Flat Classroom Project

This source descibes the different affects technology has on the environment, and how to make the technology "green".

Shows how web 2.0 affects art.

This article is about how our health and behaviors are shaped by communication, information and technology people interact with everyday. 

The Keep America Beautiful campaign is adding a new website to their name. They already have one for the organization, but are now building on it with a website that is called a social volunteer hub. This helps people who want to start their own clean-up project. Through this website they reach out with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to gain more attention nationally.

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

"New York City Now Blanketed in Even More Free Wi-Fi"

This article is about how people performed an experiment on how learning environments effect grades and how they can improve grades.

New technology has allowed students to take MOOCs, which are massive open online courses, for college credit. However, colleges have to make sure that students taking the course away from campus and laptops are not cheating on the final exam. To do this they developed software that colleges can use to monitor students through webcams, screen sharing, and high-speed Internet connections. They can also check out their photo IDs, signatures, and typing styles.

This article talks about how being connected is changing the way we receive and shape information

Entertainment and leisure in social networking vs virtual worlds and games.