Do Now: 12-5

Nothing really ignites my desire to better the world, and don't there has to be something to ignite it. I think that desire naturally comes with being a decent person. My life goal is merely to be happy, therefore I don't see how that would benefit society in anyway. It's somewhat of a selfish goal, but whatever.

Discussion Questions: Digg Reader

1) I chose certain sites for my Digg Reader because I really couldn't think of anything better.
2) It was not easy to find feeds and subscribe to them. Mostly because I dislike a large majority of things.
3) My personal sites are my favorite
4) For being updated on your favorite sites.
5) I don't know how likely it will be for me to be using RSS feeds in the future.

Tech Article 12-5

Attack on Sony Has Been Confirmed to be From North Korea

-North Korea has hacked Sony, stopping their computer networks from working

-The attack was carried out by a group of people called "Guardians of Peace."

-The group even claimed to have obtained personal information of numerous celebrities

-They also claimed to have information on the companies production schedule

-They also leaked movies that have not been released yet for people to illegally download them

-The FBI and Mandiant are looking into this situation


Original Article

Tax Class

   This class helps you know and understand how to pay your taxes once you graduate from high school. Not many schools have this course, yet I find it to be very important for students to know how to be successful for the future; not only academically, but also through mandatory knowledge in order to sustain the life of an average citizen.
   This class would meet two or three times a week depending on when graduation was. Students would demonstrate their work through being given multiple tax scenarios and would have to learn how to solve them and ultimately learn how to pay their taxes by themselves.

Tech Article 11-21

-Webcams in over 100 countries have been hacked by a Russian website and are being webcasted live over the internet

-There are 4,500 live streams coming from the USA

-2,000 in France

-1,500 in the Netherlands

-And thousands of more live streams in other countries

-The website insists that it did this to promote webcam security.

-You can ensure that your webcam is secure by checking your PC's webcam settings and changing your webcam's default password.

Full Article here

Wiki Research

1) A Wiki could help a class with group projects through their easy and convenient way of transferring and and gathering information in one form of documentation.

2) Wikis make it exceptionally easier to share and gather information.

3) Through using a Wiki in Web 2.0, it would be simple to do projects with a partner, due to ability to avoid countless emails and lack of communication.

4) We use a Wiki in Ms. Garvin's World History class to show that the class understands and can comprehend the information given in class.

Tech Article - November 14, 2014

Recall on Honda's After Death in Malaysia Is Caused By Defective Airbag

-Driver in Malaysia died on Thursday due to the airbag in their Honda exploding
-Takata Corporation made the faulty airbag
-It is the fifth death related to these faulty airbag
-In one incident, the airbag killed a pregnant woman and her unborn baby
-14.3 million cars are being recalled because of these airbags
-6.2 million of these cars are Hondas.

Full article here