Category Archives: Science and Technology

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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. Technology has taught me … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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An evolution of warfare

The atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb, chemical warfare and drones: What do they have in common? They are thought to be some of the deadliest forms of warfare or weapons used in it. One of the main differences between them … Continue reading

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A Touchscreen Phone Made My Grandma Cry.

After reading “Generational Myth” By Siva Vaidhyanathan, I’d have to say that I disagree with his unique perspective on the true extent to which students today are actually technologically savvy. I disagree because technology is embedded in our everyday lives. … Continue reading

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Your Avatar and You: Self Expression via Virtual Worlds

 In today’s society, sightings of diversity and freedom of expression are far from few. How we dress, act, speak and behave are all personal adaptations that we have made in order to become our ideal selves. Individuality may be formed … Continue reading

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Old Methods, New Tools: The Generational Technology Gap and What It Means

The rise in social media and related Internet technologies has created a gap between the pre-Internet generations and the tech-savvy youth that have utilized the Internet or computer technology since their early years. While pre-Internet generations have certainly adapted to … Continue reading

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