Wednesday, June 4, 2014
TWIF Flattener #2 - 8/9/95
Use one of the current events sources linked at http://svhs-hwc-fall2014.blogspot.com/2014/06/approved-sources-for-twif-current.html to find a recent news article that relates to, supports, or refutes Friedman's assertion that 8/9/95 was a "flattener." Your comment should include the title of the news article, a link to the article, and a summary of the article including an explanation of how the article relates to this point. Don't forget to check your rubric for evaluation criteria!
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U.S. app to help emergency responders communicate in crisis http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/us-usa-security-apps-idUSKBN0FT2J320140724 Thomas Friedman describes the second flattener as the beginning of global connectivity through the development of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and web browsers. Back in 1995, these three advancements enabled the world to share digital information and connected computers and networks around the globe. A common language and coding system made it possible for computer users to access information created throughout the world and utilize it to their advantage. A recent article by Chris Francescani illustrates how emergency responders are now using this connectivity to improve communications. A new mobile app would allow emergency personnel to communicate with any officers around them and even those in other jurisdictions. They would all be operating on the same web based platform, which would allow them to coordinate their responses effectively and efficiently. Law enforcement predicts that this type of system will improve their security preparedness.
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ReplyDeleteBeyond Piñatas, Fortune Cookies, and Wooden Shoes: Using the World Wide Web to Help Children Explore the Whole Wide World.
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Thomas Friedman explains that the second flattener is the development of the World Wide Web and the ground-breaking web browser Netscape. Now, according to this article the World Wide Web can be used to teach young children about the whole world through the internet. Using this system of education can eliminate discrimination because they will experience different types of cultures and people at such a young age. This article describes how social and cultural studies are only the beginning of using the World Wide Web as a vital education system. This article explains that this system “can be an effective way to address questions that challenge young learners' understanding of themselves in relation to others, both within their communities and beyond” through merging this system to isolated parts of the globe to average suburban schools. This advancement is doing a great deal of flattening the world in a very positive way, and should be mirrored by schools everywhere. Friedman foresaw multiple advancements stemming off of the World Wide Web just like this example right when it was released to the public.
"A New iPad Browser Surfs the Web So You Don’t Have To"
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In chapter 2 of The World is Flat, Friedman discusses how commercial web browsers were a part in revolutionizing connectivity around the world. Netscape, the first web browser, seemed like a massive innovation at the time, but the things that browsers can do now are outstanding. This article is about an application for Apple devices that acts as a web browser. However, when you open it, it gives you boxes of information from around the web that it thinks you will find useful. It finds this information based on previous websites you have been to and links you have shared. But, only a small amount of people actually use this internet browser. The main issue is that most people do not like an overflow of in formation right in there faces as they open up the internet. This article's discussion about a web browser that shows information before you have even searched anything shows how far the technology of the internet has come since 8/9/95, the day that Netscape went public, as Friedman talks about in The World is Flat.