This article discusses the use of blogging to teach students. Although it is very helpful, it creates a need to be more cautious on the web. Furthermore, the article defines a blog and gives examples of how they can assist teachers in classrooms.
This article talks about the new developments Google Maps has made. They were able to create a new map for North Korea with a few cities and street names. This is a great accomplishment since North Korea is so isolated.
This article shows how people in Kenya are using technology and the internet to help make this newest election a peaceful one. There were many violent outbreaks of fighting in Kenya during the last elections. The Ushahidi group hopes to end this.
This article discusses Hurricane Sandy and all of its effects on the East Coast. Toward the end of it, it talks about how there are teachers from various schools around the country collaborated to help their students better understand the effects of the hurricane. It also discusses how there are some online projects that focus on disasters from around the world.
This article is discussing how the use of electronics concerns environmentalists because of the long term health impacts with being exposed to the networks and mobile devices. It also causes people to get brain cancer and develop brain tumors
This article is about how the Defense Department has been purchasing thousands of mobile devices and only a fraction of them are encrypted for classified communication. The government now wants commercial mobile device producers to manufacture more that can be encrypted with more features.
This article discusses the investigation of Google. It was previously believed that Google broke the antitrust law, but now the investigation is over and the Federal Trade Commission decided that now law was violated. The idea that the search results of Google are not covered by the First Amendment was controversial.
The article explains the increased health risks due to the use of globalization. For example, the United States has many places that have now banned tobacco use such as restaurants. Therefore, in order to make business, these tobacco companies sell tobacco to the undeveloped countries through the use of globalization. As the usage of tobacco increases in the undeveloped countries, then so do the health risks.
The article explains how with the use of modern technology, mothers along with children are suffering the most with health concerns. For example, with going to a formal job where technology is used and little movement is required, people do not have time to excersise. In turn, these people become overweight or even obese.
This long article discusses ways that technology is beneficial and how it is detrimental to the environment. Also, it explains how people should try to not have technology have such a negative effect on the environment
This article discusses two new forms of video game websites (eyewire.org and Foldit). These websites are open to the public to play and through playing, scientific discoveries are being made about the brain and proteins.