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Emerging Technologies

I read about the light-field photography. Lytro made a new camera being sold at $399 and what it does for now is it let's you take photos and focus them AFTER you take the picture. For example if you're at a concert and there's a lot of movement and your shot comes out blurry, you could focus the frame after it's processed. It all has to do with how this camera captures light and reflects differently from other cameras. The company is also planning software updates that allow you to capture everything sharply regardless of distance which is hard to get on a conventional camera and another where it will capture 3-D images. I assume that technology will keep advancing as well as how much we use it and how efficient it can become. When it comes to surprises I haven't been very surprised I mean the new technology is interesting but I wouldn't say people couldn't predict it because things change everyday. Possibilities in the future in this area probably have to do with computers or some type of system that has to do with our lakes. I can't think of anything specific. The emerging technologies that site listed I didn't know were emerging at the time and right now. I don't think what's being used now is exactly like what's listed but I think we're using nano technology,software networking, and getting some type of internet access around the world or at least to new places.

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Online A Reflection

Technology is important because it's a part of nearly everything nowadays. It's important to learn how to use it so you're not behind. Over the last 5 years technology has advanced a lot. We've gone from bulky and slow cell phones and computers to plasma screens and slim-touch-screen smart phones. In the next 5 years it'll probably still be advancing a lot, hovercrafts and all that. The technology I use for school work varies on what I'm doing. Usually I use Microsoft software and the internet for most things. At home however I play video games and use the computer. A lot of the tools I don't think I'll use because I didn't find a point to them. I'll probably keep using Gmail and widgets but the blog and delicious for example I won't use outside of class. A tool practical for lifelong learning...I don't really know. I guess just the internet itself. A tool I won't use is probably the avatar sites, the podcasting, and delicious (it didn't help me organize anything). My favorite to create was just anything with Microsoft because I think it's easiest to use. Least favorite was the things I listed as the tools I won't continue using outside of class.

Cyberbully: Movie Review

I didn't like the movie but I do agree there's a lot of truth to it. Similarities in the movie to what we talked about in class are, Taylor became depressed and it affected others. She also tried to commit suicide and that happens all the time because of bullying/cyberbullying. She also found a support group for it. Now in the real world not many people choose to go to those but people still do. Another difference is she reported it to the newspaper and the school and the senator and stood up to the bully. In real life most people just blow it off after the situation ends and don't stick up for anything or even say about it. Suffer in silence. Also, she became friends with Samantha again and most people would keep hating the person who hurt them. I don't remember much cases we discussed in class but it is similar to other ones. Like the Taylor Meir one that they mentioned at the end.

Podcast Review

So I looked up a podcast made by a favorite band of mine, Man Overboard. I had never looked it up before and I listened to bits of all of them. Basically they went over things going on this summer like their tour and new releases and stuff. Then they played some music all by other bands on their record label they own. I think they do it cause it takes less time and maybe they don't like reading over it and making sure ti's good. This way they can just talk. Their podcasts are a mix of both info and opinions.

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Era Podcast

http://www.myplick.com/view/6iGxE5gqm9o/1990s

Text2Talk--Chirbit

http://chirb.it/w8k1D5

Pop Punk--Chribit

http://chirb.it/pqM1sJ

Voki/Blabberize Comparison

I thought blabberize was easier to use. When it comes to which one i liked best, I don't have one. I didn't like either site and I wouldn't use either again. You could use these for any other class for a project.

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Technology News Summary-The Darkness II

The article I read was on CNN and it was about a video game called 'The Darkness II' It's basically telling you it's a sequel to the first game and there'es new features. Typical run of the mill game review.

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Online Safety Recap

I think important aspects about protecting yourself online is so nothing bad happens and you don't get affected.When you are on the internet you shouldn't give out any personal information. If something pops up and you don't know what it is, tell an adult. Also, don't talk to strangers online and if you are too young to have an account on something don't lie about your age to get on. Make sure to be polite on the internet and don't cyber bully people. Cyber bullying is like bullying but over the internet, this also includes things like XBOX Live and PSN, not just the computer. Practice netiquette also. Be nice to people, don't start fights, and respect their privacy. There's also this thing called identity theft. It's when someone tries to steal information about you and use your money to buy things for themselves basically. None of you have credit because you're so young but that doesn't mean you shouldn't care becasue it could affect your future and it could still happen. To make sure ID theft doesn't happen don't give out your credit card number or personal information to strangers including your social security number or anything else.

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Tracking Teresa

1. She gave out her name, hobbies, in emails she gave out her phone number and family members
2. Yeah I've put personal information on the internet
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The most important thing to remember is that everything can be found one way or another and it can be passed around and never deleted.

Your Photo Fate: Shows what happens when you send sexual pictures to someone and it gets passed around school and even to random adults that you probably have never met.

Netiquette

Netiquette is using manners and knowing how to behave properly on the internet. It affects you and anyone you are talking to or posting about etc. Good netiquette is not typing in caps, be polite, don't start a flame war and don't harass or cyber bully. Poor netiquette is being rude, arguing for no reason, bullying and etc.

Social Networking

Social networking is a website or program you use that lets you communicate with others. They can also include games, sharing photos, and other things. Your digital footprint is your impact on the internet, your footprint in the web. Like if you google your name and find your facebook or something that's a part of your footprint. Social networking affects your footprint a lot because it shows a lot of information about you and lets it float around the web. It also makes it easier to find you if employers look you up or colleges wanting to make sure you're not a bad kid and stuff.

What's Legal

Meriam Webster defines copyright as: "the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter or form of something. There are many fine lines between what's legal and what's not. There's also different kinds of copyright like art, drama, music and other things. You can buy mP3s off the internet like iTunes legally but if you use file sharing or put the mP3 online for others to download it's illegal. Now in some cases it's not. For example the band Man Overboard puts up a lot of free downloads on their website but it's all owned by them and their record label. They can do that without getting in trouble because they own the rights to it, they created it and everything. Another example is movies or books. If you have ideas for something like a boook or movie and someone else has the same idea, if you don't have tangible proof that it was your idea first they can go ahead and produce/write it.

We Are The In Crowd-Copyright Problem

The pop punk band “We Are The In Crowd," the reggae group “The In Crowd” and Hopeless Records were involved in it. We Are The In Crowd's original name was The In Crowd but there was another band already named that. Instead of going to court about it, the pop punk band decided to change their name to avoid more trouble. Hopeless Records was involved because they wanted We Are The In Crowd under their label and it wouldn't work out as long as their name was "The In Crowd" They went through a lot of variations of the name before settling on WATIC. Some fans still refer to them as "The In Crowd" but, it’s never on their merch or any products of theirs anymore so they don’t get in trouble. If there was a case they probably would’ve had to pay a fine and change the name anyways

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http://wearetheincrowd.com/post/349598237/name-change

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_In_Crowd

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England

I didn't have a favorite part of the project casue I didn't like the project.I thought it was boring because everyone does projects on countries all the time, it gets old. I guess my least favorite part though was presenting just because I don't like to. I didn't learn much I didn't already know and I thought my presentation was average. Suggestion: Let kids research what they wanna research instead of restricting it to countries or find a more fun topic/uncommon topic.
Favorite presentation...Jacobs.

The Apocalypse Isn't Real.

The highlight of 2011 for me was probably Band Camp or anything related to marching band. They're the best dysfuntional family ever. My low point of the year was honestly, almost my whole 8th grade year. Junior High in general sucked for me and I can't do anything different about it because, it's Junior High and you have to go through with it. My goals for 2012 are goals I could have achieved at anytime. I wanna go to a 'The Wonder Years' show and a 'Green Day' show if they're touring. I wanna make it to ANY Pop Punk show I can. Also there's more personal ones but I don't want anyone in this class or the teacher getting into my personal life. Also if I was given $100,000 I would spend it on a new isntrument and spend it on something none of you would know about. Concert Tickets and give the rest away.