Current event

• My article is about The Netherlands and how soon there roads are going to glow in the dark in the mid 2013 

• Netherlands highways will glow in the dark starting in the mid-2013

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• A designer by the name of Dean Roosegaarde was siting in his car one day looking at the road wondering why they spend so much money on the roads, yet they do not care what they look like.That is when he started imaging route 66 of the future of technology where the roads jump out at you. He created a smart road design that features glow in the dark tarmac and illuminated weather indicators will be in the Netherlands in the mid 2013 

       I think this new technique that was discovered is cool and looks amazingly like some sort of game as you are driving.It makes me want to go to Netherlands just to see what is looks like and how it would feel to be riding or driving on a road like that.

     I think some more scientists will be trying to make our roads look like that in the united states. Many people will also began to question why we are spending so much money on our roads, yet we do not care what they look like.

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Weekly blog post

Some new terms we learned this week is Represent which means how you present yourself online to others or in other words how you label yourself, Anonymous which means unknown or a hidden person, Inhibited  means someone that is careful and restrain in your reaction, Persona means reputation,personality or a image or a personality you show to others.Lastly Avatar which means a graphic  image to represent yourself online.  

This week we used a new tool called Glogster, which is a website where you can make a poster board about anything.Whether it is for school or just to post on Facebook and  things like that. Other things you can do on Glogster is add pictures and video's, add things like a virtual board of anything you may like. glogster

I like this tool,we used to do this all the time in middle school and it is fun you can make anything out of it and it works. One negative thing I would say about glogster is that sometimes it becomes a little hard if it is your first time messing around with it. Once you do it a while it all seems to fall into place. 

Our digital literacy this week was learning how to act online and be real instead of fake and how to also see if other people are being fake as well.Most people when they are using an avatar they do not make the cartoon realistic to what they look like  in life but they go the opposite direction completely and make a fictional cartoon of what they want to look like in life. 

They also do not act the same they try to be totally different than what they really are because they think being unreal will get them more friends and free stuff especially on the game sites. 

I think people that act fake online are crazy because if you want someone to respect you, need to be real and honest about things like that. This will effect me because I  will be more cautious online when talking to people I may have or may have not met. I will also monitor things like that when they come up or anything. 

Overall this week has been okay could be better, finally know when we are moving into the building and I can not wait to find out what everything look's like. We watched Cyberbullying the movie I think that was a really good movie and it made me think about what i say  online to people I may or May not like.  

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current event

• my topic is about how ipads are coming to schools all over the countries and also how that is effecting everyone as a student
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• iPad mini goes to school as Apple education focus tipped

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    Some districts things having Ipads in the classrooms will help the student better if they have better technology. but two some people think that is a bad idea and may also cost to much money but as study show it does not cost to much and it seems to be a reasonible thing to do. 

I think this is a good way for students to interact in the classrooms and it probably will be easier learning the material and things.I think i could be able to learn better if that was in some of the classrooms. it seems very easier to use.. 

It just shows that newer technology is taking over everyone and not just businesses and teenagers. Soon everyone will be doing everything online more than they are right now and we may just be driving electric cars next.

Weekly review blog

This previous week we learned some new terms like Escalate which means to make something more intense also learned the word Deescalate which means to decrease or make something less intense. Also learned the true meaning of being a bystander and an Upstander. Bystander means you are an eyewitness to something and just let it happen and does nothing about it.A upstander means someone eyewitness something and they do something about it either to help that person or people in that situation. 

This week we used a new tool called wevideo which is a website that lets you make video's about anything you want and add pictures and music onto it. We also used webcam to make our videos. 

One positive thing about using We-video is that it is cool to use and sorta fun because you can add photo's and music.One Negative thing about We-video is that it is a little difficult to use but once you just play around with it you can get the hang of it all.Using webcam is a very good positive because it is fun to use you can add graphics to the background and do neat tricks if you take the time and play around with it.  

Our digital literacy component is  Cyberbullying and how many people face it every single day. Also how most of them do not tell anyone until it gets so bad they want to end there lives. 

Now this is becoming a major problem in the (teenage world) everyone think what they put online is okay or it won't hurt anyone what they do not realize it probably hurts more on the internet than if you do something like that in person because it starts as rumor's and lies. Than continues to grow and  grow. This information bother's me personally because I have stopped some of my friends from going to that certain point over what a old friend has said about them on the internet. 

This makes me realize that the next time I see or know someone that is getting Cyberbullying I will be an Upstander instead of being a bystander like I use to be.If I see anything like that online I will talk to the victim and the bully in a nice way and then to De-escalate the problem. 

Overall this week has been good and I couldn't ask for anything really besides the building finally being finished so we can move there before Christmas break and Thanksgiving break. 

STOP CYBERBULLYING NOW!!!!!!

 

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Weekly current event

My topic is about how many workers use many different mobile devices at work or to do certain things for there specific job.

Forrester;66% of employees use 2 or more devices at work,12% use tablets.

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Many workers are using different and new technology for there job. Because it is a easy and quick way of doing things now a days. 66% of people use mobile devices or other electronics for doing work like presentations on and things like that. 12%  uses tablets at work, than 50% report that they only use desktops. 88% are those who use a desktop alone or alongside other devices.

This new information does not surprise me at all because many big companies are using high tech computers and things like that. I use my phone alot like anyone other teenager does so it just shows technology is sorta becoming a major thing in our world.

Many companies will probably start using computers & things for business resources and things like that if they already don't. Soon many people will be very familiar with things on mobile devices such as computers & tablets.

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Weekly blog post

This are some new terms we learned this week, Self Disclosure, Reciprocate and Sexting. Now Self Disclosure means sharing private or sensitive information or others. Reciprocate means to give and to return.Sexting means sending or receiving sexual explicit photo's and or video's through text or another digital device or any sort. 

The new tool we have used this week was Make Believe Comix. This tool lets you make a cartoon about anything you want to do,using animation people of all sorta. Plus you can have little talk, thinking bubbles like they are talking to each other. It has all different features on it.MakeBeliefComix         

The positive thing about Make Believe Comix is that it is cool and fun to use for any subject or to simply have fun with. The negative is that you can only make four slides which could be a little hard if you want to make it longer or anything. to have more information in it. 

This week we learned about how many people sext there boyfriends & girlfriends. Also learned about how them doing that could and would ruin there life's in school and out of school. Sometimes it get so bad they think they have to kill themselves for the pain and hurt to go away.Than we learned about online relationships and how that  can either make or break your relationship by lies and untruthful things people say or post online.  

We also learned many people in the U.S die every year because they are Texting and Driving.People need to stop doing that Because good people die in the progress  

This new information is good to learn because many people kill themselves over things like sexting abuse of what they have sent to there boyfriends. Learning about the online relationship thing will make me thing twice some of the things I post online and the things I read that are online. 

This week has been good and sorta went by fast. Which is a good thing.  

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Weekly blog post

This week we learned about new things about how to evaluate websites and things.Some of the new terms we learned are Authority and Sources.Authority is where they get the information and who wrote it. Sources is sorta like Authority the difference between the two is that sources is what the website is about and the facts, and statistics documented.

Our new web 2.0 tool is mindmeister. This website allows you to make things like a spider web plot sorta of speak. You can add pictures and videos into anything you are doing whether it is for school or just to make random things with.

One positive thing about this new tool is that it is fun and cool to use for school projects and things.

One negative thing about the new web tool is you cannot change the background and it is sorta complex to understand.

Our digital literacy component this week is Evaluating websites and how to understand if the website is fake or have actual facts used in the website. A couple ways of noticing that is look through any pictures that the website has and also read any of the comments left by previous people that has been on the website.

This new information is a good thing to use for school things like using things for projects or research papers because you can find out if the information is factual or not. Also you can use it on daily things like Social networks to find out if things are true or not.


Overall this week has been good besides Friday when I got sick other than that this previous week has been good.  
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