reflection on projects

we remixed pictures that we got of the web that showed the social networks. we showed that it is important to protect your footprint on social networks. remixing pictures is ok to do as long as you site who did the original picture.

GOOGLE PLUS

Google plus is the least used social media out of Facebook and Twitter. Not a lot of people have herd of it. Google plus is a google version of Facebook. Google tried to make a social media for people to communicate with each other. You have to be 18 and older to use Google plus unlike Facebook or Twitter or other social medias you can be any age. I think google made Google plus because they wanted to try and keep up to date and design a social media.

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute

I think that Silicon Valley School needs to have some technology. Technology helps you prepare for the real life. This school is teaching the kids that by not using technology you can still learn and do a lot of things. But when these kids get out into the real world they are going have to use computers every day of there lives. For example if they want to be an artist you might use a computer to print your pictures or design something. At Burlington High school they are preparing us for the real world by supplying an IPad for every student and teacher and also having computers through out the school. Burlington High is helping use realize that wen we graduate we will have to use technology.

using social media for the wrong reason

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/02/09/mother-cyber-bullying-victim-speaks-rock-bridge-parents/

in october of 2006 there was a 13 year-old girl who committed suicide after being bullied on the social network. she ended her life after being bullied my a boy she befriended on myspace.  the two were talking over a message and the last thing said was the boy telling the girl that the world would be better off without her. the bully ended up being a 47 year old women who lived 4 houses down from the girl and her family. the 13 year old girl was struggling with depression and no one noticed. her parents feel guilty for not helping her. this shows that there are crazy people out there and they don't think that they might be hurting someone.

the independent project

the independent project was very good. i thought that it was a good idea that kids do something they like to do and get there academics done to. the idea of kids doing what they want and not getting forced to do things they don't want to do and being miserable.

A school in Roslyn Heights NY carry around ipads given to them b their school. School all around the nation are trying to give their students all ipads to learn. the school in NY only gave 47 to their teachers and students. They are hoping to give all 1,100 student ipads eventually. They say at times the technology fads in and out some times but they are working at it like every other school with problems like that. its not just a toy for the school they use a lot of apps to learn.

colleges tracking social web

The colleges have been trying to search for way to keep up with their on line "chatters", that how they are treating students by tracking what they are doing. There is a program called SRM that has found an easier way to track the two most popular social networks. I think thats to much. People should be able to have privacy and not monitored all the time. schools should be able o rust their students and know that they wont do anything bad.