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Introductions and Society
1)    (BEST)http://computerandthesociety.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-does-computer-affect-society.html

This article is about how positive and negative computers can affect people in society. People have different uses for computers and there are many new ways to use them daily. I thought this article did a great job explain, so I thought others would enjoy this.

2)    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/21/15-fun-things-you-can-do-on-google

This article is about how there are different things you could do on Google’s search engine. I think this is pretty interesting and many people would enjoy trying this out.

3)    https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1952397.jsp

There are many things you can do online to help out the community, and this website gives a good opportunity for people to help when they have time. This is great because it shows that even the online society could be as great as the real life society.

Privacy and Freedom of Speech
1)  (BEST)http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/technology/17privacy.html?_r=1

This article explains how privacy can be taken away when you are on the Internet. Big companies may track you, to learn about you, so that they can better make their products. I think it is really important for people to learn how to keep themselves safe.

2)  http://computer.howstuffworks.com/encryption.htm

This article shares how encryption works. I think knowing and learning about what encryption does can help and make many people feel more secure. This really makes sense to keep people’s privacy safe.

3)  https://www.aclu.org/what-censorship

This article explains what censorship is and different things that are censored. Some may not know that some things may need to be censored. This allows many people to learn what censorship is.

Intellectual Property
1)  (BEST)http://www.wired.co.uk/article/can-computers-be-creative

This article is about how you can create art on a computer, which is known as graphic design. People may have different viewpoints about it, but at the end it is still art. I think this allows people to know that art can come in many different forms.

2)  https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/6-great-videos-teaching-media-fluency

This article gives great examples on how we can learn by watching visuals to learn. I believe this is a great idea for everyone, since many people learn differently. This allows many people to learn with a different type of source.

3)  https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html

This website explains what open source is and how we can use it to benefit ourselves. I think knowing that there could possibly be better sources of education. Many people can learn on their own pace and also use it when they need to.

Crime
1)  (BEST) http://netsecurity.about.com/od/disasterrecovery/a/I-Ve-Been-Hacked-Now-What.htm

A lot of us wouldn’t know what to do when we are hacked. This article gives us a list of things we could do to save ourselves after being hacked. I think this will help many people calm, and get things taken care of quickly.

2)  http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/02/16/bank-hesit-cybersecurity-kaspersky-report/23509937/

This article is about cyber crime, where people robbed banks directly through computers. This is crazy because many of us would never think that this could happen. This gives all of us an eye opener of what scary crimes computers could bring.

3)  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/28/ebay_hard_drives_still_contain_sensitive_data_study/

This article shows us that our “formatted” hard drives still has a lot of our important files in them. It is safe to learn that we should destroy our old hard drives, so that our property won’t end up in the wrong hands.

Employment, Education, and Entertainment
1)  (BEST) https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

This website allows students to view open source textbooks. I think every student would love this idea, since books are expensive.

2)  https://www.codecademy.com/learn

This website teach coding, and it is also free to sign up for the course. This allows interested people to learn to code, and also give them new skill sets, or a career.

3)  http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/

This website allows people with regular vision to see what people with vision disabilities see. This is a great way to show and educate people how different things are for the unfortunately vision disabled people. It is a good idea to experience what others may be going through.

Grand Challenges
1)  (BEST) http://www.futurity.org/how-to-make-solar-energy-super-efficient/

This article is about how to make solar powered energy more efficient than it already is. I think this is a great thing to have knowledge about in the long run. In the near future, I believe that more and more things will become “off the grid”.

2)  https://www.technologyreview.com/s/517811/a-material-that-could-make-solar-power-dirt-cheap/

This article is about how solar power could be cheaply made. I think this is great since many may think solar could be “expensive” when it really isn’t.

3)  http://www.voanews.com/content/solar-power-economy-electric-utilities/1952688.html

This article shows us how utility companies might be starting to struggle, since solar power is becoming more available. I think this shows students that the future is going to be using solar power, because it better for the environment and also a lot cheaper.

Evaluating and Controlling Technology
1)  (BEST) http://www.wired.com/insights/2014/11/the-internet-of-things-bigger/

This article talks about machine-to-machine communication, M2M. This concept is the future and it is really interesting. A lot of new technology is using this, so we should pay attention to this and know when we are using it.

2)  https://www.nwea.org/blog/2013/evaluating-technology-tools-for-formative-assessment/

This article is about technology boosting children’s education. More and more schools are now using different types of technology to teach students. New ways to learn is what makes learning more fun and interesting.

3)  http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/05/10/truly-useful-technologies.html

This article is about useful technologies in the year 2011. This shows how we are still using old technology, but with updates to software, it made it better and easier to use.

Risk, Failures, and Responsibilities
1)  (BEST) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/drew-hendricks/how-technology-is-changin_b_3273542.html

This article shows us how technology is helping out in the medical field. We all might not know it, but there is always risk, failures, and responsibilities in everything we do. We should learn and know about risk so we can better prepare for it.

2)  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-195165/Computer-failure-hits-BA-flights.html

This article gives an example of how our computers can fail when we need them to work. It is important to be prepared for anything to fail. I think students should learn and find ways to keep us out of failure.

3)  http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/error.htm

This article shows us that there are different types of errors. Software and hardware errors are the types of errors, and best part about it is that it could be fixed.

Anytime, Anywhere
1)  (BEST) http://www.trffcmedia.com/topics/positive-impacts-of-smartphones-on-social-society/

This article is about how smartphone can positively affect our society. I think its great how we all use smartphones to learn and socialize on the daily. We can all search anything on the web to learn when we need to, anytime of the day.

2)  http://www.ted.com/talks/shivani_siroya_a_smart_loan_for_people_with_no_credit_history_yet

This video shares with us how our society works around credit. Software and new technologies allow us to innovate new ways to trust one another. How great would it be to get a loan, when the banker knows more about you, which hopefully makes it easier to get the loan.

3)  http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history

This video is about how social media could change how our society works. Our society is changing constantly and improving on how we share new things and communicate.

Technology Advances, Social Trends
1)    (BEST) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwWhvm5RHZE

Our world is constantly changing and we have to do things to keep the world a better place. This video shows facts on how our planet is changing. We should all make an effort on going green, so that we spend less money but get better rewards.

2)    http://www.livescience.com/55552-solar-plane-completes-flight-around-the-world.html

This article is about how a solar plane flew around the world. This is amazing because our technologies allowed this to happen, and hopefully more and more other amazing things to happen. We should learn about how this works and push towards it.

3)    http://offgrid-electric.com/#home

This website is sharing the concept of getting off the grid. I think this is important, since new technologies are allowing us to provide for poorer areas. It will dramatically help everyone now, and the people in the future who need renewable energy.