technology4kids: 2011

19 November 2011

Coming soon . . .

Phillip has almost completed the new edition of 'technology4kids' to be launched soon. I continue to update my work in the .edu [1st Edition] and .org [2nd Edition] environments but bow to my husband's superior skills in computer science for the 3rd Edition. The 1st Edition will continue to have updated links to existing resources. The 2nd Edition will continue to provide Caregiver Guidelines. The 3rd Edition will be offering downloadable apps that we have designed. The IP's were switched last night . . . so the new, improved, .info [3rd Edition] will appear soon.

10 October 2011

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

03 October 2011

Camping with kids

There is nothing quite like a campfire in the autumn to warm mind, body, and soul! Camping is a way to celebrate technological achievement. Everything from fire starters to outdoor rated sleeping bags qualify as advances in technology. The next few posts will concern some of my favorite camping equipment and adventures . . . please comment with your favorites as well! Cooking Outdoors: 1) with portable propane stoves 2) with charcoal in a box oven 3) over a wood campfire. Sleeping Outdoors: 1) Tents 2) Sleeping Bags 3) warm sleepwear.

Researching technology4kids

I was interested in the history of my publication's name and found the following concerning a .com site and company that was purchased by Schoolpop, Inc. in 2003 . . .

Retrieved from TARR web server

Serial Number: 76241044

Assignment Information

Trademark Document Retrieval

Registration Number: 2754553

Mark (words only): TECHNOLOGY4KIDS

Standard Character claim: No

Current Status: Registration cancelled because registrant did not file an acceptable declaration under Section 8. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document Retrieval link at the top of this page.

Date of Status: 2010-03-27

Filing Date: 2001-04-16

Transformed into a National Application: No

Registration Date: 2003-08-19

Law Office Assigned: LAW OFFICE 103

If you are the applicant or applicant's attorney and have questions about this file, please contact the Trademark Assistance Center at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov

Current Location: 40S -Scanning On Demand

17 September 2011

3rd Edition

The third edition of 'technology4kids' is under construction! I apologize for the down-time. I needed to learn about 'hosting' accounts and have yet to establish a seamless connection between Dreamweaver and the remote server for my site. NCSU has kept the first edition on their server, the second edition is now only screen captures since the site did not migrate to the new location, and the third edition is in position to allow apps to be downloaded as they are developed. Whew . . . there is much to do!

29 August 2011

Legal Notice technology4kids

I, alone, hold the copyright for the online textbook technology4kids. The First Edition appears at http://www4.ncsu.edu/~stmullin/Home.html. The original Second Edition, at http://www.technology4kids-ncsu.org, was lost when the account was moved to a new domain. A Second Edition was reconstructed in the .info environment at http://technology4kids.info. Please note that technology4kids is copyrighted and is NOT FOR SALE, the publication and edits are offered as a public service. The DBA for technology4kids was filed in the state of North Carolina. The Second Edition is indexed as follows:

technology4kids

http://technology4kids.info/

Copyrighted online textbook TX 7-333-365 providing children and caregivers access to

communication, construction, transportation, manufacturing, ...

Legal Notice

17 August 2011

Generate "Grab My Button"

The link to 'mycoolrealm.com' provides an easy way to generate a button for your site. Before clicking the link, make sure that you know the URL of your logo in a size that does not exceed 128 x 128 pixels. You can edit your logo in Microsoft Word and save as a .jpeg file then upload the logo to your site just as you would a photograph. Once uploaded, you can click on the logo and select information about the picture from a drop down menu. Copy and past the URL from that information and use that in the form field at 'mycoolrealm' . . . good luck!

02 February 2011

Bike the Continental Divide

National Geographic Trips - America's Best Adventures

After all the discussion about Hi-Tech versus Technology, I thought I might share a link to a biking adventure . . . transportation Technology ;-).

31 January 2011

Technology vs. Hi-Tech

During the past few months [as I expanded the webpages from technology4kids 1st Edition in North Carolina State University's www4.edu environment to technology4kids 2nd Edition in GoDaddy's environment], I have discovered that the word Technology is occasionally at odds with the term Hi-Tech. Search Engine Technology has enlightened me to how Hi-Tech has overrun more ordinary technologies such as bicycle maintenance, LEGO block robots, or even woodworking. Communication technology is extraordinarily valuable and, as the host for Hi-Tech computer developments, has revolutionized our lives. Though my family and I are avid participants in the Hi-Tech communities, we still ride our bikes, do extensive woodworking, and dabble in solar energy which are also Technology.

23 January 2011

Technology: Manufacturing, Power & Energy, Construction, Transportation, Communication, and Medical

There are currently six identifiable units of Technology Education including Manufacturing, Power & Energy, Construction, Transportation, Communication, and Medical. ITEEA defines Manufacturing "as the advances that maintain manufacturing efficiency, how human consumption affects manufacturing, how manufacturing affects the standard of living of various peoples, and how processing and changing raw materials can produce more desirable products." ITEEA defined Construction technology as "the factors influencing the design and construction of permanent and semi-permanent structures, the practices related to construction maintenance, alteration, and renovation, and the functions of the primary systems installed in those structures." ITEEA defines Energy & Power technology as "the relationship between energy and power technologies and all other technologies, and how modern energy and power systems impact cultures, societies, and the environment. It also offers an examination of how energy and power systems can be made more efficient and how they may be utilized in problem solving." ITEEA defines Transportation technology as "the complex networks of interconnected subsystems that each transportation system comprises and the roles of these components in the overall functional process of the system, also analysis of the improvements and the impacts of transportation technologies on the environment, society, and culture." I will continue to look for good definitions of the remaining technologies and post those at a later time. The point I need to make in this post is that Technology is more than how we use computer software. More later . . .