It’s amazing the difference in effort you’ll get from one worksheet to another. Granted, the amount of effort can vary wildly from year to year, depending on the group of students you have. For the most part, however, when a worksheet is needed to delve into a procedure, rule, or lesson, its effectiveness can and will vary.

Therefore, it is our job as teachers to make sure that when we need to use a worksheet, we provide students with one that is as inspiring as possible.

Times are different these days. Kids are growing up in a world of microwaves, fast-food chains, Nintendo, Wi-Fi, iPads, and a host of other technical marvels.

When I was a kid, we didn’t have computers at home let alone PlayStation to entertain us. Handheld camcorders were barely hitting the retail market when I was in eighth grade, but they were still a long way from the YouTube and Facebook arena we see today. Times were extremely different back then and so was school.

From a teacher’s perspective, our competition is tough. Handing out a booklet of 30 problems that are all in a 534×25 = format is not as challenging in the eyes of students as playing games like Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil.

Of course, it will always be an uphill battle for math to beat most video games, but the point is that today’s students are much more immersed in technology than ever before. So even if you need to hand out a math worksheet to review concepts and formulas, it will do your cause a world of good if you design the worksheet to be as stimulating as possible.

Therefore, creativity is a must for worksheets to be successful.

Regardless of whether you’re trying to review math, science, reading, writing, health, or social studies, your goal should always be to try to create something that makes students want to do it. If you can do this, the battle is practically over.

For example, because I want to make sure my students get used to reviewing the various math concepts and standards we’ve learned throughout the year, I have them practice regularly. I want them to get to a point where they are so familiar with grade level math content that solving these types of problems becomes automatic.

However, caution should be exercised when review is covered repeatedly in your classroom. You don’t want your students to get bored or frustrated with repetition.

Another important point to keep in mind is that I never want this regular math review time to take up an hour of class. I want it to be fast but effective. This is not instructional time, but time for students to review material they have already learned.

In my fifth grade class, we use a math review series that is engaging and entertaining at the same time. In essence, they are simply half-page booklets with ten standards-based math problems woven into a special image or exciting scene. Remember, I want math review time to be quick, but effective.

My students participate in the activity because they are always eager to know what the next scene will be and how the math problems will be placed. They also like how inside each booklet I inscribe the title in a way that fits the theme of that particular scene, another attention grabbing technique. And since this review activity only takes about fifteen minutes of class time, it’s quick but extremely beneficial.

The point is, whatever it takes for students to actively participate in the review process where they don’t get bored and effectively review grade level material to prepare them for state or quarter assessments.

We hope this has inspired you to develop exciting and engaging revision worksheets for your class when needed and that your students achieve as much as they can when it comes time to test.

You may be wondering when exactly rock/pop music started. There is no clear answer to this. Some might say it started with the advent of rock n roll with Bill Haley and the Comets in 1952. Others would say Elvis, though not the first, but surely the original truly global superstar. However, none of them were really the first. Rock n roll has its roots in the blues, dating back to the 19th century with black immigrants trying to escape their enslaved lives. Fast forward to the early 20th century and some of the earliest recordings in ’78 began to appear. Musicians from this era, such as Bobby Jo and Robert Johnson, helped form the structure of early blues.

Robert Johnson had recorded only thirty songs during his short life, as a jealous husband prevented him from achieving true fame in life. He died shortly before producer John Hammond sought him out to appear at the ‘Spirituals To Swing’ concert in 1938. As a result, his reputation only took off after Hammond released an album of his recordings for Columbia earlier in the year. from the sixties. Later blues exponents like Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton admitted to borrowing heavily from these early stalwarts.

In the 1950s, artists took the basic blues style and used electric guitars, drums, and double bass for the first time creating early rock and roll, later known as rockabilly. Stalwarts like Chuck Berry, Buddy Hollie, and Jerry Lee Lewis were the most famous leads here. Later, Elvis in the US and, to a lesser extent, Cliff Richard (later fronting the Shadows) in the UK brought rock and roll to a truly global audience. This paved the way for the 1960s beat era, which could be considered the true beginning of pop music as we know it today, certainly when it comes to bands.

In the 1950s and early 1960s, most were lead soloists with only a backing band. With the advent of the beat era, bands dominated with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the US Beach Boys taking the world by storm. Still, The Beatles later admitted to being heavily influenced by those early rock and roll and blues artists. They mostly played rock and roll and blues covers at their pre-fame concerts in Hamburg. in the early ’60s. The Beatles, however, were the first band to successfully combine the textures of classical music with rock and roll to form perfectly crafted pop songs. While bands like The Rolling Stones continued with the primarily rock and roll theme,

The Beatles took their finely crafted style further on the seminal album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ in 1967 using new studio techniques and instruments never used before. They used a new instrument called ‘Melotron’. This was basically a keyboard that played tape recordings on a loop. of real instruments. The most famous sound from this was probably the flute used on the ‘Strawberry Fields’ single recorded at the same time but later removed from the album. However, the Melotron was cumbersome and unreliable and had a rather grainy sound. Even so, it was considered the forerunner of the electronic sampler, invented almost 20 years later. Infinitely more flexible than the Melotron, the sampler helped build the framework for modern pop, dance, and R&B music.

The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ album with its innovative recording techniques was preceded the previous year by their ‘Revolver’ album. These LPs helped popularize a new wave in music known as psychedelic or acid rock, named for the mind-blowing effects of the drug LSD. Pink Floyd also recorded their debut album ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ in the studio next door at the same time The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper. It was reported that Pink Floyd was a direct influence on The Beatles as a result. This new style incorporated new guitar effects such as Fuzz, Angry Flanger and Delays. These were used in conjunction with early portable synthesizers, such as the Therein and the Moog mini. invented by Bob Moog.

In America, the Beach Boys responded with the ‘Pet sounds’ LP in 1966 and that same year they released the first big psychedelic hit ‘Good Vibrations’. Around this time, the band ‘Jefferson Airplane’ recorded their debut album, which was also the first LP to come out of the new San Francisco music scene. This caught the attention of the recording industry and they had two early psychedelic hits ‘White Rabbit’ and ‘Somebody to Love’ in 1967.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Jim Morrison joined members of The Psychedelic Rangers and Rick and the Ravens to form ‘The Doors’. Initially turned down by Columbia, they were signed to Electra Records and released their self-titled debut LP in 1967. The album featured the 7-minute hit single ‘Light My Fire’, one of the first to break through the typical song barrier. three-minute pop and rock.

In Britain radio broadcasting was very limited because the BBC was the only organization allowed to broadcast on the continent and had only two pop music programmes. from ships at sea with DJ John Peel’, which allowed the new style to reach a mass audience, often eclipsing the BBC in popularity. The BBC responded in the end with the advent of Radio 1 in June 1967. With the existing Labor government outlawing pirate radio in Britain several months later, Du’s like John Peel, rather than risk arrest, joined radio 1, which had a much more casual and relaxed atmosphere. style opposed to the serious and conservative approach favored by the BBC until then. This perfectly matched psychedelic pop and rock and John Peel championed this in their late night shows. play new genres of music and introduce new and unsigned bands at Peel sessions. He did this for nearly four decades until his death in 2004.

In the late ’60s, following the breakup of the Beatles, mainstream music was about to change direction once again, both in style and fashion.

Once a business owner understands the basics of social media, the next challenge is implementation. The challenge here is to make, and then learn to manage, the commitment of a constant commitment.

First, you need to understand three basic points to successfully implement social media:

1. Social networks do not work in a vacuum by themselves.
2. Social media was not initially intended for commercial use and contains inherent etiquette protocols that must be followed.
3. If you’re a business person who’s serious about using social media for business, you need to prepare first.

OK, to elaborate on these points:

1. “Social networks do not work in a vacuum…”
This means you can’t just create your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts, drop them, and hope it helps your business. Social networking involves “socializing” with people.

Social media accounts help you communicate and start conversations with your leads and customers. Once you start talking to people, walking away is rude. This applies to social media just as it does in the physical world. So you can’t just set the (social media) accounts. You must participate in them, WITH your followers and friends. Consequently.

YOUR CHALLENGE
This can certainly be a challenge for busy business people. How are we supposed to play with those everyday things while trying to run our businesses?

It’s a challenge that business owners typically anticipate and decide to avoid by not engaging in social media at all, or they don’t anticipate and feel overwhelmed because they don’t know how to handle it once they start.

The point is to realize that social media is the new marketing ingredient that cannot be ignored. It can make your marketing efforts much cheaper and more effective once you understand and adopt it.

YOUR SOLUTION
The solution is PREPARE, PLAN Y CALENDAR your business time with social networks. That preparation includes creating profiles and content in advance and selecting options that “automate” the process for you. An obvious, highly effective and increasingly popular option among “in-the-know” business owners is outsourcing. Dedicate staff or hire social media consultants to do the work for you or a social media coach to work with you.

In any case, at this point, if you have a business, your business must be involved in social media or your business will be left behind.

POINT NUMBER 2: “Social media was NOT initially intended for commercial use…”
Granted, since social media was all about “socializing” online and building like-minded communities where people could meet, share, and have a good time online, no one wanted to see commercials or someone trying to sell to them. something in those spaces. They still don’t. But information and creativity are highly sought after.

All of these people in all of these online social “communities” are still human, they still live in the physical world, and they’re all still consumers. So while it’s rude to drive sales on social media, it’s understood that people do want and consequently buy things. The trick is to “inform”, serve and provide. EAST it’s how you engage in business using social media. You have to BE there with your prospects and customers.

ANALOGY
Imagine, if you’re at a party and someone at the party mentions that they’re looking for a plumber…and it turns out that BE a plumber, then it’s okay to promote your service. It is not like this?

IT’S OKAY. Let’s look at another analogy. You’re at the bookstore… and the woman next to you asks if you know a good cookbook because she can’t decide between all the titles in front of her. By talking to her more, you find out more precisely what she needs and you are very knowledgeable on the subject. Consider that, in this case, everyone in the bookstore probably has an interest in books. Everyone who is in the kitchen section with you and your new acquaintance is interested in cooking. You’re there too, and you happen to be the author of a series of cookbooks. NOW, can you see when IT IS OK, expected and DEAR– for you to raise your hand and say: “Hey, I’m here and I have what you need!”… right?

SOCIAL MEDIA ETIQUETTE
This accepted behavior is opposed to simply joining a social space and starting listing their sales “specials.” Proper social media etiquette is simply to share, befriend, and serve. This is “engagement”, and yes, you can do it through your business.

With social media, you have to be there, or at least show up regularly. Join the conversation and contribute expertise, information or resources. This is how you and your business earn. It’s relationship management and it gets stronger gradually, over time.

CONTENT IS SOCIAL GOLD
One such resource is the practice of providing “content” for your audience. This dramatically speeds up the process and increases your credibility and advantage over peers and industry competitors. Providing content allows you to increase your visibility, attractiveness and WORTH which ultimately results in increased business. This way, you won’t have a problem having one-on-one conversations with everyone on each of your social networks, but you’ll be engaging with them by giving them something they need and/or want. If done correctly, sharing your content increases the confidence of your friends and followers that you are the person, or your company is the business, that they should be doing business with.

IT’S OKAY. ARTICLE 3:
“The serious business person must first prepare to use social media for business…”
As with anything else, preparation is a ‘good thing’ that improves your efficiency and chances of success. Preparing for social media for your business includes the following:
1. You should already have a marketing plan. Now you need to at least outline where your new social media engagement falls into that mix. If you haven’t, please do so first.

NOTE:
If you’ve never done this before or need a “quick start” strategy, simply list all the marketing, POS, and media methods you’ll implement, then schedule when you’ll implement each and their respective costs.

two. Write a “key person” bio and business profile. Edit each of these pieces so that you end up with at least three versions, including 200-word, 500-character, and 200-character versions.

3. Write your business slogan.

Four. Do some keyword research and then list your keywords so you have them:CLEVER– to place in the keyword and/or “tag” sections of your accounts.

5. Write a short “keyword-rich” description of your company. Include what you sell, who you provide it to, and the profit. Again, create multiple versions so that if you run into word count limits, you already have it. PREPARED.

6. You will want a business photo of the owner/president or representative of your choice. Understand that social media is about people. If you don’t do this, you will greatly diminish the opportunity to present your business as “transparent” and build long-term trust. Therefore, your business needs at least one face. Have it ready for your social media accounts.

7. Company logo.

8. Produce an initial introductory press release that can be provided at any time if needed. Don’t try this if you don’t know what you’re doing. Pay a freelance publisher or journalist to write it for you. Format it for email and PDF so you can use it as needed, when needed. This business “content” is an extra option that puts you ahead of the crowd. From time to time, please review this release, edit it and update it as necessary to keep it current.

9. Prepare a selection of photos and images that you can use when needed. These may include client logos if your business provides services or sells to other businesses, or photos of your retail space, office building, and products. You get the idea. If you’re a photographer or designer, produce a digital portfolio for immediate presentation on demand.

10 Because you actually ARE in business to sell something, prepare your sales materials specifically for “social response” online. Produce your list of products or services. Include features, benefits and prices. Create your contract or invoice forms. Last but not least, produce the sales “pitch.” Again, if you don’t have the skills to write (sales) copy, hire a professional copywriter. At least understand that this material is best written by marketing and sales professionals, NOT journalists. It is a completely different discipline. Even better, hire an SEO copywriter. If you must do it yourself, before you begin, use Google to search for copywriting, sales copywriting, and SEO copywriting.

eleven When you engage with your prospects and customers on your social networks, your ultimate goal in getting the sale is to send them to their business destination. As long as they are online and you hold their interest, you should be able to send them to their web destination. Therefore, you must have your website up and running. PRIOR TO You’re going full throttle with your social media marketing. Not only does this improve your credibility, but it also allows you to transact business online which, as a business person, is the main purpose of your participation in social networks.

NOTE:
This online business “transaction” is not necessarily a purchase, it could be that your prospect prints a coupon to go to your actual location.

12 Content is the main driving force that wins you friends, followers, and customers. Make the production of content for your social networks a regular and constant part of your business. Basically, the online content is:

• publications
• items
• Photos
• audio recordings (podcasts and webinars)
• video

NOTE:
Those are the essentials. Additional content you may produce and use includes, but is not limited to:

• surveys
• Press releases
• tutorials
• advertisements
• testimonials/reviews

BOTTOM LINE
When using social media to drive people to your website, what you can do from there is only limited by your imagination or lack of information (aka knowledge). The conclusion of all this is PREPARED Y HOLD LEARNING and master your social networking skills for business.

We know little about the origins of the Ninja, the ‘children of darkness’: mysterious shadow warriors who kept their eerie secret in the mist-shrouded mountains of Japan’s Iga and Koga provinces around 900 AD, practicing the arts of stealth and invisibility. . Legends, however, tell of the Ninja warrior’s supposed descent from the tengu, wild demons that were half-raven, half-man and could bend the laws of nature and control the human mind.

Probably closer to the truth, according to Stephen Hayes (the first American to be accepted as a personal student of Masaaki Hatsumi, the thirty-fourth master of Togakure-ryu Ninjutsu) is that these warriors were former military men who fled China after the collapse of China. the T’ang dynasty and settled in Japan. Here they became masters of martial arts, philosophy and mysticism adapted from the esoteric knowledge of India and Tibet and the spiritual practices of Chinese monks and shamans.

“They exposed integrated systems of mind-body awareness, based on personal understanding of the order of the universe. [and an] unconventional way of looking at situations and accomplishing things… The original Ninja were mystical, in touch with powers that today we would describe as psychic. His ability to tune into the scheme of the whole and thereby become receptive to subtle input from beyond the usual five senses was strange and terrifying…”

However, their spirituality or mysticism was not based on empty and impractical religious teachings, but rather on highly advanced combat skills and practical arts of deception and warfare, where warriorship was linked to natural law. Spirituality was not seen as an external projection onto distant deities, as our religions are in the West, but as a path to inner knowledge, self-mastery and personal power.

To come to their understanding, Ninja developed a comprehensive and holistic map of the human psyche and life cycle, linking the inner and outer worlds, the world of creativity and imagination, and the world of time, space, and nature. to give a complete picture. of life and the challenges that every warrior faces on his way to liberation and happiness, as well as the means to overcome these tests. This map revolved around the elements Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, and the qualities of Fear, Power, Clarity, and Fatigue. The map can be seen as offering four doors that all of us must pass through if we want a spiritual life that is authentic and has meaning for who we really are.

In the modern world we are still at war, searching for peace, and our personal freedoms are still restricted by people and institutions that tell us who we are, how to behave, how much power and freedom we can have: job demands, tax demands. , commuter schedules, celebrity fashion…the list is endless. Spiritual warriors know these things as ‘tyrants’. They are not that different from the demands and dictates of the power-crazed emperors that led to the formation of the remote mountain communities of the Ninja rebels.

INNER TYRANTS

In these turbulent modern times, we are at risk from both internal tyrants (ways of being and seeing that we have internalized as we have grown and socialized into our culture’s world view) and external tyrants in the form of terrorists and nations at war using military force to impose their worldview on ordinary citizens (us) who get caught in the middle of their petty ideological skirmishes.

Our inner tyrants are fixed patterns of behavior that get in the way of our quest for freedom and divert our attention from the true work of the sacred human being: living fully the beautiful and finite lives that we are given. They inevitably lead us to an external tyranny since, if we have not taken care of our own problems, we end up projecting them into the world where we see monsters and chaos all around us that, in our fear, we must oppose and destroy before they destroy. U.S; or we feel too weak to oppose such madness because this system and habit of war is so much bigger than us.

However, magically, if we deal with the internal tyrants, the external ones vanish like mist. In this sense, the path of the four-door warrior is as relevant today as ever and probably more important than ever.

The warrior’s quest has always been to overcome the impositions of tyranny and find a unique code for living so that he can harness wisdom and power and find happiness in the material world. In doing so, warriors from many different traditions and cultures have realized that we all face four ‘enemies’ of personal freedom. These enemies can be seen as our beliefs about the world, which have been passed on to us by the tyrants around us: the leaders, the power elite, and the self-proclaimed experts in our societies who have established systems and institutions to enforce their worldview. U.S. We have internalized these worldviews and as long as we believe that the world works in a particular way, we can never be free because we never see an alternative.
However, if we confront these enemies, we find that they naturally and easily transform into allies that can help us achieve the happiness we seek. Therefore, these ‘enemies’ – Fear, Power, Clarity, Fatigue – are not just the challenges we face, they are the means to their resolution, as well as the doors we walk through to resolve them. We are then empowered, clearer about who we are and able to see the truth of our lives. That, in itself, is freedom, and more freedom always equals more happiness.

THE FOUR DOORS

According to the four gates model, we are born in the east of the circle that represents our self and our life’s journey. In childhood, we are not even aware of a separate self, so intimately are we still connected to the flow of all things and so deeply are we part of the primal and universal consciousness. This stage represents a time of no-self in the sense of a socialized conception of who we are with a unique identity distinct from everything else in the world or any expectation of us to act or be anything but what we are. Although our socialization will begin at this time, we are less aware of these “mental things” and more aware of our bodies and their physical demands, as anyone who has heard a newborn scream to meet its needs will know. This physicality and passion of the young child is represented by the element of Fire.

As we grow up, the world moves to ‘hook’ us into its worldview and so we progress South, becoming teenagers and young adults, with more and more socialization taking place in the ways of our culture. Although there is no firm age structure or timeline for this journey (and, in fact, some people do not naturally reach all of these stages, but instead get stuck in one or more of them as they go through life), this aspect of ourselves is the best. represented as an age period of perhaps 15 to 40 years, with the main action taking place between the ages of 15 and 25. It is at this time that we begin to express ourselves as unique individuals in the world, to make a place for ourselves and leave our mark. It is a time of ambition and emotions, when we first fall in love, have our first sexual experiences, get our hearts broken, find partners and ‘settle down’ to focus on home and career. Spiritual work becomes unconscious, bubbling up within us while our minds and bodies are busy with the physical world. Due to the emotional content of this period, it is identified with the Water element, whose ups and downs correspond to the ups and downs and the emotional ups and downs of this time.

Arriving in the West, we realize that we have entered what we in the Western world call the Middle Ages. This is a time for a full-scale recapitulation of the self, a time when many people reexamine their lives up to this point, the assumptions they have made about the world and the agreements they have made with it. It is a time when, in the words of the philosopher Noam Chomsky, many of us will realize that “The average man does not follow reason but faith, and this naive faith [has been founded upon] necessary illusions and emotionally potent simplification on the part of the mythmaker to keep it going. We have been living a lie, in other words, one that has been based on the mythology of our culture and its definitions of what makes an acceptable) man or woman, success or failure. This myth, most likely, has never been us, but still we have lived it without having seen it before. Now, from the perspective of greater life experience, we begin to question who we are. e, even if we are successful, settled and wealthy in social terms, if this is enough to satisfy us on a personal and spiritual level We have been hooked for perhaps 20 years by a vision of success defined in consensus or corporate terms, but now we are beginning to re-evaluate who we have been and, with death beginning to blow down our necks, to reconsider our lives and ask ‘Is that all?’ as we look at who we might have been and how we might better spend our remaining days (more ‘face time’ at the office or watching our kids grow up? Climbing the corporate ladder under an angry and ungrateful boss or surfing the Rocky Mountains? for fun?This is a time of consideration and reflection on who we really are and what we want from our lives, offering us the potential for adaptation, reinvention, rejuvenation, and resurgence into someone new.In reflecting on the past and revisiting the future.Because of this , is characterized by the element of Air, which has the ability to make our past lives disappear and lead us towards a new and deeper sense of a more authentic self.

Finally, we come to the North, and if we have done the necessary work throughout our journey around the wheel, we can experience a true understanding of ourselves, which leads us to a deep peace and harmony, where we can look back on life and see our true place in the world, the meaning of our life’s path and, perhaps, the flow of all things, from a perspective of wisdom and good humor. We are able to take a more spiritual and reflective look at things and experience maturity and rootedness, where we can be at the service of our community and happy with ourselves. This fundamental quality of the North is represented by the Earth element, which is appropriate because this is also the place of death, where we return to Earth before being reborn in the East as the cycle continues into new lives to come.

Once again, it is worth emphasizing that these four are only enemies when you have not faced them; As soon as you enter into battle with them, you automatically transform them into allies that can help you in your search for balance and internal harmony and, once you achieve it, external success is assured since you are the great dreamer of your world.

The path of all warriors is not to hide within fantasy or seek only the ‘light’ (as is the path of many modern ‘new age’ practices), but also to embrace the darkness, for it is only in our shadows ( when the light is behind us) that we see ourselves truly reflected, and only then can we direct ourselves and heal our pains so that the world itself is healed.

In Australia, there is a cryptid known as the Burrunjor. This creature has been in Australian lore for a long time, most likely originating from Aboriginal oral tradition. According to these Aboriginal accounts, the Burrunjor is a reptile that walks on its two hind legs and has two very short forearms. This 25 foot long monster was said to be fast and dangerous. But the Burrunjor story does not end with the Aborigines. Modern Australians have also reported seeing or witnessing these creatures, as well as the carnage they can cause.

Sometime in the 1950s there were numerous ranchers who reported finding their cattle dead on their land, killed by some wild beast. In fact, these cattle were not only dead, but some were also half-eaten by some large, mysterious animal that no one could identify. Other ranchers even reported hearing some thunderous roars in the jungle, with sounds of leaves and branches hitting and snapping in the middle of the night. There was even a farmer who claimed to have seen the giant lizard walking on two feet about 70 meters away. Suffice to say, not many farmers or ranchers stayed.

In 1961, another person reported the Burrunjor and claimed to have seen the monster in a swamp near the Gulf Coast. It was said to be 25 feet tall. Other sightings have not been limited to Australia; Bolivia, New Guinea and South America have also reported seeing this type of creature. The last sighting of the creature was in 1982, three-toed prints were found in New South Wales. The footprint was said to be caused by a bipedal reptile of enormous proportions, as the footprint was 2 feet wide and 2 ½ feet long.

From the accounts, one can summarize the reptilian monster as a type of ancient dinosaur, quite possibly a T-Rex. The creature is unlikely to be an actual T-Rex, but it may have been an ancestor of the dinosaur; one that has been living in the jungle and has had little need to evolve much. Some might say this is unlikely, but the fact is that something is out there. And in a land where kangaroos and kangaroos live, and other unusual and unique animals, it is not difficult to imagine that a creature like the Burrunjor exists.

There is a website that describes the Burrunjor and many other cryptozoology creatures in detail, this website is called: Unknown Creatures and can be found at this URL: http://www.unknown-creatures.com

When we talk about cool gadgets, we’re not talking about cool James Bond gadgets. The term “cool gadgets” refers to a specific set of electronic devices that stand out from the rest of the crowd in their special use or rarity. Usually the reason could be anything. While a calculator can’t be dismissed as a cool gadget, a cool electronic binocular with night vision and focus adjusters would count as one. The obvious question would be what are the factors that distinguish great devices from not so great ones. While listing all the factors could take forever, you will find some of them here.

* New Technology: When Bluetooth was introduced, only a couple of manufacturers understood its importance and incorporated the technology into their cell phones. Those cell phones were considered “cool gadgets.” A typical example of a cool gadget now would be one of those smartphones or the iPhone or even the iPad. While Amazon’s Kindle can be considered a cool device, it’s debatable.

* Rarity: If you have it, your friends have it, and everyone you know has it, it’s not a cool device anymore, even if it’s an iPhone. Think about it: When everyone you knew was wandering around with a candy bar cell phone, one of your friends must have had a cell phone gem. Now that would have been a cool gadget.

* Cool Brand Name – Well, this is simplicity itself. Some brands are great and some are not. Barbecue Propane Gauge is a boring name, while Xbox sounds great.

These are just some of the reasons why cool devices stand out from the rest. It is never accepted unanimously because there are always complainants. If most geeks accept it as a cool device, then it will go down in the history books as such.

This year has been remarkable for cool devices because there have been some impressive devices on the market. With the size of the computer gradually decreasing and its features increasing exponentially, vacuum tube computers evolved into desktop and laptop computers and eventually tablets. You can describe them in one word: Awesome! Windows Phone is critically acclaimed, but it hasn’t gotten much attention from people, perhaps because they think it too will be riddled with bugs. On the other hand, the Android phone was well received by the masses. Now you can change the way you watch TV with the latest 3D TVs. If Nintendo’s Wii can draw people in, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect can redefine gaming. These are just a few of the really cool gadgets from the past year, but 2010 has been a lucky one in the endless list of innovative new products that have appeared.

Vacuum tubes are a long way off and you’re past the desktop era and hopefully own a decent laptop. In this chain of electronic products, the next in line is a tablet; It comes without keyboard and without mouse. You’d better get used to touch screens if you want to buy a tablet. If you cross a laptop and a PDA, what you get is a tablet, which combines the functions of both devices. Now you know why this can be classified as a cool gadget. Remember the days when you used to use a black board and a piece of chalk; well, this is the electronic version of it. You can use the virtual keyboard to write things or you can write on the screen with the pen, depending on how you like it. The amazing thing about the tablet is that it does everything a normal computer can do and more. It can be docked for use with a keyboard and mouse and even a larger monitor. When we talk about a convertible tablet, it just means that it has a small detachable keyboard, while the slate tablet comes with just the screen. Its size and portability make it an amazing device for travelers and people who need to be on the go most of the time. Tablets can generally be as expensive as you like. Although you often hear rumors about $100 tablets, you’d be better off buying the cheapest tablet at $300 knowing that it will work for sure. The most expensive tablets can be priced at a thousand dollars or more. Since compactness, innovation, and technology define tablets, they are best for teens, travelers, businessmen, and regular Internet users.

Microsoft has succeeded with the Windows 7 operating system and has decided to incorporate its advanced Windows Mobile operating system in some mobile phones. Surprisingly, the phone has no bugs or at least the ones that can be found easily like with the desktop version of the OS. The term “Windows phone” refers to the class of phones that come with the Windows operating system. Sending emails and text messages, browsing the Internet using mobile Internet Explorer, calendar, games and office applications are some of the things that can be done with a Windows phone. Everyone uses Windows, of course, with the exception of a few Linux geeks. It bodes well for the regular user to get a Windows phone because it can easily interact with your computer. Multitasking is better with a Windows phone; it also comes with millions of third party apps like android phone. The cost of Windows phone 7 ranges from $500 to $800. Anyone who thinks that Windows XP is the best operating system out there can definitely go for a Windows phone for the same user experience.

The 3DTV is another cool gadget. Simply put, you can bring home the cinematic effect on your home screen with this electronic device. While some models may come with the glasses, others may not. Technically expressed, it allows you to watch TV in all three dimensions with features like stereoscopic capture and multi-view capture. The difference between 3DTV and normal TV is the fact that the former projects all the entities on the screen in a three-dimensional field that represents the visual appeal. Depending on the technology, the price of a 3DTV starts from $1000 at Samsung for a 50″ LED screen and goes up to $2499 for a Sony Bravia model. A normal couch potato would have a whole new experience watching TV; movie lovers and experts in technology would find this cool gadget irresistible.

Google strikes again with the Android operating system on phones. It makes it impossible for us to drop it as just another operating system due to the huge cult following it has managed to create. In general, any phone with the Android operating system can be called an Android phone. Like any other smartphone, the Android phone caters to the full range of messaging, email, notes, Internet, and third-party apps. The key difference between any operating system and Android is the simplicity of use. You can choose to create buttons for anything and everything. The cheapest model can be priced at $250 for a deal without a contract, while the price of the most expensive phone is not limited by anything. People who want smartphones and the best online operating system can opt for an Android phone.

Motion control joysticks have become the new game mode with the arrival of the Nintendo Wii, Sony Move and Microsoft Kinect. With Kinect, you get a full-body motion gaming experience. If you can get off the couch, you’re well on your way to gaming with Kinect. Generally, everything you do in real life, your character does on screen. The whole body movement concept is new and has been achieved only with Kinect, which sets it apart from other products. If you have a console and just want to get the Kinect controller, you’ll have to shell out $150. Any gamer would love to buy one of these babies.

Android and Windows phones definitely have cheaper alternatives, but the other great devices don’t have any known Chinese products in the bag. But if you can wait a while for these products to be absorbed by the market, it will give the Chinese time to think of surprising alternatives.

Are you always looking to protect your family? Will you do something to keep them safe and secure their future, giving them everything they need? Well, this sounds like most parents, but even if you’re single, you’d still hate to wake up one day and find all your money gone, wouldn’t you? Don’t get ripped off, get internet erasure software.

That’s how it is! We are not talking about the physical world, but about the cyber world. Everything you do today is done online. Bank lines are too long, so online banking came about to bring convenience to customers. It also provided convenience for Internet hackers. Internet wipe software makes sure that your passwords and codes used for private sites or any financial institution cannot be used by anyone else.

The operation of internet eraser software is simple. Most people don’t realize that every bit of information entered on your computer is stored in secret, even when you delete the original files. This very important information that is for your eyes only can be found by those looking to steal your money or infect your computer. With good internet eraser software, you won’t have to worry anymore.

There are many features to protect your system and information. Internet wipe software will permanently remove your search engine history from your computer, as well as the cookies you choose, ensuring that passwords are not remembered. Your internet browser cache, history, address bar history, duplicate files and junk files will be cleared. You can also delete your Media Player and Real Time Player history. Most internet eraser software is also compatible with Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox and Netscape and also removes the history of any porn sites.

Internet wipe software is also perfect for an office, where many computers have people downloading and using different important passwords and usernames. Internet cleaning software will make sure that your computer systems stay clean and free from the reach of hackers.

Make sure you have an internet software tool on your PC to ensure your computer and family are safe, as well as your personal and private data. Now you can easily and confidently bank online and pay for items securely online. However, before you download any internet eraser software, spend some time comparing various internet eraser software programs and download the best one that comes with lots of extra features.

Cect P168+, an upgraded version of P168, is another Iphone clone from China. With its 3.5-inch screen and “slide to unlock” feature, the P168 has been considered as the best Iphone clone before. With cell phones like P168 and Hiphone in CECT’s lineup, p168 is a springboard for CECT to explore its “Iphone clone” all over the world. You can get it with $150 for the item price, much cheaper than Iphone but with most of the features that Iphone has. P168 has Dual Sim support, one can change the SIM card manually on the phone. All Cect cell phones are unlocked, so you can use them with all phone carriers, and the speaker/sound systems for the cell phone are always better than you can imagine, it always comes with 6 speakers, 3D surround sound, bass …Make it like a portable music player.

Here are the specs for P168+

Video: MP3/MPEG4 playback and video recording

Camera: 2.0M pixel internal camera

Display with touch screen technology

Operating frequency: GSM 900/1800/1900HZ

3.0-inch QVGA 260K color (320 x 240 pixels) internal display.

Size: 117 x 65 x 17mm; Weight: 125g

Call time / idle mode: 120 minutes / 200 hours

Camera: 2.0 megapixel internal camera

Language: English, French, Arabic, German, Russian, Thai, Italian, Spanish,
polish, portuguese

Video: MP3/MIDI/MPEG4 playback and video recording

Audio: 64 chord polyphonic ringtones

audio recording

Capable of downloading software

Messaging: SMS, MMS GPRS

T-flash memory card slot

WAP Browser 1.2.1

Display with touch screen technology

Tools: calculator, 3 games, 3 alarm clocks, messenger, hands-free speaker

USB2.0

“Shake control” is missing in the function of P168, if you are looking for the
motion control and video rotation functions, A8+, 599 and Hiphone would be
your choices.

A Common Sense Media report highlights that teens and tweens in the US spend 6-9 hours on a smartphone. People in the UK also spend more time on a smartphone than they do while sleeping. India’s stats are slightly below this, around 2-3 hours per day, but rising sharply as the nation’s internet users will reach 314 million by 2017. Does that surprise you?

Since most professions require the use of a laptop or even a smartphone, it is absolutely unimaginable to spend a day without any of these devices. Even our “free time” is spent on smartphones to watch movies or videos, participate in social networking sites, or even read books.

Technology is certainly a necessary evil today. It’s crazy, addictive, and can be too harmful, but it’s too important to refrain from. The obsessive-compulsive disorder type of compelling desire to stay connected can be overwhelming. When you’re not accessing these devices, you anxiously anticipate what you’re missing out on.

Turn off your smartphones and laptops for a day. Initially, the anxiety will be too much to handle. But stick with determination. Some things you could do in your day without smartphone:-

1) Choose a book, a real one and not a kindle version. Visit the library, a real brick and mortar one.

2) Write a letter to someone. A letter on paper and not an email.

3) Spend some time in the garden. Don’t worry about the tan. You can also visit a salon/spa after that.

4) Draw, paint, sculpt. What you want. Just get your hands dirty.

5) Try a new recipe. Cook something new.

6) Do something charitable. The world needs every minute of contribution.

7) Go to the local park or rent a bike and go for a ride.

8) Visit a friend. And he talks to them without being bothered by the constant buzz of a cell phone.

Smartphones and other devices are here to stay and your participation in our 24 hours is only going to increase. Technology has made our lives more comfortable than ever. But the extent to which it has taken over our lives is disturbing. So while we turn to mobile phone and laptop screens for all things fun and work, it’s up to us to decide how much we want to spend in the virtual world and miss out on the beautiful things around us. Have a great day without smartphones!

In 2007, Apple Inc. gave a new meaning to mobile technology by launching its flagship device: the first generation iPhone. The device acted as a boon to the mobile game development sector, which was otherwise growing with a “snail speed“. Later, in the year 2008, the Internet giant Google also launched “Android operating system“and this eventually started an app war, and both of them became fierce competitors. However, this turned out to be fruitful for smartphone users, as the competition resulted in the development of better mobile gaming apps with great graphics, games fascinating and excellent sound systems.

Statistics and Predictions –

Over time, companies brought advanced tools and technologies to develop more sophisticated gaming applications to appeal to a larger part of the mobile enthusiast population. According to recent statistics, in the year 2010, the sales of game applications for smartphones and tablets reached 898 million dollars, and it is expected to generate a revenue figure of 1.6 billion dollars by the year 2015.

The overwhelming response experienced by mobile gaming apps can be seen in the following facts:

• 53% of smartphone owners play mobile games on a daily basis.
• Smartphone users spend 14.7 hours a month playing mobile games
• 93% of people pay for gaming apps
• 100 million mobile gamers in the US alone
• 700 million downloads of the Angry Birds app
• Tiny Tower generated $3 million from in-app purchases
• The biggest revenue generation is through ads.

It is worth mentioning that the figures above show only a small glimpse of the entire mobile gaming industry. However, with the evolution of technology with each passing day, the popularity of mobile gaming is expected to break all previous records.

Freemium Model or Paid Model – The Game Changers

The task of selecting the right medium for income generation has always been a game changer. There are three main revenue models in the mobile app development industry:

• free apps – Apps were supported with ads to support revenue generation.
• Freemium Apps (Free + Premium) – Free apps to download, but with in-app purchase options.
• paid apps – Single payment for all features.

No doubt, the freemium model has proven itself many times over, but the main revenue generator still comes from paid gaming apps. In addition, expert predictions indicate that revenue from ad-supported free games is expected to grow by 12.3% by 2014. Thus, with free apps, the “spark – spark“, and free apps show better potential, the prospects of being innovative and effective are higher in the latter. As a result, a balance in revenue generation between paid and free apps can be felt in the coming years.

Word of mouth: the main reason for downloads

No matter what the medium, physical or virtual, “word of mouth” always serves as an efficient form of promotion. Even though companies are spending a lot to promote their gaming apps, statistics suggest that word-of-mouth advertising still ranks number one in effectiveness. According to a recent survey:

• About 50% of adults learn about new game apps from friends and family.
• About 40% of adults learn from app stores, after reading user reviews and favorites list.
• About 25% of adults learn from social networking sites.

However, there is also a long list of mobile gaming websites with a high influx of web traffic, present on the Internet offering game reviews, upcoming apps, tips and tricks. Therefore, companies should focus on using all kinds of efficient media channels to gain maximum coverage and ensure 100% promotion of their apps.

With mobile gaming apps available for free, it’s easy to fall in and get engrossed in them. Also, from the above statistics, one can easily feel the increasing popularity, the highest growth rate, and the potential in the mobile game development industry.