Social Bookmarking Project

1) What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers?

2) What have you learned from researching the above topics? What do you know now about those current events that you didn’t know before?

3) What are other social bookmarking apps/websites?
4) Will you continue to use social bookmarking?

1. Another way to organize and store information on my computer is using a Wiki.
2. Researching the above topics, I learned different things I didn't know about. Now I know the actual progress of the virus, Ebola,and the legalization of Marijuana in different states. I realized that there are many different types of tensions in middle-east countries, that Twitter, Instagram, and Vines can be educational tools, and that there are actually laws that protect children from bullying.
3. Other social bookmarking websites are Google Bookmark, Pinterest, Pearltrees, Bibsonomy, and Digg.
4. I will continue to use social bookmarking to collect information for my school researches. I will save the websites, so that I can visit them quickly, without losing time searching the web.

My Holiday Break

Over the holiday break my host-parents went to Disney World. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with them, instead I stayed with my local coordinators and other two exchange students in Wayne. On Christmas day we exchanged presents and then we went to a party in my local coordinators' friends' house. There was a huge Christmas tree and, under that, a huge amount of presents, which were all for two little girls. I was so jealous. I never had such a sweet childhood.

On New Year's Eve I stayed home with three friends, without parents. We played table-games, talked and ate a lot. It was not like my usual New Year's Eve in Italy but I lived the moment, and I had fun. Going through the holiday without my family was sad, and I missed them very much, but the past Saturday, after my host-parents came home, we went to New York City to have dinner with my mum! We were glad to see each other again after a long time, and, also, she gave me an iPhone 6 as a Christmas and Birthday present. I can't wait to see her, my family and friends again when I go back to Italy.

Change the World

Gandhi, preacher of non-violence, leave to us this words full of significance. I can't just desire the world to change until I, personally, change. Change yourself, then change the world. He also means that we can't be selfish, and think just about our personal goals. We are part of a world made of violence, wars, and injustice. We can't be beholders of its ruin. Make this world a better place, cotribute to the community. Personally, I feel like I want to do something with my life that would help this world. I still don't know exactly, but I have to try, for the words of this man, and for the world.

Blog Post Assessment

Five Guys is definitely my favorite American restaurant.

It was founded in 1986 by Janie and Jerry Murrel. Their sons, Matt, Jim, Chad, Ben and Tyler were the original "Five Guys". Today all sons are involved in the market: Matt and Jim travel the country visiting stores, Chad oversees training, Ben select the franchisees, and Tyler runs the bakery. The first Five Guys was in Arlington's Westmont Shopping Center and now restaurants are all over the North-America and Great Britain.

The restaurant serves burgers, fries and kosher style hot dogs, grilled cheese and vegetable sandwiches. Its specialties are for sure the burgers, in which you can add crispy bacon, american cheese, and many vegetables, and french fries cooked in pure. Besides, you can have every kind of refillable drinks, awesome milkshakes, and free peanuts!

Personally, that's my favorite American restaurant because of the quality of its burgers and fries. I've never had a bacon-cheeseburger like the one in Five Guys, and the fries don't need ketchup to be tasty. When I go back to Italy I will have to open one there because I can't live anymore without it.

Discuss Questions

Discussion Questions

Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?

Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?

Which sites were your favorites?

What else can you use RSS feeds for?

How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

1. I selected the sites I subscribed to because they interested me.
2. It was pretty easy. I just found difficult to look for government feeds, because I don't know many departments.
3. My favourite sites are in the personal folder.
4. I can use RSS feeds to have news I'm interested in without long researches on the web.
5. I will use RSS feeds to stay informed about new scientific discovers. 

Sony-pocalypse

Sony hack is one of the worst hacks ever

 

In a single week, hackers have brought Sony Pictures, a major Hollywood studio, to its knees.

It's so devastating that other companies are being warned by FBI about the malicious software that infected Sony's computers. A security researcher, Adrian Sanabria, calls it "Sony-pocalypse".

• Leaked movies: Every stolen copy of a movie is potentially a movie ticket lost. "Fury", the drama starring Brad Pitt has been downloaded illegally 2.3 million times.
• Embarrassing: The hack has produced some embarrassing internal communications, including some memos that show Sony employees are fed up with the boring, unimaginative movies Sony keeps producing.
• Unequal salaries: The world now knows that employees are paid according to gender and race lines.
• Personal information: 3,800 employees must be on guard for identity theft. Hackers have exposed personal data on the web. 

All of this has been posted in illegal file-sharing websites, using computer servers owned by Sony's PlayStation Network, adding insult to injury. Hackers took more than hundred terabytes of data, a number so huge that it will take a year or more for Sony to go through it all and deal with the damage. Some executives think it might be North Korea, because of the nearly released comedy, "The Interview" by Sony, about a plot to kill North-Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un.

 



Do Now Writing Prompt

If I were a teacher in this school, I would add a new class to the curriculum, called "Introduction to engineering". The students could approach for the first time to engineering. Students would learn how to connect physics with machinery, and create their own designs. Students would be graded at first with tests and homework, then, when they learn the basic knowledge, they could start working in groups, create new designs and build their models.

My class would be pretty cool, with a variety of tools and chromebooks, so that students can work easily with internet. If students do a very good job with their projects, these will be presented in my class. Probably, it will be messy.