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What are the top 15 terms students search for on the web? 1 Games 2 Dogs 3 Animals 4 Civil War 5 George Washington 6 Holocaust 7 Abraham Lincoln 8 Multiplication 9 Math Games 10 Weather 11 Frogs 12 Fractions 13 Planets 14 Sharks 15 Plants

 Determine what is wrong with teens using text messaging to communicate with their friends. "The act of texting automatically removes 10 I.Q. points,” said Paul Saffo, a technology trend forecaster in Silicon Valley. “The truth of the matter is there are hobbies that are incompatible. You don’t want to do mushroom-hunting and bird-watching at the same time, and it is the same with texting and other activities.We have all seen people walk into parking meters or walk into traffic and seem startled by oncoming cars.”texting at the wrong time can be extremely dangerous. Over the last two years, news accounts across the country have chronicled the death or serious injury of people who walk into traffic while texting or who drive while doing so. Police officials said last year that a crash that killed five cheerleaders in upstate New York might have been linked to texting. A recent Nationwide Insurance survey of 1,500 drivers found that almost 40 percent of those respondents from 16 to 30 years old said they text while driving.

What is a Wiki, Blog, and Podcast? What is wiki? Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely c reate and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

What is a Podcast? A podcast is a series of audio or video digital media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download through Webfeeds, to portable media players and personal computers.

What is a Blog? A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

What is Skype&+explain? Skype is software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and to free-of-charge numbers are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.

Explain fair use with regard to copyrighting. The purpose and character of use including whether the use is for non-profit, educational purposes or commercial purposes. the use of non-fiction is more likely to be considered fair use than use of fiction.The amount of a work used is a major factor in determining fair use. However, even if you only use a small portion of the work but it is the “heart” or the most significant portion of the work, it is less likely to be fair use.

Determine and explain what makes a source viable. The main thing that makes a source viable is where you found the source and its credentials. When doing research you usually want to stay away from .com sites as they are for commercial use (i.e. they want to sell you something), unless they are for a peer reviewed journal. Your best choices for online information are eith er peer reviewed journals or .edu and .gov sites. However if you do find information on a site try and find some information about t he source you used. Ask yourself "Why should I believe what this person has to say about this topic?, What makes their information reliable"?.

Visit the site creative commons and describe how it could benefit you. Creative Commons will help you if you have something you want to be copyrighted. They provide a free license and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.

'''Watch the video at www.teachers.tv/video/5425. Explain what you learned from it. Can you relate to any of it in anyway?''' I learned that not all websites are valid, and that you really have to pay attention to what you are writing, or copying from the website. I can relate to it alot, because most of the times i research i just write down what it says and then change a few words, if that. So i learned you really have to pay attention to what your researching.

'''Evaluate the ways in which technology has changed the Inauguration. Express your thoughts on it, good, bad.''' Federal, state and local agencies plan to use the latest technology to monitor action in the sky and on the ground. It is one of many signs that Barack Obama's inauguration will take security in Washington to a new level using expertise, equipment, and just about every piece of technology that exists today.On Inauguration Day, computers will integrate information from cameras, sensors, and traffic and police reports, allowing officials throughout the region to monitor traffic flow in real time. In particular, 3-D modeling, complete with weather effects, will provide an even more detailed picture, according to sources. And, the Secret Service reportedly can engage mobile phone jammers as needed to ensure presidential security, so people who suddenly find their phones not working along the presidential motorcade route may need to be patient."Although many of the vehicles' security enhancements cannot be discussed, it is safe to say that this car's security and coded communications systems make it the most technologically advanced protection vehicle in the world," said Nicholas Trotta, assistant director for the Office of Protective Operations with the Secret Service. I think its good to have technology, to protect him and to further our technology.