Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Are Wii the Children of the Revolution?
Journal Entry question for EVERYONE!
http://www.wii.com
There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding the new Ninetendo Wii gaming system. Some say that the Wii's ability to "democratize" gaming for people of all ages and abilities is revolutionary. Do you think this is a true technological revolution or just hype?
I believe that the new Wii Nintendo gaming system truly is 'democratizing' and is not just hype, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a technological revolution. I visited the Wii website to gain more information on it, and I found video clips of people of all ages using it, seemingly with ease.
Wii -- pronounced 'wee' -- is video game console released by Nintendo in 2006. I think that the Wii Remote is as much of a breakthrough as you can get. It is wireless and can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions. It was created for the main purpose of contouring to all the needs of people’s ages and abilities. It can serve as a tennis racquet, steering wheel, and more. It uses Bluetooth technology, that can send and receive actions from up to thirty feet away. The Wii Remote also has a cousin, the Nunchuk. The Nunchuk is designed to fit perfectly into a player’s hand, and connects to the Wii Remote. It has the same motion sensing technology of the Wii Remote, but also has a joy stick to help in character movement. Both the Nunchuk and the Wii Remote please the ambidextrous nature of Wii game players.
The Wii is pleasing to the eye even when it is not turned on. It has a compact, sleek design, allowing it be displayed either vertically or horizontally. It comes in a glossy white. It's not even the large. It's approximately the size of three DVD cases stacked on top of each other. The Wii communicates wirelessly with the internet and can also connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS. It's just one great wireless package...no strings attached. It goes for about $279.00, about he price of a 4GB iPod. These are just some of the highlights of the new Nintendo Wii.
The Wii makes it easy for people of all ages and abilities to use it...from seven years old to seventy. It does democratize gaming for all people, but still has some way to go before it becomes a technological revolution.
Words: 391
Journal Entry question for EVERYONE!
http://www.wii.com
There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding the new Ninetendo Wii gaming system. Some say that the Wii's ability to "democratize" gaming for people of all ages and abilities is revolutionary. Do you think this is a true technological revolution or just hype?
I believe that the new Wii Nintendo gaming system truly is 'democratizing' and is not just hype, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a technological revolution. I visited the Wii website to gain more information on it, and I found video clips of people of all ages using it, seemingly with ease.
Wii -- pronounced 'wee' -- is video game console released by Nintendo in 2006. I think that the Wii Remote is as much of a breakthrough as you can get. It is wireless and can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions. It was created for the main purpose of contouring to all the needs of people’s ages and abilities. It can serve as a tennis racquet, steering wheel, and more. It uses Bluetooth technology, that can send and receive actions from up to thirty feet away. The Wii Remote also has a cousin, the Nunchuk. The Nunchuk is designed to fit perfectly into a player’s hand, and connects to the Wii Remote. It has the same motion sensing technology of the Wii Remote, but also has a joy stick to help in character movement. Both the Nunchuk and the Wii Remote please the ambidextrous nature of Wii game players.
The Wii is pleasing to the eye even when it is not turned on. It has a compact, sleek design, allowing it be displayed either vertically or horizontally. It comes in a glossy white. It's not even the large. It's approximately the size of three DVD cases stacked on top of each other. The Wii communicates wirelessly with the internet and can also connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS. It's just one great wireless package...no strings attached. It goes for about $279.00, about he price of a 4GB iPod. These are just some of the highlights of the new Nintendo Wii.
The Wii makes it easy for people of all ages and abilities to use it...from seven years old to seventy. It does democratize gaming for all people, but still has some way to go before it becomes a technological revolution.
Words: 391
4:32 PM; unforgotten.Y
Friday, November 10, 2006
Reading in CyberSpace?!?!
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #5
http://books.google.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l2nrbmBQXg
http://books.google.com/googleprint/library.html
Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans and stores in its digital database. This service, formerly known as Google Print, has caused some controversy. Google Book Search offers 'snippets' of books and full views of books, and has been considered illegal. What one fails to recognize is that Google Book Search's links to books, much like all major search engines link to websites and use thumbnails to link to images. If Google Book Search is illegal, then all search engines are, too.
1. People have claimed that Google Book Search is not 'fair use' meaning that it is copyright infringement. But the law states that, it one receives permission ro reproduce copyrighted work, it is legal. Google Book Search does do this, it does contact the authors and publishers, and uses how much that they want to be used, no more, no less. Google Book Search's goal is to work with publishers, authors, and libraries, to create an extensive and searchable virtual card catalog of all books in all languages, that helps its users discover new books, and for publishers to discover new readers. This interaction gives Google a chance to broaden its audience, and profit from it.
2. Google, being a huge website, has its competitors, Namely being Yahoo! and Microsoft (including MSN). Google is quickly evolving, and so Yahoo! and Microsoft will have to step up its game. For example, when Microsoft basked in the glory of owning Hotmail, an extremely popular email server, Google responded by creating G-Mail, and making it better than Hotmail. Microsoft retaliated by creating Window Live Mail, even better than G-Mail. When Yahoo! sat back and enjoyed its success of its new Yahoo! Video search, Google acted and bought YouTube, a rapidly growing website consisting of videos (usually home-made) uploaded by ordinary people.
3. Google Book Search has made an impact on the access to information. When the internet was first made domestic, people found less of a need to go to libraries to research for information. But the need was still there, no matter how small. Now, with Google Book Search, this need has become even smaller. We can no access books that we cannot get in libraries.
4. I do not think librarians will be threatened by this new development. The official Google Book Search website invited librarians to lend them book so they can scan. Librarians are joining Google Book Search, but there is still need for libraries, for entertainment reading.
5. Google Book Search sounded very interesting, and I was a little bit excited when I first heard of it. Being an avid reader myself, I tried Google Book Search before I started writing this blog. I found it quite disappointing. Most of the 'Full View' books were really old, like early 1900's old. Google Book Search offered a variety of different books for research, but very little for leisure reading, and that is what I like to do. I know I will not be a regular user of Google Book Search.
Words: 514
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #5
http://books.google.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l2nrbmBQXg
http://books.google.com/googleprint/library.html
Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans and stores in its digital database. This service, formerly known as Google Print, has caused some controversy. Google Book Search offers 'snippets' of books and full views of books, and has been considered illegal. What one fails to recognize is that Google Book Search's links to books, much like all major search engines link to websites and use thumbnails to link to images. If Google Book Search is illegal, then all search engines are, too.
1. People have claimed that Google Book Search is not 'fair use' meaning that it is copyright infringement. But the law states that, it one receives permission ro reproduce copyrighted work, it is legal. Google Book Search does do this, it does contact the authors and publishers, and uses how much that they want to be used, no more, no less. Google Book Search's goal is to work with publishers, authors, and libraries, to create an extensive and searchable virtual card catalog of all books in all languages, that helps its users discover new books, and for publishers to discover new readers. This interaction gives Google a chance to broaden its audience, and profit from it.
2. Google, being a huge website, has its competitors, Namely being Yahoo! and Microsoft (including MSN). Google is quickly evolving, and so Yahoo! and Microsoft will have to step up its game. For example, when Microsoft basked in the glory of owning Hotmail, an extremely popular email server, Google responded by creating G-Mail, and making it better than Hotmail. Microsoft retaliated by creating Window Live Mail, even better than G-Mail. When Yahoo! sat back and enjoyed its success of its new Yahoo! Video search, Google acted and bought YouTube, a rapidly growing website consisting of videos (usually home-made) uploaded by ordinary people.
3. Google Book Search has made an impact on the access to information. When the internet was first made domestic, people found less of a need to go to libraries to research for information. But the need was still there, no matter how small. Now, with Google Book Search, this need has become even smaller. We can no access books that we cannot get in libraries.
4. I do not think librarians will be threatened by this new development. The official Google Book Search website invited librarians to lend them book so they can scan. Librarians are joining Google Book Search, but there is still need for libraries, for entertainment reading.
5. Google Book Search sounded very interesting, and I was a little bit excited when I first heard of it. Being an avid reader myself, I tried Google Book Search before I started writing this blog. I found it quite disappointing. Most of the 'Full View' books were really old, like early 1900's old. Google Book Search offered a variety of different books for research, but very little for leisure reading, and that is what I like to do. I know I will not be a regular user of Google Book Search.
Words: 514
2:50 PM; unforgotten.Y
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
What Makes YOU Special: The Genographic Project
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #4
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
http://www.ibm.com/industries/healthcare/genographic/index.jsp?P_Campaign=6N3EWS5
In the space of just a few thousand generations, the linguistic, cultural and genetic diversity of the human race has exploded. Scientists agree that all humans share a common ancestry in Africa. Much less well understood is how the human race migrated out of Africa and became so diverse. To discover more about this ancestral journey, IBM and National Geographic have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year study which will collect a massive sample of human DNA to put together a map of how humans populated the planet.
There has been many scientific and technological advancements made in order to make this project possible. The main one, of course, would be sample DNA testing. Just a simple swab of your inner cheek can tell you tons of information about you. This information is needed to trace your lineage. Another advancement would be that of computer software. A program must have been created to produce a map of our world, and then trace our ancestors footsteps across the globe. As information is slowly collected, the researches of this project will need to access and update this map quickly and easily. An example of this map is on the National Geographic Genographic Project website.
This is a recent project. Certainly, the theory of all humans originating in Africa has been stumbled on before, but why hasn't anyone delved deeper before now? The answer lies in the quickly advancing technology. 100 years ago, this could not be possible. People did not have computers, and they did not have DNA testing. Records could have been made on paper by pen, but what records could be made without DNA testing? 25 years ago, DNA may have been practiced, but not accurately.
As stated above, the Genographic Project is recent, but the theory of African hereditary has been though of before. The Project has been started now because we are in the Age of Technology. All the technology around us is quickly evolving, so what better time is there for this technology-savvy project? With resources close at hand, and groups of other techno-savvy people around, this is a time to explore and dive deep.
Indigenous peoples are the people who originated or lived in an area or environment. Indigenous groups are important to this project because they are the people that we know off hand have a direct relationship to the peoples who first inhabited a land. Since this project is about finding ancestors, indigenous people offer a great help when they volunteer to be DNA tested, because they're DNA is so close to the people who were here way before anyone else was.
Words: 438
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #4
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
http://www.ibm.com/industries/healthcare/genographic/index.jsp?P_Campaign=6N3EWS5
In the space of just a few thousand generations, the linguistic, cultural and genetic diversity of the human race has exploded. Scientists agree that all humans share a common ancestry in Africa. Much less well understood is how the human race migrated out of Africa and became so diverse. To discover more about this ancestral journey, IBM and National Geographic have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year study which will collect a massive sample of human DNA to put together a map of how humans populated the planet.
There has been many scientific and technological advancements made in order to make this project possible. The main one, of course, would be sample DNA testing. Just a simple swab of your inner cheek can tell you tons of information about you. This information is needed to trace your lineage. Another advancement would be that of computer software. A program must have been created to produce a map of our world, and then trace our ancestors footsteps across the globe. As information is slowly collected, the researches of this project will need to access and update this map quickly and easily. An example of this map is on the National Geographic Genographic Project website.
This is a recent project. Certainly, the theory of all humans originating in Africa has been stumbled on before, but why hasn't anyone delved deeper before now? The answer lies in the quickly advancing technology. 100 years ago, this could not be possible. People did not have computers, and they did not have DNA testing. Records could have been made on paper by pen, but what records could be made without DNA testing? 25 years ago, DNA may have been practiced, but not accurately.
As stated above, the Genographic Project is recent, but the theory of African hereditary has been though of before. The Project has been started now because we are in the Age of Technology. All the technology around us is quickly evolving, so what better time is there for this technology-savvy project? With resources close at hand, and groups of other techno-savvy people around, this is a time to explore and dive deep.
Indigenous peoples are the people who originated or lived in an area or environment. Indigenous groups are important to this project because they are the people that we know off hand have a direct relationship to the peoples who first inhabited a land. Since this project is about finding ancestors, indigenous people offer a great help when they volunteer to be DNA tested, because they're DNA is so close to the people who were here way before anyone else was.
Words: 438
4:59 PM; unforgotten.Y
When War Meets Video Games
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #3
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,61515-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1
1. War games are so popular now because they give the player control and power. They get to destroy, kill, and give orders. They can't do this in reality. The player gets to control what is happening in the game, and is rewarded by points, so that they keep on playing.
2. "If it's not real, it's not realistic" is a quote in the article. I do not think realistic war games desensitize people to the horror of war. War video games are solely for entertainment purposes. People don't play it because they want to get used to and realize war, they play these video games for fun. War video games are horrific like war, but in no way can they prepare you for it. You're just sitting there with a controller in your hands, watching people die...that's not what war is.
3. I personally think war video games are horrible. They give bad messages to the youth of today. The government tries to stop criminal acts done by youths, but what they do not know is that these youths are influenced by a factor sitting in their very own homes. A young child will oftentimes try to imitate the character that he or she plays in the game, bullying, fighting, and ordering around other kids. War video games give the message that war, and killing, is fun. That is why kids end up in jail, because they want to take their video game experience past the television screen to real life. There is a lot of graphic violence, gore, and antisocial behavior. Some war video games also pose as propaganda, twisting and distorting the reality of war. Since video games are often repetitive (if you lose your 'life', you will most likely have to start at the beginning, and do eveything over), the effect is rehearsal in behavior for violent activity. Too much exposure to war video games can lead to aggressive thoughts, emotions, and actions, as if the person is still playing the game, except in reality. They will try to apply the tactics learned in the game to real life. For example, solving a problem with force rather than discussion.
Words: 356
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #3
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,61515-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1
1. War games are so popular now because they give the player control and power. They get to destroy, kill, and give orders. They can't do this in reality. The player gets to control what is happening in the game, and is rewarded by points, so that they keep on playing.
2. "If it's not real, it's not realistic" is a quote in the article. I do not think realistic war games desensitize people to the horror of war. War video games are solely for entertainment purposes. People don't play it because they want to get used to and realize war, they play these video games for fun. War video games are horrific like war, but in no way can they prepare you for it. You're just sitting there with a controller in your hands, watching people die...that's not what war is.
3. I personally think war video games are horrible. They give bad messages to the youth of today. The government tries to stop criminal acts done by youths, but what they do not know is that these youths are influenced by a factor sitting in their very own homes. A young child will oftentimes try to imitate the character that he or she plays in the game, bullying, fighting, and ordering around other kids. War video games give the message that war, and killing, is fun. That is why kids end up in jail, because they want to take their video game experience past the television screen to real life. There is a lot of graphic violence, gore, and antisocial behavior. Some war video games also pose as propaganda, twisting and distorting the reality of war. Since video games are often repetitive (if you lose your 'life', you will most likely have to start at the beginning, and do eveything over), the effect is rehearsal in behavior for violent activity. Too much exposure to war video games can lead to aggressive thoughts, emotions, and actions, as if the person is still playing the game, except in reality. They will try to apply the tactics learned in the game to real life. For example, solving a problem with force rather than discussion.
Words: 356
4:01 PM; unforgotten.Y
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
An iPod Classroom?
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #2
http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=1137
1. iPod: to use or not to use? It really doesn't matter for me. I could learn with it or without it. The goods on iPod classes: With an iPod, I don't have to wake up so early in the morning, because I turn on the iPod whenever I want. I could wear whatever I want, and take my iPod wherever I want, so I could listen to it anywhere. Downside: no one to tell me I'm slacking off, no one to tell me that I need to this or that. Also, using earphones for too long causes an abnormal amount of earwax.
Fortunately, I'm not a person that slacks off or procrastinates. So I could manage with or without the iPod classes.
2. I think Mary Ward, as a self directed school, could introduce iPod v-casting to the education. But I suggest that the seniors, Grade 11 and 12, should be the only people to use it. When you are in Gr. 11 and 12 you are now comfortable with Mary Ward's unique structure. V-casting should be optional, so that those who think they work better 'kinesthetically' can balance work and school. When you are that age, you will most likely have a job, and in Mary Ward, balancing a job and schoolwork is difficult. If you use v-casting, you can listen to your seminars and such anytime at home. The disadvantages could include that with v-casting, students think they can slack off more, because they can catch up easily, but that's not the case. In the article at yorku.ca, Diane Zorn tells us that "this course [v-casting] is in no way designed to be easier because of its format. It's simply different". Also, students may be tempted to do several things while listening to their v-cast (like sleeping), and may only be listening half-heartedly. When you're listening half-heartedly, your brain is not really processing the information, so you tend to forget the input very quickly. Before I close, I must raise this again, the amount of earwax that builds up is just -- okay I'll stop.
Words: 347
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #2
http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=1137
1. iPod: to use or not to use? It really doesn't matter for me. I could learn with it or without it. The goods on iPod classes: With an iPod, I don't have to wake up so early in the morning, because I turn on the iPod whenever I want. I could wear whatever I want, and take my iPod wherever I want, so I could listen to it anywhere. Downside: no one to tell me I'm slacking off, no one to tell me that I need to this or that. Also, using earphones for too long causes an abnormal amount of earwax.
Fortunately, I'm not a person that slacks off or procrastinates. So I could manage with or without the iPod classes.
2. I think Mary Ward, as a self directed school, could introduce iPod v-casting to the education. But I suggest that the seniors, Grade 11 and 12, should be the only people to use it. When you are in Gr. 11 and 12 you are now comfortable with Mary Ward's unique structure. V-casting should be optional, so that those who think they work better 'kinesthetically' can balance work and school. When you are that age, you will most likely have a job, and in Mary Ward, balancing a job and schoolwork is difficult. If you use v-casting, you can listen to your seminars and such anytime at home. The disadvantages could include that with v-casting, students think they can slack off more, because they can catch up easily, but that's not the case. In the article at yorku.ca, Diane Zorn tells us that "this course [v-casting] is in no way designed to be easier because of its format. It's simply different". Also, students may be tempted to do several things while listening to their v-cast (like sleeping), and may only be listening half-heartedly. When you're listening half-heartedly, your brain is not really processing the information, so you tend to forget the input very quickly. Before I close, I must raise this again, the amount of earwax that builds up is just -- okay I'll stop.
Words: 347
2:19 PM; unforgotten.Y
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
So, I go into Comm. Tech. today, prepared to do a little tweaking to my HTML layout. I go in, and sit myself down next to my friend, Emmy.
"Liane!", she says enthusiastically.
"Emmy!", I echo her.
"I need help with my layout. It doesn't like me", she continues.
"Yeah, I'll help you. Just let me log in, and I'll see what I can do", I reply.
Alas, it was not to be. I typed in my username, hit Tab, typed in my password, and then hit Enter.
'The System cannot log you on' flashed onto my screen
Darn it.
I tried again. And again. And again. Then the computer shut me out. I was determined. I restarted the computer, and tried again. And again, nothing.
I went into the next room, Design, and found my friend, Nina.
"Niiinaaaaaaa", I whine.
"Hi!"
"The stupid computer won't log me on."
"Try a different computer."
"Right, I knew that."
Sometimes, I have trouble figuring out who is smarter (but then I think harder, and I know it's me [just kidding Nina!!!]).
I sit myself down two computers away from Emmy, and what do you know, I get in. Finally. But then, I can't get open the stupid Start Menu! What the heck? Honestly, Comm. Tech. doesn't like me (just like Emmy's layout doesn't like her).
Whatever. I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, say bye-bye to Emmy and make my way to Design, where I spent the period doing my best buddy Susana's homework.
Story of my life.
"Liane!", she says enthusiastically.
"Emmy!", I echo her.
"I need help with my layout. It doesn't like me", she continues.
"Yeah, I'll help you. Just let me log in, and I'll see what I can do", I reply.
Alas, it was not to be. I typed in my username, hit Tab, typed in my password, and then hit Enter.
'The System cannot log you on' flashed onto my screen
Darn it.
I tried again. And again. And again. Then the computer shut me out. I was determined. I restarted the computer, and tried again. And again, nothing.
I went into the next room, Design, and found my friend, Nina.
"Niiinaaaaaaa", I whine.
"Hi!"
"The stupid computer won't log me on."
"Try a different computer."
"Right, I knew that."
Sometimes, I have trouble figuring out who is smarter (but then I think harder, and I know it's me [just kidding Nina!!!]).
I sit myself down two computers away from Emmy, and what do you know, I get in. Finally. But then, I can't get open the stupid Start Menu! What the heck? Honestly, Comm. Tech. doesn't like me (just like Emmy's layout doesn't like her).
Whatever. I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, say bye-bye to Emmy and make my way to Design, where I spent the period doing my best buddy Susana's homework.
Story of my life.
4:37 PM; unforgotten.Y
Thursday, September 14, 2006
With the GOOD, comes the BAD
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #1
There are a lot of advancements in technology nowadays. Along with that, comes all the benefits and shortcomings as well. Take the internet, for example. The internet is a remarkable thing, really. It is fast, and easily accessible. It is a great way to access huge amounts of information in one place. It can help a great deal on homework, making trips to the library for information a thing of the past.
But there is a lot of unauthorized information floating around there in cyberspace. Information that is probably not true...rumors and such. Anyone with an internet connection can post up false information on the web, claiming it to be true. I'm not saying that everything on the internet is false, there are official sites for accurate information, but then there are not. The internet provides a diversity of different things. Instead of researching things from one or two authors, we may browse countless authors' works and extract only the information we need from each one.
The internet is evolving everyday. Now, you can do your banking, shopping, and even order your dinner over the internet. Technically, you don't have to leave your house except for your job. The internet is also making it possible to contact family and friends thousands of miles away. There are different ways: e-mail, web-cam, and voice-conferencing. It will feel like they are actually there in the room with you.
The internet can also be a source of entertainment. Chatting with friends and online games are among the popular ones. But while searching for these games and chat rooms, one might stumble upon web-sites that are not appropriate for young eyes. Such things are banned from North America, the internet allows you to access information from other countries from one machine. Someone in Australia could access information posted up in Russia.
Then there's plagiarism. With information just waiting there, it can be very tempting to copy and paste something off the internet and into your work, and claim it as your own. This is a serious offence in many schools.
The internet takes away time from more conventional things, like books, newspapers, magazines, and even television. But whatever you find on the internet you may also find printed in a book or magazine.
But since surfing the internet requires evaluating, comparing, and making decisions, each time one logs in, the brain automatically turns 'on' your own personal firewall.
Words: 404
Journal Entry Answer for Grade 10, #1
There are a lot of advancements in technology nowadays. Along with that, comes all the benefits and shortcomings as well. Take the internet, for example. The internet is a remarkable thing, really. It is fast, and easily accessible. It is a great way to access huge amounts of information in one place. It can help a great deal on homework, making trips to the library for information a thing of the past.
But there is a lot of unauthorized information floating around there in cyberspace. Information that is probably not true...rumors and such. Anyone with an internet connection can post up false information on the web, claiming it to be true. I'm not saying that everything on the internet is false, there are official sites for accurate information, but then there are not. The internet provides a diversity of different things. Instead of researching things from one or two authors, we may browse countless authors' works and extract only the information we need from each one.
The internet is evolving everyday. Now, you can do your banking, shopping, and even order your dinner over the internet. Technically, you don't have to leave your house except for your job. The internet is also making it possible to contact family and friends thousands of miles away. There are different ways: e-mail, web-cam, and voice-conferencing. It will feel like they are actually there in the room with you.
The internet can also be a source of entertainment. Chatting with friends and online games are among the popular ones. But while searching for these games and chat rooms, one might stumble upon web-sites that are not appropriate for young eyes. Such things are banned from North America, the internet allows you to access information from other countries from one machine. Someone in Australia could access information posted up in Russia.
Then there's plagiarism. With information just waiting there, it can be very tempting to copy and paste something off the internet and into your work, and claim it as your own. This is a serious offence in many schools.
The internet takes away time from more conventional things, like books, newspapers, magazines, and even television. But whatever you find on the internet you may also find printed in a book or magazine.
But since surfing the internet requires evaluating, comparing, and making decisions, each time one logs in, the brain automatically turns 'on' your own personal firewall.
Words: 404
4:10 PM; unforgotten.Y