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.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
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.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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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Friday, November 2, 2012
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.
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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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.
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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