In the United states, the use of technology and the use of the internet is shown to be much higher among citizens who are generally well-off compared to citizens in lower-income homes. This is the digital divide. The One Laptop Per Child.

Location Sharing is Where I Draw the Line. I can understand sharing our little status updates, tweets, or even High School we graduated from; but my current location? That is where I draw the line.

My ATEC 2321 reflection blog has arrived! I have apparently always taken for granted my problem free uses of the internet. I often complain about pop ups or slow load times but after we observed the screen reader technology I have a whole new appreciation for being able to visually navigate around those things. The Not so Great Divide. Deciding that a source is credible is one of the most important things you must find before using it in your work. If there are a lot of spelling or grammatical errors.

Documenting my first semester as an EMAC student. Location awareness can be a tricky subject. The popularity of keeping other users updated on your every move is rising, yet some people might not know the risk of that. Some others might not be aware of the pros of location awareness and how to use that tool to their advantage. Through the reading and class discussion, we learned several pros and cons of using location awareness.

My reflections on Writing and Research for New Media. While there is constant debate regarding the way corporations and the government handle our privacy, we fail to realize how much location information we offer voluntarily. Location technology is a vital feature in applications such as Facebook, Yelp and Foursquare. But what harm could possibly come out of that? In Location Literacy and Foursquare in the Classroom. Leaving class with my assignment in hand, I doubted that there would be much revelation .