Cyber Monday

I hadn't heard of this until today!

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/30/technology/cyber_monday/index.htm

What are some of the benifits to online shopping? What are some of the drawbacks? How do you think this could change to consumer mentality towards purchasing?  How would an increase in online shopping affect our society?

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/29/technology/cyber_monday/index.htm

Black Friday - Happy Thanksgiving!

The Friday after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, is the most hyped shopping day in America.  Stores advertise mind-blowing discounts on some of our favorite products and if you are able to conquer the long lines the extreme savings are usually worth the headache.  This is also the event that gets most people thinking about Christmas shopping! :) Read the article about the 5 hot gadget trends for the holidays.  Which gadget would you add to your list?  Why?

www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/19/gadgets.holiday.shopping/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Happy Thanksgiving!

advertisement bombardment

Everyday we as a society visit million of websites.  What we often don't notice though is all the advertisements we are viewing. Companies pay marketing agencies and websites billions of dollars a year to "get their name out there".  Go to a website you find interesting (post a link to this blog).  Look through the page and take note of the advertising.  How many ads are on the homepage? (post this in your response)  Had you ever noticed them before?  Do you use any of the products that are being promoted?

Read the following article.  Would you pay for this service?  Do you think Twitter should charge for this tracking device?  Have you ever thought about how advertising is so integrated into everything we are exposed to on a daily basis?  What is another example of this "subtle" advertising?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/18/cashmore.twitter.business/index.html

Hot Topics

You have the first 20 minutes of class to complete the following tasks.

Get in a group.  Chose one of the topics listed below.  Post your group and topic choice to this blog.  Read 2 to 3 articles and give the class an update on current technology advances and how they have impacted society.  Do not read any article that is over 3 weeks old.  Post the links to the articles you reviewed.

Smart phones
Facebook
Flying cars
Social networking
iTunes
Google
Technology Unvieling
Twitter

NO CLASS - Tuesday, November 9

Sorry for the short notice but I will be out of town on Tuesday so we will not be having class! Also, no class (and no school!!!) on Thursday, November 11th due to Veterans day.  Have a great week!

Day light savings time...

Just a little friendly reminder about switching our clocks and how dependent we are on our cell phones.  What are some of the consequences of a glitch like this?  Do you have a clock in your room or a back up alarm of any kind?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/11/01/iphone.alarm.europe/index.html?iref=NS1