Weekly Blog Review

This week has been "Interesting".  We learned some new terms like "A.S.P.E.C.T”.

 A: Authority.  This basically states to verify the authors credentials.  

S: source.  If the information is presented as fact, does the author document sources?

P: Purpose. Why was it written? Is it too basic? Too complicated?

E: Evenness. Just because the source is biased does not mean you cannot use it.

C: Coverage. Is your topic covered thoroughly? Does it have the information you need? Is it relevant?

T: Timeliness. When was it written? If you are working on a science report then you need up to date information.

We made a Mind map of these terms. A mind map is like notes to me. It helps me remember things.  Its pros are it’s easy to use, but some cons are that there is not much you can do on it.  It’s a great tool, but it doesn’t cover/have everything I’d like to.

We also have been working on our digital drivers license work.  It was a story about an octopus called a tree octopus.  It resides in the tropical region of the Olympic Peninsula.  We worked on Digital Fluency, where we learned how to tell if a website is credible. You have to check the domain of the website. All you have to do is look at the last part of the URL. .If it ends with edu, .gov. .Org it usually contains good information. 

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You have to check to see if the grammar is not illiterate.  Also look at the layout, and see if the author is well-known.  Google will pull up most popular websites not most reliable.  Also check the date of the website to see if it’s put to date. This affects me because it helps me pick out what is credible and what is not credible. 

Over-all my week has been tremendously horrible.  I was sick at the beginning, in trouble at home and school, but life gets better.  You just have to saddle up and get on with it.  Next week might be better.

MindMap

My mindmap On Evaluating Information.

Car that Drive Themselves Now legal

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California Now allows Google's Self Driving Cars To Be on Roads

Self-driving cars now legal in California

 Google's Cars now legal in California

Governor Edmund Brown signed the bill Friday. This lets these cars’ drive on the roads. The cars work off of many different technologies. It has radar sensors in the front, and artificial software that steers. Before this Google was already testing them in Nevada which passed a law last year. Both laws require a person to behind a wheel in case they need to take control. With the software driving there has been no wrecks.

I believe that the cars are a good idea but I feel it could hurt the world. Just think of how many people would be out of jobs because of this event. Taxi drivers are important in all major cities in the United States. What will they do? Also I believe it will make the world much much lazier. This affects me because my dad works at BMW and if they stop making cars then he won’t have a job. I rely on him, and many other children’s/families work at places like that.

This affects the world because the whole world will have these cars. Everyone will want one, soon everyone will have one. This affects Google because they will be rolling in a lot of cash. Also the company’s that Google get to make these cars will be greatly affected.  Google will be paying those companies’ a lot of money. This also brings me to a point that all companies will be put out of work. Such companies as ford, Lincoln, Honda and many more will be put out. Where will those people work at? I mean as it is now there aren’t any jobs. What are people to do when that many just shut down.

Fifth Week

This week here at GECHS has been a typical week. Its school so of course it's going to be boring. Anyways here's what we did this week.

This week we took a test called the loop test. It had a hundred questions and I bummed it. We had a chance to make corrections for half a point each. We also took a Phishing Test; Phishing is like stealing information online. They can steal your money, or your identity. So basically don't give out your information. You can tell by the fake URLs.

Some new terms we learned were like Reputation. Everyone know what your reputation is right? This one is the online one. If you don't know what a Reputation is it's a general impression held by others. Persist is another term we learned about. It means to continue on and endure. Context is different factors that surround information that helps determine its meanings. A tag is a word(s) or term(s) that describe a photo or video.

Original Photo

A web2.O tool we learned about is image editing. Editing is just well, editing. Some good things about image editing are that you can make a picture better. A negative aspect is that it can make a bad impression. You could just be joking about a caption, and it be taken the wrong way.

We also got our digital driver’s license. If you are wondering what that is it’s a test where you answer questions to see if you are a good online citizen. This affects me because it’s shown we the right and wrong way to be online.

 Overall my week has been pretty good, here at school. My publications grade is going up. Slowly but surely. I'm very excited for next week. I know it's going to be great.

Weekly Current Event

The topic of my Weekly Current Event is Germany Wants Public to Stop Using Internet Explorer
I got this article from Reuters.

The article is mainly about how the German government wants Germans to stop using Internet Explorer. They want this due to a bug they found. The bug makes peoples computers vulnerable to hacking and viruses. Microsoft didn't say how long it was going to be until a new update it will be in effect. 

Germany's National Flag

I believe all the hacking and viruses are getting to the point of soon the internet’s just going to break. Well not literally of course but soon a lot of people are going to become frustrated with it all. I mean every time I get on the internet I get warnings about potential threats. It’s getting harder and harder to pick out harmful websites. These viruses and websites that distribute them are going more under the radar all the time. This affects me because I’m an internet user too. I need the internet every day for my school work. Also many people have social networking accounts that they use every day. There are over 800 million active users on Facebook alone. I think Germany’s government made a smart decision to try to tell the public to not use internet explorer. It was very helpful and if I had the choice I would have done the same. Microsoft should be getting an update to fix the bug, soon.

This impacts the world greatly because people all over the world use the internet every day. It’s crucial that the internet is safe to use.  Also without the internet the world would go crazy. It’s how we look up information. It’s how we stay connected with each other. This affects Germany because now many people are changing their browsers.  This could make people not ever use internet explorer again.