For this week's current events blog, you are going to be the researcher and reporter. In order to receive credit for this blog, you must follow the instructions explicitly and exactly.
You need to research various news websites and try to find a news story that relates to technology's impact on our everyday lives. The story should be at least somewhat controversial. In other words, if I were to choose your news story to debate about as a class, it should fit the bill well. (For instance, no one should post an article detailing the new iPhone 6.)
After you have found your story, go to the comment section of this post (just like you always do) and paste the ENTIRE URL link to your story, along with a paragraph-long summary of your story. After you summarize your story, write a "debate-able" question that we discuss as a class next Monday.
Failure to abide by these specific instructions will result in no credit for your blog post. Happy researching!
http://fashionista.com/2014/06/will-instagram-kill-fashion-blogs
ReplyDeleteMany people catch themselves on Instagram without even realizing it. Many of the bloggers pages are not being used anymore. Businesses advertise their product via instagram. The people who are advertising are doing it for free, since its instagram. They will put a picture of their product and put a link to their website.
Should the people that advertise products on instagram be charged?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-news-blog/instagram-glasses-add-filter-effects-real-life-222329749.html
ReplyDeleteJordan Smalley
The new instagram glasses that are just a concept for now may be coming out sooner than you think. although they are a great use for picture taking and seeing the world in a different way, they also have a way to capture a moment forever. many people say these glasses may take us to new heights of people that arn't able to see the world to have a chance to.
Should these glasses be promoted and given out amoung the already technology ridden generation? would they or would they more Benefit us or let us take advantage of the precious beauty of the world?
Reagan McColl
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-cloninger-and-rosemary-strembicki-lcsw/how-is-technology-affecting-your-family_b_3915849.html
In this article, it explains how technology is interrupting the connection that families and friends are supposed to have. Kids these days are spending a majority of their time sitting around staring at screens, and as an effect, they're not exercising and gaining weight. They're also putting up barriers in their brain that makes in difficult for them to comprehend and learn new things. Not only is affecting the child, it's also affecting the people around them. Families are becoming more and more distant as result of technology. Instead of spending their time together, they're spending it with their iPhones, computers, tablets, etc. The author points out many ways to prevent too much time with technology. Limiting time, making sure you spend time as a family, and banning technology all together are all given as solutions.
Question: Should parents limit their children's technology time to make sure they're spending time together as a family, or should they just ignore it and realize that it's a part of today's society?
Jordan Twilley
ReplyDeletehttp://www.zdnet.com/mobile-technology-the-amazing-impact-on-our-lives-7000014679/
In this article, it states mobile technology has enriched our lives to the nth degree. We now can have lifelong friendships with people who live in a different country. We can stay close with relatives even if we do not live in the general area of which they reside. It has benefited education as well in the sense we have more information at our fingertips than ever before. We can simply google something and find out anything we want. It has also bettered our health care. We can help those who do not live in a developed country and send them prescriptions, diagnostics, etc. People who are diabetic now have the mobile technology to count their glucose levels without them worrying about their heath. Overall technology has benefited our lives in outstanding measures.
question: If we lost all technology available to us, do yiou believe it would be for the better of our human race? Why or why not?
Cameron Stone
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-drones-almost-collide-with-nypd-helicopter/
This article is about drones and the danger they pose to American society. Over the George Washington Bridge in New York two drones nearly crash into a NYPD helicopter. The several hundred dollar drones could have caused the helicopter to crash killing numerous people on the ground and the helicopter pilots. The pilots of the drones were fined and charged with reckless endangerment.
The question I ask is should drones be allowed to fly in public places? Think about privacy concerns and the safety of the American people.
http://www.itproportal.com/2014/09/25/just-how-much-will-technology-change-football/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner
ReplyDeleteThis article is about how technology is changing sports. It is changing the games without changing too much of the natural feel. In rugby, the referees have a camera on so the fans can see exactly what the referees see. It brings in another element that all fans would like to see. In football, some visual equipment blinds players in a way that helps them focus on the ball. So when the visual equipment comes off, the players' focus is better. Is technology making things too much easier for us to where we do not do or try anything naturally?
Jon Owens
ReplyDeletehttp://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/miss-a-payment-good-luck-moving-that-car/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=technology&_r=0
Car loaners strict with payments. If the person isn't consistant with payment lenders shut off the cars with a "starting interupt device". This effected one family that was in need of getting their daughter to the hospital when she ran a high fever that could have killed her. Credit scores have been dropping currently and the lack of jobs left people a "check away" from poverty. Should Auto Loan dealerships be able to cut off cars of those who cannot be consistant with their payments? Why?
Karen Otts
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/09/22/tiny-implants-could-give-humans-self-healing-superpowers/
A military sponsored program has invented a tiny device that can be implanted in the body to track the bodies’ organs. The device will be able to heal organs that are infected or injured. Electrical prescriptions also known as ElectRx. This will be a way that doctor can monitor and treat problems. It would be able to continually assess a person's condition and provide any necessary stimulus to the nerves to help maintain healthy organ functions. The idea for the technology is based on neuromodulation which is when the peripheral nervous system monitors the status of internal organs and regulates the body's responses to infection and disease. But this system can actually cause pain, inflammation and a weakened immune system. DARPA hopes to develop a device so tiny that it only takes a needle to implant it. It could also lead to the development of implants that help treat brain and mental-health disorders, such as epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and even depression.
Explain how microchip implants could be helpful or harmful.
Trent Ray
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/25/bug-bash-software-could-be-bigger-threat-heartbleed
This article explains a newly discovered security bug for the "Bash software." This bug allows hackers to completely take over the device they are hacking. This can lead to the hacking of important files and important information like credit card information. This obviously poses a tremendous risk to users of the software. Patches for the bug have been created for software users but many people say that the patch does not completely fix or prevent hackers from hacking the devices. The bug is also very easy for hackers to exploit which increases the severity of the bug. Officials from the group have not commented on the subject.
So I pose this question: how liable should the software companies be for information that is hacked due to bugs in their software's security? Most would say completely liable, but should the user be at least a little responsible for the hack considering that they should know that no security system is completely safe from hacks?
http://www.zdnet.com/mobile-technology-the-amazing-impact-on-our-lives-7000014679/
ReplyDeleteIn a well impressive article on how amazing technology is, James Kendrick states that the use of technology is simply astonishing and is helping someone in need everyday. Instead of "downing" technology, he embraces that technology is improving to make the world a better place. James Kendrick has been using mobile devices since they weighed about 30 pounds(meaning a longggg time ago) and he thinks newer technology enriches our lives. Not only cell phones are getting better, but health care technology are healing and making someones life better everyday. Diabetics can monitor their glucose level... blind people can walk in cities with technology leading their way... and also more treatments are being made by newer technology. He also reaches out that technology makes an individual social life better by communicating with friends, family and other relationships.
If technology is so "big" today in our society and is also the "new thing" around the world, why do you think many people ban technology today? Do you think they should adjust to technology? Or stay with his/ her religion or belief?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81098.html
ReplyDeleteInitially, all of us thought that only computers needed anti-virus software because that used to be the only way you could send emails or store any vital information besides o paper. Then the risk spread to smartphones which as many have seen with the iCloud hacks upon celebrities in the recent weeks, have shed light upon the usefulness yet crippling effects of technology. Now the barrier has been burst yet again. The automobile industry. With cars incorporating wifi capabilities within the vehicle, what's stopping a hacker from finding your every location using your cars linked GPS. The main question is, should new technology automatically come with anti virus software since it's now the age of technology and anti virus software isn't a groundbreaking thing, or should you be charged extra for added security?
Cole Turner 1st
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/09/05/forgot-my-phone-smartphone-internet-addiction
This article features a video called "I forgot my phone" that shows well known comedian Charlene deGuzman going around during a day and points out inferences during everyday life where people are more worried about capturing it with their phone than enjoying the actual real life moment. The article attempts to ask the question "is technology an actual addiction?" Bradford Regional Medical Center in Bradford, Pennsylvania seems to think just that and has a 10 day program to break the addiction. But, since "internet addiction" is not considered to be an actual mental illness it costs the patients $14,000 for the treatment. Applications will start to be accepted on Monday.
So, the question I pose is this...
Is internet addiction a real neurotic disorder, and if so, how and why has it come so far as to distract us from everyday life like in the video attached to this link?
Jaida Minor
ReplyDeletehttp://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/30106098-418/experts-telemedicine-can-bridge-mental-health-gap-in-indiana.html#.VCTc9GddWSo
This article is about patients in Indiana. Some of these people aren't able to receive or go get treatment like they would like to. Telemedicine is provided for patients to stay at home and video chat there doctors to receive the healing they need. An average person takes 90 mins to drive and receive care but with telemedicine it can be improved in 23 counties. The price for a patient would be less than $1,000 to recieve telemedicine.
Do you think every body should receive this? If not, who? What are the pros and cons?
Jagory White
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/cris-rowan/technology-children-negative-impact_b_3343245.html
Expressing the negative impact on child development, the author compares times of children in the previous generation to children in the 21st century. Also, he sets forth statistics that present the percentage of a child's usage of technology and how it is "grossly limiting to their creativity and imagination." (3rd paragraph) All in all, technology today is a hindrance in the development of our children today, especially when given the choice to use it at such a young age.
Do you believe the author over-exaggerates his argument? How? Or how not?
My Luu
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/us-syria-air-strikes-live-tweets-130215331.html
A Syrian Twitter user appeared to break the news of U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria overnight before the Pentagon announced it had launched them. Abdulkader Hariri tweeted " Breaking: Huge Breaking: Huge explosions shook the city in what might be the beginning of US airstrikes on ISIS HQs". He also tweeted many times during the airstrike that happened that day in Syria.
1. Who was the one that reports US airtrikes on Tweeter?
2. Where did the air attacks took place?
3. Who specifically launched the airstrike against ISIS in Syria?
4. In your opinion, if you were Abdulkader Hariri, would you have tweeted the news that US were launching an air attack against ISIS in Syria? Explain.
Amber C. Price
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/cris-rowan/technology-children-negative-impact_b_3343245.html
Technology in the development of children's lifes has caused it hard for students when they start school to concentrate because they do not have the right attentions skills as needed for school. People say technology is making it where kids do not have good creative imaginations and taking away family time. Kids depend on technology to keep them busy then going outside and running around and learn life without technology. People believe that technology is causing new disorders to occur in different children. People say technology is ruining the kid's lifes and the ways of learning. Technology is causes health problems and distant between families.
Should technology be used in child development?
Harrison Armour
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/28/call-of-duty-suicide-should-parents-be-concerned
This article talked about whether or not the game series Call of Duty is causing some teenagers to commit suicide. This was brought up because a coroner in England recently linked the game with suicides. He believes that the game may have had some effect on the kids in a negative way. He has linked many suicides that seem as if the Call of Duty games have an effect or not. Many people disagree. They believe there are many more risk factors such as personality, environment, etc. Also others believe that there is not enough research to support that Call of Duty games can lead to suicide. There is proof however that the games can lead to depression. The games themselves can not be held fully accountable for a suicide. Suicide is a whole different matter.
Should Call of Duty games take precautions about potential effects of their games on the average player or is responsibility for precautions in the hands of the player?
Go Pats!
ReplyDeleteDonedra Falls
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/25/woman-fat-suit-tinder-date_n_5881330.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology
An experiment was conducted by the founders of the dating site, Simple Pickup. in which a woman was matched with several men using the dating app Tinder to test the theory that women are afraid of meeting someone dangerous, while men more fear meeting someone who is fat. In the pictures she posted on the app, the woman was slim. When she showed up for her dates, however, she was dressed in a fat suit. The reactions of the men were rather rude, as majority didn't even bother staying for the remainder of the date. The same experiment was conducted with a male test subject, and the reactions of his female counterparts were much nicer and less blunt.
Q: Has technology made it acceptable/easier to judge someone solely off of their appearance? Did the men in the first scenario have a right to be upset? In general, is it okay to use technology to "reinvent" yourself in order to create opportunities you might not otherwise have?
Addie Melchior
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/kids-with-cell-phones-how-young-is-too-young/
In this article, the main question is,"How young is too young for kids to begin using cell phones?" This article addresses the ongoing question of when parents should allow their kids to start using cell phones and other technology. Recently, kids have started playing on Ipads and Tablets at the early ages of 3 and 4 so by the time they hit 6 and 7 they already know everything there is to know about technology. This question brings up a lot of controversy because some parents think it is okay for kids to use technology when they are extremely young and others completely disagree. In the world we live in now, technology is getting incorporated into just about everything we do. So the final question is, how young is too young?
Brittany Davidson 9/26/14
ReplyDeletehttp://mydailyalerts.com/positive-negative-effects-technology-lives
This article sums up my point on technology today and where it is taking our society. Just like everything else technology has its positive and negatives. The positive is that technology helps get things more faster and quicker unlike the olden days. That we can depend on technology to give us what we want when we want. We don't have to go around to different libraries and sit and read for hours just get one small bit of information when we can go on the internet and look it up. Just like it said in the article that we are able to reconnect with family members, old friends, and etc; but there is a downside to technology. People depend to much on technology to get the job done. Like it says in the article kids spend way to many hours on the computer or phone playing games and texting when orginally they could be outside playing a good game of tag football. Technology has glitches and can be hacked at any point. My conclusion is that technology is great but being to dependent on it for our everyday lives will cause future problems around the world.
Question: If we had less technology in our lives today, do you think society will be better off or do we need technology because we have gotten to addicted to it?
http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-introduction
ReplyDeleteThe Edutopia team discusses how successful the use of technology is. It improves learning in the classroom and reaches all learners of different strategies. They argue that since technology is ubiquitous in today's society, it should not be prohibited anywhere in today's society.
Question: should technology take over the nation?