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Good summary of the expectations of today's college students

Teaching the Quarantined

Teaching the Quarantined - good article about how the Univ. of Michigan is preparing to serve students who may contract the H1N1 virus this coming year

Really good research paper about how an instructor can impact an online class.

Good article about how students with home computers are more likely to graduate from high school.

Article on how employers use social networking sites like Facebook to check on potential candidates.

Technology is affecting America and changing the world we live in!

Interesting article about how the 'net can be used to harass others - cybercrime.

Good article about the use of weak passwords and how easy they are to hack.

FBI site teaching parents, students, and educators how to recognize and react to online dangers.

Talks about the $7.2 billion allotted for the broadband stimulus and how the money is to be divided between different government agencies. Also mentions debate as to whether the money should go toward updating existing urban broadband connections or extending the range at which broadband is offered to rural areas.

I was blown away that this was the name of a persons blog. It literally only talks about things "white people" like and do... really shows how blogs can sometimes have a negative affect on society.

Article discusses how the RIAA is issuing letters to suspected copyright infringing music downloaders and sharers and asking them to turn themselves in and pay a reduced fine, which will still be in the thousands of dollars, or else they will sue them for all they have or might ever have. Lawyer from University of Southern California talks about how letters are actually just "cease and desist letters" and that suspected offenders might not want to turn themselves in because the RIAA might not be able to find out their identities otherwise since many schools ISP's are not keeping track of or releasing students' names, personally identifiable IP addresses, or other information.

This article gives the positives and negatives of online banking. The positives were saving money, convenience, and security. The negatives were being "timed out" and having to start over and learning how to do what you need to do on the site.

SCARY HOW EASY SOMEONE CAN GET KILLED FOR BUYING PRESCRIPTIONS OVER THE INTERNET. tHANKS TO THIS BILL, HOPEFULLY PURCHASING MEDS ONLINE WON'T BE AS EASY AS IT USED TO

Interesting to see how dependent we now are on VoIP!

This article explains how Facebook is deciding to allow third-party app developers to have access to the users phone number and address. It explains that Facebook is taking some precautions to make sure that this feature is as safe as possible, but others mentioned in the article do not agree that it is enough.

Very interesting article about how the Egyptian Government pulled the plug. Also talks about legislation in the US Congress that would give the President authority to pull the plug on us.

This article discusses how the Internet has spurred volunteerism, especially in youth.

The Internet allows peole to volunteer for groups and causes that they may not otherwise be able to take part in.

This article looks at two companies that offer original written works for money. You pay them, and they write an essay on the topic you need. They speak with representatives from these companies, and one says that they are only providing sample essays for instructional value. The end of the article also looks at groups who fall into a grey area, asking how much help is too much?

I know this week were talking about cell phones and mobile devices and how the internet is used on our phones. I know in my discussion, me and another student were talking about texting and how it was used for the deaf originally. I just thought I'd share this article with the rest of the class.