PLN #5

Bella Demiranda

Footprints in the Digital Age

PLN #5

The article “Footprints in the Digital Age” by Will Richardson matters to me because the Internet can have many ups and downs. When I have kids I’m not going to prohibit them from using the Internet because that will be very hard for them in their generation I’m guessing. I will want them to use the Internet, but for educational purposes. On the weekends or when they finish their homework I will let them go on the Internet to have some fun but I will encourage them to go outside and have fun instead. In “Footprints in the Digital Age”, they talk about how searching people on google wont have a very good effect for jobs. I think that that could be true if someone goes on google 24/7 to play games or to simply just chat people on facebook. When someone is trying to hire you for a job and they search you on google, instead of showing good “business related” things, google will most likely show the link to your facebook profile. And that wouldn’t really help you to get the job...This article says a lot about the bad things about google for kids, but there can also be many positive things about google also.

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PLN #4

Bella Demiranda

“Short Story”

PLN #4

I think that it is morally permissible to kill one person if his/her death would save the lives of others. “A ship has sunk and there are 10 people in a lifeboat. One other survivor is swimming towards the lifeboat and shouting to be let aboard. However, the lifeboat was only designed to hold 10 people. If you save that one person, the whole lifeboat will sink and nobody will survive. If you don’t save that one person, everyone in the boat lives, but the survivor who is left swimming will drown. What do you do?”
What I would do is let the person on the life raft, but I will have someone that is already on the life raft get off and hold on to the side of the raft. That way,  everyone will survive. The person who is in the water holding on to the side of the raft will switch of every 15 minutes so they don’t get hypothermia. This ‘method’ will save everyone because the raft will always be holding 10 people.
If that was not a possible way to save everyone then I would save the 10 people and have the one person die. I would feel terrible about it but I would feel even worse if all 10 people would be dead. So I do think that it is morally permissible to kill one person if their life will save the lives of others.

PLN #3

Bella Demiranda

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

PLN #3

Nicholas Carr's article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" matters to me because if something we are doing is making us think and act differently throughout our lives, like the Internet, we should try to decrease our time on that activity because we will soon get to a point where no one will be able to think the same, and most of the people will have a shorter attention span. I think that this article made a very good point on explaining how the Internet can start shutting down our minds because when people are reading a long blog/article, i.e."Is Google Making Us Stupid?", when we get bored of reading we will most likely stop reading and click on something else. Which is ironic because "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" was a really long article. For example, myself, when I was reading  this article I read around three paragraphs then stopped because I got distracted. Then I came back to it and did the same thing until I finished. Nicholas Carr also had a good point when writing this article because us humans are used to short, and to the point articles. So when we need to read descriptive text we sometimes skim the article, and some people even search what the article is about so they don’t have to read it. Since more and more updates are coming out for electronics, I think that in the future, people born in that generation will have everything they need at their fingertips. Like a larger variety of smart phones and online resources which will lead to more people with ADD and ADHD. Like Nicholas Carr said, “The human brain is almost infinitely malleable. People used to think that our mental meshwork, the dense connections formed among the 100 billion or so neurons inside our skulls, was largely fixed by the time we reached adulthood.” What he means by that is that our brains can always change the way it thinks and works, and by the time we are adults our brain will massively change from the time we were born.  Some people might believe this article is true, others might think that the Internet won’t change the way anyone thinks or acts. I think that it is very possible that it can, but it depends how each individual uses their time on the Internet.

PLN #2

Bella Demiranda

PLN #2

What Matter’s to Me

What matters to me is anything that respects me and treats me how I want and should be treated. Four things that matter to me is my family, my pets, my friends, and my grades. My family matters to me. They matter to me because they are what made me here today. My grandparents are the ones who made my parents here, and my parents are what made me here. My mom’s side of the family live in South America and my dad’s side of the family lives in Florida and Canada. I only see them once a year or every two years. I love my family, but sometimes I can get sick of them (especially someone in my household).

My pets matter to me. I have two cats, one boy and one girl. The boy’s name is Kenny and the girl’s name is Kianny. Kenny is one year old and he is a large furry ball of energy and oops. What I mean by oops is that he is a clutzy kitty. He knocks cups down and enjoys the mess he made :). On the other hand...Kianny is a little spoiled girl. She is eight years old and I have had her since I was six. I got her on the day of my sixth birthday and I have loved her ever since. Sometimes she can be a pain, but compared to Kenny she is one little cat angel. Whenever I’m down Kenny and Kianny always come sit by my side. That is why my pets matter to me.
My friends matter to me. Like Kenny and Kianny whenever I’m down my friends can always make me laugh and cheer up. I have a few friends from my neighborhood and they have always been there for me. I always have so much fun with them. This year I came from a middle school out of district, so I only knew about six people, and we weren't even that close of friends. But now it’s the opposite. The people from my middle school and I are close friends now and I know a lot of people, and I now have a lot of new friends! That is why my friends matter to me.
My grades matter to me. They matter to me because grades are the things that will get you into a good college. I try my best to get good grades so that I can get into a better college. Especially in High School. High school is the most important four years of your life almost because it’s the four years that determine what you will do for the rest of your life. Whether you want to be a doctor or a veterinarian.
Many things matter to me in life, but what most matter’s to me is anything that respects me and treats me how I want and should be treated.