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Karla's Project Page =Final BEIS Project =

= = = Web 2.0 Technology =

-[|Youtube.com]- Anyone can upload their videos to the web to share with the world. -[|Blogger.com]- A site where you can write about whatever you want, whether if its for business purposes, or for entertainment. -[|Bighugelabs.com]- A fun site that creates mashups of pictures, and calendars, puzzels, etc. -[|Facebook.com]- A social networking site where you can stay in touch with your friends. -[|Google.com]- A search engine where you type in a topic, and it gives you results. -[|Flikr.com]- A picture site where you can share your pictures with friends, or anyone. -[|Delicious.com]- A social bookmarking site to keep track of all your favorite websites.

= Digital Citizenship = Digital Citizenship is something that teachers, parents, and students can use to prepare themselves to use their technological skills that they need in todays society. Using your citizenship skills means that you are responsible in your actions, to not be bias, to expose unnecessary things of your private life, or to use slang on the web when you are dealing with something formal.

= Flat Classroom Projec  t  = **-The [|Flat Classroom Project] is where a group of people come together through Web 2.0 tools to contribute to a project which helps our future. They collaborate in parts of the project which they are assaigned and research which is then posted on the wiki page, so other people can see.

-I participated in Team 5B which was the Web 2.0 group

-My video covered the topic of how Web 2.0 has helped students do their homework faster. In the 80s when they did not have computers they would spent hours in the library doing research, nowadays students can just go into the internet and type in their topic in [|Google] where they will have a lot information about their homework, and even answer some of the questions they have.

- The Flat Classroom Project impacted me because now I know that Web 2.0 contributes to our worlds technology. Technology is what we use to communicate, to socialize, to be informed, but also to learn new ways to advance our world. I would not have a clue about how technology needs if I had not participated in this project. I learned so much, and I will keep learning because I will try and keep up with it.**

= Flat Classroom Conference = **-My experience in the [|Flat Classroom Conference] was great. I traveled to the other side of the world when I have only gone to my grandma's house in Mexico. I got to ride in an airplane, and I had never been on one, it was awesome. I was in London, even though we were only in [|Heathrow Airport] it's fun to able to say that I was in London, and ate breakfast there. I got to stay in the beautiful country of Qatar where I found my blue water. I met people from all over the world, and made friends, some of whom I still keep in touch with. I learned many things on my stay there, but the most important thing that I learned is not to jugde people by their stereotype because it is not who they are. I would not trade my experiece for anything in the world.**

- The global initiative that I supported was the one that me and my group made. [|Face Poverty].media type="custom" key="3860935" I support it because we believe that if we could raise enough money from the wrist bands that we sell, then we could use that money to take to [|Oxfam] where there is a Youth group to help build houses, to provide food, and shelter for people in need in countries that have a lot of poverty. We believe that if we are there personally then we will know where the money goes, that it will be put to use instead of just donating, and not knowing where the money went.

-I would enhance the global initiative by getting a lot of people involved, instead of just a few students. I would like to see this project become really popular like the project RED, but in order to make it popular then there would have to be a lot of marketing done to make sure that people all over the world know what the project is for, and who gets helped.

= NetGenEd Project = - NetGenEd project is a research to prove the next generation is run by technology, and whoever is not up to date with the technology is going to be left behind. - The Horizon Report was the project before NetgenEd which was based on Don Tapscott book Grownup Digital.

- I participated in the team Smart Objects and Entertainment. Smart Objects are things that make every day life simpler and faster, and soon some objects will be able to know a lot more about what you want to know. Companies are coming out with new objects every few weeks, and every week with cell phones that can do anything with the touch of a button, or the touch of a screen. Smart objects can also include technology devices that are made to assist people in their everyday needs, and make things like internet, information, music and media more accessible. Smart Objects in Entertainment would mean people would have a cool gadget that contains entertainment; for example [|Apple]'s itouch. Each day more companies are coming out with smart objects that appeal to the people who want it in order to make their lives somewhat easier. Also because of this it means that the companies who make these type of gadgets are making a great deal of business. In years to come this industry will grow immensely just because we are advancing in technology, and because the smart objects become a part of our lives. Businesses all around the world will make them, and it will become a competitive industry for it too. Smart objects and entertainment will affect education by helpings students with their homework, students who will for example use an itouch, or an iphone will be able to access the internet from anywhere to search for answers for their homework even if their in an unconviniet place.

- My video covered the idea of having entertainment in your workplace rather then just doing paperwork all day. If you are entertained, and not bored then you are more likely to be more productive.

- The participation in the NetGenEd project impacted me in the way that I know now that my knowledge in technology is more valuable then I thought. I can use my knowledge to my advantage to get ahead, but it also means that I am ahead of everyone else who is not up to date with technology. It also impacted me by letting me know that technology is what makes us advance in this world, that it will help us if we know how to use it right.