Hiding from the Internet

Some pundits have declared that personal privacy is dead. National Public Radio noted in a recent story that sometimes we invade our oown privacy without even realizing it.

Questions...

•What are all the ways the Internet invades our privacy?

•Does it matter if where you took a picture can be tracked?

•What strategies do we have for maintaining our privacy? •What sort of things do you not put online?•What are all the ways the Internet invades our privacy?

•What are all the ways the Internet invades our privacy?

Someday We'll Have Instatweetbook

Social Network sites are constantly changing. Sites add new features, go in and out of fashion, and gain new competitors. And those social networks that don't adapt to ever-changing tastes sisk turning into MySpace or even Friendster.

This National Public Radio Story goes to the real social networking experts--teens--to find out the latest OMG social networking features and sites.

Questions...

•Will social media always be more a young person's thing?

•Is Facebook past its peak?

•Does social media make us more connected with the world--or less connected?

•What trends in social media do you think will last for a while?

•Is social media more about text, photos, or video? Why?

Welcome Summer 2013 Students

Club MediaNote is the place to place to find information about the daily MediaNotes that begin most classes. Each post will include a link to the original source material, plus discussion questions.

There will also be posts relating to field trips and other matters relating to the class.