1. Is there a clear demarcation between who you are online and else where?
        A: Yes i believe there is a big difference between who you are online compared to who you are in real life. Many people feel like they are safe behind their computers and can say what ever they want. A lot of people may say hurtful things to people on the internet because they know nothing bad can happen to them physically when make fun of people over the internet. Also people may act more like themselves over the internet because they can say whatever is on their mind.

2. What parts of people are missing out on if they do not interact with the online you?
         A: The people may be missing out on how you really feel and your real opinions about things. People are usually to afraid to talk about how they really feel in person.

3. Why(or why not) should your own personal cyber infrastructure? What does this mean to you?
       A: It is really important to manage your cyber infrastructure because it is the framework of who you are. You do not want people thinking badly of the framework of who you are because that could determine if you get a job or not because an employer could research you online and if they do not like what they see then you might not get the job.

4. Who are we in this space where the online world is not something distinctly separate?
       A: It really depends on who we are. we can be whoever we want to be at that time. Some days we want to be something we are not.

Diigo

Diigo is a great tool to use for collaboration with a group of people across the world. It helps your group find your information that you found to help the group prosper. Diigo is a really easy and cool tool to use for this project. You can highlight things that you feel is important so your group members can see your thoughts about the subject. You can also bookmark the website so you can go back later and see what you were working on. Diigo is a really fun and easy tool to use. You can also put post notes on the website to show your group teammates what you are thinking about and how you feel about the subject you are talking about. Diigo is a great collaborative tool. Your group can help work with each other even if you are no where near your teammates in your group. I really like Diigo it helps you keep in contact with your group members. It also helps to see what you have to do to help contribute to your team. I never heard of Diigo till this class and i feel like it is a great tool that i might continue to use during group projects. To conclude Diigo is a great tool, it helps you gain 21 century skills such as collaboration.

Horizon Report

After reading through the Horizon Report I found many interesting things about game based learning that can help me with the netgen project that we are doing.My topic for the netgen project is integrity for game based learning. In this report it talks about how game based learning is a growing thing for the net generation. Many kids parents have the IPad which has many educational games on it for little kids. In this reading i read that game based learning gives people skills that higher education institutions strive their students to have. The skills that the games give them are collaboration, problem solving, communication, critical thinking, and digital literacy. Game based learning helps students do better in school because they are playing a game that is fun while learning. This keeps them entertained and motivated to do better. They are motivated to do better because they want to get to the next level and beat the game. Game based learning keeps kids engaged in their studies. Game based learning can help kids receive the skills that the higher education institutes strive their students to gain at a young age. If kids start by using these educational games, at a young age education can improve drastically.

Chapter 5

I just finished reading chapter five of Don Tapsott's book. This chapter talked about the increasing drop outs of high schools and colleges. It also talked about how there is an increase of college graduates since the baby boomers generation. In this chapter i read about how some schools are falling behind in the fast moving technology world. Some schools in the United States still have the same layout and structure as a school would look like one hundred years ago. Studies show that the biggest cause of why kids drop out is because of boredom. The kids become bored and do not have the desire to want to work hard at school. I would have to agree with this statement. School can be really boring. I have many friends who live in St. Louis and instead of having text books like we have they have their own computer that has all the text books on their and thats how they do their homework too. I feel like many more kids would get their homework done then because they are using a device that they know. Also like in the previous chapter we read, if the student gets stumped and can not think then they can get online and play a game for a little while to regenerate ideas. The last thing i want to talk about that i saw in the reading is that the schools are becoming segregated again. Many schools are known as the "white kid's school" or the "black kid's school". Statistics show that schools in urban areas tend to have more drop outs then the suburb schools.

Tapscott

While reading through this chapter of Don Tapscott's book Growing up digital i began to become angry when i was reading through and it was talking bad about our generation saying we are dumb and lazy and do not know how to do anything. But while i continued to read on i realized that Don did not believe in this. He believes we are one of the smartest generations because we are all adapted to electronics and technologies. He also said that our generation is known as the net gen, which means we are a generation who is a generation that their life is pretty much based on the internet and technologies. Many people believe that our generation is losing our social skills because of texting, Facebook, twitter, and other technologies. I personally believe these things have improved our social life because with texting, Facebook, and twitter you can still remain in contact with old friends that you never get to see. Many people also believe that our generation is to obsessed with the net that we do not play sports or go outside anymore. I believe this might be true because before everyone had a smart phone or even internet people would spend more time outside enjoying the weather and playing sports outside. Many kids now would rather stay inside and play on their xbox then ever go outside and throw a baseball or football around. But in the chapter Don disagrees with what these people have to say.

Again I saw that I had many things that I still need to work on to get better. I noticed that I often looked at my power point more then I looked at my audience. This can be avoided next time if I practice my speech more. I also noticed that I need to use transition word more. Transition words can help the audience follow my presentation easier. I thought i had a good introduction to draw in the audience because i used something that the audience is interested in, as in sports. My introduction was about Tim Tebow. Many people like Tim Tebow because of his accomplishments he has had playing football. Also i need to reduce the amount of times i use my had motions. Sometimes the hand motions are needed but i fell like i used them a little too much. I also think i could of had a better conclusion to my presentation. I did not think that i had a very good conclusion to persuade the audience to do something about abortion. I also think that i did not really have a enough persuasive things for the audience to really want to act against abortion. I feel like i had good statistics to show that abortion is bad, but what i failed to do was state where i got my statistics from.

1st persuasive speech

After watching my persuasive speech about pro-abortion i found that i have many things i can improve on my next speech. i notice that i need to practice my speech more so i dont have to keep looking at my power-point or note-cards. i also needed to add more statistics to my speech to prove to my audience why we need to keep abortion. i also needed to use more transition words so my audience can follow along easier.