bimetric system

1- define biometrics:a mrhod base on identifiing intdividuals based on biological prperties.
2- list and explain a use of a biometrics system in each area of impact.
3- explain how one type of biometric system works. technolgy scans a body part t match a prevously saveed data already stored. vocie reconnition, finger scan,retan scan
3- who approves/disapproves of the use of biometrics? places like shell, banks, law enforscemet and even disney use bimetric scanners. ppl who diaprove are
4- explain 3 concerns regarding the use of the biometrics system.: a lack of prpoer standders lack in the bometric industry, many manerfacturererstechnolgies are not interchangeable. must be fair.
5- explain 3 advantages to using the biometrics system. more accurate asments for emplyee behaviors and needs. also god for sucurity reasons, also a convenice for customers and empolees.
6- what is the benefit of using biometrics as shown in the last clip?
The benifit is that advatisers can persnoalize thier thier ads, by scanning eye retna and identifying the person.

biometrics artcl.

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7. laser printer and other non-impact printers print much faster than impact printers. the print is also clearer. the other ones are noisy and are best for printing documents with just charters on them. also ink jet printers are non-impact and spray the paint as opposed to the impact printers which prints out a series of lines.

8. Storage devices can work as both an input and output devise. For example tape drives, they can write data onto and read data off of a magnetic strip on the tape. these devises are also called secondary devises, a primary device is a ROM.

9. sequential access memory can only access the memory in the order in which it was recorded. it can retrieve information in the middle of the recording without going thru the whole tape. while the RAM can. the RAM is used in everyday computing while we use sequential memory is used for backing up data or other operations that aren't time consuming.

internet flash card...

data: information in a form that can be read, used, and manipulated by a computer.

information: anything that can be communitcated.

processing: an activitvy that manipulates and organizes inoformation in ways that add value hard disk,

disk drive: a rigid magnettically sensitive disk that spins rapidly and continuosly inside the computer chassis or in a sperate box attached to the computer houseing. used as A storage. storage: Long term repository for Data. Disks and Tapes are examples. - primary:a computers main memoery

--secondary:the catorgory of computer storage found in periphials such as topes or disk drives.

optical disk drive, USB: these are all plugged nito the computers ports and and has data trasmitted from computer to one of these devices. compatibility, interface standards,

random access: storage method that allows information retrieval without regard to the order in which it was recorded.

RFID:a devuse that when energizzed by a nearby RFID reader, broadcasts information to the reader for input into a computer.

OCR: softwerar that locate sand identifies printed vcharcters embedded in images.

OMR:

bar code:

MFP:

sound card:a circit bored that allows the PC to accept microhpnes input plays music and sound thru speackers headphones and processs it .

CRT; LCD: difrrent trypes of moniotors. CTR: Cathode-ray tube LCD: liquid crystal

resolution dpi: Density of pixals measured by the number of dots per inch.

pixel:A pitcure elemet on a computer screeen or print out (dot).

baud :

sensors :a devise that eenables digital machines to monitor a phsical quality of the analog world such as temp. humididty, or pressure to provode data in robocis , and other apps.

voice input, speech recognition: the idendtifation of spoken words and sentences by a computer making iit poosible for voice input to be reconized and converted into text files.

ergonomics, repetative-stress injuries : ergonoamics is the scince of fdesigning work envornmets that enable pepople and things to interact efficently and safly. and Repetative streess injurys is a result from doing someithng too much, like typnig on the key bored constantly can lead to wrist injurys.

digitize, scanners, digital cameras, vector graphics : a scanner takes a hard copy and put it into the computer as a sof copy. digintal cameras capture stills. a vector graphics store pictures as a collection of lines shapes and other objects.

MP3, MIDI (musical Instament Digital Interface) mp3 is the compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of iits original CD size with only slight loss.

Fire wire:

REview Questions

5. They produce high quality images at a variety of resolutions. Also CRT models are harder to steal and are the epitome of what a computer monitor should look like. another advantage to having a CTR monitor is that it acts a a weapon of defense, whereas a LCD monitor is less of threat and will cause less brain damage because it weighs less.

6. laptop, video projector, cameras, cell phones. etcetra etcetra.

HW DEC 23

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Reading Review DEcember 23

- List five input devices and three output devices that might be attached to a PC. Describe a typical use for each:

input:

Mouse:commands and positions the cursor. it also allows for the user to select applications and basically everything on the computer.

key Bord: enters text and numeric data into the computer and projects it on the screen.

joy stick: used in gaming, the joystick controls the cursor. It is a gear shift device.

track ball: similar to a mouse, but the mouse part stays stationary while you move a ball in the center.

Touch screen: it responds to touch, your finger works as a pointer, rather than a mouse. used in PDAs and places like library and Airports.

Output:

Printer: the printer outputs information on the form of paper. its very nifty.

speakers: speakers let out sound files that are on the PC

Monitor: we SEE things from the PC by the monitor.

- Name and describe three special-purpose input devices people commonly use in public places, such as stores, banks, and libraries.

-touch screens: used in libraries airports as directories and in stores for self check out

-Bar code readers: used in stores to scan prices, also in libraries to scare book codes

scanners: used in banks to fax or copy important documents

- Many people find that the mouse is impractical for use as a pointing device on a laptop computer. Describe at least three alternatives that are more appropriate.

-touch pad: these are Usually attached to a Laptop anyway. its more practical for a devise on the go.

touch screen: this will work nicely you can just touch the application that you want on the computer.

graphic tablet: the computer will then be like a notebook which is more practical than a mouse.

CRITERION G!

criterion G: Identifying a problem within a Social Context

the problem here is that There are many talents that are hidden becuse it is not properly displayed. Some talents include Poetry and art. Fadehlah Fattouh a senior at Alarqam has amazing artistic talents and poetic abilities. Socseity will benifit from her peoms, they have deep and wonderful messages that anyone can realte to. the problem of the current, is that only her immeidate family and firends see her talaent, its not dispalyed anywhere. if i were to make her art known, then she can benefit and maybe get some publicity and attention.

Criterion H: Analysis and Feasibility study

the IT Solution here would be to diplay her art on either a blog,web page, or web gallery or video blog. the most efficient and professional would be the web page/gallery, its display is cleaner and more precise than that of a blog. A video blog would probably be of just recitation of poetry, which would be nice but not to the effect of a online gallery. if i were to display these items on the internet, she may give people the URL and her poetry and art will be more known, also people from all around the world would be able to see her poetry if they searched.

lables of CPU

1- is there a significant difference between a pair of glasses and an artificial retina, or between an artificial hip and a lower-extremity exoskeleton?

no there both have always been there in theory for a long time. its always been there but now its is becoming "more organic" by merging it into the body.

2- what are the potential benefits and risks of advanced bionic devices containing embedded microprocessors?
there are many benefits, like help people that have lost their sight, or for people that have lost their hand etc, also in can better human life like make us stronger, or carry heavier things, like the firefighter who can carry a heavier load to save more people etc. it can be a bad thing, of course, if its used in the wrong ways, in violence, and in hate. also it can make us dependant of these sources of strength.

3- if advanced bionic devices are conceivable do you think their development is inevitable?
i think now that its actually possible to create types of machinery, then fore SURE it will be invented, i wont be surprised that in the next couple decades, people will be switching their legs for robotic legs....maybe not that extreme but it will be used!

review Questions page 60

Review Questions:

3) we write it as "123.4" but when the computer sees it they see it as a set of 1's and 0's. this Differs from the usual train of thought, even though we think it seems easier for it to be read as 1234 the computer finds it easier at 10001 or something.

4) because computers can only read the number 1,0. so any other number letter etc cannot be read. this binary system allows to the computer to read the information.

5) because PCs and APPLE computers are built differently, therefore cannot read the same soft wear like the Intel Pentium 4 CPU.

6) it can also be limited by the Architecture of the processor, the design can limit this by the location it has on the chip.

7) internal expansion is used within the computer and external expansion is used when you plug things with information into the computer like a USB or memory chip. wit exanation cards users can customize their computers.

8) multiprocessing is putting multiple CPUs in a single chip. and it speeds up computer, therefore enhancing its performance.

9) RAM-Random Access memery and ROM-Ready only memory. ram is used with temepery files and information is added to it, but when the computer turns off it doesn't save. ROM is set and has information on it, but the computer can only read it and cant add onto it.

10)primary storges are like RAM and ROM and the computers memory. 2ndary storage are storage devices like CDs and hard drives.
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Answer the questions December 8

What are the four basic functions of a computer?
-receive input, process information, produce output, store information

What does CPU stand for?
-Central processing unit

Explain what a bit is.
- a bit (binary digit) is the smallest unit of info and computer can read.

Name two codes used to convert words, etc. into bits.
-one code is known as the ASCII (American Standard Code for information interchange)
-Unicode this one is used to compute different languages as well.

Why is information's stored in some kind of binary format in computers?
-because computers cant understand numbers pictures and words, the computer cant process info without dividing it into smaller units which are known as bits.

the inside of a computer: Notes

YouTube computer Tour:

*7 major components
1)mother bored- every part connects to it
2)CPU (central processing unit)- the brain of computer, runs the soft wear, sits under the fan
3)RAM (random access memory)- holds the data or soft were that your running (speeds it up)
4) video card- creates images that appear on monitor
5) power supply- sits on top of case and supplies the power
6) HARD disk- hold the info even when you turn it off...
7)optical drive- sits in the front it reads CD and DVDs

tech reflect: telacommuting

1- Tech Reflect: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting.

there are many advantages of working from home. i want to be a business owner in the future inshllah, but i also have the responsibility of manning the fort, so it would be nice to own an online business at home, or managing the business at home. that way i don't have to leave all the time, and it will also save time and effort., and not to mention gas money!

but there are many disadvantages of telecommuting, one will start to get lazy, and maybe not take their work as seriously as they would when they have to do things face to face. All working form home is very limited and you have a limited amount of clientele.

it all matters on what the profession is and if there are many outlets to it online, but i do prefer the old fashion way, and that is face to face.
also telecommuting can be a threat to security and privacy, because you don't know who is watching your online conference, or who has access to your email and info, but working online also gives equality of access because since its online anyone around the world can access it, while if it was face to face only a limited amount of people can access you.

the lables of a computer

this is the labels of a computer. enjoy.

tuesday Nov, 10!

hello blog long time no see!

Discussion Questions, p. 420 #4, 6, 11-13

4) Interestingly enough technology has been replacing jobs of workers since the stat of the industrial revolution, this is nothing new. Yes, this particular jobs at the sweatshops will be lost, but new jobs will arise, like the jobs at the places were those machines are being built, and people who repair these machines. the grand total of jobs being lost is not many due to the fact that more jobs will arise. Also its of the benefit of the worker, sweatshops (especially in other countries outside the U.S) have bad working conditions and therefore replacing the people with machines will take them OUT of this bad enviornment make this switch better for the society as an individual and as a whole.

6) Socrates has an interesting theory, when i say interesting i mean completely far fetched, i believe that he said that because HE himself was illiterate and wanted in some way to justify it. Being illiterate is one thing, using the computer is another. Computers are here for out benefit, and they in no way WEAKEN the child's mind, that's not to say that it doesn't weaken their spelling skills or penmanship. i think that yes maybe now children are becoming TOO dependant on computers to do simple tasks and calculators in particular, but i don't feel that they should be eradicated because there are there to fix basic human error so we can better ourselves and our work.
11) The use of the computer in school and education is a new thing. for me, its relatively new, just recently (the start of high school) have i been using the computer for school work. before a lot of my work was hand written, and research was done at the library. but i still think that the Internet and the computers are still very useful resources and we should take advantage of them, we may be weakening in some skills but increasing abilities in others.

12) one of the amazing things of computers is its acicability to virtually every country and state in the world. which makes it much easier to contact family living in a different state or country.it connects the family in that way yet separates them in another, you see a lot of people namely children have grown an unhealthy attachment to the computer, they seem to always bee on it, so it sort of breaks the ties of the family. so in that way its bad.

13) creativity isn't "Created" per say, rather its a nature of the artist. a computer wont make anyone more creative then they already are, it might bring out a different creative light, but it doesn't MAKE them more creative. Its not the paint brush and canvas that make a painter "creative" but rather its his artistic touch. the same goes for computers, its not the creative software that makes people "Creative" its their own artistic flair.

1- TechReflect: Imagine you were asleep for a thousand years and suddenly woke up in this technological age. What are some things that can help you get up-to-date with using technology?

First of all I would probably really freaked out by the technological advances of today, just looking at what they had back then and what they have now its just astounding! The cars the buildings the computers the means of communication, everything! After I get over all these advances, I would first probably ask someone what’s going on, and ask how to use everything (that is if they know the language). Basically there is no primary technology that I can refer to help me understand the advances because there was no form of technology back then. Another way would be pure observation, I would observe the people around me and pick up on the ways of using things. Basically I would adapt tot the society threw “merging” with the society.

2- Read p.383-4. What inspired Alan Kay? What did he accomplish?

he built many micro computers, made the standard "btrimapped screen" with icons that display on the Windows in which we use today. came up with "paint" and interactive activities. Developed Macintosh. it seems that his inspiration is the children and making a better and "Funner" world for the future children.

a-Do you think educational games are good ways for students to learn in schools? Give examples that support your arguments.
i think that its REALLY important for kids to have interactive games, its a diffrent way to learn something, and it encourages kids to learn. not only that it gets kids excited about to doing classwork and they remember the stuff more easily. for example there is Mavis beacon, sometimes it has games which helps you type faster, and scrabble is a fun spelling games that helps you exercise your vocabulary as well has have fun =]

review qestions:

Review:
1- Write the URL for your blog.
http://themagicaltechblogofnawalhassouneh.blogspot.com/

2- What is a domain? Where does it appear in the URL?
ex: .com, .edu.... appears at the end

3- What is Boolean logic? How can you use it to find a passage of Beowulf in Old English?
by using words in cap locks like "AND" & "-"(minus) to include or narrow your search, so for Beowulf, you might type Beowulf AND old English - Viking history

4- How is using the search engine helpful in different classes? Math? Arabic?
there are many .edu sites that have very helpful math information, and also you may type information in Arabic and it will search it for you, also there are many Arabic search engines for example "yamli.com" for Arabic. also you can search up Arabic translation helps.

5- What is the purpose of a network server?
a network server is a computer that manages network traffic.
6- Pros and cons of USB drives?
Pro: it can help people store information for projects, you can search information easily.
cons: it can crash, it can get get stolen endangering your intellectual property.

pod cast comparison

Pod cast1: this pod cast was about weddings, and in the pod cast the host interviews another lady and asks her about her wedding. She asks her many questions about how she met her husband and how he purposed etc. but basically it was a really long interview, similar to what they do on the radio.

Pod cast 2: this podcast is about politics but put a "fun twist" to it, its a political/comedy podcast. it is composed of intro music/title, first topic and discussion, 2nd topic picked from audience(viewers) and last is the "comment & question" where someone posts a question and people answer in with a creative answer and the "best" get put in the next show.

friday Review: questions

1- Why is file compression important on the Internet?
its the process of storing or compressing the size of a file so there is space to old other files, and you only bring it out when you need it. therefore it makes you computer able to go to any site. rather than a certain few that can "fit" in your computer's hard drive.

2- What new services are available as a result of the commercialization of the Internet? What new problems are arising as a result of that commercialization?
new things like online shopping come from the commercialization, also many networking sites and a lot of the Internet is ".com". a majority of people use ".com" sites. but it can also be a bad thing, because it can create new crime.

3- Residents of the People’s Republic of China can have their Internet access blocked for a period of time if they attempt to access banned sites. Do you feel this is an effective way for the Chinese government to control people’s behavior on the Internet?
honestly, there is no point to block certain sites because they will attempt to get on it someway or another, but i personally think bad sites SHOULD be blocked, and stopping their Internet access will serve as a reminder not to try it again. It is similar to the way a parent handles their child, you punish them for doing something wrong, and next time they think about doing it again they think of the punishment and refrain from it.

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Explain how and why the Internet was created:
a net work for the invention of the Internet was called ARPANET. they successfully sent the first message via computer, from UCLA to Doug Engelbart's in Standford. it was really to be used in war, but later spread.
how: it is a mesh of networks, so computers can communicate.

Describe the technology that’s at the heart of the Internet.
Internet protocols is like the "language" of the Internet ex" hhtp, Html etc. It allows all networks on the internet to communicate. they have "routers" wich helps determine were the transmitions go.

Describe the technology that makes the Web work as a multimedia mass medium.
the acsess that everyone has to the internet. all the networks are connected and so many people use it. the internet doesnt have any bounderies. also the creation of email adresses and other web adresses like .com, .edu, .net ETC.

Discuss the tools people use to build Web sites.
note pad and web prtocols like (HTTP, HTML) . also some poelpe use prgroams that automatically convert these, like microsoft word, power point ETC.

Discuss the trends that are changing the Internet and the way people use it
downlauding video, uplouding video, animation, and personal sites like facebook and others. they will change the way we use internet becuse its is drasically advancing the internet as we konw it.

Discuss some of the most important social and political issues raised by the growth of the Internet.
Describe various ways that governments restrict access to the Internet.

oct 7

Boolean logic:
its is used in search engines that help specify a certain topic. for example you want to look Indian culture, but you wank to make sure its not "American Indians (native Americans), so you specify that, and it wont come up in the search engine.

RSS is very simple: hence the name really simple syndication. we use it every time we write on our blog. its where all the updates of certain pages comes to you instantly. WE use it all the times, be it on face book, or my blogger. 2 examples are Face book, and myspace. and yes anyone can use it, its really for the benefit of the user, and is not meant to be difficult.

regaurding the html sites:
it was fairly easy except i couldnt get a picture on there,
so i just disreagaurded it.
i didnt get how to do it on microsoft....
so i didnt.

TECNO-OLO-GY!!!

1- Research different technologically-advanced schools and the technology that is out there for schools.

the lake walsh school district is becoming one of the most technologically advance schools in the U.S. even 5 year old are using computers. there is one computer for every 4 students, and it helps because it gives then a different way of learning. some ways other schools have become technologically advanced is teachers are now using blogs, and most students in collage and university are required to send their work, and virtually all U.S colleges/universities require your work to be typed on a computer. some teachers incorporate a class with computer skills ex: math and Microsoft Excel. a k-8 school in Canada is the one of the most technically advanced schools there :

"My goal last year was to have a SMART Board [an interactive whiteboard connected to a computer] in every classroom, and I attained it," says principal Peter MacDonald. "We've got video conferencing centres, two giant screens in our gymnasium and we're putting a video conference drop in every classroom. We're hoping to interact with other schools around the world."

my wish list:

• automatic projectors


• automatic windows


• automatic doors


• laptops for students


• books on portable players so every student will have one tablet so they don't have to carry around heavy textbooks

review October 2, 09

What do email addresses and URLs have in common? (p.310)

they are actually very similar . the thing that they have in common is that they both use domain namings to function. A web URL specifies the IP address of the website, while the email address the domain mane is used to pinpoint computer that it has to be sent to.

REVIEW!!! october 1, oh nine.

a) How does the type of Internet connection influence the things you can do on the internet?

belive it or not the type of internet connection greaty effects the things you do on the internet. there are many types of internet conenctions. there is dial up, satilite internet connection, and DSL. Dial up being the slowest connction and dsl and cable modem service being the fastest. First of all not everyone has access to DSL internet, such as places in the farms and in away from the city. speecking as one who eperenced dial up and DSL, DSL is way better. you can do so much more in much less time. with the slowness of dial up, your only inclined to do the nessesities liek checking your email, or using it for a reaserch paper (mostly becuse you get frusterated with it and only use it when nessasary). With DSL, its a whole diffrent story, you end up surfing the web join online communites such as facebook and you jsut spend much more time online.

b) Choose 2 areas of impact to discuss 1-2 (in total 3) social & ethical issues related to internet connections.

Areas of impact:
1) art, entertainment, and leisure
2) education
social and ethical issues:
->globalization and cultureal diversity
->eqaulity of access

1) ->art entertainment and leisure and globalization and cultureal diversity:
the world of the arts has incresed tenfold wit hthe creation of the internet, as a matter of fact whole new types of arts were created with the progression of the internet. peope from the UK can see videos done by people in saudi arabia and so on. the world on the internet is huge. youtube is a great way to expand the art and leisure as well as seeing it from other types of people. for example ive seen entertinment and the culture of new yorkens, and learned something that i wouldnt have lerned other wise, and i konw that someone form some other country watched the same thing. Aslo people from other countires can buy online art from other coutries, like paintings. new shows from other countries have been nitroduced with the web, and therfore we get experence a whole new culture.
-> art entertainment and leisure and eqality of access:
the bueaty of the internet is that everyone that has the internet can see the same thing that im seeing, where ver you are in the world. everone has this cetain right on the internet to express opnions on bloggs ect., which some cant even do outside the internet.

2) ->education and globalization:
there is so much that we learn from the internet about other cultures, and the wonderful thing about it is that its unbias. before, when americans learned about africa, they had and handful of textbooks about africa from the prespective of an American, it might have some facts but he can alos put his own opnion in there as well. now with the internet you can learn about afica from a person that actully lives in Africa, and then you can comparre and contrast and come to your own conclusion. also we can apply to diffrent univerities all around the world, where as before you would really konw od these universities.
->education and equality of access:
because of the Internet, we can see all the different universities, from other counties and everyone can apply, well mostly everyone. everyone can rad the same article on google and so on. the Internet has made education very accessible to everyone.

review wend. sep 30

a) Why is it hard to determine how big the Internet is today? Give several reasons.

the Internet is so huge, and they re are so many URLs and sites that its almost impossible to know the amount of sites. its like a whole other world. first of all you cant track how many people have email because they don't always use the computer with the same IP address.

b) Why are TCP/IP protocols so important to the functioning of the Internet? What do they do?
when sending things, the computer sending something searches for the other computers IP address, hence the loading signal that we get while waiting for something to send. These addresses are the only thing that keep the Internet from functioning, so they are vital. there wouldn't even be an Internet with out it. other wise you would just be stuck on the same page forever.

sep 29, HW

list of sites:

1) movies.net
2)blogger.com
3)www.voicesofpalestine.org
4)UCD.edu
5)facebook.com
6)islamworld.net
7)www.ca.gov
8)www.nic.us
9)yahoo.com
10)www.allah.org
11)www.whitehouse.gov
12)www.netmag.co.uk
13)www.asp.net
14)http://www.dosomething.org
15)www.vivapalestina-us.org
16)youtube.com
17)google.com
18)www.AcademyArt.edu
19)www.happyhippie.com
20)www.afghan-web.com

poster

discussion qestions

1. the knowledge that he is referring to is knowladge that you put on the Internet, or knowledge you invest in the digital age because it would always be "saved". and it wont wear out because its all around the world.

2. to make a dent in your profession you have to devote a lot of your life to getting to REALLY know your profession and understanding. in order to understand you must devote alot of your time to your undergraduate and really get involved in it. get out of the routine. do this by posting blogs about your profession.

MULIPLE CHOICE!

1) c
2) d
3) d
4) a
5) c
6) b
7)d
8) b
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11)e
12)a
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The diffrences and inevidable.

a Main frame computer is a room sided computer that is used for big organizations that need that kind of computer power, like Airlines, banks and bog organizations. before they used to be these huge room sized computers, now there about the size of a refrigerator, because of new technology. there not that cheap though, they can cost up to 1 million dollars, there pretty sensitive because they are kept in climate controlled rooms.

A microcomputer is pretty much a PC (personal computer). A PC is the computer that the average person has. they can be desktops laptops or workstations. thought a lot of desktops can be huge, they are MUCH smaller than a main frame computer, but also have WAY less memory. there also Much MUCH cheaper, you can get a working laptop or desktop for about 400$. and can be kept anywhere in the house, not in a "climate controlled room".

tech reflect Sep.2

1-obviously many things influenced the start of the computer. first of all the word computer was fist used to describe a person that preformed calculations. but of course humans make many mistakes so 2 British guys imagined the construction of a mechanical devise that can do all this computing without the mistakes. and then 100 and some odd years later the computer was born for the same reason.

*the automobile and the television were very influential inventions.

Lets start off with the Automobile, and that's not only the car, its the train others. The invention of the car lead to so many other wonderful inventions like the airplane and the motor boat. These help people in an unfathomable way, not only do they get to travel to new places and learn new things, but it makes for a more diverse and culturally aware world. it makes traveling safer, and faster, and with the invention you can get more stuff done in less time. one negative aspect is the fact that life moves at a faster pace and you get lazy and dependant on automobiles, but i believe that the benefits outweigh the harms, because though we become dependent it changed the world in a positive way, and its the humans choice wither they want to be lazy about it or not.

next is the television. The television in my opinion is equally positive and negative. Its positives are, that the T.V has many souses of news and educational programs which has helped educate the common folk that wouldn't necessarily pick up a book or news paper to read the current events or other info, and not only that but we can get news from across the world within a couple of minutes. another is it serves as a way of relaxation (when used properly). the negatives are that people can spend way to much time watching tv, watching useless programs and just become lazy, another is that is becomes some peoples only souse of information and alot of the times the TV new programs can be really bias. many Americans revolve their lives around TV, which is very unhealthy. The tv is a wonderful invention when used properly but when not, it can be a very dangerous and negative invention.

lastly there is the Computer. Like the others in connects to you the rest of the world and makes a stronger global society.it can be a good souse of information. the negative much like the others in the laziness factor. but i defiantly say the computer is a better inveton and its pro's defiantly outweigh the con's.

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techno article.

How Science Can Create Millions of New Jobs
Reigniting basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model and put Americans back to work

Name an industry that can produce 1 million new, high-paying jobs over the next three years. You can't, because there isn't one. And that's the problem.
America needs good jobs, soon. We need 6.7 million just to replace losses from the current recession, then an additional 10 million to keep up with population growth and to spark demand over the next decade. In the 1990s the U.S. economy created a net 22 million jobs, or 2.2 million a year. But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. The pipeline is dry because the U.S. business model is broken. Our growth engine has run out of a key fuel—basic research.
The U.S. infrastructure for scientific innovation has historically consisted of a loose public-private partnership. It included legendary institutions such as Bell Labs, RCA Labs, Xerox (XRX) PARC, and the research operations of IBM (IBM), along with NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and others. In each of these organizations, programs with clear commercial potential were supported alongside pure research. There was ample corporate and venture capital funding for commercialization, so the labs were able to make enormous contributions to science, technology, and the economy—including the creation of millions of high-paying jobs.
Consider a few milestones from Bell Labs: Fax transmission, long-distance television transmission, photovoltaic solar cells, the transistor, the UNIX operating system, and cellular telephony. Each of these innovations laid the groundwork for vibrant new industries. The transistor alone is the building block for computers, consumer electronics, telecom systems, high-tech medical devices, and much more. Likewise, DARPA's creation of the Internet (as ARPAnet) in 1969 and Xerox PARC's development of Ethernet and the graphical user interface (GUI) set the stage for the PC revolution. These basic research breakthroughs unleashed cycles of applied innovation that created entirely new sectors of our economy.
But since the 1990s, funding for basic research has slowly declined. Bell Labs had 30,000 employees as recently as 2001; today (under current owner Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)) it has 1,000. That's symbolic and symptomatic of the broken link in the U.S. business model. With upstream invention and discovery drying up, innovations capable of generating an industry have thinned to a trickle.
It's tempting to ascribe current job losses in the U.S. to the deep recession or to outsourcing, but the root of the problem is the absence of high-value job creation. We have been through three recessions since 1981, not including the current economic meltdown. Throughout those years, U.S. companies have engaged in aggressive outsourcing, yet the economy bounced back from each downturn with a new blockbuster industry or two. Eventually we will emerge from the current recession, but don't expect to see the same kind of job-creating vigor this time around.
In the past, when the U.S. exported high-paying jobs to low-wage countries, we replaced them with even greater numbers of high-paying jobs in industries whose inception could be traced back to science done decades earlier. The PC, Internet, and cellular industries, born in the 1980s and 1990s, more than offset the loss of high-paying jobs in consumer electronics, steel, and other sectors. But in recent years, outsourced software and manufacturing jobs have largely been replaced by millions of low-wage service jobs in fast-food, retail, and the like.
Compounding the effects of outsourcing and extended recession, the ongoing destruction of old business models (think print journalism, the music business, and landline telephones) will slash a large number of high-value jobs in the coming decade. The result? A broken demand structure. Of the roughly 130 million jobs in the U.S., only 20%, or 26 million, pay more than $60,000 a year. The other 80% pay an average of $33,000. That ratio is not a good foundation for a strong middle class and a prosperous society. It's time to identify—and fix—the root of the problem.

tech. article

Advances in Student Access to Technology and Online Resources.
by David R. Erickson

Ratios of students to computers and numbers of schools with Internet access continue to change almost exponentially as education agencies invest in learning technologies. For instance, last year, Maine provided every seventh- and eighth-grade student an Apple iBook to use through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Also, the Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG) program, having a goal to increase student access to technology, encourages participants to focus on innovative ways to use technology rather than just placing more computers in the classroom. This article shares some of the TICG program's successes in advancing student access through innovative technology uses.
Online Student Resources
The Montana TALES (Technology and Learning in Every School) project (www.soe.umt.edu/ders/tales) encourages educators and students to tell multimedia digital stories. Using a constructivist framework, learners create personal and meaningful tales about the traditions, customs, beliefs and legends of Montana through multimedia software such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple iMovie and Adobe Premiere. This same philosophy of learning is shared by most of the TICG projects.
NatureShift! (www.natureshift. org), a partnership between Dakota Science Center and Grand Forks Public Schools, developed a comprehensive digital library of resources, hands-on activities and Web links for students through interdisciplinary online modules covering science, history and culture. The site's major areas include NatureShift! for Kids; NatureShift! Cafe; Robot Lab; History Lab; environmental investigations, resources and activities with Ranger Rosie; astronomy-related adventures in Dakota Skies; and Wounded Hawk, which offers a Native American Survival Challenge. These interactive Web pages build upon necessary components of WebQuests. They also provide links to reviewed educational sites and tasks for students to undertake in an investigative, problem-solving environment.
Rural areas face a lack of access to resources, including fewer course offerings and limited arts and museum facilities. The BorderLink Project (www.borderlink.org) tackled these inequities, which limit future college opportunities, by providing videoconferencing courses in AP chemistry and music appreciation (among others) as well as developing a 3-D Web site, LinkWorld (www.borderlink.org/linkworld.html). Here, students and teachers move about the virtual world as avatars, communicating through chat functions and creating virtual art shows. For example, students' paintings were viewed and discussed by other student artists and visitors from the United States and Europe at a recent Cubist painting show. In addition, for Cinco de Mayo, pupils met the historical characters from the original events as played by current students who researched those roles.
CyberCampuses, multimedia computer labs with videoconferencing and TV studios, are one of the products offered by the Education Future NOW Project (www.dlt.ncssm.edu/now) at The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. These Cyber Campuses allow students and teachers to collaborate on learning to use education technology. Students, organized in SWAT (students working to advance technology) teams, take an active role in mentoring other students and teachers, managing videoconferences, creating video productions, and developing animated Web sites. Students also become active participants in the development of technology resources and skills.
Conclusion
Innovation is key to meaningful change. Putting students in positions of active involvement in their learning through well-planned instructional investigations, either online or by making significant new uses of technology, is at the heart of a transformative technology approach to education.
David R. Erickson is a research associate professor for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Montana-Missoula. He has been involved in teaching middle school, high school, and college mathematics and computer science for 30 years. Erickson has also spent 13 years preparing future teachers and working with in-service teachers. E-mail: David. Erickson@mso.umt.edu
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how do i feel about Computers?

i cant begin to explain how beneficial the computer and technology is to me, but i must say there are negative aspects as well. i will start with the benefits of computers. computers help people in many ways, they serve as a guide to many people and to others its even a means of income! Computers serve as a way to learn new things, (research and articles) and expressing your opinion as stated in the Constitution, so i guess if you have a computer your patriotic. but they can be negative because people then become lazy, they become too dependant on the computer and don't use any other resource. Technology is absolutely beneficial, i cant find one negative thing in it other than maybe humans dependency on them, which is not so much a bad thing since its OK to be dependant on certain things. but the pros outweigh the cons.

the ITGS traigle approch

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section 2: a social context
the smart bored helps students interact rather than just observe.



Section 1: social and ethical issues
by exposing the smart bored to the students it gives them another way to learn which makes them a well rounded individual.


section 3: Area of impact
education. The smart bored helps with education in a number of ways. it helps improve the learning process and helps with the education process.

Networking

many people use the Internet for networking, some examples of sites are:
1.Facebook
2.Myspace
3.Twitter
4. AIM
5. Geocites
just to name a few.

Authenticity: Facebook
Facebook has many security settings to ensure that the users are authentic and that everyone is safe. Authenticity ensures the safety of the user, so they feel comfortable using the site.
facebook is well known through out the world therefore has to authentic, there was nothing quite like it other than myspace, which by then had already accumulated a sour reputation.

Death star

Intellectual Property
the Death star in all its glory, will have to get a patents because of how original it is. but they dont have to get patents because they have siths to protect it. the Deathstar has amazing Software that only deathstar can have, They discovered how how to use technology to thier advantage and create a huge space station. It would be hard to duplicate, but if anyone everwanted to, they would be pretty wealthy for haveing such a station. If they want to keep the good, or rather evil, name of "death star" they should get a patent to protect it. if not Anikin or Princess leia would harness this technology to make one similar.

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list several ways you interact with computers in your daily life:



Computers are a major component in my life. it is a significant source of entertainment and communication. Also now that I'm in school, I'm on the computer more often due to ITGS. i keep fairly entertained on the computer. i go on networking sites such as Facebook, and use my email to talk to people for other cities, states and even countries. the computer is very important when it comes to school because most classes require me to type and print out homework assiments. also i use the Internet for research for school. when looking for news i go to the computer. my life would be very different without the computer.