Saturday, August 28, 2010

Issues Shaping the Role of Technology

1. Legal and Ethical Issues-  There are 5 major issues with legal and ethical issues.  They are as follows, 1.viruses/hacking- viruses are written to purposely ruin your computer. They are sent through websites, emails and other ways.  Hacking is another big problem, people can "hack" or break into your computer and get all your information (this actually happened to our school system last year as a senior prank)  He or she downloaded a hugh virus onto everyones computer.  This was a major problem, and took a lot to get it cleaned up.

2. Societal Trends-There are 3 major issues with the societal trends.  They are as follows: 1. Econominc Conditions- right now America is in a major recession (we age coming back, but not yet) so schools are getting the ax.  They are cutting out technology so there is no money. Some experts say that they   2. Anti-technology- there are many people who are against using technology. Some might say it's taking away time from learning, some say students go to places they are supposed to, some say it's not as important as art and music, and things like that.  3.  The NCLB Act of 2001- The infamous No Child Left Behind act.  teachers now have to prove that all students are reaching the set standards.  They have to keep record of each student.  Predictions say that teachers will likely start using computers to track students progress.

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