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Bryan Pregon

Council Bluffs Schools blocking Facebook - 3 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 04 Oct 12
     
    I am curious if you agree or disagree with the decision. Here are excerpts from three documents the school district has sent me about the decision.
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  • Andrew Jensen on 04 Oct 12
     
    i think blocking it was 50/50, good for the kids that are addicted to changing their status, but bad for people who are on it during free time or lunch.
  • Ashtyne Madsen on 04 Oct 12
     
    I agree with Andrew because there are a lot of people that abuse he privilege, but then there are the ones that only get on when told that they can or in free time.
  • Eric Cavanaugh on 04 Oct 12
     
    I think that our school system is going way Wacko with this, with Facebook, yeah block it, but you should block it on the school's wifi not the chromes. you should be able to get on at you house. What is the harm there...? Its not like you are getting distracted from a teacher talking..... With the cell phones. Yeah, thats whatever... I understand that you aren't supposed to have them out during class, but only being aloud to have them during lunch and before or after school, it makes me feel like we are back in Jr. High, that was their policy. I even remember i went to work Kirn's show and i forgot that there was that rule and so i was walking down the hallway texting, i looked right at the teacher and said that i was in high school, she laughed and said sorry and gave it back. But i think with this rule the students will feel like that are being treated as jr high students again and i know that would make me frustrated. But not having a relaxed rule on cell phones students will just get super mad and well, teacher's and Administrators,, You're gonna have a bad time...
  • Alex Snipes on 04 Oct 12
     
    I agree with Eric, it should just be blocked on the wifi, not the Chromes themselves because now the people who brought their own computers can get on facebook, or the people with internet on their phones can access it that way. So the school didn't block the students %100, they just made an obstacle for the students to get through, because I think we all know someone is going to find a way around it soon, like they did last year.
  • Michaela Koopmeiners on 04 Oct 12
     
    I agree with Eric and Alex as well, just block it on their wifi during the school day.
  • christa bennett on 04 Oct 12
     
    It does feel like we are still in Junior High. but how do most Students? certainly not like they are in high school. If people would act their age then you could use this statement. take a look around the hallways and you know what i am talking about. And when you are on facebook or any other website it is a distraction because you are zoned out of everything that is going on around you and ten minutes can easily turn into an hour or a couple of hours
  • Rainie mccubbin on 04 Oct 12
     
    a good 3/4 of the conversations during class periods... maybe not everyone's but at least mine has been about getting around the the Facebook block. They say Facebook is distracting well it is for certain people that get on it constantly but what really is distracting is people constantly talking about how they are trying to get back on Facebook through the chromes. That's not distracting a select few it's distracting us all.
  • Jaidlyn Bookout on 04 Oct 12
     
    I feel like if the school has such a big problem with Facebook they need to realize that although blocking Facebook from chromes will stop many students from getting on it the majority of us do have smart phones. Meaning we can still get on Facebook. I think that if a student doesn't know how to control their use on facebook during school they will have to deal with the consequences and that it wasn't necessary to block the site, it's called responsibility and if someone doesn't know how to be responsible then that's their problem. Also I don't understand why students aren't able to get on Facebook outside of school?
  • Olivia Burgher on 04 Oct 12
     
    I don't feel like blocking Facebook was very beneficial. High school is supposed to be preparing us for college or a career, in which we will have access to anything we want. How are we supposed to know how to limit distractions if we don't have the opportunity to do so now? On another note, the students who aren't doing their work now with Facebook unblocked still aren't generally going to do it even without that particular distraction.
  • Eric Cavanaugh on 04 Oct 12
     
    I agree with Rainie, Jaidlyn, and Olivia. The school board and the administrators don't know what we are thinking in class, yes they might see that a good portion of our students are on Facebook, but also, a good majority is paying attention and actually learning, I personally find Facebook a good tool for school, because there has been multiple times where I have no clue what so ever on what is going on so I go and ask some of my friends that are in college and ask them, and also my friends explain it so much better than Teacher's do, I feel as though most of the times teacher's just speak it so they can get paid, they don't go in depth to it. So I feel also that if they were teaching more hands on there would be less Facebook usage, well, at least there would be if it was unblocked.
  • Eric Cavanaugh on 04 Oct 12
     
    Sorry.. I realized that I didn't finish.. With what Rainie said, that is so true you can't sit through a whole class period with out hearing, "This is peeveing me off!" or "There has to be a way around it, that will be my project this weekend, to figure out what how to get around this dumb thing!"
  • Payton Whiteaker on 09 Oct 12
     
    Personally, if the schools are trying to prepare us for the future, then why limit what we can do, and not do with the chromes? How does limiting us teach us good decision making skills? I mean, in the future, if you are at work and spend 4 hours of your time at work on facebook, you are gonna get fired. We should have it just to learn that we do not need it. Plus, students are just going to move onto the next thing. Like there are not a billion other things we are going to get on?
  • Eric Cavanaugh on 09 Oct 12
     
    I completely agree with Payton. There are so many things that aren't blocked and we can move right on to the next thing.
  • Alexis Theos on 09 Oct 12
     
    I totally agree with both Eric and Payton, also what about using our phones, Ipods, and personal computers to get on FB at school. An I know most of the people on FB use it to waste time, what about the students using it during free time for good things like making a FB page for a club or a FB event for a soccer game?
  • Bryan Pregon on 09 Oct 12
     
    In response to Payton W: If an employee would get fired for wasting company time on Facebook, what is a logical penalty for teachers/administrators to administer to those who refuse to work? It is hardly a solution to take the computer away, since there is so much effort placed on getting kids to use them for class work. Of course we cannot "fire" our students like an employee. Following your logic, shouldn't "moving on to the next thing" also get you the same penalty? Isn't the real issue students wasting time (whatever it might be)?
  • Payton Whiteaker on 10 Oct 12
     
    Mr. Pregon, the personal issue with this is, we can't go around blocking things all the time, that does not teach good choice-making skills. I know that one solution, that may only work in some situations, is that, make them do it by hand. I've seen teachers use this before, and noticed quiet a bit improvement on students taking it upon themselves to avoid facebook. Mr. Nelson, in Algebra 2 made someone solve a 3 variable question using Matrices by hand, which can take about 10 minutes for a single problem. That student has not been on facebook in his class, or at least caught, since. As for penalties, students do have privileged that teachers may take away, such as going to the bathroom during class. Although, that is unlikely to affect most students, it is hard to say whether or not that will have much affect. Perhaps a major punishment such as Monday school if caught so many times? I have no direct answer as to how this should work though.
Jeremy Vogel

Larry King to moderate 3rd party candidate debate - 0 views

www.foxnews.com/...ate-3rd-party-candidate-debate

Government Politics Debate

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  • Jeremy Vogel on 18 Oct 12
     
    Larry King, the celebrated talk show host accustomed to A-list interview guests, has agreed to moderate a debate featuring a squad of minor-party presidential candidates. The former CNN giant will guide next Tuesday's debate in Chicago, which will be broadcast on the Internet. The candidates taking part are the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson, the Green Party's Jill Stein, the Constitution Party's Virgil Goode and the Justice Party's Rocky Anderson.
  • Mallory Huggins on 19 Oct 12
     
    This should be interesting, and I'm glad that someone is giving third parties a chance to be heard. As King said, our political system isn't a two party system by law, and I strongly disagree with the two party system. It would be great if third parties could get more recognition.
awest520

if sopa/pipa fails try something stupider - 2 views

www.cato-at-liberty.org/ecurity-the-undoing-of-privacy

internet laws

shared by awest520 on 09 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • awest520 on 09 Feb 12
     
    since the public made it so clear SOPA/PIPA would pass over their dead bodies they decided to try something stupider.
  • broxton anderson on 13 Feb 12
     
    man, the government just doesnt get it
Bryan Pregon

President Barack Obama - Reddit AMA - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

shared by Bryan Pregon on 30 Aug 12 - No Cached
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  • Bryan Pregon on 30 Aug 12
     
    "When President Barack Obama decided to take questions directly over social media he didn't turn to his 28 million Facebook fans, or his 19 million Twitter followers. Instead, he turned to a website called Reddit where popularity is measured, fittingly, in votes."
  • Joshua Hannan on 30 Aug 12
     
    http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/ Link to the actual AMA (surprisingly not blocked by our schools web filters).
  • Ember Groover on 30 Aug 12
     
    Haha, I think this was a brilliant PR move by Obama. I'm glad that they're beginning to pick up on the fact that the internet is a huge community... which, of course, is a huge community of potential voters. This makes Obama seem way more accessible and normal, which always registers well with voters. I must say though, he is definitely a politician. A lot of those answers were incredibly vague and some didn't even answer the question...
Emmalee Adams

Titanic Number 2? - 11 views

www.cnn.com/video

shared by Emmalee Adams on 17 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Jay Cook on 24 Jan 12
     
    i saw this on the internet and i really wanna see this if its a new one
Bryan Pregon

Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter considering "nuclear option" to protest SOPA | ExtremeTech - 12 views

www.extremetech.com/...nuclear-option-to-protest-sopa

government bill politics SOPA

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  • awest520 on 05 Jan 12
     
    A suggestion of what it will be like if SOPA goes through http://www.extremetech.com/internet/109335-universal-music-group-claims-right-to-block-any-video-on-youtube?obref=obinsite
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  • awest520 on 05 Jan 12
     
    http://www.extremetech.com/?x=0&y=0&s=sopa others that bring up sopa
  • Daniel Pengra on 09 Jan 12
     
    i think that this would be an extremely effective option and would pose a giant problem if these websites shut down, even for a day especially if it was google.
  • broxton anderson on 09 Jan 12
     
    hahahahahahahahahaha! i wonder how the government will react to this protest. Are they going to start arresting all of the employees of these componies. this will be interesting.
  • Dustin Gibson on 09 Jan 12
     
    Companies** And i think this is great.
  • broxton anderson on 10 Jan 12
     
    hey dustin! keep your fancy spelling to yourself sir!
awest520

google against SOPA - 0 views

www.google.com/...takeaction

sopa

shared by awest520 on 18 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • awest520 on 18 Jan 12
     
    google has its logo "censered" today does anyone else know of any other sites?
  • awest520 on 18 Jan 12
     
    craigslist too http://omaha.craigslist.org/ XD
  • awest520 on 18 Jan 12
     
    google news about SOPA protest Why is Wikipedia staging a blackout and what is SOPA?, from the National Post Wikipedia joins blackout protest at US anti-piracy moves, from the British Broadcasting Corporation Wikipedia blackout over US anti-piracy bills and FEATURE: Websites blackout over 'SOPA censorship', from Al Jazeera Wikipedia, Craigslist, other sites go black in SOPA protest, from the Los Angeles Times Google Rallies Opposition to Murdoch-Backed Anti-Piracy Bill, from BusinessWeek SOPA protest: The Net strikes back, from Politico Wikipedia blackout a 'gimmick', MPAA boss claims, from the Guardian Wikipedia 24-hour blackout: a reader and Why we're taking Wikipedia down for a day, from the New Statesman Internet-wide protests against SOPA/PIPA are kicking up a storm, by the Hindustan Times SOPA, PIPA: What you need to know, from CBS News Protest on Web Uses Shutdown to Take On Two Piracy Bills, from the New York Times Protesting SOPA: how to make your voice heard, from Ars Technica Why We've Censored Wired.com, from Wired
sarahspidle

Aunt of 13 siblings allegedly held captive tried 'for years' to get in touch with the family - ABC News - 25 views

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shared by sarahspidle on 17 Jan 18 - No Cached
  • nathanaelhale on 30 Jan 18
     
    I think that the law enforcement did the right thing and got these terrible people for what they did to those kids.
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  • bethanyfoley on 30 Jan 18
     
    I agree that the law enforcement did do the right thing but I also think that it was good that the daughter did escape and called the police, or else they might not of gotten the help they needed in the first place.
  • creatures0ver on 30 Jan 18
     
    I heard about this all over the internet such as facebook, snapchat, etc... and i believe the law enforcement did the right thing and saved many lives that day.
  • nbushey395 on 30 Jan 18
     
    This is so very sad. I have been reading about this and in one article I read it said all the kids could keep a diary. They believe the parents could be faced with more charges.
  • jdofner419 on 30 Jan 18
     
    We talk about this story in ROTC. It's very sad, but even though how scared that girl must of been she did a great thing and saved her life, and her siblings life.
  • bschiller303 on 30 Jan 18
     
    This looks like something off of criminal minds, I watch it all the time and this is actually something that would happen on there. That's crazy people are so heartless
  • yazmin cabrera on 30 Jan 18
     
    This is very sad but they got the right punishment and glad everyone was safe!
  • sreynolds702 on 30 Jan 18
     
    I think this is repulsive and terrible however the authorities did do the right thing
  • kkermeen144 on 30 Jan 18
     
    This story is very sad and scary. But I would probably not love my sister after knowing that all this happened. Considering the fact that she never got to see her sisters children that she really badly wanted to see.
  • kegner573 on 07 Feb 18
     
    I think it is very strange how the sister didn't catch on to any of the strange actions that happened when she was there and that no one even questioned the fact that they were never allowed any further than the driveway with no contact with the kids for years.
  • lynx_2019 on 07 Feb 18
     
    I think the police did the right things but I don't understand how no one noticed the kids didn't come out of the house or didn't hear them.
  • lyricreed709 on 07 Feb 18
     
    They cops did the right thing but the sister shouldn't have been so oblivious.
  • Bryan Pregon on 12 Mar 18
     
    Bump
  • marrissa_842 on 12 Mar 18
     
    I believe that what the law did was the right thing, but however, the sister should've been more suspicious and paid closer attention to the signs or even try entering the house.
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