hour

This is my first Prezi in Digital Design.