Xiaomi launches IHealth a control system of health that has nothing to do with Apple

Xiaomi launches IHealth, a control system of health that has nothing to do with Apple

The name seems to offer us a clue that consist the set of applications and gadgets that will launch the Chinese company Xiaomi, but nothing is further from reality. iHealth has just taken over the shape of the typical name and products for iPhone and iPad, taking advantage of the pull and perhaps, confusing buyers.

It is a company that has created Xiaomi after investing $ 25 million to buy a company called Andon Health, which allow to create a series of applications and gadgets designed to monitor and measure some health-related parameters such as blood pressure and heart rate .

To make it count with a bracelet like the one used by doctors and pharmacies to take the stress, plus a port that serves as the basis for connecting the bracelet and collect the data extracted from the measurements and send them to mobile.

It is expected that this device is easy to use, designed especially its use by seniors and people with little knowledge about the methods of use of smartphones. The distribution of this device is limited to China, although it says it is quite reliable and can be very useful.

The Chinese will be able to access it from about 33 dollars, a fairly low price that certainly makes it a very popular and useful device in the Asian country. The problem with this gadget is its name, which has wanted to introduce the idea that is designed by and for Apple item and created some discomfort.

The American platform also has a similar system, called HealthKit, curiously omitted from the initial in the name, which has taken Xiaomi for your device "i". As with Apple, they may share the results of measurements with family, friends and doctors, if the user wants so, improving communication with health centers.

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Making Flashcards A Question of Time

Many games and activities in the classroom require the use of flashcards, and even if you teach fairly small groups, making several sets of flashcards is extremely time consuming. How can you cut down as much as possible the time it takes to prepare them?

• Firstly, don’t re-invent the wheel. It’s far quicker to use ready-prepared materials than to prepare your own – especially if this involves searching for pictures. Many websites now offer a selection of flashcards for the classroom. Some charge a small fee but others are completely free. Check out ESLhq, mes.english.com, and ESL Flashcards.com
• Secondly, you’ll save time in the long-term if you spend more time in the short-term. Don’t produce the cards for a “one-off” lesson but build up a stock of activities which you can use again and again. “Cutting corners” doesn’t make sense in the long run –if you use good card, make sure corners are well stuck down etc, the cards will last much longer. If you have the chance to laminate the cards, then that’s even better. Laminators are not incredibly expensive – suggest your school invests in one.
• In any case, make sure your students know that they should never write or draw on flashcards unless explicitly asked to do so. I know some who’ve even managed to write on laminated cards.
• Next, don’t feel you have to do it all yourself. Get together with any other teachers in the school who teach the same levels/age groups as you do, and arrange to pool materials. If there are three of you, and each prepares one activity, you’ll have three activities available but will only have had to take the time to prepare one.
• Finally, once the cards are prepared, work out a good filing system. I usually put the cards themselves in a paper envelope on which is written what’s on the cards and the language points they practise; instructions for the activity or activities I use them for; the level, coursebook and unit I’ve used them with, etc. This envelope then goes into a plastic envelope which goes into a file in some sort of order – by level, by coursebook, by activity type etc – whatever fits best into your teaching situation. The important thing is that you can find them again even when you’ve forgotten all about making them.

Acknowledgement

Photo provided under Crative Commons Licence by Nemos great uncle via flickr

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Recs for the week of October 17

This weeks recs are now posted. The stories for this week are:

Your Voice Was All I Heard by Twimamma  and Amaranth by DreamingPoet1988

Be sure to head over to the Weekly Recs page to check out the reviews for each of these stories, and dont forget, if you have a story youd like to see on our list of weekly recs, click on the link to the form to rec a fic to us on the homepage.

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