In this article, it talks about how the development of the internet create a popular place for discussion of political and social issues. In recent years, sites like Facebook are illustrations of the outstanding growth social network sites.
Some people say that gaming doesn't really have a strong social network but I and this website say that it is the most easiest way to do social networking. It is easy to add, delete, and have a nice decent conversation.
I watch one of his videos in another class and thought he was really interesting. He talks about race and issue we have today that you don't always notice.
In this talk Chellman talks about why girls have a better chance at succeeding in school than boys; and how should we change our methods of teaching today to improve the boys chances of success. She states that some of the reasons why this is happening is because, there are more female teachers than male teachers so they enforce their ideas on the boys. She goes on to say that there should be more input into creating video games which is something that boys are interested in as a source of teaching.
This article talks about how "we" our generation has cause CD's to go out of business. Record companies are not selling much anymore because we now get our music freely as we like of the internet. Torrents, Limewire, Itunes all are site we can access music.
Most people probably feel that Twitter is nothing but a waste of time, and does nothing positive for the individuals using it. After reading this article, I must say Twitter is darn good invention, that has a postive effect and outcome for the individuals who partake in the action.
In this video it tells facts about Google , face book and etc. How in a way is taking over the world. They ask in the beginning is social media a fad? Which is a good question will we in the future be over the internet technology?
Video games today isn't just for kids and teaches anymore. Gaming have been use in many new and different ways that have helped improved businesses, educations and also the medical fields.
As Americans embrace the extroverted world of Facebook and blogs, churches are trying to keep up. Indeed, holy places are becoming centers for social life, for group therapy, for sharing. But in losing our privacy, are we losing our religion, too?
The news that TiVo is to stop selling its digital video recorders (DVRs) in "Britain looks like final proof that the device has flopped. Best-known for its ad-skipping ability, TiVo also bred a scary new television culture in which the intelligent set-top box guesses your tastes and records viewing on your behalf." This is from the abstract. I found this journal article interesting.
In this article, the author is explaining how lying gestures mean something, as well as the way a person's speech is. On the average, the effectiveness of uncovering a lie ranges from 45% to 70%. In most cases the suspicion that someone is lying can improve revealing the truth. I thought it was very interesting how they had an experiment where people went about their everyday lies, and still a few came out with a lie. I just don't understand how we can take something so small and stretch it to something large and grand, and for what? Is it the attention? Or is is the deception we want others to grasp upon? It stated that women are consistently more accurate than men at detecting lying and what the underlying truth really is. I was surprised to find out that women actually do fall for a man's lie more than vise versa. This article gave many small reason as to why people, and what was funny is that I, myself have heard them almost everyday or quite frequently.
Meade, the author, discusses the difference in lying when it comes to the opposite sex. She also discusses how growing we were not able to understand the differences in the types of lies.
"As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited."
In the video clip from TED talks Ali Carr-Chellman, an associate professor of education discusses how we can use something that is popular with boys to engage them in learning; because in schools today curriculum are set towards girls achieving more than boys.
In this video students from Kansas State share messages of how their life works. They basically let the viewer know that technology is needed and how just sitting in a classroom isn't going to make much impact to their learning.