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= = =A) Overview=

 The creation of changing information has been increasing in the past few years of the world. There have been a lot of changes for the better in our systems today and they can only get better. People are now collaborating through both time and space. Time, because of different time zones. Space, because of collaboration through different places of the earth.

 Over the past few years, the world has changed in many major ways. Not even a decade ago almost everything was hand written and to meet people you actually had to get up and find them. After the invention of computers, the world wide web, and fiber optic cables the world has now become a much smaller place. The way information is shared and stored is becoming faster, smaller, and much more complex. This has changed the lives of many people across the globe and is said to be a blessing and a curse. New technologies make life easier but can also make it just as more complicated. Learning new ideas and technologies for some can be very confusing but once it is learned it can be very useful.

Now, there is an increasing amount of Internet crimes and scandals that are causing trouble for many people. Information changes all the time. How it looks, sounds, and travels is never the same. It may sometimes be difficult for everyone to keep up with the newest and latest trend.  Uploading is becoming a very important factor of collaboration through the world. Basically, there are three types of uploading: blogging and pod-casting, community developed software, and Wikipedia.  New sites have been created so that no matter where you are in the world, you can access anything you want or need in a click of a button. If you’re in one country and you need to speak to someone in a different country, it is now possible to. there are blogs, videos, etc. that can be uploaded and viewed across the world. Uploading has helped tremendously in a way that communication is much easier internationally.

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=B) Current News=

The changing shape of information is in the screens of technology. There are tons of things happening right now that both show and tell what is going on in the world about the changing shape of information. For so long books and papers have held any information known to man, now we have computers to store information and important documents. They are even being shown in movies. One of the best movies showing this would have to be the social networking. Bloggers are also starting to make more of a difference than anything now. A specific one that a lot of people like to read is //A Random Walk in Learning// which can show any random thing to talk about. One more thing would be simply being here at West Career and Technical Academy. We can even consider ourselves as current news. Things are being made everyday that nobody has thought of yet. Soon we can all have access to those things and learn from them, too.

 Let's start with one we have all heard of: //The Social Networking//. This movie is basically about how Mark Zuckerberg changed the world Facebook. That was based on what really happened to him.   Zuckerberg was basically chosen to make an online collaborative website for Harvard. But he chose not to do it and made his own website we know as Facebook. That was just a huge leap for man in it’s attempt of knowing everything a bout everybody. That gave people a chance to talk to someone instantly all across the world. Even for news channels, people use Facebook to see what their viewers think they should do better. They are learning it off of the Internet.

 This pushes us into a new step just like Facebook. We, at West Career and Technical Academy, are being taught to do things online, instead of on paper. We are being shown how and what we will need to be successful in the digital world. The reason we say digital world? What is not run by machines now? Who doesn’t have access to the Internet? Do you have a digital alarm clock that is programmed to wake you up every morning? Our world is being run by, basically, robots. We are being taught how to control those robots and make our own. That way, we will be successful.

=Areas of Impact=

C) Education
 The influence of technology change on education and schools has been a very slow and struggling battle between old and new ideas of education. Education, since the beginning of our country, has been seen as a way to maintain authority of government and social superiority. Only the people who could, and wanted to, reach the higher levels of education were the ones who had a more prosperous life. That goal, as of newer generations, has shifted to the prosperity of all society and uniting everyone through fair and equal education. As we have moved on to a more technological age, there has been a major increase in the need for educated workers.   Now that the way we work and live has become enclosed in a sea of technology, the preparation and education we receive has to, in some way, incorporate those new ideas. Now, many jobs are focused on the use of technology or in some way incorporate this new information. So, to meet that demand of society schools have been pushed to incorporate technology into their learning curriculum. There have been many debates on the usefulness of technology in the classroom and how distracting or helpful it is.

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D) Government, Politics and Employment
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology has recently been highly incorporated into the work place. They have really worked magic for some of the many small businesses around the world. The easy transfer of information and ideas has made the opportunities of small business owner’s increase tenfold. Now anyone can make a living working for themselves and not just rich aristocrats. Many processes that used to cost large amounts of money have now become easily achievable by anyone now that that have become electronic and cheaper. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The global market is now more balanced as a result of this.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now also, The ability to work and get business around the world is much more simple with new technologies and information transfer. It is now just as easy to propose a business deal to someone in Russia from Connecticut, as it is to talk to your neighbor next door. Everything is done much faster and effectively. Many new jobs that didn’t even exist ten years ago are now very big and demanding job opportunities for anyone with the knowledge to complete them.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Technology has seriously affected politics. It seems that no matter what you do you can’t get away from the newest politician and his scandal. News can now spread extremely fast across the entire world and no secrets are safe. Politicians now have to be ready for anything at anytime. Now there is never anything that is not known to the people. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The new and changing form of information is now making it easier for the government to run. Many things now get done faster more efficiently with less mistakes than before. With the use of the Internet and may other electronic devices the government has become much more productive and active in the lives of the people as it is more able to communicate with them and get their feedback. Some people are not sure if this is such a good thing but that is a whole other topic altogether. As of right now the new technologies in our society are changing how our governments and businesses function.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The changing shape of information has effected our government, politics, and employments very greatly. According to www.Forbes.com, employers are starting to check potential job candidate’s social media pages. In a recent survey, 70% of employers say that they rejected a possible candidate because of dissatisfying content found on their social media page. The same group conducted a survey that reported that 91% of employers check their job applicants social media page **. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Politicians are starting to campaign via electronic devices. In the 2008 elections, Barack Obama actually paid a video game company to place billboards of his advertisements in their game. In addition to paying for advertisements, politicians are starting to take donations online. During the course of the 2012 election, Ron Paul has raised over eight millions dollars from his website where anyone with a credit card can support him **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> .The changing shape of technology is bringing access to information most people wouldn’t ever get to see. According to lifehacker.com, you can actually access some information from the Library of Congress via Internet.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The changing shape of information has had a very peculiar effect on protests. Regular people who don't even know what computer hacking means can take part in these events. A group named Anonymous is very well known for supporting such events, when a group this community see's some web site or organization do "unfair" or "non- legitimate " actions, they just take it down. They are known for creating denial of service attacks, basically people lend their computer to this group for an hour or two. They use the computer to access the webpage, creating a request. If enough people do this at one time, the server will crash, taking the site down. The group anonymous has attacked church's opposing gay relationships, scientology, and numerous other disliked webpages

E) Arts, Entertainment and Leisure
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, uploading has helped us to access any form of entertainment we want; and at a fast rate, too. For example, at my house in Las Vegas, I can instantly access any song, video, or other entertainment I might want. A person can upload a video of them singing in China, and if I wanted to, I could watch it from where ever I was. A great example of this is Youtube. This is an international web <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> site that people form across the world can post their videos to. Youtube is used all across the globe. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Also, I’m sure you’ve all heard of Netflix. If you aren’t sure what it is, here’s an explanation: Netflix is a movie sharing application that can be paid for on whichever gaming system you prefer. There are hundreds of movies on this application that can be watched at any time, at any place. Using your account, you can sign in and watch movies that interest you. There are horror movies, comedies, documentaries, and other types of movies on Netflix. Thanks to uploading, society now has these great sites and applications for entertainment.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The changing shape of information let’s anyone learn almost anything from online tutorials. You no longer need to go to college and study art to learn how to make artworks, and learn the dynamics of art, just hit youtube.com. Artists are starting to transition from traditional painting, to graphic design. According to Wikipedia, Adobe Photoshop is the most popular graphic design software, and is used for typography, page layout, and visual arts. Technologies like YouTube, allow us to subscribe to people’s Vlog’s and follow what they post. Facebook.com allows users from all over the world to check in with each other, post on walls, send private messages, tag photos, and send greeting cards.

F) Science, Environment, and Health
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With the new technology and information changing everyday, scientists, doctors, and environmental specialists are changing the way they research new things. Doctors are able to cure patients with advanced technology that didn't exist before. Global networking has played a huge part in this. Health professionals have communicated all over the world to come up with new information. Because of global networking, the possibility for new expert work arises. (14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The development of new technologies has lead to many changes in the environment in which we live in. Things that were never even thought of before are now simple and easy to achieve. Even though life may be simpler it may not necessarily be better. Technology and information change has had some very serious environmental effects. Pollution and energy consumption have lead to many problems in our home environment. Technology needs power and more and more power is being extracted from our environment everyday, and this has some very negative effects. Until, we can achieve a world of clean energy this will always be a factor while thinking about the change of information and how it affects everyone.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Technology and the changing shape of information have seriously affected one thing in many varying ways- health. Technology can help us fight off many diseases and illnesses that were once lethal, but also causes an increased risk of many other ailments. With new technologies and faster traveling information we can save many more lives from sickness and help many people, who once would have died young, live long happy lives. Sadly, this simple life has lead to many problems in obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Now, people are more likely to pass from cases of heart attack than of pneumonia. Cancers are also more common as there has been an increased creation of many cancer causing chemicals and radiation technologies.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Science has benefited from this information change the most. With these new faster instruments scientist can see things that we can’t even imagine. Collaboration between scientist all over the world is now so very simple and fast that many new theories have been created. We are now able to see the world, and even our universe, in ways never once thought possible.

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Team Members
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **A) Overview: [|Blair H.], Arjan L. [|Eric S.]** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **B) Current News: [|Porsche O.] Taran B.** ** Haleigh D. Arjan L. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **C) Education:[| Porsche O.] Haleigh D. [|Brynn A.] Taran B.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **D Government, Politics and Employment: Alyssa N.** **[|Alexander M.] Brynn A.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **E) Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: [|Blair H.], [|Eric S.] [|Alexander M.], Alyssa N.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **F) Science, Environment, and Health:**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Team Roles: ** // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** __Content Editor:__ ** Alyssa Nikoley, Brynn Aguillard <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** __Image/Graphics Editor:__ ** Arjan Luhar <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __** Discussion Monitor: **__ Alexander Martin <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __** Presentation Editor: **__ Eric Sebahar <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __** RSS Editor: **__ Porsche Oconnor, Haleigh Delarosa <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** __Mind Map Editor:__ ** Blair Hardy, Taran Braunersrither

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