My article titles "I'm in your google docs reading your spreadsheets" is concentrated on how your most important documents can get sent to the wrong people easily. This article explains all about how one wrong key stroke can send the highest valued information to an inocent or wrong doing person that can use to their advantage. I think the iternet and electron age is a great tool for all, but it can be dangerous. If you are only communicating breifly with a friend, or sharing a joke with a co-worker, you could possible get yourself in trouble. Technology is great, but it could land you in trouble with the law, give people valuable information that they can capitalize on, get you r fired or who know what else. If you are using technology, it is very wise to take your time and review whaere it is going before you send it.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467106.ece This article is about chips in passports. It is an article to make you think about your privacy and constitutional rights. Many US states have rallied against chipping in driver's licenses. Are you ready to say no and understand why?
The article titled “Check out the library’s high tech tools” is a simple overview of how easy it is to access information that was previously only available at a library. In today’s world you can access journals, articles and books with a few keystrokes rather then trekking to the library. When I first started college professors wanted all papers to have documentation from highly acclaimed articles and journals and I would have to go to the library, find them and read them there since you were not allowed to remove them from the building. Today with the internet I can easily access thousands of journals and articles through public and school libraries. This is a great tool since it provides accredited information at the click of a button. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/28/check_out_the_librarys_high_tech_tools/
My article, "Comcast to Place Cap on Interent Downloads" discusses the statement Comcast put out this week. Comcast is putting a 250 gigabite limit on residentual users. This limit is about 100x typical usage and is equal to 62500 songs and 125 movies. The average customer only uses 2-3 gigabites per month. Comcast say this limit is not Internet metering but metering should not be ruled out for the future. Before now, Comcast has never specially defined excessive video use. Comcast says they are trying to ensure fair access to the network for everyone. Video and video gaming rquire a much higher amount of bandwidth. However a usage cap may turn people off to buying/viewing online videos. Customers do not want restrictions and feel that since the vast majoirty of customers do not come anywhere near the cap, companies like Comcast should go after the big users. This is Comcast's way of enforcing a long standing policy that was never enforced in the past. If consumers do not feel they are being treated fairly by Comcast, they should switch to another cable TV or telephone provider. Overload of usage is only going to get worse so companies will have to find a way to deal with it. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/technology/30comcast.html?ref=technology
In response to Heather's article, I don't agree with chips in passports or drivers license. I don't like the idea of being tracked everywhere I go. PA already has a system for telling if drivers license's are real or fake.
I agree with Laura's blog. I never really liked going to the library for research and figuring out the card catalog. The Internet is so useful and powerful with so much information at a moments notice.
Comment on Laura's Blog: I read the article and it's another interesting twist to the limitations of the Ipod too. I'm glad the library is so available, however I hope it does not decrease the usefulnness of the building. I think it is still important for a young mind to understand the serentiy of a good book and the imagination.
Comment on Scott's Blog: Yikes! I read the blogs on your articles site too and I don't know much about Gmail but, I know I don't want it! I'm perplexed by people sending sensitive info so nonchalant. It conjours easy access for corporate spies and blackmail. Some things are still best done the old fashioned way.
To Comment on Scotts Blog: I agree that information being passed over the internet is a risky move no matter who you are. I think people need to monitor what they are doing on the computers before anything gets them into trouble.
Comment on Heather's Blog: I agree that the idea of chips in passports and drivers licenses are a bit excesive. I think it is an invasion of privacy, but I can also see a FEW positives for the program. This reminds me of how easily someone can track you if you are using and/or carrying a cell phone..just a thought
This article highlights Maine’s $90 million effort to provide all middle school students with computer, software, and technical support. Positive feedback regarding this initiative from teachers include greater ability to make lessons more personal to students, to provide more realistic and in-depth studies. It also provides an increased ability by student to multitask and express their thoughts, a better understanding of collaboration, collection of pertinent data and original ideas. Proponents confirm this program equals the learning field for all students and breaks economic barriers that existed previously for disadvantaged students. Glitches include teachers lack of computer knowledge, cheating and viewing inappropriate sites by students, and a failure to measure whether student test scores have improved. I strongly support this initiative as a successful step towards preparing our students for their future. They will benefit with more marketable skills as they enter the world of work and be better prepared for the technological tools required in higher education. Technology in learning is not a luxury it is a necessity and I commend Maine’s effort.
Laura’s article, Check with the Libraries High Tech Tools, speaks to technological advances increasing the opportunity for readers to access the massive amount of literature and reference material online for research. This step forward is necessary in our fast paced, global society. Every opportunity to make available this wealth of information via internet helps us in meeting the demands on our time and resources. It is a terrific step forward.
Scott’s article re: Google Docs Reading your Spreadsheet, reminds me of the old adage “there’s a time and place for everything”! As our work and personal lives become immersed into one, however, it gets much more difficult to keep business and personal communication separate. Businesses bear the responsibility for ownership of what comes across their website and a Code of Ethics helps but it is not foolproof. I do not want to lose the wonderful advances made possible by technology but controls are very important, both personally and for our businesses.
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My article titles "I'm in your google docs reading your spreadsheets" is concentrated on how your most important documents can get sent to the wrong people easily. This article explains all about how one wrong key stroke can send the highest valued information to an inocent or wrong doing person that can use to their advantage.
I think the iternet and electron age is a great tool for all, but it can be dangerous. If you are only communicating breifly with a friend, or sharing a joke with a co-worker, you could possible get yourself in trouble. Technology is great, but it could land you in trouble with the law, give people valuable information that they can capitalize on, get you r fired or who know what else. If you are using technology, it is very wise to take your time and review whaere it is going before you send it.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/im-in-your-google-docs-reading-your-spreadsheets/index.html?ref=technology
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467106.ece
This article is about chips in passports. It is an article to make you think about your privacy and constitutional rights. Many US states have rallied against chipping in driver's licenses. Are you ready to say no and understand why?
The article titled “Check out the library’s high tech tools” is a simple overview of how easy it is to access information that was previously only available at a library. In today’s world you can access journals, articles and books with a few keystrokes rather then trekking to the library. When I first started college professors wanted all papers to have documentation from highly acclaimed articles and journals and I would have to go to the library, find them and read them there since you were not allowed to remove them from the building. Today with the internet I can easily access thousands of journals and articles through public and school libraries. This is a great tool since it provides accredited information at the click of a button. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/28/check_out_the_librarys_high_tech_tools/
I would like to comment to Heather's article. I think chips are a bad idea in drivers our drivers license. We are moving away from our privacy.
In commenting to Laura's article, I agree, the internet has saved us a lot of time searching for information that is now at our fingertips.
My article, "Comcast to Place Cap on Interent Downloads" discusses the statement Comcast put out this week. Comcast is putting a 250 gigabite limit on residentual users. This limit is about 100x typical usage and is equal to 62500 songs and 125 movies. The average customer only uses 2-3 gigabites per month. Comcast say this limit is not Internet metering but metering should not be ruled out for the future. Before now, Comcast has never specially defined excessive video use. Comcast says they are trying to ensure fair access to the network for everyone. Video and video gaming rquire a much higher amount of bandwidth. However a usage cap may turn people off to buying/viewing online videos. Customers do not want restrictions and feel that since the vast majoirty of customers do not come anywhere near the cap, companies like Comcast should go after the big users. This is Comcast's way of enforcing a long standing policy that was never enforced in the past. If consumers do not feel they are being treated fairly by Comcast, they should switch to another cable TV or telephone provider. Overload of usage is only going to get worse so companies will have to find a way to deal with it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/technology/30comcast.html?ref=technology
In response to Heather's article, I don't agree with chips in passports or drivers license. I don't like the idea of being tracked everywhere I go. PA already has a system for telling if drivers license's are real or fake.
I agree with Laura's blog. I never really liked going to the library for research and figuring out the card catalog. The Internet is so useful and powerful with so much information at a moments notice.
Comment on Laura's Blog:
I read the article and it's another interesting twist to the limitations of the Ipod too. I'm glad the library is so available, however I hope it does not decrease the usefulnness of the building. I think it is still important for a young mind to understand the serentiy of a good book and the imagination.
Comment on Scott's Blog:
Yikes! I read the blogs on your articles site too and I don't know much about Gmail but, I know I don't want it! I'm perplexed by people sending sensitive info so nonchalant. It conjours easy access for corporate spies and blackmail. Some things are still best done the old fashioned way.
To Comment on Scotts Blog: I agree that information being passed over the internet is a risky move no matter who you are. I think people need to monitor what they are doing on the computers before anything gets them into trouble.
Comment on Heather's Blog:
I agree that the idea of chips in passports and drivers licenses are a bit excesive. I think it is an invasion of privacy, but I can also see a FEW positives for the program. This reminds me of how easily someone can track you if you are using and/or carrying a cell phone..just a thought
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25782209
In Maine, a laptop for every middle schooler
This article highlights Maine’s $90 million effort to provide all middle school students with computer, software, and technical support. Positive feedback regarding this initiative from teachers include greater ability to make lessons more personal to students, to provide more realistic and in-depth studies. It also provides an increased ability by student to multitask and express their thoughts, a better understanding of collaboration, collection of pertinent data and original ideas. Proponents confirm this program equals the learning field for all students and breaks economic barriers that existed previously for disadvantaged students. Glitches include teachers lack of computer knowledge, cheating and viewing inappropriate sites by students, and a failure to measure whether student test scores have improved.
I strongly support this initiative as a successful step towards preparing our students for their future. They will benefit with more marketable skills as they enter the world of work and be better prepared for the technological tools required in higher education. Technology in learning is not a luxury it is a necessity and I commend Maine’s effort.
Laura’s article, Check with the Libraries High Tech Tools, speaks to technological advances increasing the opportunity for readers to access the massive amount of literature and reference material online for research. This step forward is necessary in our fast paced, global society. Every opportunity to make available this wealth of information via internet helps us in meeting the demands on our time and resources. It is a terrific step forward.
Scott’s article re: Google Docs Reading your Spreadsheet, reminds me of the old adage “there’s a time and place for everything”! As our work and personal lives become immersed into one, however, it gets much more difficult to keep business and personal communication separate. Businesses bear the responsibility for ownership of what comes across their website and a Code of Ethics helps but it is not foolproof. I do not want to lose the wonderful advances made possible by technology but controls are very important, both personally and for our businesses.
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