Any and every person can have a blog and say what ever they want. To be honest, is that really all that helpful/useful if someone goes on their blog and constantly offends/misleads people to believe some information that is not true? No it is not but everyone has the right to free speech, so it is an issue to deal with. After all, people don't HAVE to follow a rotten person if they don't want to. I feel, though, blogs are a very effective way to let out emotions that you can't on day to day basis or even if you are not comfortable telling someone in person about how you feel. Writing is an excellent way to express how one feels; especially if they are not entirely on the artistic side of talent. Everyone does deserve to let out how they feel, much like a diary, yet very open for all to see. A blog can lead a person to get to know one another very deeply and profoundly, you would probably never guess that person felt that way or experienced what they have in life. Blogs are outlets that should be shared, have people express themselves through words and emotion. Not everyone will be liked on a Blog but at least it serves the purpose to help clarify thoughts and emotions by letting them out!
Now go get a blog and start writing!
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If you have a presentation and not want to bore your audience to tears, use a slideshow!
Much more fun, interesting, and easy to use. Your audience will find what you are saying
much more understandable with visuals and eve videos of evidence/facts.
heres a few examples in the link below:
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/great-slideshows-web-design/
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Chat rooms and IMs have been and still are very popular with any age groups today. Children as young as 8 have used chat rooms and IMs not actually knowing the dangers it could lead. If any one is a parent out there, monitoring computer usage for kids under the age of, in my opinion, 14. In fact did you know that "89% of sexual solicitations are made in either chat rooms or Instant Messages and 20% of children age 10-17 have been solicited sexually online; that's 1 out of every 5 kids," (Cyber Safety Statistics), I will post the link to this information and more facts about chat rooms below!
The fact is, there are sick people in the world and anyone can have access to the internet. There is a good chance a person like that can talk to and even convince your kid to see them, all through chat rooms/IMs. It is not that safe unless kids are taught other wise to NEVER talk to strangers and do their homework before considering going on a chat room/IM. There has been a case around where I live, where a elementary school teacher was caught looking up child porn on his home and school computer. Thankfully he was caught and lost his job! There are sick people out there who do, do these things. Some go as far as to try and obtain a child. There are many cases out there of kids being sexually solicited online and even abducted! "9 out of 10 parents will never know that any inappropriate contact has occurred" and "14% have actually met face to face with a person they have met on the Internet." Be careful, be safe.
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http://www.netlingo.com/tips/cyber-safety-statistics.php
A Yahoo group is used for, "your family, friends you see every summer, business associates, your book group, etc. — that uses Yahoo! Groups to privately share info, images, ideas and more — on the web."
It is very intriguing, mainly because it is free and spam is blocked! No specific programs need either. It is a very secure way to interact and share information with friends and family without worrying about the creepy people out there that stalk Facebook, Myspace, etc. And is better than Email because spam is 100% blocked! While you still can communicate just as quickly! I would say after reading up on this application on Yahoo, I will for sure use it because it seems very trustworthy and I already have a Yahoo account.
I highly recommend Yahoo Groups if you ever want privacy to chat with friends and family, without spam and ignorant strangers bothering you!
LINK: www.groups.yahoo.com
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For a little while now I have been using listserv for an English online class and at first I was skeptical because I have never used anything like this before and am not use to change. Ha! But seriously, listserv's actually have a very good purpose of communication. I have read an article called "Topics for peer to peer listserv postings" and have come across a lot of information on how listserv is still useful. It has mentioned that listserv can help foreign language teachers K-8 to communicate with colleagues who share similar interests and access good information. These teachers use Nandu listserv which, "...provides a forum of information exchange and discussion about K-8 language education." I feel listserv's like this one, are very beneficial for anyone; especially in education. It is a way for someone to get in contact with any given person, receive or acquire knowledge of a topic, and discuss it on a forum with other people, who agree or disagree. It engages a person to become more active in participation and knowledge seeking. I feel listserv's are only beneficial, and easy to use too!
Link to Blog read here:
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