A Blog About Blogging!!

Blogging can have  its pros and its cons. Having the ability to exercise your first amendment right is awesome. Being able to say what you want is such a wonderful right that we in America have been granted the permission to do. However there is a time and place when things that you have the ability to say shouldn't be said.  Blogging is essential to providing feedback, or simply just to speak your mind about whatever you want because you feel the need too. There are limits I feel that comes with blogging, tings such as harassing, belittling or starting rumors that can hurt someone is an exception to the freedom of blogging . In today society the easy access if blogging is starting to rise. I feel that it does have an impact on today's society as a whole. Blogs travel very fast, just as quick as a tweet, or even a Facebook status update. In the article written by Kathleen Parker entitled "Whispering Campaigns Can Take Flight in New Media" gives a wonderful example of how quickly  blogs can travel. She writes in the article about blogs and states

"All of this happened between 12:52 p.m., when the blog post went online, and 1:12 p.m., when a reporter for USA Today decided to call Haley’s office and ask if the story was true. But the rumor was re-tweeted at 1:14 by a Washington Post reporter and picked up by Daily Kos and The Daily Caller. By 3:29, The Drudge Report linked to the Daily Caller article featuring the headline: “Report: DOJ may indict SC Gov. Nikki Haley for tax fraud.” This is a prime example of the effects of one persons opinion can be spread in a mater of minutes. With this being said I do feel that blogs will become more popular in the near future because it gives us one more way to use our first amendment at our own free will, however there should be limitations on false reporting, harassing and other harmful messages. They should be monitored by Gatekeepers and when something is harmful it should be removed.

Theory and Television


For my theory choice I have chosen Social Learning Theory/Social Cognitive Theory, this theory I feel plays a valuable role in technology today, television being one. When it comes to television it has changed over tie in various ways. In todays time flat screen TV's are very popular. it was a dramatic change from the box TV. However when it as first released it was very expensive, especially for the average American. However once the price was lowered then they began to sale. The social aspect comes from the communication whether through word of mouth, seeing others who have purchased the flat screen TV, commercials or what not influencing to buy the new television. For example when a person visits a family members home and they watch how that member interacts and navigates there new television set they ay find the influence to go out and purchase a flat screen television. Social theory has been a major contribution to the initial rise of technology. With this being said I do feel that this will help both the consumer as well as the corporate companies no what the next step should be with television. It has not been long since the flat panel TV has been out, as well as other  components that have came with the rise of television such as HD and LCD. We are now seeing the curved television as well. Television will not just be limited to a screen, it can only get better from this point. And once again the social aspect will come into play once new material is introduce and becomes common then it will be seen in numerous homes.

Technology in Education

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I remember back in elementary school being excited when the teacher told us that we will be going to the computer lab We had different learning activities that were for Math, English and Reading. My favorite program was called Gumby (if I remember correctly). I have had technology apart of my life since I was a little girl and I never found it to be distracting to me. In all honesty I feel that it has help my education to improve. Being that technology plays a very big role in our everyday lives  I find it to be very beneficial. It has provided us with instant access to information by a simple google search  or an online textbook at a very inexpensive price.. However I can say that when it comes to using e-books I do find some flaws with it just as Jeff Ayers stated in the article "E-Books a Cheaper Option, but Students Remain Skeptical" written by Becky Hayes. Ayers says that it is sometimes hard to integrate them into the classrooms. I feel that when it comes to e-books I found it hard to mark notes, highlight or mark my place of remembrance.  As far as the MOOCS I feel that they are a great alternative to actually attending classes however I do eel that it takes out that face to face connection between teacher and student, the personal connection is gone. I also had previous experience with online courses and it was great however my teacher lived in Washington and I never actually got to put a face with the name because it was an online course; not to mention I took all of her Spanish courses that were required for my degree with the same person. I was in this class for a year and half and never knew what this woman looked like. Technology has been very beneficial to my educational success but I do feel that it doesn't need to be the only means of learning. Moderation is key to me.