Blog Post 4

I recently finished researching the Mac and PC in order to compare them against each other. After finishing my research I have concluded that the Samsung ATIV Book 4 is a better option for me than a Mac. The Samsung laptop is $599 as opposed to a Mac, which starts at $1299. I think the Samsung ATIV Book 4 is a better value. This computer buying project has taught me a lot of valueable information about the Mac and the PC. I can use this information to help find the best laptop for me when I go away to college.

Blog Post 3

I recently finished the Google Power Searching unit. I learned a lot of new things during this unit. One thing I learned was that you can "search by image" in order to find more information about a specific picture. Google allows you to drop the image into Google images and it generates the best possible query to help expand your knowledge on the image and its background. This tool will be very helpful for me if I'm doing a research project, and I find an old picture. I can then find out the meaning behind the picture and connect it to my topic. Another thing I learned was that you can filter image results by color. Going back to the research project example, if I had found an image, but it was low quality, I could filter the image by color to find other exact copies of the image in better quality. This Google unit has taught me many helpful hints and shortcuts that I will definitely use to my advantage.

Google Power Searching Class 1,2,3

          I finished the first three classes of Power Searching with Google, and I have learned a lot so far. In class one, I learned how to filter results by color. This is going to be a very useful skill. Another thing that  I learned in class one was that the word order does matter in your query. I will keep this in mind next time I search on Google. In class two, I learned that if you type Define______ on Google it will give you a definition, part of speech, and pronunciation of the word. This skill will come in handy whenever I need to look up the definition of a word. Another thing that I learned in class two was that a single result from Google contains a title(blue), URL(green), and snippets(black). I now have some sense as to why Google colors certain things the way they do on a result. In class three, I learned that an operator is something extra you add into your query to filter your results. The last thing that I learned in class three was how to remove invasive results by using a minus sign. This unit has already begun to open my eyes to the power of Google. I look forward to learning even more about it!

 Super Bowl Sunday     

         
          This past Sunday, two talented football teams went head-to-head in a Super Bowl for the ages. The #1 ranked offense squaring up against the #1 ranked defense. Except the game didn’t go as planned. The first play of the game, Peyton Manning let the snap soar right over his head, resulting in a safety and an enormous momentum swing as well. The Seahawks took an early 2-0 lead and didn’t look back. At half the score was 22-0, the Seahawks’ defense dominating Peyton Manning and the Broncos. And as if it couldn’t get any worse for the Broncos, the first play of the second half was an 87-yard kickoff return by Percy Harvin of the Seahawks. This pretty much put Peyton Manning and the Broncos’ hopes of winning to rest. Fortunately for Broncos fans, they did manage to put some points on the board. The final score was 43-8. The Seahawks’ stellar defense did not disappoint in the spotlight. There are many people that do not watch the Super Bowl for the football game; they choose to watch it for the halftime show and the commercials, which by the way did not disappoint this year.