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This article gives various reasons why Hispanics may not paricipate in community and school events. Reasons vary from cultural, linguisitic or economic barriers.

Here is an article I found that helps explain some reasons why Hispanics do not participate in community forums, etc, at the same rate as blacks and whites.

I thought this was interesting to share. Since we are in online classes.

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

Article about online classes for high school students in Montana. Nice to see this option for students!

This article talks about whether facebook in school is a distraction or beneficial

This is a very interested article why middle school children should not be given a cell phone until they understand the reason for a cell phone to avoid behavior like this.

High school students in West Tennessee can attend college classes while staying close to home. These students are not engaging in a typical online course through interactive technology these students are taking online classes to another level.

Very interesting article about how schools should teach students about cyber safety.

All of us are taking at least this class online and this site actually gives many reasons why it is the best way to further your education. It has many links to help with finding different academic programs, schools, how to read a course descriptions and things like that. I found this site very helpful when I was looking for schools to attend soley online.

Palm Beach County students take advantage of cyberspace education

Older article on teens and libraries but still interesting

Good article about the Pew Internet report on "Teens and Sexting"

Government stimulus attempt to bring broadband access to rural areas that have limited or no high speed internet access.

This article should be of some use to those doing a paper on sexting

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 is a recent article I found that relate's to this weeks topic of social networking. The article discusses the uses of social networking for older generations, and provides many statistics, some of which come from the Pew Project we study. As the article shows, older generations use social networking for many of the same uses as teens and young adults. The article may be help you think of questions related to this week's discussions. Here's a little excerpt to help you get an idea of what the article is about: "Whether it's congressmen Twittering during presidential speeches, parents connecting with high school flames on Facebook or empty-nesters planning group outings on grown-up sites such as Eons.com, Baby Boomers are speeding up the Web's ongoing metamorphosis from limitless void to global watering hole. Social networking is fast becoming a staple for a growing number of adults as Web use surges. One-third of adult Internet users have a profile on a social networking site, up from 8% in 2005, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And though adults share some teen habits - checking in with friends, planning get-togethers - they differ from the younger set in their desire to use the medium to meet new friends from across the country." Enjoy!

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?

This article covers research by Turku University on the effects of cyberbullying. The text explains the possible negative effects that online bullying can have on the victims as well as the bullies themselves. I found it interesting and somewhat sad that teens can't get away from bullies anymore-- while being home and out of school was often a getaway from bothersome peers, that is becoming less and less the case.