FreshmanTechBlog1-2018-19

Here’s a simple query of your personal life:  What are you reading?   What are you watching? What are you playing? For our first blog post of Q2, please answer each of these 3 questions in the comment section. Please include the question. Do not include school work.  You can have multiple answers to each question.  I'll get  itstarted:  What am I reading? Vineland, Thomas Pynchon What am I watching?  Narcos What am I playing?  Civilization V

Thanksgiving is here. It's a time to reflect on our accomplishments and give thanks to some of friends and family that have helped us along the way. You've been through a lot of changes in the last three months. So for this post please reflect on one accomplishment you are proud that you accomplished and one friend or family member that has helped you in some way that your thankful for.

The idea for the Internet was born from the launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite in 1957. The US government was worried that the then Soviet Union possessed superior technology capability and could potentially strike the US with a nuclear missile. So it began to prepare for the consequence. The Internet essentially began as way to communicate if part of the country was destroyed. In 1969 the technology was advanced enough to begin testing it at universities and the first successful test was completed between the UCLA and Stamford campuses in California. It wasn't until around  1991  that the Internet was introduced for individual and commercial purposes. Today we see more an more users clustered around the same sites. Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon collectively consume most of our attention and that's sad because there is so much more to it. For this post I want you to visit this site:  https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/  and as part of Digi...

We discussed in class the importance of non-verbal cues and looked at the impact adolescence has on learning development (see below). We also talked about how technology can negatively impact social development because our focus is  removed from everything else. So for our blog post using the above chart, pick one element of development under  Early or  Middle Adolescence  and make an argument for or against using a phone in school. Then go online and find an article that supports or negates your position and give us a brief summary of what the article states.  For example: During Early Adolescence as my intellectual interests expand I need a phone to engage more with what I'm interested in studying. The article I found talks about how 75% of students using cell phones in class are performing worse than those without.  https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/04/do-smartphones-have-a-place-in-the-classroom/480231/ Do not copy my exa...

Hi ladies. Welcome to your first blog post. Please refer to the first post in the blog about procedures before proceeding. Positive:  Computers in 5 years.  Negative:  Social Media Ripping Society Apart According to the videos above that we watched in class, computers affect our lives in many ways. The first described positive ways technology will improve our lives. The second is kinda scary. For our blog post I want you to reflect on this question. Based on your experience give your opinion on what you think are the long-term effects of living in a technological world? Are these mostly negative or positive? Please write a short paragraph 5-6 sentences, describing which side you lean toward. Please include a little of your own experience and how you think technology will help or hurt you in the future.

Welcome to your Freshman Tech blog. A blog, for anyone who doesn't know, is a web page that is updated and typically contains information about a specific subject. Blogger is free with your Google account and you can create your own to share what you are passionate about with the world. Blog examples:  Frugal (adj.Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.) https://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/ Adventure :  https://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/ Food:  https://pinchofyum.com/ A blog is a powerful tool because of the contributions of its followers. Commenting on our class blog will be part of your grade throughout the year. Please follow these Procedures:  Write your comment as you would a letter. Use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. No acronyms ie: LOL or slang. -2 points for incorrect grammar.   Never reveal personal information about yourself. No last names, addresses, screen names, email names. This is a public space so anything you say can ...