Would you retired in a retirement or a motel?

I read a very interesting a article while I standing in line at the lucky store couple days ago. This couple is now in their 80s has been living in the travelodge motel for the past 20 years instead living in a retirement home. IT cost them about $25 a day and about 175 per week. They said they don't have any utilities and they can use all air conditioner and heat they wanted to. No worry about clean up, the room service did it for them.

wikipedia on the Move

I just heard on TV news that they wikipedia will moving to San Francisco in February. In case you haven't heard yet.

I Google

This week I learned about the igoogle. I've never used before until Dr. Foreman mentioned in the class last week and Toni did her thing in igoogle doc. When I signed up for the igoogle account I did not know I can use my aol account and get to it. At first I signed up as a new user and somehow I did not successful get in. So I entered my aol account and it worked. When I logged in, I was so confuse where to start to make powerpoint presentation. Then I opened one of the files that Lynda had put in there already. I do the save as the presentation and it worked. Late last night when I checked my email, Desmond wanted to work with me on the "A Whole New Mind's Meaning
" I invited him into presentation slides that I have started.

Bloggers

After I read the article "A portrait of the internet's new storytellers", I found out what I did two years ago was considered blogging. I went to the one of the tv show website and post a threat or replied to the threat that was already posted. When I read this article, I noticed there is not too many Asians do the blogging. The reason that the people in the rural areas have less percentage in bloggers because many of
them are still without the internet connection. I know this for a fact because I was one panelist that did the study for the "internet for all campaign." Do I read the blog on the news? I guess I do, I read some of the article online and specially on the American online.

Are Americans stupid?

When it comes to education, do you think that we are stupid? Do other people from other countries think we are stupid? I found this video is very interesting, it talks about the education in Americans. Watch this video and the answer might surprise you.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA

Learning in 21th Century

Does the No child left behind really work?

The article addresses over and over again on the No Child Left Behind program. They said that no matter what the child's economy background he or she should have received the same education benefits treatment as any others. We are living in the century where technology such as the web can enhance skills for the students to learn. In reality, I don't think that No Child Left Behind program is working because students are continuing to fail, some students have more better education than the others because of the economic background, and some pubic schools still does not have enough computer for the students to use. If no child should be left behind really commit the children's education, so why the districts keep on shutting down school? And how come there many after school program like tutoring are cutting?

Connectivism

Before I had never thought of the concept of web 2.0. or look careful at it. After two section of ITEC860, I see more and more people in the media are talking about the web 2.0. Like there are many celebrities or politician using the web to reach their fans. The celebrities using myspace to reach or communication their fans. The politicians like Hilary Clinton using the web to reach the voters. She even has own WebTV. Each day she posts the video blogs as the way in touch with her voters.

Connectivism is the network of learning. We learn thing by interaction with each other. We can learn thing that we learn, not because we have to learn. I think my previous post is talking about the celebrities and politicians tried to build the community online where their fans or voters can learn thing about them. These famous people can also learn about their fans or voters .