Internet+Safety

[|Foundations Join to Offer Online Courses for Schools] Within this article we read about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and how they are donating funds to create online reading and math courses that will be available for schools to purchase and use. I think it is great that the foundation is donating the money so better and more social media programs can be made for schools. I hope that the social media courses are affordable for the schools.

[|Fighting the Fear of Social Media] This article talks about how Facebook, Twitter, and other resources can be used to improve a person's individual and business life. Though I believe that these social media tools are great and very resourceful, I would stress that you have to be very careful with how much personal information about yourself that you put on those sites.

[|How, and why, to do a Facebook detox] This article talks about limiting the amount of time spent on Facebook because of how much time is spent on it doing nothing productive. I would also agree that a lot of time is spent wasted on Facebook but I would also point out that their are many positive results and rewards for using Facebook.

[| Education 2.0: Top Online Learning Resources] This article list the best social media resources available to individuals. This article provides the sites and few pros and cons but there is not much detail about each social media tool. I would research each tool more before I actually used on of them.

[|How Social Media Can Induce Feeling of 'Missing Out'] This article makes a case that using Facebook can create feeling of being lonely, if there is not much communication with others using Facebook. I would point out that this is a possibility, but I would also point out that there many positive results from the use of Facebook.

[|Wealthy Turn to Social Media for Investment Help] This article talks about the use of several social media tools to help to decide for wealthy how and where to invest their money. I think this article could have been more interesting if it would have talked more about investing for middle class individuals instead of just for the wealthy.

[|Can Facebook posts lead to college rejections?] This question and answer interview explores the possibility of content posted on Facebook by individuals leading to admission rejections. I would definitely share this with other individuals and use it to warn other individuals about the danger of posting certain pictures and statements on Facebook. I would emphasize that are always other individuals watching us and we don't even realize it.