Weekly Current Event

1. Topic: Edible iPhone cases

2. Article Title: An iPhone case you can eat

3. Article Source: CNN

4. Summary: This iPhone case you can eat is made out of brown rice and salt. It's great for when you are in need of a snack. It also takes about a month to make.

5. Reaction: 5 pt. This event doesn't affect me at all because I don't own an iPhone. Even if I did, I would have to order one which could take a month to get to me. I would forget about it by the time I actually received it. I wonder if it gets old and starts to mold. Hopefully not, because then less people would be interested. They should also make more flavors instead of just brown rice and salt, because not everybody likes brown rice and salt. Also, some people might be allergic to brown rice and salt.. you never know.

6. World Impact: This event impacts the world because this is a huge advantage in the technology world. Cases you can eat? Woah, that's out there. People like me who love to eat, think this is a great invention. But, it might be kind of weird because if someone sees someone else just eating their phone, they're going to think that they have some serious problems. But this affects the world because this a a huge advancement in the technology world. They should make edible phone cases for every phone.

Technology Current Event

1. Topic: Google cancels out Christmas and the rest of December because of an error

2. Article Title: Google error cancels Christmas (and all of December)

3. Article Source: CNN
4. Summary: There was an app on Android devices that had Google calendar. Whenever they went to the app to date people's birthday and Christmas, December wasn't there. It didn't exist. Someone said "Is Google the new Grinch who stole Christmas?".

5. Reaction: I feel pretty neutral about this topic because I don't have an Android device or the app they are talking about. Yeah, it's pretty crazy that Google made a mistake like this. People make mistakes all the time, no worries. They got the problem fixed anyways. So, maybe Google isn't worried about the Mayan apocalypse after all. 

6. World Impact: This event effects the world because some people were worried about not having December on their little Google Calendar app thing. If I was a user of the Google Calendar and I wanted to date someone's birthday or a holiday, I would be pretty upset December wasn't there. Well, not really "upset", just worried I guess you could say. But now, Google has the error fixed. Hopefully there will be no more problems or complaints.

Gretchen WBR Scheming and Scamming

 Some new terms we learned this week are scam, identity theft, vulnerable, and phishing. Scam means an attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information. Identity Theft is a type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity. Vulnerable is where you’re in a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked. Phishing is when people send you phony e-mails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you into giving out your personal and financial information.

Our digital literacy component for this week was scheming and scamming. Scheming and scamming is when you can get your identity stolen and can pretty much ruin your life.. credit wise. The kinds of personal information identity thieves look for is your name, bank account number, social security number, DOB, and your phone number/address. Things that could happen if your identity is stolen is that you could lose money, become bankrupt, you can be blocked from accounts, serve jail time, you would become responsible for purchased items, and it could bring your credit score down A LOT. 5 rules you can follow to protect yourself from online scamming are that you should always avoid opening the message or email in the first place, don’t click on any links or download any attachments; they might contain viruses or spyware, don’t reply, mark as “junk mail” or “spam” for your email provider, or report it to your social network site, and if you are concerned about an account you have with a company, contact its customer service department by phone. Make sure you verify the company’s contact information elsewhere online first.

This helps me in my personal life because this could help me from getting my identity stole. This helps me in my academic life because someone can steal my identity at school and get into all of my school files and ruin everything I have saved. This helps me in my interactions online because now I know that to never open up any phony e-mails I get because they could contain a virus or spyware and that I could get my identity stole.

Overall, my week has been amazing! This week is going to be even better though. I have a lot of stuff going on, and a few things to celebrate. This upcoming week is going to be awesome.

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Weekly Current Event

1. Topic: World's Most Liked Picture On Facebook
2. Article Title: Obama's Celebration Moment Is Most-Likely Facebook Photo Ever
3. Article Source: Mashable
4. Summary: There was a picture on Facebook that Obama uploaded that had him and Michelle Obama (his wife) hugging each other and he captioned the picture, "Four more years." There were 3,165,382 people last night who liked this picture.. but that has probably changed by now. He also posted the picture on Twitter, and it became the most re-tweeted picture of all time.
5. Reaction: I think that America should just deal with who won president. Some people think that he won because of his race. I don't think that, because he isn't black, he's Hawaiian. There's a big difference there. Everybody was so worried about Romney and Obama's background and they weren't even concerned about who would provide a better economic plan for America. But, this is a great picture of Obama and his wife. Even though some people didn't want him to win, they should still respect him.
6. World Impact: This effects the world GREATLY. We're talking about who won President! The president is the person who is over the country pretty much. Whatever Obama decides to do to the world, people should respect his decisions because he's President and he has a high authority. He can do whatever he wants to do and nobody can really say anything about it. Him and his wife are a good couple. They should be together for a long time.



*****Quote: "I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody." -Barack Obama
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Weekly Blog Review

Some new terms we learned this week are  track, target, demographics, and cookies. Track means when companies collect information about you based on your online behavior. Target is when companies tailor content to you based on the information they have collected about you. Demographic are the common categories at the population, such as age, gender, and race. Cookies are data files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain sites, they are often used by companies to identify repeat customers & personalize visitors' experiences.

The new web 2.0 tool we used this week is MixBook. Mixbook is pretty awesome. It's like a virtual scrapbook. You can choose any background, color, picture, and pretty much everything how you want it. We made our MixBooks on how you can be smart while on the Internet. Some benefits of tracking and targeting is that you can personalize interest, save time, limit search results, and better shopping. Some risks of tracking and targeting are that results aren't accurate, different people using same computer, stereotypes, viruses, and privacy. My MixBook is at the bottom of the page. Someone deleted my MixBook and I didn't know until after I embedded it on here and now I can't figure out how to delete it.. so now, it's at the bottom of the page. 

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Some of the positive aspects of Mixbook are that it's fun to use. It's not boring like some of the things we have previously used. It's very colorful (which I like colorful things.. plain stuff is just boring) ..and it's not that hard to use. It's very easy to figure out. Some negative aspects of MixBook are that it is soundless. It has no sound, whatsoever. That's pretty boring. You would think that it would have some type of music to go along with it, but it doesn't.


The digital literacy component we learned about this week is "Tracking and Targeting", and "Limiting Data Collection". I would tell you the benefits and risks, but that's all in the first paragraph. But anyways, some tips for limiting data collection online are that you should use key words, shorten question/or thing you are searching, do not provide email address, unsubscribe from website, avoid "too good to be true" products, deals, and opportunities, use antivirus software, and disable internet cookies. All of these things are ways that you can limit data collection.

All of these things help me in my personal life because that way I don't get aggravated with the computer. It helps me in my academic life because if I use antivirus software, I won't get a virus on the school computer. Finally, it helps me with my interactions online because I know that I should never click on ads that seem to be too good to be true. 

Overall, my week has been great. I had an awesome Halloween. (smiley face). We FINALLY got into our new building. It looks amazing!! I'm still not used to all of this transition stuff quite yet. But, I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.

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Weekly Current Event

1. Topic: Google making new tablets and phones.

2. Article Title: Google unveils new Nexus tablets and phone 

 
3. Article Source:CNN

4. Summary: The goal of this is to take back some of the attention that the recent technology have gotten here lately. This phone is HUGE! It looks like a legit mini-Tablet. It"s only about $300, while the iPhone 5 is roughly $700. 

 
5. Reaction: I feel like they should have made this phone smaller. The size of it really bothers me because some people have little pockets and there is absolutely no way possible they could fit that in their pocket. But, the price of this phone isn't all that bad of a deal. It is pretty much just like an iPhone. It has everything an iPhone does.

6. World Impact: This impacts the world because some people actually go pay the outrageous price of an iPhone, whenever they can just go pay for this one. They're wasting money. If you have T-Mobile, it's $199.. even cheaper. It's also pretty much just like an iPad. iPads have better quality, but the tablet is just the same and is cheaper.

Weekly Blog Review

Some new terms we learned this week are represent, persona, avatar, and anonymous, and inhibited.
Represent means how you present yourself to others. Persona is an image or personality you show to other people. Avatar is a graphic image to represent you online. Anonymous means hidden identity. Finally, inhibited means participle; someone who is careful or restrained in actions or impulses. 

The web 2.0 tool we learned about and used this week is Glogster. Glogster is like a virtual pinboard and it allows you to put all of your thoughts on it. You can add photos, add music, and add other information. It's pretty awesome. My Glogster is at the top..





Some positive aspects of Glogster is that it has a bunch of different things you can choose from. You can choose from different banners, difeerent colors, (there's a lot of colors, by the way.) you can also change the font, change the color of the font, upload any picture you want to use on your 'pinboard'. You can also make as many as you want. The most positive thing about Glogster, is that it is free. 

Some negative aspects of Glogster is that it can be a bit confusing to use. If you don't know what you're doing, then it's pretty confusing. It's hard to find how how to upload pictures.. it took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to do it. Also, it's hard to get the font from changing when you're trying to type something. But other than that, it's pretty simple. 

The digital literacy component we learned about this week was "Being Real Online". This was an important lesson we learned. It taught us a lot of things. Being real online can be important in many ways. It can save you a lot of embarrassment. If you're being fake online, then people will know you are a liar, and then they will probably say something to you. That will really embarrass you. Also, you want people to respect you, not neglect you. 

This affects my personal life because it taught me not to be fake so I won't be made a butt of. Also, people will respect you and me more if you're honest. This helps me in my academic life because if I pass the quiz about this, it will bring my grade up. This helps me with my interactions online because if people see someone being fake online, they're going to bully that person. So it's better if you just be real online. 

Overall, my week has been AMAZING. This week of school has been by far the best yet. I just can't wait until next Thursday whenever we finally get to move into our building. It's only been 2 months late, but it feels like 2 years. I can't wait to find out what being in an actual school with these awesome people is going to be like. 

Technology Weekly Current Event

1. Topic: Bras

2. Article Title:A bra that could detect cancer

 
3. Article Source: CNN Tech

4. Summary: This bra has sensors in the cups that can pick up temperature changes in the breast tissue and detect cancer. It also has a heat fingerprint sort of thing that can alert the doctors about it.  They look kind of like sports bras.

5. Reaction: I feel very strong about this new invention. This bra could save many innocent womens' lives. I know if I was older and could afford it, I would probably buy one. Because breast cancer runs in my family. If I had breast cancer, I would want to know about it as soon as possible and get rid of it fast before it's too late.

6. World Impact: This event impacts the world because women can go buy this and save their lives. This could be a cure for breast cancer. Not exactly a "cure", but it's probably the closest we're going to get. You only wear it for 12 hours. But still, that could save someones life.

Weekly Blog Review

Some new terms we learned this week and last week are target, offender, bystander, upstander, escalate, and deescalate. Target means victim. Offender means person with malicious intent.. (bully). Bystander is someone who eyewitnesses the "attack" but does nothing. An upstander is an eyewitness that does something.. (defends). Escalate means it becomes more intense - increase. Finally, deescalate means decrease - make less intense. 

A new web 2.0 tools we used this week and also last week is WeVideo. WeVideo is a website that allows you to create movies made of pictures, music, videos, and etc. It's complicating at first, but when someone shows you how to use it or when you get the hang of it, it's not really all that hard. It felt like it took me a week to finish my video, but even though it took awhile to make it, it was worth the time. My video turned out great. Here's mine..............

Some positive aspects of this WeVideo website are that it's very fun to use and you can make it as long as you want it. Some websites have it to where you can only make it so long but with WeVideo you can make it as long as you want it. Also, you can add music and pictures which always make everything better and more interesting. 

Some negative aspects are that whenever you first start to use this website, it's not as easy to use as the rest of the web 2.0 tools we have used previously in the year. This website was probably the most complicated thing to figure out, no doubt. 

The digital literacy component we used this week is "Turning Down The Dial". This taught us all about cyberbullying. It told us that we should ALWAYS be upstanders, NEVER be a bystander. Bystanders are badd. But, anyways, we watched a few videos about cyberbullying and we answered some questions about each of the videos we watched. Overall, it was a very good, but touching lesson. 

This helps me in my personal life because I learned that everybody has feelings. Sometimes, people are really sensative and get hurt by the littlest, slightest mean thing you say to them
, and they get upset, and some people kill theirselves over bullying. So, always keep your opinions to yourself. This helps me in my academic life because I learned something new and I can always use this lesson in school. This helps me with my interactions online because if someone is trying to start crap with me, I know now to leave them be, and don't even mess with them. Also, if I see someone getting cyberbullying on Facebook, Twitter, etc., I know what to do. 

Overall, my week has been great. I couldn't ask for a better one. Even though I got moved from beside of my bestfriend Matthew in geometry, I am starting to somehow bring my grade up . It just makes me mad that everybody gets out of school tomorrow and we don't. 

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Wednesday Current Event Look Up

1. Topic: A new Angry Birds coming out

2. Article Title: Angry Birds Star Wars coming next month

3. Article Source: CNN News

4. Summary: Finnish video game maker Rovio is getting with Lucasfilm for the most recent addition to its empire of moody birds. The new game will take the popular birds now showing off lightsabers, blasters and '70s hairdos. "From the deserts of Tatooine to the depths of the Death Star," according to new and creative material of Rovio's.

5. Reaction: I feel super excited about this event because I am a HUGE fan of Star Wars.. (sounds kind of weird, but it's true.) I also love Angry Birds, so this will be a great combination of 2 of my favorite things. This event affects me because once Angry Birds Star Wars comes out, I am installing the app on my iPod and that's all I'm ever going to play for a while. I have already beaten the Angry Birds Space and the original Angry Birds, and Angry Birds Seasons. All I have to do now is to beat Angry Birds Star Wars  

6. World Impact: This event will impact the world because I know a lot of people who like Angry Birds and Star Wars. They will play this game until they beat it probably. Also, Apple, and the Angry Birds creators will earn a whole lot of money from all the people who buy the app. Android will also gain a bunch of money. I just think everyone will love the new Angry Birds Star Wars that comes out in November.

Weekly Blog Review

Some words we learned about this week are self disclosure, reciprocate, and sexting. Self disclosure means sharing private, sensative, or confidential information about yourself online. Reciprocate means to give in return. Finally, sexting means sending or receiving sexual explicit photos or videos through texts or other digital devices. 

A new web 2.0 tool we used this week is Make Beliefs Comix. This website is AWESOME! It's like a virtual comic script. Make Beliefs Comix lets you make your own comic strip about anything you want.. because it's make believe. We made our Make Beliefs Comix about sexting and how you can build relationships online. Right there's mine.

The first comic shows an example of how you can avoid sexting. The second comic shows how you can build a good relationship online.

Some positive things about this website are that it's very fun to use. You can use your imagination with this website. I also like how you can put any character on there. There can be talking alligators, cats, dogs, or people. I think it's very awesome. 

Some negative about this website are that you can only go up to 4 slides. It would be way much better if you could go up to say about 8 because then you could have a whole story and it would be even more awesome but you can't, it only goes up to 4. 

The digital literacy component we learned about this week is sexting and building relationships online. You should never, ever, EVER send provacative pictures to someone through email, or especially text massaging. Because if that person wanted to, they could forward that picture to everyone in their contact lost and pretty much ruin your life for forever.
No, you're not cool if you think sexting is cool. So, don't do it, because you're just making yourself look stupid if you do it. The other digital literacy component we learned about this week is building good relationships online. Don't stalk people on Facebook, Twitter, etc. That is just creepy. That's also not a good way to try to build a relationship with someone online. How would you feel if you found out someone was stalking you on the Internet? It wouldn't be so appealing, would it? So, just
be kind to them, and not creepyish. THen, you should have a pretty good relationship built up with them online. 

This information helps me in my academic life because if I were to send a provacative picture, it could get around to the whole school, and people would bully me. Then , I wouldn't want to come to school. In that case, I wouldn't get too much of an education. This helps me in my personal life because I don't want to be the type of person that is creepy. I would hate to be called the creepy person. It also helps me because it's helping me retain a good reputation for myself. If I was the type of girl who sent naked pictures around to anyone who asked for it, I would be considered nasty, and usually, that's not really all that good. This also helps me with my interactions online because if you appear to be creepy, no body is going to want to talk to you online because everybody knows you're that creepy person that goes around and stalks them on the Internet. It's not really good. 

Overall, my week has been awesome. It's flown by, but it was a very good week, except for all the tests/quizzes . I've been waiting for Friday to come.. and it's finally here !!! 

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Weekly Blog Post

We didn’t have any terms that we learned this week. We usually do, but not this week for some reason.

The web 2.0 tool we used this week is  Mind Meister. We used this to create a web chart sort of thing to help us understand "A.S.P.E.C.T" of evaluating websites when researching. Authority, sources, purposes, evenness, coverage, and timeliness are all a part of the "A.S.P.E.C.T". If you foolow the aspect rule, you'll be able to find out if the website you are using when you are researching is reliable, because you can not trust a lot of websites these days. 

Some positive things about Mind Meister is that it helps you understand what you are doing much better. A lot of things do not help you understand what you are doing, but Mind Meister does. It's fun to use. You can make it any color you want, any font. 

Some negative things about Mind Meister are that it gets kind of boring at a point. All you are doing is making a map. I like Animoto because at least you can make a video and make it fun, with music, and pictures and such. But with Mind Meister, I do not think you can add music.. which makes it boring. 

The digital literacy component we learned about this week is the "A.S.P.E.C.T". This helps me evaluate websites better when ever I am researching something for school or something. The A means authority- Who wrote it? The S means sources- where did they get their information from? The P means purpose- what is the purpose of it? The E means evenness- it needs to be evenly covered. Finally, the T means Timeliness- it needs up to date information. Now, why should you evaluate websites when researching? Because anyone can put anything on the Internet! 

All this new information helps me personally because whenever I am researching, I can evaluate it better so then I can make a better grade on my paper because I evaluated my website and got some better information. It helps me academically because whenever the teacher asks me to find my sources, it'll be easy because I will know what to look for. Like, the author, date and title and URL. It will help me with my interactions online because whenever I am researching, I won't have to worry about trusting the wrong websites for my information. 

Overall, my week has been average. I was out on Monday because I had surgery last Friday. It's been a painful week, but I'm alright now. 

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Wednesday Current Event Look-Up

1. Topic:  Smartphones killing boredom

2. Article Title: Have smartphones killed boredom (and is that good)?

3. Article Source: CNN News

4. Summary: Everywhere you go, you will probably see a majority of people with a smartphone in their hand. Smartphones are beginning to kill boredom. Getting on Facebook, checking their Twitter, checking up on family and friends is easy when you have a smartphone. That's all some people seem to do these days.

5. Reaction:  I feel like this world has came a long way with technology; smartphones, tablets, and such. It's a great thing that it's killing boredom, because boredom sucks. Nobody wants to be bored. This event doesn't effect me because I don't have a smartphone, or tablet. But I'm getting one for Christmas, so if this article is true, all my boredom will be gone!

6. World Impact: This event impacts the world because pretty much everybody has a smartphone these days. Everywhere you go, you see people with either an iPhone, Android, or HTC. Yeah, it's a great thing that boredom is getting 'killed', because I hate boredom. Some people have their paperwork for work or school on their phones, so that's how they keep up to date with a lot of events and such. Smartphones was a great invention.  

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Thursday Current Event Lookup

1. Topic:

• Commenting On Twitter

2. Article Title:

• How To Comment On Twitter Without Making Enemies

3. Article Source: 

• CNN News

4. Summary:

• Don't ever call someone bad names on Twitter because that will make them hate you. Especially to your favorite band. Just be calm to them and that way you won't make any enemies.

5. Reaction:

• I feel pretty positive about this event because it is trying to help you become a nicer person. Twitter connects people all around the world, like Facebook, and you don't want to start any drama on there, because it gets out of control fast. This event effects me because sometimes people want to start drama with me on Facebook and I have a bad temper and I argue back with them. I don't know why I do, it's just me. But this Twitter current event gave me some advice. 
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6. World Impact:

 This event impacts the world by trying to make the world a nicer place online. People just get on there to start crap with other people and that is not right. You should never comment on anything to try to make an enemy. Just be nice to everything you comment on. That way you won't make any enemies.

Weekly Blog Post #3

Some new terms I learned this week are privacy, self-expression and identity, connected culture, respecting creative work, and ethics. Privacy means respecting privacy of others. Self-expression and identity means presenting yourself in an honest & genuine way online. Connected culture means treating others in a kind, respectful manner-not cyberbullying. Respecting creative works means giving credit to others or asking permission. Finally, ethics mean a set of principals & morals that govern people's behavior.. for example, honesty and respect.

Some new web 2.0 tools we used this week is Animoto. We used Animoto to make a video about being a good digital citizen. It's really cool because you can put some cool music on there and it's kinda like a music video but you make the video however you want. My video's at the bottom of the page.

Some negatives to Animoto are that sometimes I get confused and I don't know what to do on there sometimes. Sometimes, I'm trying to find out how to delete something and I couldn't figure out how. But anyways, some positive things about Animoto are that it's really cool and fun to use. You don't ever get bored making a video on Animoto. They're fun, that's why I like Animoto.

The digital literacy component we learned about this week is being a good digital citizen. You should never, ever post inappropriate pictures online, or send them from your phone. That's disrespectful. Also, you should never post people's personal things online for the whole world to see. Most importantly, you shouldn't ever cyber bully or bully someone. That is very wrong and it's not being a very good digital citizen.

All of this new information helps me in my life because it taught me to be respectful on the internet and to the people around me. It helps me personally because I know if somebody is being disrespectful online, then I know not to do that because that's being a bad digital citizen. It helps my academic life because if a teacher ever wants to know what it takes to be a good digital citizen I can tell her because I learned that. Also, it helps my interactions online because I can tell somebody that is being disrespectful to not be disrespectful because it's very wrong and it's not good.

Overall my week has been hectic. We have had 3 tests (not quizzes, but tests). I know I passed 2 of them, one of them I made a 100, the other one an 80. The only one I'm nervous about is geometry because that is hard to understand. But my week in Intro To Publications has been very fun and exciting. I loved making the Animoto video because not only was it fun, but it helped me understand the aspects of being a good digital citizen.

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Thursday Current Event Look-Up

1. Topic:

• Verizon putting FaceTime on all of their data plans.

2. Article Title:

• Verizon will enable iPhone's FaceTime on all data plans, unlike AT&T
  
  

3. Article Source:

•  Arstechnica

4. Summary:

• Verizon is going to put FaceTime on all of their data plans for no extra cost. AT&T has that on their data plans, but it's required to have a shared data plan. FaceTime was originally available only whenever you could connect to some Wi-Fi, but now it's all cellular.

5. Reaction:

• I feel like this could would be a great idea because it's basically free. It comes with your data plan if you have Verizon. It doesn't really affect me because I used to have Verizon before Christmas last year but I got switched to T-Mobile because Verizon was getting too high. Mine and my brother's phone bill put together was around $200. But Verizon is already high enough, they probably will make the people who have FaceTime on their data plans' bill higher.

6. World Impact:

• This event impacts the world because some people connect with other people using FaceTime. It's either FaceTime or Skype that they use. This will also impact the world because the people who do have Verizon their bill will most likely get higher. But since it comes with their data plans, then it probably won't. But  I have a feeling Verizon will up their prices even more if they're going to put FaceTime on their data plans.

Weekly Blog 2

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Some of the new vocabulary words we learned this week are phrase, appositive phrase, comma splice, and run-on.  Phrases are a part of speech made of some words.. not a complete idea because it is a group of words which contains no subject/predicate set and which only acts as a single part of speech. Appositive phrases are definitions that are inserted into a sentence. Comma splices is the error of joining two independent clauses with a comma. Finally, run-on is the error of joining two independent clauses with only a coordinating conjunction or with nothing. I got those words out of our grammar notes we’ve been filling in for the past few weeks.

The web 2.0 tools we used and learned about this week are Google Reader and RSS. Google Reader is a great way to keep updated with people. All you do is subscribe to the person you want to keep updated to, and then, KABLAM! You’re updated to them. Now, RSS is a wonderful way of publishing frequently updated works. 

 Some pros of the Google Reader and RSS are that it’s a great way to keep up to date with people just as simple as checking your email, and seeing what everybody has been up to. Some cons of Google Reader and RSS are that it’s a bit confusing because you got to click there, then there, and then over there just to get to where you want to go. You also have to copy and paste a lot of URL’s which can get annoying at times.

 The digital literacy component we learned about this week is email etiquette. One thing I learned about it is that don’t reply to a group email.

It helps me in my life because then I can type emails to make my teacher/professor understand it more so they won’t get confused.

Overall, my week has been amazing. It has been a fun week. Hopefully the rest of the weeks at school are this fun. 

 I just wish that there wasn’t as much online homework.