Monthly Archives: April 2013

Viruses that could kill the power around the world

It has been said that computer viruses that are out there that they have effected the business world computers greatly. It has cost many of business millions of dollars to fix these problem. People have compared these types of viruses …

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Who Spends Time Alone These Days?

These days, as the waiter brings out our food, we have our phones out ready to take a photo and upload it to Instagram. It is the norm to check-in at every place we go and let others know our …

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Augusta National: Ladies Welcome

For nearly 80 years, the famous Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia was for men only.  A private club, which hosts The Masters golf tournament every spring, annotated themselves a “Men Only” club and fought for that right year …

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Learning…From One Another?

In this day and age, we rely — almost religiously — on technology to get through the daily grind, whatever that may entail.  This technological revolution has finally made its way into the classroom, and is most popular in college/university, …

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Social Media Changing Our Lives

It is strange to think that just a few years ago Facebook did not exist.  Social media in general has blown up our internet world, and it seems virtually everyone has some sort of social media account.  And social media …

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Is Learning Together Better?

As the days advance so does a new phenomenon called “collaborative learning.” What exactly is this so called “collaborative learning?” Well according to Pierre  Dillenbourg and his article titled “What Do You Mean By ‘Collaborative learning’?”, there is no actually …

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Is Privacy Not Important to Us Anymore?

Facebook has launched its new Facebook Home app, which works with the Android phone operating system to make it easy to access Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Facebook Camera all within one app that appears on the users’ home screen. …

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Collaborative Learning: What Does It Mean To You?

This week we examined, “What do you mean by ‘collaborative learning’?” by Pierre Dillenbourg. Despite being doubtful of the contents due to two typos in the first line of the document, I pressed forward. Within the sixteen page piece, the …

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It’s Strictly Confidential.

A reporter named Jana Winter has been a hot topic in the news for the past week. She’s a reporter for Fox News and is at possible risk of jail time for not telling the police who her sources are …

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Learning Collaboratively: Working Together or Hardly Working?

At some point, whether in a work or scholastic environment, we all are faced with collaborative learning. Even in kindergarten, we would sit around the reading table and take place in round robin reading (one student reads while the others …

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