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Questions On The Wikipedia homework

1. Which school found itself in the middle of national controversy?
 A.) Vermont University
 B.) Middlebury College
 C.) Maine University

2. What were the three core concerns that suggested needs for policy and pedagogical interventions?
 A.) Participation Gap, Transparency Problems, Ethics Challenge
 B.) Transparency Challenge, Participation Problems, Ethics Gap
 C.) Ethics Problems, Participation Challenge, Transparency Gap

3. How many out of the eleven skills were mentioned in the reading?
 A.) Five
 B.) Seven
 C.) Four

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Are Digital Media Changing Language

"Spell-check, along with online search engines, may be convincing us that devoting energy to honing spelling skills is anachronistic."

I picked this statement because as someone that does use word processing spell check is what I use to fix words that I don't know how to spell from time to time. I know that I use to sit down in elementary school all the time and learn and learn how to spell words but once i started using the computer, when I needed to spell bigger words out then I would use spell check to make sure I got all of the words spelled right. I do think that spell check is getting students away from the art of perfecting their spelling skills but then you have to think does it really matter because of the way the world today is changing so quickly. 

Also, I do not think that the digital media is ruining the understand for young people of the English language. If anything digital media is making us better at understanding the language. We as digital people can do so much more now than just open a book and have to read it to find out the answers to questions and making sure things are correctly written when all we have to do is type it in online and a website can fix the sentence if its wrong. So if anything digital media is a great thing for the people of today, and its only going to be getting better. 

This article may not necessarily explain my reason but I think it is a good article of study.  

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The Future of Work

In watching the video I was surprised that how fast companies were changing there style of jobs. More and more companies now don't need their workers to be in person everyday because they can do their work from their very home. Another thing is the use of Skype. Skype is a very helpful tool to not just businesses but to the average person because they too could use it to help contact someone that is out of long distance phone call range. One final thing that struck me was, and I strongly agree with it, is that a college degree is becoming what the high school degree was 20 years ago. Use to be all you needed was a high school degree to do most of the jobs in today's world, but now you need at least a 2 if not 4 year degree from college to better yourself in today's world.

The most prepared I have been for the future of work is when I came to college because here some teachers allow us to use our cell phones to participate in class. Which I think is a good thing because with smart phones and iPhones being out that is all a company one day will be using. It is incredible what a smart phone and iPhone can do in today's world.

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Hello I'm Ryan Leishman and I am a Sophomore at Fairmont State University. I am a Pre-Secondary History teacher. I am from Preston County, West Virginia. I plan on teaching high school history and doing a little coaching on the side. I believe that students learn the best by doing things hands on because it gets them involved and it fun for the kids to get involved instead of sitting in class all day doing nothing.

Here is a little inspirational video about teaching.

Here is a website related to education.