Friday, January 28, 2011

iPrank

The best app that I have came to use the most is "Tunee Music." It gives me free music to download onto my phone with a wide variety. It's the best music app I've tried which makes it my favorite since game apps aren't my thing. The weirdest app I have found on google is called "Werewolf Detector." Yes you read it right. This werewolf detects werewolves, but wait there's more! It only works on a full moon, how not cliche. If I were to create an app it would be called "iPrank." This app would give you funny things to do at different places. Places like: Wal-mart, elevators, etc. It would give you pranks or jokes you could pull anywhere, anytime.(Unless you're a scardy cat)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

ipods and ipads. Hassle or helpful?

Elementary teachers have been in a classroom with wild little kids, but high school classrooms are another level of craziness. High school students would be tempted to listen to music, play games, etc, which would distract them excessively. Then again iPods and iPads can also be good learning tools sometimes also. There are apps that we could use for maps in geography or apps for math, but I think they would be more of a hassle than a than helpful because most of the high school students would get distracted.

Friday, January 14, 2011

The Chaotic Country

Mexico is currently chaotic. Rival drug cartels fight for regional control while the Mexican government tries to reduce drug trafficking with the drug cartels. The drug cartels revolt against the authorities and kill and kidnap people for ransom money. Arrest of cartel leaders escalates drug violence while the cartels fight for territory control where they traffic drugs into the U.S. . President Felipe Calderon is having a hard time with stopping the importing of drugs and the violence going on week after week, which is the main goal he has with Mexico. Since Felipe has took control 28,00 people have died. The main drug cartels are The Beltran Leyva, La Familia, and The Gulf. The U.S. is partly responsible for the violence in Mexico. Ninety percent of the firearms originate from various sources in the U.S, seventy percent of Mexico's narcotics flow into the U.S., ninety percent of cocaine in the U.S. comes from Mexico. After tons of violence La Familia wants to demonstrate that they aren't responsible for the criminal acts federal authorities are reporting to the media. They said for the whole month of January they would not kill. By letter, emails, and the media, the truce has been spread to the citizens. The current state of Mexico, in my opinion is out of control and I think they need to protect the innocent people as much as they are trying to reduce drug trafficking. If I was in Mexico I would try to get to a safer place in Mexico or try to escape to the U.S.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Obama and Lebron Bankin'

Obama gets paid 400,000 yearly compared to LeBron James at 40,250,000 that including endorsements and game wins. Placing athletes salary higher than the our own president of the United States is very pathetic. The head of our country gets payed less than a basketball player, what does that tell us? That entertainment is apparently more important than running a country. I think entertainment should be placed high but not as high as it is. I mean famous athletes work hard to get where they are, but the deal is that we would rather sit down and watch a basketball game than the news. Entertainment is placed at a high value, because of how many people love to be entertained on tv.