Why is Twitter so IMPORTANT????

May 20, 2010

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Twitter presentation Laura Tweetilie Dee: What’s So Important About Twitter?  How a Small 140 Word Text has Such a High Impact in our Society               Many people sneak tweets off at school, work, home, or in transit to some location.  More people “do it” then you would believe.  Statistics from a 2009 Twitter Tally, […]

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Final Project-Female Gaming Website

December 4, 2009

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Here is the link to my final project-Female Gaming. Please check out the site and look at some of the videos. I did not get to all the amazing videos on the site so please look at the stuff I couldn’t get to in class and post any comments! Thanks!   http://femalegaming.webs.com/

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Media Artifact

November 20, 2009

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My media artifact has moved nations, changed societies and rocked nations! So what am I talking about? Movies. Movies cause people to reflect on life and society in general. Started in the 1880’s by Edison by creating the first film cell; movies have grown up very quickly. Mostly film was created for political reasons to […]

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How school gaming could be cool

November 13, 2009

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You know if schools could get together with the gaming industry and create games that teach us even as we are enjoying a quest or a killing spree think of all the brilliant Americans they could produce!  A lot of learning happens in our unconsious mind when it is relaxed thinking about something.  Couldn’t the […]

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Why is there SSSSSOOO Much GREED???

October 30, 2009

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You know both readings for this week delt with greed in their own ways.  Schaeffer dealt with Napster and how the music industry squashed a free flowing music community in the name of all the artists who were not getting paid per download.  Give me a break!  Before the internet kids would record music off […]

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Scouting Paper

October 23, 2009

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I found this new tech tool in the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson. The tech tool I am most interested in is quiet new and not all school know about it yet. It is called live streaming which means a video is not done but you […]

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Phony Internet

October 9, 2009

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While most of us have internet freedom in many countries people there have no idea how sheltered the internet is.  After reading Zitterain it became clear how sneaky some governments are in denying people the freedom of a true internet.  I knew South Korea denies its people many freedoms but I do hope some people […]

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Diigo Link

October 8, 2009

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here is the link to my Diigo account.  http://www.diigo.com/user/lminnis209  if you want to check it out it includes articles I have read and my comments.

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Post 2

October 1, 2009

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The articles we read for class this week made me think about how unfair the school system is to all writing classes.  I mean Literature is made to be the noble prestigious father of all English and writing looks like the poor cousin.  BUT!  Would we have literature without the WRITTEN WORD??? Exactly!  We would […]

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Post 1

September 24, 2009

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Hello!  After I read the three articles due for class this week I thought, “Do I have trouble seeing the side of Immigrants”???  For myself I have always had a uber obsession with tech toys and tools.  If it is new and suppose to be great to use 9 times outta 10 I will buy […]

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