Turn on “airplane mode” and Wi Fi at the same time

Carol writes: This may be more of a data/application question than a tech question, but here goes: Son is in Japan with his Droid Razr Maxx, trying to navigate around roaming and international charges—ouch!
Can’t get a straight answer from our carrier (Verizon); of course, they want us to sign up for international calling and data.
If he leaves his phone in “airplane mode” during the day—to take pictures, mainly—but turns on Wi-Fi in a free hotspot at night, will he be able to upload photos free of charge to Facebook or email (for example)?
We are using Viber for calling/texting, and Skype for online chatting. I am such a technosaur… :/
Hi Carol! Actually, you don’t sound like a technosaur at all. You already know about overseas data and calling networks (and that “roaming” on them costs a fortune), you’re savvy about “airplane mode” (which switches off all of your smartphone’s antennas and wireless transmitters), and you’ve figured out how to save on SMS and phone charges with free chat apps like Skype and Viber.
Not too shabby, if you ask me.

There’s nothing stopping you from turning Wi-Fi back on after activating “airplane mode.”

Anyway, yes—your son absolutely can upload photos to Facebook over free Wi-Fi hotspots in Japan, or anywhere abroad.
Wi-Fi hotspots have nothing to do with cellular voice or data networks (although some cellular carriers, like AT&T, offer Wi-Fi hotspots that subscribers can use), and as long as your son’s phone is set to “airplane mode,” there’s no chance he’ll run up massive mobile charges by accidentally roaming on a Japanese cellular network.
And here’s a tip: both Android phones (like the Droid Razr Maxx) and iPhones will let you turn on both Wi-Fi and “airplane mode” at the same time, meaning there’s no need to repeatedly switch “airplane mode” off and on to connect to a nearby Wi-Fi hotspot.
Here’s how…

For Android phones:

• Tap Settings, then tap More under the “Wireless & Networks” setting.
• Tap the “Airplane mode” checkbox (when you do, you should see a little airplane icon in the top corner of the screen), then tap Back.
• Flip the switch next to Wi-Fi back on, then make sure you still see the airplane-mode icon at the top of the screen.

You can also turn on both Wi-Fi and “airplane mode” on an iPhone.

(Note: the instructions above may vary depending on the make and model of your Android phone.)

For iPhone:

• Tap Settings, then switch Airplane Mode to “On.”
• Tap Wi-Fi, tap the switch to turn Wi-Fi back on, then connect to any nearby network. Again, you should still see the airplane-mode icon at the top of the screen.

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How to jump back many web pages at a time

To get back to where you were five pages ago in a desktop browser, you can just glance at your web history or—better yet—click and hold the Back button.

Just tap and hold the Back button, then tap the page you want to jump back to.

But what if you want to jump back several pages in a single bound with Safari for iPhone or iPad?
Believe it or not, you can do pretty much the same thing you’d do on a desktop browser: just tap and hold the Back button.
When you do, a pop-up will show more than two dozen of your previously viewed web pages for a given Safari tab.
Tap any page to jump back to it.
And yes—you can also tap and hold the Forward button, if you wish.

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Snow Days Dont Stop Digital Learning at NMHS

The now annual Digital Learning Day was set for Wednesday February 5, 2014. The only problem was that no one told the weather gods this.  As a result, the Northeast was once again hit with a huge winter storm, which came on the heels of one earlier in the week that dumped over 8 inches of snow.  This monstrosity brought more sleet and ice, which necessitated yet another day off from school.  

Image credit: http://www.edudemic.com/

Many of my teachers had specific activities planned for Digital Learning Day. Most schools and educators that suffered the same fate as us were probably demoralized by the fact that all of their planning was for naught.  This certainly was not the case for us at NMHS. Why might you ask? The answer is simple. For the past couple of years every day is treated as Digital Learning Day as we have moved to create a teaching and learning culture rich in authentic activities where students are engaged and take ownership of their learning. Below is a rundown of activities that were planned.  I have changed everything to the past tense, as there is no doubt in my mind that my teachers will follow through with these activities.  It is just what we do at NMHS.

• All students in Mrs. Chellanis Calculus, Pre-Calculus, and Algebra I courses viewed videos, utilized interactive apps on their cell phones, and employed the Socrative app on their cell phones to learn the content, understand its real-world applications, and foster and engage in class discussion.
• Ms. Chowdhurys students had been learning science mostly through taking notes and memorizing formulas while she was on maternity leave. In order for her students to start learning through the inquiry method starting from the middle of the school year, she needed to re-teach some concepts more effectively. She found a game website developed by a Rutgers University physics education program graduate called The Universe and More.  This website has amazing games that summarize most of the kinematics unit. Students often are not willing to learn the same concept twice thinking that they already know it. These games on the website are fun and challenging, and the students really have to understand kinematics in order to improve levels. Every next level is locked until they can pass the previous level. Some students may be inclined to guess to complete a level, but after a couple levels of guessing they will find a pattern to the guessing, which is really the goal of the game. This will help set the background knowledge for students to learn the next concepts of momentum, energy, electrostatics, etc.
• The Lance held (or will hold) the first ever live twitter chat party. Jelani Rogers wrote an article about the unique ways that students are inviting dates to prom ("promposals"). She posted a request using a specific twitter hashtag asking all NMHS students to tweet us their promposal pics along with a 140 character story of how it all went down. Responses are going to be incorporated into her article next week as a slideshow. 
• Mrs. Fleming collaborated with numerous NMHS teachers.  Dr. Asa-Awuku and the engineering class worked on creating innovative inventions using the Makey-Makey kits we have in our Makerspace.  Mrs. Beiner and her students went to the media center to work on molecular gastronomy. They learned how to follow a digital recipe and then later in the week will be making their own digital recipes. Mr. Groff and his students used Mozilla Thimble and HTML and CSS coding to create vintage historical newspapers. Mrs. Collentines class used TwitterMagnets to create original, creative sonnets.
• In Mrs. Vicaris Computer Apps and Business Strategy classes she showed students how to create a website using WIX.com.
• Numerous students always have the opportunity to work on IOCS projects and their virtual courses.

So what did you do on Digital Learning Day 2014? More importantly, how have you embedded digital learning consistently into your school culture so that every day students are engaged in authentic tasks and are empowered to take ownership of their learning?

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CLEAR Launches Global CSR Initiative and Met the F1 Lotus Team Drivers at Singapore Grand Prix

Last evening, my photographer’s Qing Yi and I attended the CLEAR Global CSR Initiative launch together with a group of media and bloggers friends at Singapore Grand Prix. The launch of its global initiative ‘Helmets for Heads’ campaign aim to promote road safety by raising funds for the purchase and distribution of helmets in lower income communities.


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The CLEAR product and Lotus Helmets

Event Featuring F1 Lotus Team Car

Invited Media and Guests

Photo with my Photographers Qing Yi. Thanks for all the beautiful Photos in this blog post!

Photo with Dennis from SuperAdrianMe.com

Photo with William Tan

My Photographer enjoying driving the F1 Simulator Game

As consecutively with the F1 season race this year in Singapore and to kick-start CLEARs drive support their road safety initiative, the F1 Lotus Team drivers, one by former world champion Kimi Raikkonen and the other two by Romain Grosjean has also came down to the event to support the fund raiser of ‘Helmets for Heads’ campaign.

F1 Lotus Team Drivers Grosjean

Photo of Grosjean signing the helmets

Photo of F1 Lotus Team Drivers Kimi Raikkonen

Photo of Kimi Raikkonen signing helmets

The signed Raikkonen helmet was auctioned off at the Singapore event, but the remaining two helmets, signed by Grosjean, will be released on Ebay. Other Lotus F1 Team members who were also present on the day included Jerome D’ Ambrosio, Lotus’s third driver and Team Principal Eric Boullier.



Hence, the helmet signed by former world champion Kimi Raikkonen, who makes his return to F1 this year with the Lotus team, drew a winning bid of S$5,000 at this evening’s event.

Helmets Signed by Grosjean and Raikkonen

Photo with F1 Lotus Team Drivers Grosjean

CLEAR Team signing off with their great event and call it a day

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Halloween 2013 Fright Nites at Sentosa 4D AdventureLand

Welcome October! The yearly Halloween festival season is back once again! A group of friendly soul, vengeful spirits, diabolic demons, cannibalistic zombies and bloody creatures had released and came to human world which gave audience a haunted trail of unexpected terror journey at Sentosa 4D AdventureLand.

 The 4D horror rides had also added in to this fright season to enhance the atmosphere of Halloween and thus, it only happening at Night at Imbiah Lookout. The Halloween at Sentosa 4D AdventureLand consists of three top mind blowing 4D section known as the ‘Trapped’, ‘Panic House’ and ‘The Grip of the Undead’.

‘Trapped’, a haunted trail that tells the story of a once angelic coryphée who perished under the death curse by a jealous ballerina! Her vengeful sprit, together with other dead ballerinas and evil priest roam the premises in search for their victims.

The 4D motion-simulated thriller, ‘Panic House’ where you will be trapped by a property agent turned monster in a mansion full of living corpses, flesh-eating zombies and demons, in a virtual rollercoaster. Slay virus-infected factory employees turn zombies in ‘The Grip of the Undead’, a 4D interactive game of gore. Aim and Fire as many of the undead while trying to stay alive.








Lastly, not to forget to catch the 4D experience of ‘Journey 2 the Mysterious Island’ before you call it a day. Hence for me, I enjoyed the whole terror Halloween experience at Sentosa 4D AdventureLand together with my group of friends yet a fun and terrified night! ^^

Experience the 4D Halloween ride!

Sentosa 4D AdventureLand Address:
51B Imbiah Road,
Sentosa, Singapore 099708

Operating Hours: 7pm - 10pm
Operating Days: 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 & 27 October 2013

Admission Cost
Adult: S$38.90
Child: S$26.90

Website: www.4dadventureland.com.sg

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Garena Carnival Live in Action at Bugis and Cosplayer EkiHolic from Korea

Garena Singapore held their large Garena Carnival live in action at Bugis+ shopping mall today. Garena carnival had gathered the gamers down to showcase their game skills and talents as well as attractive prizes to be won for participate in the carnival game.

Garena Carnival Schedule

Hotdog eater Competition

Games at Garena Carnival

In the early afternoon, an interview conference was held with the Top Korean Cosplayer – Ekiholic who flew all way from Korea to in this Garena carnival Cosplay Fashion show. Through the interview session, Ekiholic had share with the media about her Cosplay experience and to conclude, she is very passionate into Cosplay.

Cosplayers Eki Holic from Korea

Photo with korea celebrity cosplayer Eki Holic

Followed by the Cosplay competition held at the Garena Stadium, top seven Cosplay finalists did their impressive performance showcase on stage toward the judges an audiences. The top winner of this Cosplay competition walk away with Alienware M14X laptop and $1000 cash.

Audiences waiting for the Cosplay Fashion show to start

Cosplay Finalists Competition on Garena Stage

Group photo of Cosplayer at Garena Stadium

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