Driving Survey

Digital Story Reflection

In other classes, I could use this format to create an instructional presentation on how to do something step-by-step. The thing I enjoyed most was finding cool pictures that would compliment my script. One of the most diffulcult parts of the project for me was finding a sufficient amount of interesting facts for each topic. I could see myself using this for personal use to make digital stories of vacations I go on.

Spanish Voki

Theodore Summary

In the fall of 1913, Roosevelt and a few other men began their jouney through Brazil's River of Doubt. They quickly realized how hard this journey would be; some days the temperature was a high as 105 degrees. At one point, group member George Cherrie gave up and left Roosevelt, Kermit, and the rest of the group to continue on. They had lost dozens of pacs of mules and faced starvation. They had to travel through dangerous currents on leaking dugout canoes. They had looked death in the eyes many times. Througout the expidition, they met Indians and poisonous animals. Despite all the hardships, they mad it through.

Roosevelt Timeline

Online Safety

I read an article about a 13 year old girl named Megan Meier who lived in Missouri. She had a myspace account and created and online friendship with a boy she thought was her age. It turned out, this "boy" was a group of adults that wanted to humiliate Megan and this devastated her. A short while later, she committed suicide. This horrifying case caused the state government officials to pass some of the strictest cyberbullying laws in the country.
I feel this is a terrible, but very true case for many young and naive individuals. Young adults and teenagers can stop these things before they happen by only talking to people you know online. Also, don't tell a stranger anything, they could seem nice, but in reality they are probably a creeper.

Identity Theft

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Online Safety Cartoon

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Google Policy

One revision to Google's privacy policy is that when you are logged in to a Google account, Google can share information on one Google service in other Google services. Also, it allows the company to track activities of users. All in all, when logged into Gmail or anything google related, google will be reading your emails and tracking what you do in order to refine your search results to something that is more likely to interest you.
In a MediaPost article about this subject, they explained that google revision's to their privacy policy are going to make things simpler to use and it will help personalize your google experience. Also, they noted that Google made an effort to cover up the injustice this policy would do to your privacy rights. Finally, they have a few words from google's point of view of how they really do care about their user's privacy.
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/166881/googles-new-privacy-policies-stir-debate.html
In my opinion, I do not agree with the article or google's statements because I think it is not right or fair to intrude on someones privacy rights. i would never want anyone reading my email, especially a stranger. If google insists on doing this, then I may consider a different search engine.

Copyright Wordle

Copyright Infringement

John Fogerty wanted to leave Creedance Clearwater Revival and in order to do this, he had to sign away all of his royalties in CCR's stable of songs. Then, in 1985, Fogerty relesed the song Zanz Can't Dance which was about a con man and his con pig. Saul Zaents, from CCR, filed a Defamation of Character Suit and filed another suit claiming that the song was a replica of a CCR song: The Old Man Down the Road. Fogerty went to court and lucky for him, the court decided to dismiss the case.
http://www.fairwagelawyers.com/most-famous-music-copyright-infringment.html

15 Things I am Thankful For

What i am thankful for slide show

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Internet Safety

Internet Safety is using your common sense on the computer and being cautious about what you say and information that you give out. In my opinion, the three most important things about being safe online are: don't pose as someone else, never tell a stranger your location, and tell a parent or sheriff is something suspicious happens to you. I learned that even giving out information like your school mascot can give out key information about your location. I think I could improve my safety online by changing up my passwords and being careful about what websites I click on.

Feed Readers

Between the two feed readers Google Reader and Bloglines, I prefer Google Reader. I feel Google Reader provides a broader range of RSS feeds than Bloglines. On the other hand, Bloglines has a more organized apperance than Google Reader. Despite it's messy appearance, Google Reader is very user friendly and can be organized into folders. Overall, I think Google Reader is easier to work with than Bloglines.