I thought Jessicas was the best because it was a good idea and she translated that idea into a good video, that can sometimes be very hard to do. Also...its amazing because I was in it :)
I think that I could have made my video better if I had gotten more people in it, or if i had made like a poster in the back so it wasn't random people dancing around the campus.

So you think you can dance... from markpicketts on Vimeo.

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http://mistermark.edublogs.org/2010/02/03/174/

I was amazed that this kind of technology could be created. Not only that someone could come up with this concept and actually make it work, but that it would happen in my life time. I was in awe when the man described the different types of things that this technology could do.

I think that most amazing things this could do is that it could deliver vital information in an instant when ever, and where ever you happen to need it. I think that the only limitation this could have is that humans could become too dependent on technology. You wont need your computer, or your iphone in order to access information.

In my opinion "open source" could means that not only is the technology going to be available for everyone to buy, but we are going to be able to know all about it as well. All the tiny little details about it that we would know just like the next ipod that is about to hit the market. Obviously a pro of sharing technology like this is that everyone can have one (i.e doctors, the military, average people) but the this would be very harmful in the hands of someone with bad intentions. Another problem would be that there would have be new security measures in places like subways, or airplanes. It would also make security jobs like the police very hard. If you can trigger something like a bomb, or a gun just by snapping your fingers, evidence that could convict criminals or terrorists could disappear and new methods would have to created.

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Consider the commercials that are linked below. Write a response to them on your blog.
Paragraph 1: Do you like/love/dislike/hate them? why? Are there other commercials that stick out in your mind as having had a profound effect on you? Why do you think that was? Please include a link to a commercial that you reference in your post.
Paragraph 2: What elements are you going to use in your commercial? What challenges are you expecting to face in this project.

I like that they are all creative and get your attention. The only one i did not like was the one about the car and the music. In my opinion, it didnt go anywhere and it got boring after a while. I think that a good commercial should grab your attention and be able to keep it. It should also be memorable, like that add for free credit report.com. All their adds are really really funny and I even memorized the phone number and the lyrics to their songs. That says a lot, because I cant even memorize my cel phone number :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLEH9oPZWjc&feature=related

I was planning on doing something about so you think you can dance and having different people dance really badly for the add. And Id have a funny song in the background. But now I dont know if I want to do that.

Sexting

I think this whole thing is pretty stupid. Logan committed suicide, AFTER graduating. If the rumors, and harassment had been that intense then she would have done it before graduating. I also think that the State should be suing HER parents. If they were aware of how bad the situation was, why did they not seek help for her??? I mean, as a "concerned" parent I would if my daughter looked suicidal!! Also..why didnt they go to school and make a bigger deal about it? Why didnt they involve the parents of other kids? Why didnt they change her to another school???? The school could not have done anything more than ask those involved to delete the pictures, they cant go around a whole that huge and look at everyones phone, its just impossible.
I think Logan was really stupid and immature to not think of the consequences of her actions. Did she not think of what would happen if her boyfriend and her broke up?? I mean seriously!! She did something stupid and because of that she had to face the consequences.
I think that if her parents were that mad they would be prosecuting people instead of suing them. There is a BIG DIFFERNCE between getting money and putting someone in jail because they did something wrong. And to say the lawsuit is seeking "unspecified damages"...what exactly is that supposed to mean???

I also think that school should publish statistics like those mentioned in the articles to wake up young naive girls that think that no one except their "loving" boyfriends will ever see their pictures ( and the other way around too...girls tell their friends everything!).Everyone knows high school is like a jungle and it would be good for people to know exactly what is happening!!

Video

I am planning to do a commercial that alludes to the show "So you think you can dance".
I'm going to get people to dance really bad and have maybe two or three people do really well and make it like a spoof off the show. Im going to be working with Jessica, and Im including some clips of a friend of mine who breakdances, and im going to get random people to dance funny for me.

Facebook

I haven't been able to really read about it, but from what I have heard from other friends and heard about on TV, the new security measures are to "block" or limit how much other people can see your info (stats, vids, pics, notes, bumper stickers...). I think all this is being created because of the increasing "invasion of privacy" that has been going around. I think it will affect the way I use facebook because I wont have to be as worried about who can access my information and I will feel a lot safer.

I think it is kind of mean for people to be posting stuff of others without them knowing about it. But I guess that its acceptable now days because everything is sooooo public. Technology is amazing, but it has made stalking people, looking at their stuff and just doing things soooo much easier!! The fact that we can access someones life like what they do on weekends, where they live, their hobbies all of that can be seen with a click of a button makes security and rules all the more important. I think that you should be able to control who has pictures of you, and who posts videos of you, but lets face it. If i really wanted to be mean to someone I could just block them. I think parents would raise hell if it was the other way around, so what ever happens is just a valid consequence. I think the school should just tell the person to take them down and tell them not to do anything and we should all move on with our lives. :D

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Technology has played a huge part in my academic career. My home page is google..so I look everything up before I start a project, or even if its just hw. The world wide web has influenced my homework greatly, especially when I was younger and I just entered Jr. High and I did not have a clue as to what teachers expected me to do. Msn and my friends were there to help me pass my classes!!

When we first started working with computers we were in primary, and I remember most of us were pretty good, since we were growing up with it all. Then in 7th grade when we started using "typing master". Most of us were really frustrated because we had to cover they keyboard with a folder and we had to type perfectly. It helped a lot, but still...it was kinda annoying. We worked on making websites for our science projects, that was a really bad idea. But Id like to thank who ever thought of that, we had some fun times trying to get it all to work at the very last minute before we had to hand it in.

A project that I honestly dont think Ill ever forget was model I had to do for Art History. I had no idea how to build models back then, and when the teacher said I had to make one of the Ishtar Gate I freaked. I went to Google, read a bunch of blogs, printed a bunch of pictures and made it. After that I was hooked, I love working on models, and its all thanks to Google and technology. I feel more teachers should integrate technology into their teaching program. An example would be my English teacher, we have to do these independent reading projects, and I would love to do a video or something like that. But I guess you cant always have fun projects, it is after all an AP class. I think he doesn't have us work with technology because we have to show him our totally awesome bombastic writing skills and how he is helping us develop as young AP readers....or something like that.
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