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Wrapping up Online Experience A

I think that we are required to take this class to learn more about how to use technology properly, how to protect yourself while online, how to present yourself, accomplish tasks using the computer, and many other things. We take this class to learn about the importance of technology and how its important to allow use to communicate with people, accomplish certain tasks and do every day activities. Technology has advanced very much in the past five years, such as smaller computers that hold more information, energy efficient cars, sleeker cell phones, smart phones, and many other things. Technology will continue to advance in the next few years and become more efficient in accomplishing everyday tasks. I use technology everyday and for school I use the computer, like  Microsoft word for essays, PowerPoint for power point presentations and many other applications. For my personal use I use technology to keep in contact with people, with Facebook, phone calls, text messages, games, and many other things. I will probably use some of the tools such as this blog, iGoogle, widgets/gadgets, and maybe podcast. Some of the tools that I will probably never use again would be Delicious and RSS feeds. My favorite things that i created were the avatars and cool pictures using certain websites. My least favorite was the Delicious account because i probably wont use it again. I really enjoyed this class.

Podcast

This podcast is on science and ship strikes. This podcast has an expert on ship strikes and the animals hit by the ships talking to the host of the podcast. He has disscussed the damage of the animal and ships made by the two running into eachother. Also why the animals get so close to the ships; which is mainly because they are curios. He also talkes about other things pertaining to the subject of animals and ship collisions. This podcast is very educational on the subject being talked about and people like listening to podcasts better than text because it makes it easier to pay attention to it, and is easyier to relate to.

CyberBully

I thought the movie was pretty good. It really showed how words can hurt and how bad bullying on the internet can be. The movie and some real life cases are pretty simular; the person was bullied on line and it went so far that they wanted to commit suicide. Usually the people being bullied don't go back to the bully and stand up to them but in the movie she did. Like simular cases some good comes out of it and laws are passed as they started to do at the end of the movie. It also showed how the bully can be online and say things that at the time don't seem to be mean and hurt the person but actually do. This movie was educational and showed the extent of cyberbulling and how bad it can actually be.

Decade Project - The 80's

The 80’s

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Technology Article

Twitter: often first, not always right-- This article tells how people on twitter sometimes post things about events before the press does. They used the example with news about Whitney Houston's death being posted on twitter before the press even got word of it. It also said that even though things are posted on twitter they may not always be correct, and that people still trust the press over people posting on Twitter.

Comparing Avatar Sites

The sites for creating avatars are voki.com and blabberize.com. The site that I think is better is voki.com. This site lets you create your own avatar and seems easier to use than blabberize.com which has you use a picture then create the mouth(which is the difficult part). I would most likely use both sites. You could use these sites to create avatars for other classes. For example if you were doing a history project you could use blabberize.com; use a picture of the person for your project, and  have them talk about their achievements and other things pertaining to your project. There are many good things and bad things about both sites (I prefer voki.com) and you can use both for many purposes.

Einstein avatar

A Blabber with a picture of Albert Einstein, talking about his equation- E=MC2, and a qoute of his. Made on Blabberize.com.

My avatar

This is the avatar that I created using voki.com.

ID theft

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Online Safety cartoon

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Broken Friendship

A girl and her best friend always gave each other their passwords, such as for their emails. One day the girl got onto her email and a bunch of random emails from Senior boys came up in her email. She later found out that her friend gave her password to some girls and they put her head on someone else's body and sent it to all the Senior guys telling them things that she would do (although these things were a lie). The girl who's email it was was extremely sad and could not avoid all the snickers and laughs through out the halls at school. Her life was a disaster and her friendship broken.

Tracking Teresa

 Teresa put out information like her brother's name, what she likes to do/ her interests, and her email address, in her profile, and her home phone and mother's name through an email. I like many other people have put information on the Internet for sites such as Facebook. The most important thing is to remember while using the Internet is to keep personal information private and don't share it with people you don't know or meet on the Internet.

Netiquette

 Netiquette is etiquette for the inter"net", and is a set of rules that you should follow while using the Internet. Netiquette affects everyone that uses the Internet. Some examples of good netiquette are not flaming, flaming is not holding back what you say, and respecting and being polite to others on-line. Some poor Netiquette is just jumping into a conversation and not making any sense about what you are saying, and not respecting other's privacy. You should always use good netiquette while using the Internet.

Social networking

A social network is a site where you can connect with people online, you can talk, see pictures and information about the person using the site. anyone can use it and it is free-formed. A digital footprint is a log of all the places and things you see on the web or put on a site such as pictures. It keeps track of all the sites you go to and things you put on the Internet. Social networking affects digital footprint  by making it possible for other people to see where you have been on the internet. Colleges and employers can use this to look at your stuff and it can affect weather you get a job or into a college.

Copyright: is downloading music legal?

Copyright is a form of protection given to original works of authorship. It includes literary, music, artistic, and other works. With music for example the songs are copyrighted and many rules go along with acquiring the songs to listen to or use for other purposes. sharing music on peer-to-peer networks are illegal and go against the copyright laws. If you buy music and use it for your own personal use, such as listening to it, it is perfectly legal. It can also be used for educational purposes. If you copy a CD and give it to or sell it to someone then that is illegal and goes against the copyright laws. Copyright can be confusing but if you follow the rules for copyright then no problems will occur and you can enjoy music, movies and other things.

copyright case

This copyright case is between an artist who created the Barack Obama "Hope" poster and the Associated Press. The dispute started when Shepard Fairey (the artist) used a photo taken by an AP reporter and used it for the Obama "Hope" poster. The picture was taken in  2006 and the poster was created in 2008, when Obama ran for president. A judge later dismissed lawsuit between them. There was still a trial date in March for related claims between the news service and companies that sold the merchandise made with the image.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2011-01-11-obama-hope-poster_N.htm

Research Project wrap-up

I did a presentation on Greece for our country projects in computers. My favorite part of the project was learning more about the country and seeing all the different tour stops that you can go and see. My least favorite part was trying to compile all the information on to the power point and so it would meet the requirements and still make sense. One of the tour stops was fairly difficult to find information on but after a while I found enough info to put on the slide for it. some strong points were that my information was easy to read and understand on the power point. some weak points were that I had to look up at the screen a lot to remember the information I was talking about. there is not a whole lot of suggestions I would give to Mrs. Fowler, I thought the project was pretty good.

My Year in Review

The highlight of this year was finally getting out of Jr. high, getting to go skiing and hanging out with friends this summer. I didn't really have a low point of 2011, it was a pretty good year. what I would have done differently was try some new things that I didn't get to for whatever reason. my goals for 2012 would be to finish 9th grade, have a great track season, have a better cross country season next year and a great start to 10th grade. if I were given $100,000 I would by a car and some other things.