*FINAL :)*

The video we watched today was very interesting and it opened my eyes to a lot of things that i wasn't concerned about. Google has become a huge company that everybody is using on the daily basis, every search that is being made by anyone is being recorder in their own personal "record" so its really hard to try to get rid of the searches you have made. So you have to be really careful about what you search for because the companies that follow up with all the searches can identify you even if you think you are being sneaky about it. Now when you think about using Google you might want to make sure that you are constantly being careful about what you do and search for on there, as well as the things you post online on any social network because they can affect you down the road. Remember everyone can see what you have down years from now and you wont even know it, jobs tempt to look for certain things like that to find out more personal stuff about you, and making sure that you are not going to affect their company in any way. Finally, i think that America should be more aware of the consequences of adding pictures, advertising, searches, and even the emails sent to someone else can affect you, your whole entire life.

*Music Licensing*

I personally never really knew much about licensing and even the music played on the radio and on TV is licensed, because they dont want to to be sewed by the original artist that created the song. Once you create your own piece of music and write it down on a paper is automatically yours and it can be sent to the copyrights court house to make sure they have it on file and no one can copy right it without any permission. No matter the reason why you need that certain song you always have to make sure you have the right to copy right or use that certain file or you could get in big trouble. Every radio station have to buy a blanket license which allows them to play music in public. You always have to be careful what you use weather is a picture, video, song, or commercial you always have to make sure you have the right to use that certain content or talk to the person who actually owns the content.

*Google Drive Privacy Settings*

Google has officially announced Google Drive, solution that will be a cloud sync and backup services. The service, which gives you 5GB of storage for free, and is available for anyone with a Google account. The Google Drive client, which is currently available for PC, Mac, and Android devices, works similarly to Dropbox: it creates a single folder on your computer that syncs your data with Google's servers and with your other synced devices. But one thing is that if you want to upgrade your GB you will pay to pay for it. The advantage that Drive has if you've already got documents in Google Docs, they will automatically appear in your Google Drive. Sharing, collaborating, and commenting on files is also built-in, and being able to scan pictures and files into your Google account to be able to share with others.

*Citations*

The 3 websites i used for my citations were EasyBib, Bibme, Sons of Citations, and according to the The owl at Purdue all of them were right. One of the difference about each one is that they had different ways of adding the information into the website so it was able to give you citation on the book i wanted to get a MLA citation from.

*World Wide Web*

I personally think that the whole video was quite correct about everything they talked about, all websites are becoming more and more diverse that the world keeps on creating new accounts wheather they read the information or not, that doesnt seem to really matter to us teenagers, but when it comes to the adults they are the ones that are more worried about whats going on in their privacy settings. Google, youtube, Facebook and Ebay have become the main companies that keep making the web more and more diverce. I personally dont trust Wikipedia, because anyone can just edit the website and i don't think is quite trustworthy to use on research papers.

*Privacy Settings*

I think that most people don't really care about their privacy settings until they are being affected and their personal information is being shared to other websites as well as other people. Me personally i really watch out for my privacy settings, because there has been strangers that look like they are in their 40's trying to add me and send me messages on FB. I got really creeped out so i changed my settings to where only my friends can send me messages on FB and no one can look at my personal information unless they are my friends. Also Fb Settings are a little tricky, you have to be able to know your way around from not letting anyone see your personal information unless they are your friends. The games on FB allow even the people you block from seeing you, as well as being able to see someone else's comments even if they arent your friends. You have to be real careful on who you add on Facebook, it can be really scary if you don't have your Facebook on private.

*Haiku*

*Pinterest, Ever note & Live Binders*

I personally thought that ever note was an extremely awesome website that i could be using when i go to college, since its all about taking notes and being able to understand what information the teacher is presenting to the class. Instead of taking our time to write it down and miss out some information that could've been useful. Also if i had a group assignment we could all share our personal notes on there, which would help a whole lot in case one of us missed out something. On the other hand i found Pinterest useful, it gives out many different ideas about decorating or designing which could help down in the future when working on different projects for school, as well as sharing cool things that you could do personally. Live binders was a cool website that could be used on projects for many different things like bibliographies, research papers, and many other things. This would allow many students to be able to save their findings and also live binders helps you find them for you. Finally, i found that all these websites can be very useful when it comes to trying to save your information and being able to find more stuff to help you out in the long run.

*Internet Explorer is a winner*

New applications are being released, internet explorer has also grown the past 6 months creating new ways of updating new information as often as necessary, adopting new soundly web stands,promoting new benefits and upping the advertising ante, this will include leaving XP behind. Internet Explorer is trying to make everything more easier as well as making it faster and successfull for all the users, making it a 'beatiful web'.
Web Adress: http://betanews.com/2012/04/02/internet-explorer-is-a-winner/

Glogster!:)

*ScreenCast!*

*Who's to blame for high gas prices*

Over the past two weeks the gas has jumped up to 31 cents more then last year. The average gas prices went up to $3.81 a gallon. Many Americans think that is the presidents fault to why the gas prices are rising, most of them say is because the president is not managing it right or they just want someone to blame. But the most critical issue about gas prices going up is the U.S economy, most Americans cant afford to pay that amount for gas. It seems like most of us are gonna have to start riding bikes or walk instead of spending large amount of money on just gas. According to the EIA the gas prices are supposed to go higher and higher by each month. Hopefully we wont go into another economy crises.

*Newsflash on Digital Footprint!*

Today i learned a lot of different things regarding digital footprint, and i personally think that after all the presentations made regarding the privacy needed to become less known around the world has taught me so many good lessons to stay safe on the internet. Any of my social networks will become more private then before by being real careful about what pictures, status, and comments i make on my stuff to have a good 'reputation'. Mostly that i am getting ready to graduate soon i would like to have a good look in case of any of the job's i apply to or colleges look me up to see what i'm really like. This class has helped me tons!

*How to keep a low profile*

* Digital Footprints *

I am personally worried about the amount of information i have given on the internet, and i don't think anyone is really aware of how dangerous it is to surf the web without giving out any personal information. Also i don't think teenagers really think about what consequences it can have by posting any kind of pictures on Facebook, Twitter, and any social network. They consider social networks to be sort of like someone to complain about, and they write all their personal information on there, including pictures and sharing everything they do and what they are thinking through out the day. Honestly i think that they use the social network as a 'diary' most people share unnecessary stuff and most of it is to start any kind of drama.

O Ya Prezi is back!

Surgeon Technologist on Prezi

*Surgical Technologist*

*Activities!*

I personally think that we have learned a lot of techniques to use as our advantage to make it easier on ourselves. And i think that a few of them will be used down the road,but some of them not so much. Some of them, like diigo will be really helpful personally for research papers when i go to college, but i doubt i will be using them too much during my senior year. Igoogle is an awesome activity to entertain yourself on something that you are really interested in without having to go through a bunch of pages, to look for the one you are looking for. Its a huge advantage on many teachers and students to look for something of their interest.

*Digital Nation*

I personally think that Technology is making a huge impact not just on the U.S but around the world. Many people are learning use the computers in others countries starting in 2nd grade, which many professionals agree and disagree whether or not is a good or bad thing. The Cyber world has become very famous world wide starting with Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. I think that it helps many people across the world to communicate with their loved ones and to keep an update on what their friends are up too. But for the most past i totally disagreed with the video, some things that were a little disturbing was creating an avatar to contact with complete strangers. l personally would not go to that extreme.