Pocket-Size 3-D Games, Without Glasses.

BUCKLEITNER, W. (2011, February 24). Pocket-Size 3-D Games, Without Glasses. New York Times. p. 7. Retrieved from EBSCOhost..

Even though the Nintendo 3DS looks similar and is 250 dollars, it changes the reality of the game.  It is a 3D game that doesn't need glasses for that effect. It can play more than 2,000 games and is available to at a pixels size of 800 by 240. Also the 400 amour of pixels are used to able the 3d effect. It would mean that you can be able to have pets within your own home without the trouble. That the two cameras located within the machine can change the room to be a "game space." 

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Robots Wheel Around Classrooms Teaching South Korean Students

Robots Wheel Around Classrooms Teaching South Korean Students. (2011). Education Week, 30(18), 8. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

"Robots Wheel Around Classrooms Teaching South Korean Students" is an article about remote controlled robots teaching English. 29 different robots were able to interact with children, from reading books, dancing to music and talking to students. The robots themselves are a meter high and has a TV designed face. They display a white female teacher that reacts to the Filipino teachers' expressions. They state that it is cheaper and useful to use. The kids enjoy the robot teachers' because they are cute and interesting. The children seem more comfortable to communicate to the "teacher" because it is not a "really" teacher. They cost around 8,700 dollars, but in America, they don't think that they are that far advanced. 

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How do I Love Thee? Let Me Tweet The Ways

Friedman, M. (2011). How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Tweet The Ways. Time, 177(12), 62-65. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

"How do I Love Thee? Let Me Tweet The Ways" is an article stating that showing love affections have changed dramatically, from sonnets to text messages. It says that, because of technology, romance has changed to many shapes and forms. There are more options in how we mingle and interact in the dating scene. Because of the constant use of internet, there is a larger chance to find your "match." With the access of internet, we can throughly search our "compatible mate."  That it is instant connection to other love seeking individuals, they are literally just a few keys away. 

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Small Change; Why the revolution will not be tweeted

From “Small Change; Why the revolution will not be tweeted” Malcolm Gladwell writes about how people protest. That "long" time ago it was via word of mouth, flyers, and posters. But now with the all the fast pace communication there can be hundreds of protestors in matter of minutes. He writes about how so many people using twitter is talking about politics. He also mentions that Twitter is more used for people who share the same interests but would never meet, but Facebook is used to talk to people who you actually know. I think that it is true, that in Twitter it is used to talk about your day or what you have done. That I personally have people i do not know personally and is "following me." I prefer Facebook, but as of late it as become more of a hassle rather than enjoyable. 

Is GOOGLE making Us Stupid?

"Is Google Making Us Stupid", but Nicholas Carr writes about how internet is changing his way of life. That it is changing but not in a good way, He writes about how he once read books and read articles rather than surf the internet. He describes being fidgety and rather reading the full text he would want to skim. He notes that it is hard to stay focused on one subject when you can find millions of related topics. I believe this is to be somewhat true, rather I would want to believe that this is false. I would also want to justify that not everyone would be so preoccupied by google, but many people are preoccupied with other websites. I can understand that Carr would sometimes want to skim a large text rather read it word by word.

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airlines

Unnikrishnan, M., & Wall, R. (2010). All That Twitters. Aviation Week & Space Technology, 172(2), 42-44. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.


This article is about how media and technology effect certain airlines. They list how twitter is used to help with the communication with the passengers and the flight staff. JetBlue and Virgin America are two of the airlines that is using this "new trend" about inviting time and money into twitter and other social media. It states that one bad message can haywire into million views. One example they listed was when a passenger on United Airlines  Dace Carroll, had his guitar broken and wanted compensation. His youtube video went insane and that his case event went to Washington to testify in a congressional hearing. Virgin Atlantic hopes that this would help with air fare and more travelers. People tend to go on more trips because of friends, or that they heard from a friend, because of twitter, there are more advertising and profit. US airways have learned that twitter can help with in deadly places like what happened to flight 1549, that landed in the Hudson River.

CYBER BULLYING

This article was indeed tragic and most likely a reminder of how words are incredibly impacted in daily life of individuals. I have greater connection to this article because I have been to Akihabara, Japan on a school trip. Akihabara is a place where thousands of people travel to see anime, games and new technology. The likely hood of that happening to our group would have been slim to none, but just thinking about the action would be traumatic at the least. Cyber bullying is a fighting tactic that is growing at a faster pace, that many people do without hesitation. I myself value the price of words and how they can change peoples lives. Many people are dependent on a "board", and feel "put out", "humiliated", or even "hated", on a server so it could be devastating to them.They put a large amount of time on a board, so their life is the board. He even threatened the harassers that he would use a vehicle and knife to kill people. Tomohiro Kato, stated that "... my way of life, which was deeply dependent on the board." His last comment was "Its time." He that ran over civilians with a truck, and than used large knife to stab pedestrians. He killed seven people and injured more than ten people. He doesn't blame his mother for his crimes, he only wanted to show the harassers that he was serious about his threats, and wanted the bullying to stop. “I am tired of life,” Kato later told police. “I came to Akihabara to kill people. It didn’t matter who they were. I came alone.” – The Washington Post.


It comes to an understanding that everyone breaks at a certain point in time. So is it true, that "Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words may never hurt me?" 


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People hurt or even dead in Akihabara.

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