Sunday, February 22, 2015

Apple wants its cars in production by 2020


Click here for the article on the Apple cars.

Apple wants its cars in production by 2020, report says

  • Bloomberg reported that apple wants to put an electric vehicle into production within the next five years
  • 2020 is a good deadline for apple because 
    • They have no experience with cars
    • Cars require extensive engineering, which is far beyond that of a Mac or a Iphone
    • Then there are federal safety and emission regulations to satisfy
  • Some growing evidence shows us that Apple is prepping for some type of automotive effort
  • Apple has hired talent in the automotive space, including big brains who have worked at companies involved in transmissions, drive trains, seatbelts, and other key car systems.
 

Friday, February 20, 2015

Web 2.0: Multimedia Blog Pre-Posting

Speak
During my freshman year, I am taking English I. My teacher is Ms.Hunter. In this class, I have expected to learn about writing techniques such as grammar, vocabulary, paper writing, paragraph improvement and literary uses. I also had expected that we would be reading a couple of books and improving our test taking techniques (like for PARCC). In this class so far we have learned many thing. These topics include literary terms, wordly wise words, persuasive techniques, reading comprehension, and learning how to improve our writing. Also, we have read many short stories, the book Speak, and are currently reading Romeo & Juliet.
Romeo & Juliet 

Ms.Hunter's grading policy includes many different percentages in Realtime that would make up our grade. For formal assessments, which includes tests and quizzes, it is 40% of our grade. For informal assessments, which includes classwork and participation, it is 10% of our grade. For homework it is 10% of our grade. Finally for Performance based assessments, which includes projects and presentations, it is 40% of our grade. Ms.Hunter uses technology in the class when we use the computers to practice PARCC online, and when we do essays in the class.

My favorite part of this class is when we read thing, such as we read Speak, and Romeo & Juliet. This is because I like to read and I find all of the things that we read to be interesting. Also we did a informational project that included us doing a PSA and making a commercial on a specific topic. Also I have always wanted to read work of Shakespeare, so I'm excited that we are reading Romeo & Juliet.

Click here for Ms.Hunter's website.
Click here for the PARCC practice testing website.

This is the 1968 Romeo & Juliet trailer >>>>>



Wednesday, February 11, 2015


Apple just became the first $7 billion company

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  • On Tuesday, February 10, shares of apple closed at $122.02, an all time high for the Apple company
  • At this price, the company's capitalization is $705 billion 
  • This made it the first company to close a trading session with a market cap above $700 billion 
  •  Apple is now more than twice the size of Microsoft
  • This came 2 weeks after apple reported a monster fourth quarter, in which it sold over 74 million iphones, which brought the company up $18 billion in profit 

Multimedia Post

Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys website





Monday, February 9, 2015

Educational Technology and Copyright Law

After reading the article on educational technology and Copyright law, I learned:

  • If an image is licensed, use it in accordance to the license or do not use it at all
  • If an image is not licensed, you can probably use it
  • The limitations of the Copyright law
  • For commercial sites, you have to buy a license to use a photo 

Friday, February 6, 2015

Welcome Post

Hello. my name is Bobbie Mele. I am a freshman at WRHS. I like to hangout with my friends, and play softball and football cheering. I don't like world history or algebra. Classes I take included biology honors, geometry honors, english, and world history. Electives I take are Web 2.0 and spanish. I plan to major in science in college, but I'm not quite sure what I want to do yet. In the summer, I plan to spend time with my friends and maybe go on vacation with my family.