Todays technology

I have just read "Footprints in The Digital Age" by Will Richardson this article explains how people in this age and with the technology that we have it's getting easier for ppeople to get googled or searched on the internet. It also explains how in this age there is so much technology it's hard to keep up. This is very true because there is so much technology that some teachers dont know how to use it, there are even some all online schools. It is also very true that people can be googled with all the facebook, blog posts, and wiki spaces that are out there. This makes you think of how the future will be like with all advances will we even have to go to class to learn? will school be shortened? no one can answer these questions yet but all these could very well happen. That is what i think about todays technology.  

Is the I phone worth it?

I chose the article “Hey Soldier Your in the Smart Phone Army Now!” by Mark Thompson http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/09/23/hey-soldier-youre-in-the-iphone-army-now/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader. I chose this because I believe they are using this as a tool to recruit more troops. By giving troops the I phone when they show up for basic training is appealing to the lower class. This is appealing to them because the upper and probably most of  the middle class people already have the I phone and don’t need one. Plus they are not only just giving them the I phone they are paying its monthly bills. The army claims that it will be helpful with all the army apps out there but we all know thats not the only thing the troops will use it for. I know plenty of people with the I phone and they use it for games and all the other cool apps they have out there to make life easier. If the army really wanted its soldiers to read whatever they need them to read when they have free time then they can give soldiers a book on what they need to read. What has our Army come to? In the future will they just be giving us the next best thing out there? This is some thing to think about because are people really willing to risk there lives to have the next best thing? Some people are and I don’t think it is worth it, I wish I could have the I phone but I’m not going to go into the army for just that purpose. I can guarantee that their are teenagers out their that are willing to do that. Plus if someone is thinking about going into the army then this could be the thing that makes them want to do it. That is why I believe that this is just a tool to get more troops.

ITs almost to easy

The article I read “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr this article talks about how Google is to easy for users. I believe that Google is making us stupid because I could have just as easily looked this article up on Google and read a summery about it in like 5 minutes instead of actually reading it. That just shoes you how it is making us stupid because we don’t actually have to do our work. I also read somewhere that Google is making it easier for mispellers, so people wont have to know how to spell to get what they are looking for. This article also talks about how when using Google it makes it harder for people to stay focused on longer pieces. This is very true because while I was reading this article my mind would wonder off and think about other things, so I would have to go back and read it over again. It also took me a few days to finish it because it was so boring and I couldn’t stay focused on it. This kind of makes you think about what will the future be like if every think keeps getting easier? Will every thing be done for you? This could very easily happen because nobody wants to half to do there own work. So if some one could make it just that much easier to get it done you wouldn't refuse. 

Never Give Up

I chose for my blog “You Tube’s Rising Cartoon Star” by James Gavin, this is a very interesting article that struck me in many different ways. This article is about the cartoon Smigly that is currently on You Tube. When I watched one of these episodes it didn’t make sense to me at first, in this video there is a man playing saxophone on the street while a man constantly criticizes him on his playing. While the man is playing he blows out his heart into his saxophone and dies. This video was a metaphor for the mans life on how he took so much rejection from the world it was hard to handle and he couldn’t keep his soul intact. This was very strange to me because at first I could understand why he just died on the street. From rejection from one guy but then I got that that one man is representing the whole world and how they were rejecting him on his dream to become a saxophone player. I understand now that some times things can be overwhelming and you just want to give up on it. This guy goes to show you that you can’t quit eventually things will get better, because now this man has a very successful show on You Tube. However the article points out that he is fighting the same struggle other people are is how to make money off of stuff on the internet. 

The Student Perspective

This youtube video really struck me for many different reasons. All this information is very true, my favorite are them buying laptops that they use mainly for social reasons then for school (which is what they bought them for). This also shows that sitting there isnt helping them with what they are learnng, it would help more to accually do what they are learning about. The thing to think about is what would kids grades be like if they were in control? Another thing they mentioned was in that school they have 26 hour days because of work and studying.  I dont think that the teachers take that kind of stuff into consideration. I believe that if i were able to read about what i want4ed to read about i would be better at it because its more interesting. I really injoyed this video because it really told people the world in the student perspective.