As a writer, I always like to have access to a word processor. The cloud solves this concern. Google Drive gives  me access to Google Docs, OneDrive gives me access to Microsoft Word, iCloud gives me access to Pages, and Zoho gives me access to Writer.

Skype has recently become an important app for me. I teach English as a Second Language online using Skype. Students use Skype to message me or schedule a class. I can quickly respond. The actual teaching is done with a regular computer.

So what am I learning? I can be quite productive using an iPhone/smartphone. Email and social media work well. I can read and send emails and send and receive attachments. Posting and responding to social media is easy. 

The camera is useful for taking pictures of notes on a whiteboard. I can share the image and use it for future reference. 

Microsoft’s OneNote or Apple’s Note app is good for handwriting notes and drawing. The video app works well for recording short videos to post on YouTube (quick ESL tips).

Last but not least, I can make and receive phone calls. Often, I get so engrossed with apps that I forget that it is a phone.

Teaching children requires modeling or demonstrating 

what you want them to do as opposed to telling them. This is especially true if the children are very young, for example, 5, 6, 7, years old. Their English is very limited and most often, they won’t understand your instructions. 

Games are very important. They can be the main component of your lesson as opposed to an additional activity. 

I love the challenge to teach children. It may be one of the more difficult challenges I’ve encountered.

Recently, I’ve been under some stress. My work schedule has been in flux, I’ve been busy with some personal development projects, and I’m doing some volunteer work. This has affected my sleep and I tend to overeat when I am tired and stressed. When I work on a project, I zero in on my attention and go full throttle in terms of energy.

I obviously needed a way to relax and regain control. How? I thought back to when I was most happy and relaxed. Simply, it is when I am listening to classical music. That is the key.

I now make time to listen to classical music every day. I’m more relaxed, happy, and in control.

Slow down.

“Take 5 minutes and focus on only one behavior with awareness,” Tutin says. Notice how the air feels on your face when you’re walking and how your feet feel hitting the ground. Enjoy the texture and taste of each bite of food.

When you spend time in the moment and focus on your senses, you should feel less tense.

https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/blissing-out-10-relaxation-techniques-reduce-stress-spot#1

Big data analytics can be broken down into three broad categories:

Confirmation Bias - the tendency to interpret information in a way that confirms a pre-existing hypothesis.

Availability Heuristic - a bias in which the most recent or available data is believed to be the most important.

Supervised Learning 

Input           Output 
Ireland        Country 
France.       Country 
Paris.          City

Usually, these inputs and outputs are abstract numbers.

Algorithms try thousands of ways to achieve the desired output.

Unsupervised Learning 

Input           Output 
Ireland         
France.       
Paris.          

Data with no specified data is called unlabeled data.

Unspecified learning can be beneficial for things like learning about behavior and characteristics when developing apps. With enough data, it’s possible to split up users into categories such as education, age, and time of use among many others.

Types of AI

AI building blocks 
Natural language processing 

Machine learning

Decisions 

Reasoning 

Intuition