PLN 12

In CNN’s article, “U.S. swimmer dies during event in United Arab Emirates.” A 26 year old power-house named Fran Crippen from Pennsylvania died while competing in a 10-kilometer marathon swimming world cup. They are still under the investigation of how he had died. Even though I don’t strongly know this guy, it still affects me as a loss. It’s as if though I have lost my long-lost cousin. This matters to the world, because no matter where you are or what you’re doing, even if it is something as simple as swimming. It can still be dangerous. This replies to education, because we need to teach our kids how to stay above water, even though some people might not want to swim, water is all around us. Even though that we don’t know what happened to Crippen, it is still a huge tragedy.

PLN 11

I read "2020 Vision" by Karl Fisch. In this he talked about what the future has in hold for us and how drastically education shall be changed in the future. This matters to the world because all these changes are happening in the world and in some of the things he talked about, environmentally the world will be altered. This matters to me because I will be growing up in this world of change and I will be a part of it. When it talked of all the electronic advancements, it is scary some of the things that now seem like dreams that will be probably a reality in the future. This matters to eduducation more than anything because it talked about all the changes that teachers and students deel with. He said that by 2017 there will be no grades and the only thing recorded will be student advancement instead of performance. Free laptops and other things will be given out for free and the whole educational program we have today will be old fashioned history!

PLN 10

I read the article, "Digital photos can reveal your location, raise privacy fears” written by Mark Milian from CNN, and this matters to the world, because whoever is constantly online is at risk. Some people have figured out how to take a picture that you have posted on Facebook of your dog, and find out where you live, and where you have recently been. They do this by using something called an Exchangeable Image File Format (EIFF). It can detail whether the photographer used a flash, which digital effects were applied to a picture and when the photo was taken. EXIF can also contain the precise GPS coordinates for where a photo was taken. This matters to education, because now in school, we use the computer every day. A lot of it is also used with pictures, like what I am doing in my business technology class. It can be very dangerous. I can connect this directly to what Mrs. Smith taught us about our digital footprint. It only shows that not only teachers are looking at us, but strangers too. This connects to me, because I am on Facebook all of the time. Now that I know what can be done, I’m going to be even more careful for what I do online.

PLN 9

"Rigor Redefined" by Tony Wagner matters because it talks about two educational goals that could be conflicting with each other; what skills will students need to accomplish higher goals, and what skills do we need to be good citizens? This matters to me, because this is how the world views me as a person, and this is how I have to make a living for myself. This matters to education, because education will have to be thought of differently to meet certain goals in order to succeed in certain areas of education. This matters to the world, because I know that at least half of Arapahoe High school students are being affected by this. Which means that at least half of the world is affected b this. This article does show they care about the human race, a philanthropist in a way. This matters to the economy, because we are just digging ourselves into a deeper hole. We need to create more jobs without making the job market more specific to a certain field.