So, I started using the Fitbug. It seems simple. It works with the iPhone + It links to my PingAn insurance company. What does this mean? It means that if I do a certain amount of fitness each day or each week I earn points. These points get me things like: movie tickets, or even cash back rewards when I do online shopping. How cool is that? I was going to work out anyway. Now there is more incentive. I will tell you how things go here on the blog. Keep posted.
Tag Archives: Smartphone
Fitbug – Another fitness tracker?!
Estar takee – El primer Smartphone Holográfico 3D – YouTube
Segun dicen saldrá oficialmente el día 17 de Julio en China. http://weluv.net/2014/06/24/a-new-area-of-phone/
Source: www.youtube.com
I wonder if it is as real as it looks like in the video. Wow!
Gone are keyboards: Surface Computing
Attention:
Schools are eager to become 1:1 with laptop programs, but they are wrong with this kind of thinking. Gone will 
be the days of mice and keyboards. The 5:1 and 4:1 classrooms are those of the future for tech-heavy, well-endowed and ‘lucky’ schools. What do these programs consist of? Let’s look:
- Projector / with Mimio, Smartboard, or Promethian – no keyboards
- Wacom Tablets and All-in-one Multitouch Computers – no keyboards
- Surface Computers, like Windows / Samsung Surface Computers – no keyboards
- Tablets, like iPads, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Asus Eee Pad, Motorolla Xoom (My choice) – no keyboards
- Smart phones using Swype technology– no keyboards
And maybe a notebook here and there with a keyboard for my grandma. But let’s be done with the rows and rows of computer desktop classrooms.
Proof:
I am hoping that provocative questions like these are proof enough:
- How many phones are there that are switching from touch-pads to multi-touch?
- How many kids 4 and under are better at turning on and using an iPad than a keyboard and mouse? (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150260787791089)
- How come the fastest text typers are using something called Swype with Android, rather than keypads?
- Why is the the tablet rising in sales versus the laptop? (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/06/business/la-fi-tablet-era-20110506)
- Why is Windows 8 made completely for multi-touch capabilities?
Strategy:
What does this mean for schools and educators? This means:
- Different ideas for the budget.
- Continued training for teachers about how to use these devices.
- Technology Integration Specialists, instead of classroom technology teachers
- Allowing students to bring their devices to school
- Supporting student devices, both physically, through networking and academically, with authentic connections to lessons
- Everyone needs New ways of thinking.
I want that.
Bento box from Fujitsu. I didn’t know I needed this before, but now I can’t see how I can live my life without it. I was writing posts about the 3:1 ratio that people need for the future, and now it seems that Fujitsu has heard what I was saying. From my understanding everything works in sync with itself: the notepad holds everything; the tablet becomes the keyboard; and the smart phone is the track-pad; plus more. Its sleek.
As we all know with technology, the first versions of everything are always cool, but I wonder what other companies have up their sleeves along these lines. I agree with the jump article which states tactile touch keyboards have something that a digital surface is missing. All in all though, I like it.
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