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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/our-googley-advice-to-students-major-in.htmlIn Karl Fisch's "2020 Vision" I saw how much technology was changing and it made me wonder if I'm actually being prepared for future jobs, or just for how jobs are today. If I am being prepared for jobs today, the job might be gone by the time I'm out of school. It really made me wonder how someone can predict so much of what could happen in 5-10-15 years later. This makes Mr. Fisch a philosopher because he is giving a lot of answers to future life problems. I really liked the picture of the car that can go 12,000 miles from 1 charge of it's batter. Overall, the presentation made me think, however, it was a little boring.

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In the article "Rigor Redifined" by Tony Wagner it made me wonder about what I’m going to do when I’m older. Great questions such as these are asked about the future: “What skills will students need to build successful careers?” “What skills will they need to be good citizens?” "Are these two education goals in conflict?” This makes him a philanthropist because the more people think about the future, the better the future will be. Finally, I saw that kids need the ability to work with people as much as how to write essays, read, or even use math which opened up my mind of what jobs I can obtain.

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In the article “My Hero to Speak at CMK 2011” by a Stager-to-Go administrator, a man gives voice to America’s poorest children. Jonathan Kozol is called a hero multiple times for what he has done for American children, such as going on a hunger strike for several months to get the “No Child Left Behind” law. It matters to me because it shows how some people are willing to go to great lengths to help children. It matters to education because he helps to show the potential even the poorest kids have so they can have an education. Finally, I think it is great to know even one person matters if they are willing to put in the work.

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In the article “South Korea:  Local Twitter and Facebook Alike Facing an Uphill Battle” by Lee Yoo Eun, it is amazing how a different culture can have totally different social networkings, and most people don’t know it. “Naver” is being used more in Korea than Google, and “Cyworld” is used more than Facebook. However, some Koreans do not count “Naver” and “Cyworld” as real social networking sites. Facebook and Twitter are now on their way up, gaining more and more people. This matters to me because I have been a member of Facebook for a while and I want to have an idea of how much longer it is going to be used. Education may change because there might be more networking sites to get distracted on. Overall, it is amazing how different a culture’s social networking sites can be created.

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In the movie “Machines are Using Us” by Michael Wesch, I thought it was all extremely confusing because I don’t understand how the stuff it showed us how to do is controling us. It is just making life easier for humans to create work and webpages. The web has expanded a lot since using the simple format “Html” to make a web page, so now creators can add a lot more features and objects to make it more interesting. I do see how with the internet expanding this fast it can gain more knowledge and surpass the human brain. It not only matters to me, but the learning environment, soon kids will be able to make webpages by hardly lifting a finger. Most people will become reliant on what the computer says and not look to see if books back it up. A lot of false information can be put on the web. Finally, for now I do not think the “machine” is using us, but in the future it is very possible.