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This article is about police officers using social network sites to investigate about criminals while criminals are also using social network sites to identify undercover police officers.

What this is about it social media and how it has grown from 2005- 2010.

These video show how solar panels work

In this article, Social Networking Goes to School, by Michelle R. Davis it talks about how many schools are using social networking sites to communicate with schools from other countries. Social networking has changed the way teachers teach and students learn. As said by Davis in the article, "If you don't take that golden opportunity to teach students about the responsibility of using these things, you lose a teachable moment." If schools block them, they're preventing students from learning the skills they need to know."

Today's online gaming is increasingly realistic and technologically advanced. It is said that social networking has even made its way into the video game industry with online gaming. The article, "The influences of interaction during online gaming on sociability, and aggression in real life" by, Yoshidia Fujio, evokes the numerous ways online gaming interacts with ones social life based on a study done in Japan. The results supported the hypotheses and suggested that online gaming resulted in positive outcomes for those who are socially, but negative outcomes for those who are not.

You're not RoboCop, and you're not Terminator, but you're cyborgs every time you look at a computer screen or use one of your cell phone devices. So what's a good definition for cyborg? Well, traditional definition is an organism "to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments." That came from a 1960 paper on space travel. Because, if you think about it, space is pretty awkward; people aren't supposed to be there. But humans are curious, and they like to add things to their bodies so they can go to the Alps one day and then become a fish in the sea the next.

The video I saw on C-Spanvideo.org called, Use of the Internet by Terrorists, discussed how the terrorists use the internet to recruit members into their "gang." It also goes over how different sites are made to attract different audiences and give people a sense of belonging.

Julia explains how hard it was to explain to her daughter frogs and the sex concept.

This article discusses how a young disadvantage boy came to be one of the most inspirational figures for his country

In this article, It talks about how the socializing and self-status seeking information reveals in joining groups. Also the relationship people develop with eachother from the political participation.

A video talking about how Facebook could ruin relationship.

A article that is about how rules are use to control fan fiction and remix culture

The hero of the Revolution in Egypt. See how he can succss in the revolution.

Annotation 2: In the article The Prime Reasons of Global Warming, the author Carl Ganser discusses the causes of global warming. As he mentions, several governments, institutes and universities are still trying to figure out what are the exact causes of global warming. Ganser mentions that as time goes by, is more clear that people need to start taking action towards Global Warming, although there's many countries and people that are aware of the occurring and have already started taking action.

In Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom by Shelly Cashman discusses how teachers are able to bring benefit students learning by the use of technology within the classroom. This book, analysis's every part of technology and gives the reader many definitions of terms and literacy's that are needed to use technology in the classroom. Cashman "explains the difference between computers, information, and integration literacy", as well as points out why 21st century skills are needed to be incorporated in k-12 curriculum. In the first chapter she points out how teachers themselves can improve their "professional development, productivity tools in the classroom, and integrate technology and digital media in their instrumental strategies, lessons, and student-based projects.

Cathryn McConaghy, the author, discussed the difficulties with rural schools. This uses mainly Australia and its rural schools as an example. Some of they key details of this article were the length at which teachers remain at rural schools and the ideas teachers have before and after visiting a rural school.

This is not the link to the actual chapter, but a link about the book. I got the book from the library... In Chapter 8, Testing, Trying, and Teaching, John Bruer argues that standardized testing is not a fair way to test students. He mentions that putting a student into a percentile based on the score they get on a single test does not give a fair representation of the students learning and understanding of the material.

In the basement are our paid consultants -- members of the online watchdog group Perverted Justice. Its volunteers set up profiles of 12- or 13-year-olds, go into chat rooms, and wait to be contacted. If a man starts chatting, expresses a desire for sex and is willing to meet, the decoy then invites the man over.

In Dara N. Byrn's article, The Future of (the) "Race": Identity, Discourse, and the Rise of Computer - mediated Public Spheres, Byrn argues that social networking on - line encourages the act of racism. The use of social networking increases racial and cultural discrimination, even though everyone seems to think that there are no racial or cultural boundaries when communicating with others on line. It is important to realize that social networking sites, such as AsianAvenue, BlackPlanet, and MiGente, can create racial boundaries for the young people who use them.

article focused on the multiple forms of medias a student uses for media purposes and for their role on their local school's board. The article did two case studies, and their goal was to understand how we use technology