What is the internet..?

The internet is a worldwide network that you can research anything on. It helps people research information that they need for projects, assignments, or basic, common knowledge. Instead of having to go to the library to research information all they have to do is go on to the computer, open their web browser (internet), and go to a search engine, such as Google, ask, or live search, and then they look up what they need to know.

To some people the internet is one of the most important inventions ever. Some people’s whole lives are on the internet. On the internet you can chat with many other people on things called social networks. These allow you to look up friends that are on these social networks, and you can chat with them and message them. Chatting is called I.M.. That stands for instant messaging.

Internet is the key to success with many things. Some businesses our based off of the internet. Instead of going shopping at the store you can now go onto websites such as amazon or eBay, and order online, and have it shipped to your door. Other companies, such as clothing companies or electronic stores, have online websites where you can order their products online, and have delivered directly to your house. You can also play games online. There are websites designed specifically to play online games.

I think that it has both bettered the society and made it worse. The reason that it has worsened the society because people have become addicted to it. They have been addicted to the social networks on the internet and even online gaming has become an addiction. It has bettered the society by being able to research quickly for information. It has advanced more in technology so that has been helpful towards us. You can do all of your online billing, instead of having to waste and buy stamps to send your bills. You can even by cars over the internet. On the shopping website, eBay, there i a section designated to automobiles to bid on and purchase them. The only bad thing about online shopping, is you can not physically see the product that you are buying.

Obama iPod..!

Obama told a group of students at a gathering, that the entertainment that is coming out now-a-days, is bombarding us. He says that he is worried that the media that people are putting out, is not necessarily truthful. He says that the iPods and iPads are coming out not as useful devices, but as distractions. He claims that the newfangled devices are putting pressure not only on us but on our country.

I do not really agree with him. One thing I don’t agree with him on is the fact on him not being able to work these devices. I can not recall what speech he was talking in, there has been many, but he was saying how they gave the queen an iPod and filled it with tons of music. Clearly he knows how to work the iPods. I also do no think that these devices are putting pressure on our country. That is a really stupid thing to say. They main purpose of these devices that come out our time killers. How in the world does that put pressure on America. I do not agree with him.

Worlds Dumbest Generation..!

I think that we could be considered part of the Dumbest Generation. I think that they are right on their facts about our generation. However, I think that they are trying to drag it out as far as they can by saying we are lazy. I think that they are trying to say we are the laziest generation, but also truly mean it at the same time. I feel that this is finally a way for the generations before us to bag on us, sorta.

Yes, I think that the Internet and Video games have led to the stupefying of this generation. I think that the new technology coming out is trying to eliminate any work that we have to do in the future. I think that the more technology that comes out through the internet, the lazy people get. They tend to get caught up in all of the online games, instead of doing work or something productive. Point in case: People get so caught up on playing xbox. They literally wake up and go to bed playing games on xbox. They would rather sit there and play games, then go out there and do something productive in life like getting a job.

I think that if people stop coming out with more technology than we would not get sucked into all of the new technology. the more technology that comes out, the more stupid this generation gets. I think that they need to end some of the useless technology, because that is what we are getting stuck on. For instance: The Apple Ipad. That is basically useless for people that already have iPod touches. it is also defeating the purpose of the laptop. Preferably, I would rather have a laptop rather than the Ipad. I like the fact of having an actual key board and everything.

The keep calling us the stupidest generation ever, when, in fact, they are the ones that are contributing to our stupidness (if that makes sense). They could cut us all of but instead they encourage the useless technology, which there fore makes us like the technology too!!

Ipad..!

The Ipad is a portable computer pad. It is basically a grown up Ipod touch.You can do anything that you already do on the computer, but on the go. It is all touch screen, so there is no more hassle with cords. However, the downside is that it does not have a CD drive, or usb ports. They are fairly affordable so it is not to terribly expensive to won. It gets more pricey the higher GB or if you want 3G coverage.
Some people are saying that the Ipad is the future of computers. They are even saying that the new ipad will advance students educationally wise. On the website, good.is, they are predicting that by 2015, fifty percent of kids will be taught off of a touchscreen computer. another statistic is that by the year 2014, twenty-five percent of all textbooks will be digital. People are also finding out that is cheeper to buy a book off of an application like the kindle, rather than purchasing a hard copy of it at the store. Books on the iPad range from $12.99- $14.99.
I think that the iPad is a very sleek device. I would personally own one because I would own anything that apple makes. I think that apple is a genius company. Everything that they make is so much more technologically advanced than any other products out there on the market; to me. I think that it would be very useful to me. I would probably get the 3G one if I were to buy it. I think that if you were to own one, it would be your best bet to be able to do anything at any time.
I think that computer companies will be trying to compete with the new apple iPad. I hear that Microsoft is coming out with a new version of it that is bigger, and has memory. They are probably trying to compete with them, because they are afraid of losing business to Apple.

Recycle Cause…

There are over 2 million deaths per year caused by dehydration. Our goal: is to stop deaths of dehydration. We have researched and have been affected by the deaths caused by the fact of not having a simple necessity: water. Please join our cause in helping people in need of water.

Our website is www.recycleforlife.com. It is a website that teaches kids how to recycle. We want to teach them how to recycle when they are young, so that when they grow up it is just an instinct. We figured the only way to get kids to recycle was to make fun games teaching them how to recycle. We give water to people in need, in many different countries, for people who pass the games.

On this website, there are many different games with many different levels about recycling. There are 5 Different categories and for each of those levels there are different phases of difficulties. The 5 categories are: puzzles, trivia, matching, mathematics, and coloring. The difficulties are based on the age differences, obviously the higher age the more advance difficulty you choose. Every category is located on the home page. When you click on a category, you can choose from a different level. For each level or game you pass, you gain a point. The more points you gain, the more water you donate. The minimum amount of points to donate one bottle of water is 15. After every 15 points you gain it tells you how many bottles of water you have given to the people in need of fresh water.

The water is stored in our warehouse, which is located off of Van Buren Blvd. and Jurupa Ave. Most of our water is bought with the money from the cans and bottles that are recycled from people who have donated to our many recycling locations. One location for our donations is our main office building, which is located off of Van Buren Blvd. Another one of our main locations is in Fontana off of Cherry Ave. It is our big sponsor: Burrtec Waste Industries.

GOOGLE PROJECT!!!

I HAVE USED GOOGLE QUITE OFTEN IN MY PAST. I HAVE USED THE GOOGLE SEARCH BAR, GOOGLE EARTH, G-MAIL, GOOGLE CHROME, GOOGLE TRANSLATE, AND GOOGLE MAPS. THEY ARE ALL VERY HELPFUL TOOLS. I USE GOOGLE EARTH ALL THE TIME IF I NEED TO GET A VISUAL OF A LOCATION. IT HELPS ME LOOK FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS TO LOOK FOR WHEN I REACH THE DESTINATION I AM LOOKING FOR. I USE GOOGLE MAPS TO GET DIRECTIONS. IT IS REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING YOU DO NOT GET LOST. I USE THE GOOGLE SEARCH BAR TO LOOK UP WEBSITES WHEN I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE WEBSITE IS CALLED. I ALSO USE THE GOOGLE SEARCH BAR IF I DO NOT FEEL LIKE TYPING ASK INTO THE URL BAR, BECAUSE THE GOOGLE SEARCH BAR IS LOCATED ON THE HOMEPAGE ON SAFARI. I ONLY USE GOOGLE CHROME WHEN I AM AT SCHOOL BECAUSE AT HOME WE USE SAFARI ON THE MAC. I ALSO PREFER TO USE GOOGLE CHROME BECAUSE IT IS MUCH FASTER THEN INTERNET EXPLORER AND MOZILLA FIREFOX. THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE HELPS ME OUT ALOT WITH MY SPANISH HOMEWORK.
GOOGLE CALENDAR IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL. IT KEEPS ALL OF YOUR UPCOMING EVENTS ORGANIZED. A REALLY COOL FEATURE IS THAT IT CAN SEND YOU A NOTIFICATIONS. ANOTHER BENEFACTOR IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE CERTAIN THINGS REPEAT. ON A REGULAR PAPER OR WHITE BOARD CALENDAR, YOU HAVE TO KEEP RIGHTING IT. ANOTHER USEFUL TOOL IS THAT ANY ONE CAN SHARE THE SAME CALENDAR. FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE WERE IN A BUSINESS WITH A PARTNER THEY WOULD BOTH HAVE THE SAME SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT OVERBOOK THEMSELVES AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT FORGET ABOUT CERTAIN MEETINGS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE “TOO MANY” FEATURES ON THE GOOGLE CALENDAR. ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT ITS ONLY ONLINE. YOU CANNOT ALWAYS ACCESS IT FROM YOUR CURRENT LOCATION.
GOOGLE BOOKS IS A VERY USEFUL THING TO BECAUSE LETS SAY THAT THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSED, BUT MAYBE YOU HAD TO DO A QUICK RESEARCH ON SOMETHING. YOU COULD QUICKLY RESEARCH THE BOOK ONLINE AND GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED.
GOOGLE DOCS CAN BE VERY USEFUL IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MICROSOFT OFFICE PROGRAM. IT HAS ALL THE OFFICE PROGRAMS LIKE WORD AND POWER POINT. A MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A FLASH DRIVE TO STORE ALL YOUR INFORMATION. YOU CAN SAVE IT DIRECTLY ON TO THE INTERNET AND PULL IT UP ANY WHERE. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE FEATURES THAT MICROSOFT WORD HAS SO THAT IS A DOWNER.
WELL IF THERE WAS NOT ALL THESE GOOGLE APPLICATIONS, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUY ALL THE SOFTWARE FOR YOUR COMPUTER TO PREFORM ALL THE SAME TASKS ON HERE.

Newspaper!!

It is weird to see how far advance we have become with our technology. one of those ways is viewing the newspaper online. Many people would be amazed to see how far we have come. I think a big reason for this is because of our economy. Not a lot of people can afford the newspaper to be delivered to their houses, so they can go online and see it for “FREE.” I think that in doing this, they have gotten way more viewers. Mainly because it is instant. That is a big positive feature of having the newspaper online, but a fallback on a traditional paper is that they have to wait to publish a new article that could’ve happened overnight. Also, you can view videos on an online website, where as a traditional newspaper you only can see pictures. You can also sign up onto an online website, and they will send you instant updates via e-mail. On certain things you can also get updates forwarded to your phone. I think that another big pro is that you can view many different newspaper companies online, where you may only be able to get one traditional newspaper sent to your house.
I think that the future of news will be something that we cannot even fathom. The technology will be so realistic that it’ll make you fell like you were at the event when it occurred. I think for traditional newspapers to survive, they should cut the prices. I think that they need realize, that the majority of people read the news online because its a quick and simple way. What would i want to see happen with news? I would love to open up the paper and have a 3D image appear and show the entire event, so that you can see what really is going on in a 360 degree angle.

Twiddla!!!

What is Twiddla? Twiddla is an online whiteboard. It can be used for meetings, online get-togethers, and a way for teachers to connect with their students. It is also used to chat about different online websites with your colleagues.
It can be used educationally wise by having students chat with their teachers if they are out sick or to have a fun way to have a group discussion with the class. For business sake, say your partner was far away. You can also do online tutoring. If the teacher was at home he could log on to Twiddla and so could the student. When they are both on they could put a problem on the board and do all the work. Also, you could upload a study guide so that you and your friends could quiz each other online. You could quickly go on and upload a picture of the latest job site to show progress. Also if an architect was having problems on a building, he could upload a picture of a building and add different features or take away different features. This would work so much faster then having to email each other different information. You can also load a imitation of a website (a template). You take the template and add different features to it, like a search bar, different types of tool bars, or pop-up menus. There are many different pros to this online white board. for instance, you could frame in a specific area on a website or picture that someone else does not see. You can also upload a certain website to the main white board area. Doing this you can show specific features about the website that stand out to you. Also, if you were having a private conversation you could put a passcode on the white board so that no one else can view the conversation. One of the cons about Twiddla is that you have to pay to make an account.

Cell Phone Project!!!

I use my cell phone for many different purposes. I use my phone mainly to keep in contact with my friends and family. I usually text on my phone, because I do not like to talk on the phone. At all. I use my phone to play games on it also.

My cell phone is capable of texting, calling, games, camera, internet access, calendar, calculator, stopwatch, and navigation. However, with all of those options, I do not use all of them. I mainly use texting, camera and games. i would use my camera on my phone, but 2.0 mega pixels is not alot, and quite frankly sucks.

I could use my cell phone for many things that would help me become a better person. i could look at my contacts and pray over everyone in it. I can also use it to forward prayer messages about people in need. I could use my calculator on my phone to help me in math. This would help me become a smarter person, which would help me be a better student. I could use my calendar to help me remember peoples birthdays or appointments that I have. This would be helpful for me so I do not have to bug my mom about when my appointments are. I can use my bluetooth capability to send study guides from my computer to my phone to help me study. I could also send pictures of study guides to people who do not have one.

I could help others in need with my phone also. Say you walking down the street. Then, all of the sudden you here a scream. You here someone yell “Call 9-1-1!” You would be helping the person by calling the cops to help someone in need. You could also use your phone to throw at someone’s head to knock them out if you saw them rob a store or steal and old lady’s purse. Using you phone could also help you become a better typer. Most phones now have a keyboard on them. The more you type on them, the more familiar you are with the location of the keys. This could help someone if they were to get a job as a secretary, bank teller, or a court stenographer. You have to be a very fast typer to have a job like that.

Some features in a phone that i would like to see in the future includes a speech-to-text capability. This would allow you to say sentences in to your microphone and it puts it into a text. That would be pretty cool. Also, a button that releases pepper spray when you are being attacked. That would be pretty amazing. My ideal cell phone would be a touch screen sidekick. A sidekick with all of the capabilities of an I-Phone.

Twitter Explosion!!!!!!

Twitter is one of the fastest growing, social networking websites we have today (besides Facebook and Myspace). However, are these social networks becoming more-and-more addicting? I would have to say that they are.

An example of this becoming apart of our daily lives was the whole Iran situation. when they were having major protests, something “BIG” was happing in the United States. Michael Jackson died. Apparently to our culture, entertainment is more important than global news.

Another example of this ‘obsessive” website, is when they had a huge failure. Someone had hacked into Twitter and caused a slow down on it. People could not view other status updates, which caused them to “flip a nut.” They went ballistic.

Did you know that Twitter is a $1 billion company? That is alot of cash. They raised  over $50 million dollars to help start this company. To me, that is an obsessive amount of money to spend on something that is really not necessary. Granted it is a company and they do need money to keep it going, but what was wrong with Myspace or Facebook? Absolutely nothing.

Some type of entertainment will always be coming out. What does that say about us? Does that make us dependent on entertainment? It seems that the more stuff that comes out, the more “brainwashed” we get. It seems like we always have to have the latest things. Our society is obsessed with having the best of the best. It is all about competition.

Why are people so warped into having to check their twitter accounts or facebooks? I believe that the more advance these websites get, the more addicting they our to our generation. Everyone has to see what is going on in the world when they want to. Do they no why Twitter slows down or delays sometimes? It is because everyone in the world is accessing it at the same time and wants to know the latest scandals. I think that Twitter should shut down for a week so that we can prove a point of everybody’s obesity with it.

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