"The Danger Of A Single Story" - Chimamanda Adichie

This is a TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian novelist and short story writer.

http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en

She discusses the dangers of only learning/hearing a single perspective, and the importance of being aware.

Need your help!:D

Class! As we rely more and more on technology, was hoping to find out which apps you use as your calendar or to-do lists!

So far, I know:

To-do List Apps:
Any.do - https://web.any.do/

Calendar Apps:
Sunrise - https://calendar.sunrise.am/

What do you use??

Digital Divide

digital divide

“They’re extremely computer-illiterate, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not tech-savvy,” Warzala said of her students. “They’re all over Twitter but they don’t know how to save a Word document.”

http://mashable.com/2015/03/25/widernet-pocket-library/

http://mashable.com/2015/03/27/coding-digital-divide-youth/

Don't know how old this is, but some facts about e-waste https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-e-waste

Sites Review

Overall, I think all 3 of the websites have artistic designs to them (all different). I was first overwhelmed by all the colors and pictures and designs and buttons when I loaded up the three websites, but browsing through them was interesting.

In the beginning, I think I developed a habit of searching for the "About Us" link. DYN was the only site that had a visible tab to it. Arts Edge had it at the bottom where there's the usual list of possible links. I couldn't find it on the PBS Learning Media page, which I didn't realize until I started writing this. I didn't look for it originally because I already had a basic understanding of PBS, and also got overwhelmed by the massive lists when browsing by grades + subjects. I did have fun eventually skimming through some of the results!

sidenote: DYN's website takes a while to load, and I think it's because the pages are full of pictures and design that are all pretty big files (I don't have the correct terminology to explain this, but hopefully it made sense..)

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/gtm14.math.algebra.var.splmathmus/math-in-music/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ed28740f-37d1-4eab-b944-3fefc61420d7/architecture-career/

NY Times Article: The Lost Language of Privacy

This is another NY Times article published on the 14th regarding privacy through the debate of cameras on police officers. This is written by a journalist, David Brooks, and involves a lot of his personal understanding and opinions re: police body cameras.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/opinion/david-brooks-the-lost-language-of-privacy.html

NY Times Article: One Company’s New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year

this is an article that's been going around for the past 2 days regarding the CEO who reduced his salary in order to provide a $70,000/yr minimum wage for his employees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.html?_r=0

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt + Color

http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/watch-why-the-colors-of-the-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-are-so-important-20150327

About a week ago, I was introduced to the show, and decided to give it a try. Personally, I enjoyed it, but especially liked the colors in it. And found this link! I thought it'd be interesting to share since we've recently talked about colors.

GOOGLE's April Fools

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8853195,-87.6285088,18z/data=!1e3

Hope everyone's tried the pacman!!:)