... They also leave doors open for adult predators and identity theft. There has been research on the effects of social networking in teens that closely link them to low grades, psychological and social problems, and not being as active which leads them to being overweight. Statistics show that about 75% of teenagers have cell phones, which raises the question “Are we aware of what our teens are posting online”? There are many pros to our children using social media but we as parents have a duty to protect them. We must be good role models and be aware of privacy issues and concerns. There are advancement’s in today’s technology that make it easy for our children to network and stay in touch with their peers. Children who are not likely to socialize the traditional way because of shyness and social anxiety can use their PC’s to communicate with others. Children that have disabilities that prevent them from going out are still able to keep in contact with the outside world. Kids join groups with kids that have similar lifestyles and interest. They can converse with others that share the same religious beliefs, culture, hobbies, and many other things that they may have in common. Social networking also keeps...
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...Facebook Facebook is one of the most successful social networks ever made. What ever happened to one human being going up to another and using face-to-face interaction? Over billions of people have a Facebook account, including myself, and spend countless hours on this addictive website. This website has caused a lot of controversy with adults who have kids that are absolutely obsessed with their Facebook. In “Dad’s Encounter with the vortex of Facebook,” written by Michael Duffy, he discusses some issues he has with Facebook. He explains that the site Gives teens an illusion of privacy, has a dark side, where stalking and cyber bullying takes place and most of all that it’s a waste of time. I couldn’t agree more with Michael issues about Facebook. Michael Duffy claims that teens have an illusion of privacy on Facebook. In other words, as he states in his article, “Teenagers think their lives are private just so long as their parents aren’t tuning in.” Since these teenagers have this illusion that their Facebook is private, they think they can say and post statuses as well inappropriate pictures and they think there won’t be any consequences from this. For example, I had a friend who went to a party and took pictures of herself drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, and dancing inappropriately on numerous guys. She then posted the pictures she took from the party from the other night, thinking her parents would never see the photos. It turns out she had an older cousin who...
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...Siegel, Lee. “The Kids Aren’t Alright.” When regulators at the Federal Trade Commission take steps within the coming weeks to strengthen the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, they could well be acting with Vicki Turner in mind. Along with raising her three kids, ages 16, 13, and 7, and working a job with handicapped children and adults, the 43-year-old resident of Fullerton, Calif., also spends a big part of her life monitoring her oldest kids' online activities: steering them away from inappropriate content, preventing them from uploading photos of themselves onto commercial sites that invite them to do so, and occasionally making them unfriend a person on Facebook whom Turner considers undesirable. When told about Mark Zuckerberg's declared ambition to open Facebook to children under the age of 13, she sighs. "He just cares about what will profit him," she says. In fact, Facebook, which hit a billion users last week, has sent a 20-page letter to the FTC imploring the agency to reconsider its planned revision of the 1998 act, which would prohibit the collection of information from children online, a lucrative practice that the social-networking behemoth clearly would not like to give up. Yet the FTC, though sharply criticized by an advertising industry unhappy with the proposed changes, says that current laws meant to shield children on the Internet have fallen way behind advancing technology. Entities, ranging from large corporations to obscure apps to...
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...Have you asked yourself what is social Media? Well after researches and articles social media is networking site where people get together and interact using a highly open and scalable communication techniques. Social media are media for social communication, using highly accessible and scalable communication techniques, it is mostly a web based, like face book, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Google. Also Social media can be more than web based for example text messaging, news papers, and using cell phone. The Social media had brought a lot and it had brought more good than harm. In this easy I am going to discuss the impacts of social media to our day to day life. There more than billions and billions people on social media every day. For instance some marketing company’s sell their products through social media. Some people just use social media for fun or to just waste lack of time. Some people use social media to still identity and do more stuff to it, while others are putting more of their information in. Social media can be helpful or it can be dangerous. People don’t know what’s behind it. I know some people that are online on Facebook the whole time nothing else, but there some others are selling their products. According to the Social media revolution 2 video it said”1 Out of 8 couples married in the U.S. met via social media”. Anyone worldwide use social media. Teens and adult mostly use it for fun, but college students use it to communicate or to learn. According...
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...implementing K-12 education in the Philippines? Want Answers6 4 Answers Philip Villaseran, EngineerEngineer 3 upvotes by Michael Chan, John Jelsovsky, and Kat Efrenne. One advantage is kids enter college more mature. Hopefully the extra two years give them time to know what they really want to become. Major disadvantage is that it's an additional two years to earn a degree. People work later, they earn money later. And in this country, where a lot of children support their family and parents, that's a major disadvantage. Written 18 Jan. 6,104 views. Upvote3 Downvote Comment Loading... More Answers Below. Related Questions • K-12 Education: What are the characteristics of the perfect student? • ★What are the advantages and disadvantages of having one's Mother-Tongue as the the medium of instruction in the philippines? • K-12 Education: What should teachers teach more of? Miguel Oroña, Dentistry student that likes carsDentistry student that likes cars 3 upvotes by Michael Chan, Philip Villaseran, and Krystel Arriane Cortez. Advantages - immediate work after high school, without needing an extra TESDA certificate or passing college requirements such as NSTP and board examinations. More job openings for work that previously required a two-year college course. Disadvantages - extra two years in high school Only the wretched poor or those who worship their money would hate this. They asked for better education, here they freaking are. Written...
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...Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, The Google+, Orkut, Tagged, and Badoo. Some people love them to the point that they consider themselves addicted and others either do not use them or rarely use them. SNSs have impacted our technological world in positive and negative ways. An example of a specific way that SNSs have been positively affected our society is a woman that was adopted reunited with her biological brother after 30 years. She found him through Facebook; they made arrangements to meet, and to this day have been catching up on lost years. Another case that proves Facebook has had positive impact is when a natural disaster occurs; having access to a SNS is another form of a communication outlet. Some post missing children which could bring a positive outcome through the speed of communication that happens over SNSs. Even alerts can be issued to warn many people in an extended area. This could save lives as well. On the other hand, SNSs have caused negativity within a community. There are some people that simply cannot handle the freedom that one can get wrapped up in while using a SNS. For instance, there have been stories about students getting punished by a university for posting pictures of themselves drinking alcohol in their dorm rooms. Also, some student-athletes have been warned by their coaches to watch what they post so as not to get caught violating NCAA regulations. (Miller, Parsons, & Lifer, 2010)...
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...billion in revenue, which isn’t too shabby for a free service. Of course, there are a lot of potential dangers to be had when dealing with Facebook. No website is perfect, and it’s important that people are away of the potential hazards that can be attributed to Facebook and the internet in general. The first danger is one that Facebook shares with pretty much the entirety of the internet. You never know who you’re really talking to. You never know who is on the other end of the internet and who is sitting at the computer. Facebook is pretty good about requiring a real name and valid email address and whatnot to make an account, but it’s still easy enough to make fake accounts. At the same time, Facebook always does their best to make it clear that you should only be friends with people you actually know. If you decline a friend invite, it will ask if you know the person. If you say no, and enough other people say no, then that account is banned from Facebook. So they are doing their best to make sure you’re only talking to people you know, but there are still a ton of people who just friend request everybody they see, and who accepts anybody that sends them a friend request. These people don’t seem to care about the potential dangers. What goes along with this is the need for privacy. Facebook has gotten a lot better with their privacy policies, making less account information visible by default. A couple of years ago you could see pretty much anybody’s full profile, you could...
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...countries worldwide. And, like a small child who eats his greens, we're still growing and growing. If you're interested, we'd love to share our past, our present, and where we're heading in the future with you. If you've come here looking for franchise and career information, recent news about BURGER KING® or simply just our contact details, it's your lucky day. Take a look... * * * * * * * * * * * Chicken, Fish and Veggie * Limited Time Offers * Breakfast - The new menu * Kids menu * Desserts * Sides * Salads * Drinks * Condiments * Products only available in Eire * Flame-Grilled Burgers * King Deals * Enter a postcode ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Flame-Grilled Burgers | Chicken, Fish and Veggie | Limited Time Offers | Breakfast - The new menu | Kids menu | Desserts | Sides | Salads | Drinks | Condiments | | | Management So you’re looking for responsibility? As a Restaurant Manager, Senior Assistant Manager, Assistant Manager or Shift-running Manager, you can expect that right from the start. It’s all about delivering the highest standards of customer service, leading by example, maximising every sales opportunity, controlling finance and ensuring the smoothest possible operation. So what makes a great Burger King Manager? You’re probably already muttering the word ‘degree’...
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...The Social Media Era In this era and time, billions of people everywhere in the world are logging into the internet several times a day. Why wouldn't they? Large amounts of people have the internet on their high tech mobile devices, and at the touch of a phone they can check their email, their Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, their financial activities, film times, and on and on. One of these things typically takes up more of a person’s time than the others. Any social networking site or application, whether it is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat, appears to easily take up the hours of an individual's day. Kids and teens are getting to these sites while they’re at school and when they get home from school. Grown-ups are getting to these websites while they are at work. The people who are married or have kids are commonly deciding to spend time checking their profiles instead of being with their friends and family. Many individuals say we require them to stay in contact with companions. Be that as it may, the benefits don't exceed the issues they cause. Social networking gives teens and grown-ups excuses to be sluggish, overweight, and preoccupied with less important things. The overuse of social media is less beneficial at school, work or in one’s personal life. For these reasons and many others social networking is viewed as terrible for pop culture and should not to be used. Social networking, particularly Twitter, creates dependence. Some may say drugs...
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...mother was a homemaker, who also happened to help my father run his business. He had worked hard to gain his success, and he tried very hard to instill that work ethic into his children. We lived in a beautiful house in the Hollywood Hills, with a pool, a dog, and everything a family could want. I was a very fortunate child with an idyllic childhood. I had loving parents, siblings, good schooling if a bit strict, lots of clothes and toys, friends, and a large extended family around the globe. However, I could not help noticing that other people did not seem to be as well off as I was. One thing I will never forget is the first week or so of my first grade, there was a little girl named Joy, who had warts, a lot of them, and that all the other kids made fun of her, and that she would cry. I watched...
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...story “Everyday Use” Maggie and her mother both live together and have received a message that Dee Maggie’s sister was coming to visit.Dee had left to go to college leaving Maggie and her mom at home,Maggie didn’t get the opportunity to finish school like Dee did.Dee is very spoiled but on the other hand Maggie is shy and quiet.I know if I had a sister I would want us to be equal and be comfortable with each other.Not all families get along all the time there’s always some type of conflict.Families most of the time resolve their conflicts because in the end they are family. Respect is always very important when it comes to parents,without respect its as if there was no care,no privacy, and no understanding.People often choose to disrespect someone when either they,re mad,they don't like a person ,or they just don't care.In the story “Everyday...
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...social networking system throughout the world. Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. Besides various positive sides, facebook has some negative effects which go beside our eyes. But sometimes they may be harmful or threatful for the users. Sometimes facebook can cause wastages of our valuable time ,create psychological problem, violate the security issues and Social Ethical Problem. It is sometimes responsible for Sexual Harassment ,Decreasing Productivity, Wrong Information and Violence as well as Distance with Family and Friend We are grateful to our honorable teacher FARZANA PERVIN CHOWDHARY for giving us an opportunity to research about such an interesting topic. We all the group members of the group (ANTACID +) have researched the topic and collected information from different sources. All of us enjoyed doing the job with combined and coordinated. Table of contents Page No: * About Facebook 03-04 * Negative sides of Facebook 04-06 * Wastage of Time 09-11 * Psychological & Health Problems 12 * Security Problem and Virus 13 * Crimes 13 * Social Ethical Problem 13 * Sexual Harassment 14 * Decreasing Productivity 15 * Wrong Information and Violence 16 * Distance with Family and Friend 16 * Irrelevant Use 17 About Facebook HISTORY OF FACEBOOK Facebook is an online social networking service...
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...“biometric security” system that he believes will have New Yorkers tossing out their keys and maybe ditching their doormen, too. Using sophisticated scanners that can recognize a person’s face, voice, build and stride, the system can unlock your door in under two seconds. Any strangers not in the database will be denied access. “This is only the beginning,” says General Aharon Farkash, the founder and president of the firm FST21. “This is the way people will enter buildings in the 21st century.” To help establish FST21 in the states, Farkash opened a North American office earlier this month at 7 World Trade Center. Should you drop by, you’ll be greeted by one of its security devices. But unless he’s beamed a code to your phone or you work there already, there’s no convincing the small 8-inch scanner to let you in. The device looks simple on the outside, and in practice it is, essentially turning everyone into a human-size key. “Just like a fingerprint, we all look and act in a unique way,” Farkash says. “Biometric” technology has been around since the 1970s, and is often seen in thumb-print readers and retinal scanners. But thanks to less-invasive techniques, biometrics is starting to take off. “People have been talking about this for decades as the future, but I think the technology is finally good enough and invisible enough that people will start to embrace it,” says Robert McCrie, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the former director of...
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...will show its purpose, content as well as the cultural significance. In 2004, Facebook was founded by Mark Zukerberg with the mission to “give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected” (Facebook). Facebook started out to connect college students for networking purposes. Today, with over one billion active users, businesses are taking advantage of it as well. Companies are on Facebook to advertise their products, offer discounts, and to build a reputation of their brand (Bosari, 2012). Individual's Experience on Facebook Since I do not have a Facebook account, I can't state my experience with it but I can explain the reasoning why I am personally against Facebook. The main reason is for professional reasons, the reputation in my job. I have watched and observe people talk about things they saw posted on somebody's Facebook account. It is in human nature to draw conclusions and make assumptions. As I can control what I am posting, I have no control over what other people are posting. In my opinion, my friends and family are aware of what I am doing and we communicate with other means besides social media, I don't see the need to post my every move on Facebook for all kinds of people to see. Privacy is definitely another big concern as personal information is shared with applications (Reed, N. 2015). I use Facebook for a multitude of reasons. Whether it is posting about an outstanding restaurant or letting my friends and family know how the good the...
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...all states. For example, “by the end of first grade, all kids should be able to count to X, add, multiply, divide, know fractions and be able to read a chapter book” (BladdyK). Besides education standards, it standardizes things like homework and tests. This adaptation in a new standard is a work-in-progress, thus giving common core a very vague and broad feeling to it. I've heard from numerous college students within my classrooms...
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