Welcome to TEKTOK
November 7, 2016
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
– Albert Einstein
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Web Sites
Historic Wings: John Glenn - Friendship 7
The story of America's first astronaut to orbit the earth during the Mercury
Space program. After launching the program click on continue or on the
numbers to learn about the story of the Mercury program and the first
American to orbit the earth. The last section deals with the Space Shuttle
Mission where John Glenn returned to space to study how an aging human
could deal with space travel.
http://www.historicwings.com/features98/mercury/
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center: John Glenn Biographical Data
Extensive biographical information with personal data, education, special
honors, aviation experience, NASA experience and space flight experience.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html
PBS American Experience: John Glenn
PBS offers a biography of John Glenn, pilot of America's first orbital flight
around the earth.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/sfeature/glenn.html
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Hardware/Software
How to use Messages in iOS 10, from special effects to iMessage apps
Thanks to iOS 10, your Messages app is way more than a texting app. Way,
way more. Now that the official release of iOS 10 is out, here’s your guide to
using all the new features in Messages, from sending fullscreen effects to
installing your third-party iMessage apps from your favorite services like
Venmo, ESPN, and OpenTable.
The first thing you should know is that the recipient of your messages will
need an iPhone, iPod, or iPad running iOS 10, an Apple Watch running watchOS
3, or a Mac running macOS Sierra in order to view them in their full visual
glory. Furthermore, these features are exclusively linked to iMessage, so
Android users will have a hard time deciphering the animations as well. For
users on Android or running a previous version of iOS, these messages will
show up as regular text with a description of what the visual should have been,
like “(sent with fireworks).” Not nearly as capitvating.
Tap-and-replace with emoji
One of the biggest crowd-pleasers at WWDC this year was the announcement
that emoji would show up three times bigger in iOS 10. This applies if you are
sending a message with only emoji, however. Text messages with an
accompanying emoji retain the same size.
Messages also has a new tool for replacing keywords into corresponding
emojis. For example, the text “I love monkeys” turns into “I __ 🐒” – all you
have to do is finish your text message and then tap on the emoji button. This
automatically highlights all the words that have a corresponding emoji, giving
you several tap-and-replace options if applicable. For example, you get to
choose between 🐒 or 🐵 for replacing the word “monkey.”
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Famous People from American History
John Glenn, Jr.
Astronaut / U.S. Senator
Born: 18 July 1921
Birthplace: Cambridge, Ohio
Best known as: The first American to orbit Earth
John Glenn, Jr. circled Earth on the Mercury 6 space mission in 1962, becoming
the first American to make a complete Earth orbit. John Glenn was a fighter
pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. He became one of America's
original seven Mercury astronauts and orbited Earth three times on 20
February 1962 in the capsule Friendship 7. (Alan Shepard had been the first
American astronaut in space in 1961, but Glenn was the first American to
circle the globe. The first man into space overall was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin.) Glenn was elected senator from Ohio in 1974, serving four full terms
through 1999, and ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1984 and 1988. He returned to orbit in late 1998, joining the
crew of the space shuttle Discovery in a mission that became a nostalgic salute
to a space pioneer. John Glenn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President Barack Obama in 2012.
John Glenn attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, earning a
bachelor’s degree in engineering.
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Riddles You Can Tell in Class
Why did the scarecrow receive a medal?
Because he was outstanding in his field!
What did one knife say to the other knife?
"You're looking pretty sharp today!"
What did one magnet say to the other?
I find you very attractive.
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This Day in History
Birthdates which occurred on November 8:
1656 Sir Edmond Halley 1st to calculate comet's orbit (Halley's Comet)
1900 Margaret Mitchell writer (Gone With the Wind)
1922 Christiaan Barnard South Africa, surgeon (performs 1st heart transplant)
1922 Esther Rolle Pompano Beach FL, actress (Florida-Good Times, Maude)
1924 Joe Flynn Youngstown Ohio, actor (McHale's Navy)
1927 Patti Page Claremont Oklahoma, singer (Tennessee Waltz)
1931 Morley Safer Toronto Canada, TV newscaster (60 Minutes)
1942 Angel Cordero Jr jockey (won over 6,000 races)
1948 Dale A Gardner Fairmont MN, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 8, STS 51A)
1949 Bonnie Raitt LA, singer/guitarist (Green Light, The Glow, Thing Called
Love)
1951 Mary Hart Sioux Falls SD, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight)
1961 Leif Garrett Hollywood Cal, singer/actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road)
1968 Parker Posey Baltimore MD, actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns)
On This Day:
1789 Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon KY)
1793 Louvre in Paris, opens
1864 Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President
1889 Montana admitted as 41st state
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) elected President
1904 President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
1910 1st Washington State election in which women could vote
1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected President for 1st time
1933 FDR creates the Civil Works Administration
1950 1st jet-plane battle of Korean War
1954 AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1960 JFK (MA-D-Sen) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for President
1965 "Days of Our Lives" premiers on TV
1966 Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
1966 President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal
1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds
(the forerunner to "Nightline")
1984 Anna Fisher becomes the 1st "mom" to go into orbit
1988 George Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for Presidency
1990 100,000 additional US troops are sent to the Persian gulf
1990 Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula
1991 The Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV
1994 Republicans regain control of US Congress
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Doug Yonce
Apple Distinguished Educator
Apple Teachet - 2016
STAR Discovery Educator
Doug.Yonce@ svusd.org
[email protected]
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