Right Now, What is happening on the internet?

       Let's count down 60 seconds and then continue to read. Right now you are reading this means either you didn't count down 60 seconds or you did but either way, that 60 seconds you just count is more than what you can imagine. Why? Every second there are:

• 1000 barrels of petroleum are used worldwide
• 4 babies are born worldwide
• 9000 animals are slaughtered
• 2 people died of diseases
• the amount of  trade made worldwide is about 97 million USD
• 232 computers have become infected by malware
• 2.6 million CDs, containing 1,820 TB of data are created
• 450 copies of Windows 7 sold
• 12 websites have been hacked after a 416 attempts
• 950 purchases on eBay, with 180 of them coming via a mobile platform
• $219,000 of total payments transactions through PayPal with $10,000 being from mobile
• A total of 11 millions conversations taking place through various instant messaging platforms
• 2 million internet users watched content not suitable for the general audience
• $75,000 added to Google revenues
• 2,100 check ins through the Foursquare service
• 2,500 ink cartridges sold for various printers
• 4,000 USB devices sold
• A staggering 38 tons of e-waste generated
• 18 Amazon Kindle Fires sold
• 11 Xbox 360 consoles sold
• 81 Apple iPads and 925 iPhones sold
• 103 Blackberry devices sold
• 1,400 discs are rented on line using redbox
• 6,600 pictures are uploaded on Flickr
• 600 videos are uploaded on YouTube videos, creating another 25+ hours of content
• 695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on Facebook
• 70 new domains are registered
• 168,000,000 emails are sent
• 320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets are generated on Twitter
• 20,000 new posts are published on micro-blogging platform Tumblr
• The browser FireFox is downloaded more than 1,700 times
• The blogging platform WordPress is downloaded more than 50 times
• WordPress Plugins are downloaded more than 125 times
• 100 accounts are created on LinkedIn
• 40 new questions are asked on Yahoo Answers
• 100 questions are asked on Answers.com
• 1 new definition is added on Urban-dictionary
• 1,200 new ads are created on Craigslist
• 370,000 minutes of Skype voice calls
• 13,000 hours of music streaming on Pandora
• 1,600 reads are made on Scribd

These are just some examples. There are enormous numbers of things going out there, more than you can imagine. Here, have a video.

Major Concepts

• One second is more than what people can imagine
• What is happening on YouTube now
• Every minutes, what is happening

Potential Strengths/Advantages

• Pictures and Facts
• Alot of Facts
• And more Interesting Pictures

Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages

• Not enough facts for a bored person

Discussion Questions

• Are there any other facts?
• Who calculated all this or research all this?

Citation

"What Happens On The Internet Every Second, Minute, Hour And Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]." - AllTwitter. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

PC + Rocket

Rocket Desktop

       Yes, as the title said. AMD take war with Intel to a whole new level with Rocket-launching desktop PC. The custom PC was built by Benjamin J. Heckendorn or as known as Ben Heck, the famous modder that not only modding but also the one bought us Xbox 360 laptop, and portable version of alot old-school game console.

[Benjamin J. Heckendorn]

      The famous modder bring us a war-zone ready PC, the system is running Windows 7 and features an AMD A10-5700 APU on a MSI mini-ITX motherboard. There's only a single 128GB SSD inside as well as a small power supply. The MSI mini-ITX motherboard leave tons of room for the two rocket silos.

[Rocket Launching PC]

      All of the switches have a solid, almost industrial, feel to them. The launch electronics all worked flawlessly with no bugs...thankfully. A 10-second countdown sequence begins, with the silo hatches opening at six seconds (and five seconds, if you launch both rockets at the same time). You probably thinking, you can't launch rocket indoors. That might cause you few burns in your house. And not everyone is walking around with desktop, and surely not a desktop with 2 rocket silos. But what important is that Ben Heck has built a PC that launches frickin’ rockets. But hey, why not?

[Video: AMD Rocket PC Hands on and Test Launch]

Citation

Anthony, Sebastian. "AMD Takes War with Intel to a Whole New Level with Rocket-launching Desktop PC." ExtremeTech. N.p., 6 Mar. 2013. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

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When the student OWN the learning

When the student OWN the learning

      From a post which I came across in Ed tech Ideas. It is Keith Ferrell said that we should, let the children use tools THEY know and is familiar with. And I know I should share it to other readers.

        Today in class I relinquished all the control of learning, and gave them a challenge "Using any method you choose, you are to show your isopod/beetle". Looking around checking up on kids. And i found that they are using many fascinating using of tools! Some work in pairs, some individual, and when they are in their own group they create their own rubric! How astonishing! EdTechIdea: As a teacher we must not force one to study, but let them choose how they learn. And in teaching it should be an active lively one. Not as a dead lifeless teaching. Take a leap, relinquish the controls, and let them feel the study.

Major Concepts

• What she have done to study
• The idea of what happen when the student gain the interest of learning.
• What happen when the study is not limited in learning

Potential Advantages

• Mention where the idea is from
• Mention that students uses tools in studies

Potential Disadvantages

• Tested only in grade 4 students

Discussion Questions

• Relinquish the controls, does some students slacks off?
• Did not mention the status of the class room, organize, messy or quiet.

Citation
Nielsen, Lisa. "Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When Students Own the Learning."Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When Students Own the Learning. N.p., 4 Dec. 2010. Web. 04 Mar. 2013. <http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/12/when-students-own-learning.html>.Picture

Wrist Band Operate system

Wrist Band Operate system

      There are a lot of wristband USB out there, but there isn't one that can carry a computer on your wrist.

A company made a fully portable operating system name StormFly. A wearable storage that allow users to run an OS on it separately. It contain a base system as Linux.It is Initially created as an alternative to cloud storage, so we can store files and can do not need to care about it anymore!.  The main idea is to have everything with you, game, video, music, pirated games, movies. Without actually carrying it around! And it appears on any computer! Whatever happen to the it, lost, stolen, broken, burnt, cracked open, used as target practice, dog ate it, cat scratched it, raging and stomped it. Won't be a problem anymore! StormFly implements its automatic backup service and the company will send a new wristband with you're everything in it in 24 hours, isn't it amazing?. The creators hope the wristband will be useful in every aspect, from school use to home use, from home use to work or even very hardcore gamer! Other then storing your entire computer, StormFly can also be used as a regular USB and ensures your files' security!

Summary. A paragraph summary, in your own words, of the main arguments made by the author(s).

Major Concepts.

• Functions - What it does and how it does
• What will happen - Ever want to know what happen when it broke, this article does describe it.
• Time - How long it takes to do something important.

Potential Advantages. 

• Describe what it's main purpose when it is made

Potential Disadvantages.

• What is the specs? - For gaming like minecraft, but what is the spec? GPU 256mb? intel i-3? Only said that it contain OS and 16GB of storage.

Discussion Questions.

• I like to play game. Like Dead Space 3, Borderlands 2, Dota 2, 3D-games. Can I play the game if the wristband is able to contain it?
• What is the spec of it? AMD HD7670M 1GB? Intel i-7?
•  What is the main different? USB 3.0 with a OS installed? Or 16GB SSD? What is it? What makes it unique and different than other USB sticks with OS? other than "It is a wristband"

• So.......basically personal OS with requirement of a PC?

"Mashable." Mashable. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.

Best Argument Against Game Haters

The different of me and the character is very clear, in the reality my body has a lot of physical disabilities. But when I login to the game Star War galaxies everything is different, I can ride a jet, punch monster in their face, hang out with friends at a bar, etc. I play online game because I get to interact with other people no matter who they are. Virtual world bring everybody together, and everyone is on the common ground. In reality people might not feel comfortable getting around me because of my looks. The internet eliminate how you look in real life, people get to know other's mind and personalities first. In a game fair in Austin People that were intrigued by me, but they act just as i was one of them, treated me equal like I wasn't even the way i am - not disabled, not in wheelchair, but as a gamer.

Major concept:

• The Different - The distance between reality and virtual
• How people Looks - In reality might people get or disturb by because disgusted disabilities  
• What is Happening - What happen in game and reality

Potential Advantages:

• Very Clear - Describe the game world and reality

Potential Disadvantages:

• It is all game view -  Does not show why and how it happen.

Potential Problem:

• Only view - The article is base on disabilities

Questions:

• If everyone is behind the screen, when will the real comes in?
• Imagine if everyone is virtual, no "real" relationship what will happen?.

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Citation:
"Upload Images." Best Argument against Video Game Haters. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://imgur.com/gallery/TxxpM>.

Java Exploit

Forget Oracle's Latest Java Patch.

Just Kill The Program In Your Browser For Good

      The latest Java patch(v7p10) which is in millions of the devices, even in the famous Apple. Have a security void which is very danger and stays for more than 300 days, after the Department of Homeland Security take the decision to tell java about the security flaw, Java quickly take the action and made a patch for the security void, but just after patch Department of Homeland Security found another security flaw. Russian security firm Kaspersky reported that exploit are used in 56% fully known attacks. Apple respond to the java flaw by disabling all java on safari by default. Many browser have been made "Hard to Exploit" but because java plug-in make it all change, by opening doors beyond "Sandbox" of the browsers. So as a advice is turn off java plug-in and use it only when you met a trusted site, you will be surprise that how less java is needed.

Major Concepts

• What has happen - Describe what is happening and to what
• How long has it been - How long has the problem been without us knowing
• What must be done - To prevent it from happening what must be done

Potential Strengths/Advantages

• What the java flaw does - Described in an easy way
• Who was the first to discover - Who catch the chaos first

Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages

• Only Apple - Only describe what apple respond to Java flaw

Discussion Questions

• How come the exploit happen?
• What is poison IVY? and what it does?

Citation

Greenberg, Andy. "Forget Oracle's Latest Java Patch. Just Kill The Program In Your Browser For Good." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 13 Jan. 2013. Web. 22 Jan. 2013.

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Article Review 4/1/2013

"Fewer children seen frequenting libraries"

      These year Thai citizen are reading less and less, they would prefer to do activity such as playing online games and play sports or stay in the house. Even there are more than 10,000 citizen in the area but the library have only less than 1000 members, the other 2 library have only about 600-700 members.

      According to Arunee library's manager on weekday have around 10-20 people and on weekend 20-30 people. The (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)BMA of Thailand encourage people to read more and make it become an habit. So they have many activity in the library as well as rewarding for reading.

Major Concepts:

• Reading rates per year - Which shows very clear what is the different from other country
• Show what is read - Knowing what category of book is often read
• What happens in the library - We may never know that there are activity in the library

Potential Advantages:

• Number of People - Not much research shows how many people were involve in the research/paper

Potential Disadvantages: 

• Difficult to Convince - Not many people will notice what is the reason to go to library

Discussion Questions:

• In this research do they count E-Book as a book as well or just "Books"?
• Adjusting to the community is one way but how?
• Do they mean it is a MUST to read in the library?

Citation:

Khaopa, Wannapa, and Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong. "Fewer Children Seen Frequenting Libraries." The Nation. N.p., 14 Jan. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.

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