Monthly Archives: April 2013

Twitter: The Best Real-Time and Possibly Inaccurate News Source

When Twitter first began it started off as a website for sharing what you are doing at any given moment with other people online. However, as the social media giant grew, Twitter became a powerful social networking tool for both …

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Why Activism Is Important in The Community Today

Being active within the community does not only benefit the surroundings you live in but internally as well. Having a vocal and persistant voice can dramatically influence the cause that you are fighting for, i.e. AIDS/HIV awareness, Women’s Reproductive Health, …

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Where Do We Go From Here?

As we near the end the semester, the same questions run through all our minds; what do I do next; how many classes do I need to take next; what classes am I taking next; who do I talk to …

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The “talking phase” of relationships

As society continues to develop with the advancement of technology and the circulation of trends, have relationships begun to change as well? Now days I am beginning to see fewer and fewer couples and more people that are in the …

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Effects of Technology in Our World Today and Tomorrow

This year has been a time of great innovation, technological progress, and discovery. Not only have we developed new, simpler, and more efficient ways to live our lives, but we have done so with environmentally sound technology. Now more than …

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The Benefits of Collaborative Learning

Many students sign up for online classes out of convenience.  If the class is online that means we can do it on our own time.  We do not have to wake up early.  We do not have to drive to …

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What Technology has Taught Me… and Bought Me!

When examining technology in my life, I have come to realize a few things. And these realizations, especially throughout this semester, have shaped a new and interesting viewpoint of how I use and am used by technology.

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Trending Worldwide: Have You #Hashtagged Today?

The world that we currently live in is currently changing. It doesn’t matter if you are a right or left brain thinker or if you live in the United States or across the ocean somewhere, we all have things in …

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Review of the Class and How Technology Allowed Me to take this Course

This is my last blog of the year! I have to admit I thought I would hate doing these blogs, but I actually really liked them. They allowed me to write about what I read in the book and I …

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Is it even more of a tragedy when it is familiar to you?

So as we all know, there was a recent tragedy at the Boston Marathon. A very sad day for many innocent people in the world. Well I just so happened to have three friends at the marathon. As it would …

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