Archive forApril, 2010

  I have not been up-to-date with technology until recently.  I actually bought my first Smart Phone  only a couple weeks ago.  My friend’s on the other hand, have had a BlackBerry for quite a long time.  While walking to class with them, it is not uncommon if they are text and talking on the phone.  For this [...]

Throughout the semester dozens, if not hundreds, of different topics were discussed in class.  That leaves many possible options for assignment #12; searching and discussing one issue on Wikipedia.  With so many choices, it almost makes it more difficult to choose.  I wanted to do a topic that nearly everybody is familiar with; I was [...]

Assignment #11

April 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

   STUDENTS 10 YEARS AGO     With the change in technology and the increase of speed in which we get the news, this generation is leaps and bounds more informed than 10 years ago; however, it’s not always a good thing ( I will talk about shortly).  As Fenton discussed, the Internet has made it possible [...]

The material was a video clip from the 2010 Winter Olympics. The footage was first (B) “posted and available” at CBS.com, which I was very surprised about. But, after much controversy and backlash, the video was then (A). “removed from the site.” If you watched the Olympics or any of the major news networks during [...]

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