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11/30- Great job guys! 100! 12/1- Go to [|www.designathon.blogspot.com] and look at the list of questions, divide them up and use the links at the bottom of the page to find the info. Put the info. on your wiki and share it with your team! I will grade that tomorrow! Be careful not to plagiarize! Mrs. P :) 12/2- Nice work! Some answers that need checking are: 3,5,6,8,9,10- answers are incomplete or are opinions! For example, in answer 10 is that really it? NO! When you finish with the answers, go to [|www.designathon.blogspot.com] and read the article instructions. Your article is due Friday!!!!!

Social Networking Questions for each group: 1. When was your social networking site or technology created? Texting was created in 1993. 2. Who is credited with creating your social networking site or technology? Riku Pihkonen of Nokia was the first person to send a person to person SMS technology text message in the 1990s in Finland

3. How do most people use your social networking site or technology? People use texting to send quick messages to people instead of calling someone ... People also use texting to send picture messages. 4. What are some of the benefits of using your social networking site or technology? Its quick and easy communication with friends and family..if you have something to say to someone thatwouldn'tt take you a full phone conversation you can just text it.. you can also send pictures to people, or you can send pictures to your own e-mail so your pictures are on your computer with out having to hook your phone up to the computer.

5. What are some of the drawbacks of using your social networking site or technology? Sometimes, people don't receive all the text messages because the inbox is full or there isn't enough memory, sometimes there is no signal in a certain area. 6. How can users of your social networking site or technology control what other users see or find about them? Don't share personal information with the people they are texting. 7. What are some of the controversies surrounding your social networking site or technology? Some controversies in texting are that some people think it’s a very efficient way to talk to someone and some people think that it’s absolutely bad. It causes students to not pay attention in class, to stay up late at night, and some even text while driving. It can cause many problems. The argument continues between teens who love to text and parents who hate it. 8. Has your social networking site or technology been in the news in the past year, if so what happened and why was it news? Texting has been in the news very frequently. People are hurting themselves in all ways by texting. Teens are getting carpal tunnel syndrome at a young age, plus their grades are dropping, not to mention the whole “sexting” deal. It’s vulgar to send nude pictures of oneself to a girlfriend/boyfriend. Sexting has become a common thing within the high schools, and its just becoming more and more common. It has been in the news because it causes problems for people if someone happens to see it. This "high tech" flirting is unethical.

9. What was the original purpose of your social networking site or technology? To have the deaf communicate faster and because they couldn't hear the ring of the phone. 10. How are high schools, colleges and/or universities using your social networking site or technology? To inform students or staff of any emergencys or info that needs to be announced.