Recent Changes

The classroom of the future.....
Nikki: "I think everyone should have their own, individual laptops. I'm sure we all agree that because we get to use computers so much more in middle school (as opposed to elementary school), many lessons are easier to learn and more fun. I do have to say that I don't think we should get rid of the human teacher, like many people have suggested, because there are so many people in that job. If we got rid of it completely, there would be so many people out of work, and with fewer jobs in general, it would be harder to find a new one. Also, including more options in the cafeteria would be a smart choice. Today, the majority of the food choices we have are greasy and fattening, whereas if we offered more healthy foods, it would make the students healthier. It has even been proven that students that eat a healthy diet tend to do better in school."
own pace. Teachers would barely have to do anything. The devices would be programmed to have the day’s lesson all ready for the student to do. The teacher would only have to tell them where to find it and then they could start their work without instruction. More technology will be included in the classroom of the future. Higher technology, smarter technology will be included."
Kathryn: "I also think that we should each have individual laptops as well, and just have more 'high-tech' technology in general. If we all used our laptops to do all the work online and on the computer, this would cut down on the amount of paper wasted to make tests that will only be used maybe once and then thrown away or put aside. Although technology is fun and would be great to have as the majority of how we learn, if we got rid of an actual teacher, it would, one: put many people out of jobs, and two: if students got confused and didn't have that teacher to turn to to ask questions, they would still be confused with no help from someone they could actually understand."

The classroom of the future.....
Nikki: "I think everyone should have their own, individual laptops. I'm sure we all agree that because we get to use computers so much more in middle school (as opposed to elementary school), many lessons are easier to learn and more fun. I do have to say that I don't think we should get rid of the human teacher, like many people have suggested, because there are so many people in that job. If we got rid of it completely, there would be so many people out of work, and with fewer jobs in general, it would be harder to find a new one. Also, including more options in the cafeteria would be a smart choice. Today, the majority of the food choices we have are greasy and fattening, whereas if we offered more healthy foods, it would make the students healthier. It has even been proven that students that eat a healthy diet tend to do better in school."
Rachel: ""I agree with Nikki, that we should each have our own laptops, and also we will have a handheld device, similar to a PDA or GPS, that will help us understand and work at our own pace.
Kathryn: "I also think that we should each have individual laptops as well, and just have more 'high-tech' technology in general. If we all used our laptops to do all the work online and on the computer, this would cut down on the amount of paper wasted to make tests that will only be used maybe once and then thrown away or put aside. Although technology is fun and would be great to have as the majority of how we learn, if we got rid of an actual teacher, it would, one: put many people out of jobs, and two: if students got confused and didn't have that teacher to turn to to ask questions, they would still be confused with no help from someone they could actually understand."

"Cloning -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 28 May 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning#Cellular_cloning.new
“History of Cloning." Popular Issues - AllAboutPopularIssues.org. 28 May 2009 http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/history-of-cloning-faq.htm.
"Outdated Education from Outdated Technology." Eye of the Tiger Blogs. 28 May 2009 http://travismediateam.blogspot.com/2009/05/outdated-education-from-outdated.html.
Kathryn’s:
"The Top Ten Inventions - Future Technology." Inventors. 28 May 2009 <http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/tp/Future_Techno.htm>.

Of course, there are some barriers that might keep us from advancing in the technology of cloning. About 10 states have already banned reproductive cloning, and Puerto Rico even proposed a worldwide ban in 2003 through the UN (but because of objections by Great Britain and other countries, the proposal was put on hold until 2004).
Another barrier is the belief of many Christians that cloning or intentionally making changes in the human blueprint is playing God. On the other hand, many people believe that human engineering is merely helping evolution take its course, and it would be neglectful not to improve our population if we can. It is hard to decide who is right in this disagreement, but at this point, we’re not ready to clone humans anyway, so no one will have to worry about it for a while.
Cloning- along with other types of technology- would greatly affect the way we learn in school. We are in the middle of a technological revolution, and we have yet to develop our school systems to meet the standard. Today, school computer systems are upgraded every 10 to 15 years on average. Because of this, many school computers are very outdated in their software, and that greatly affects the students' ability to learn better. If we were to upgrade computer software more often- say, every 5 years- then we would have many advantages. For example, many students have a newer version of a program on a computer at home than the one they use at school. Because of this, they have issues working on the same file in two different places. The majority of computers and laptops used at school use Office 2003, whereas many home computers have recently upgraded to Office 2007. Upgrading to the next level in computer software can help a lot, though it would be a financial issue to replacing all of the equipment with the current economic condition. Yet many people believe that it is time to stop limiting our education by binding it to yesterday's technology.

"Technology News: Handheld Devices: New HTC Smartphone Includes Photo Geotagging, Car Nav." Welcome to TechNewsWorld. 28 May 2009 <http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65936.html?wlc=1243534254>.
Nikki’s:
2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning#Cellular_cloning.new
“History of Cloning." Popular Issues - AllAboutPopularIssues.org. 28 May 2009 http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/history-of-cloning-faq.htm.
Kathryn’s:
"The Top Ten Inventions - Future Technology." Inventors. 28 May 2009 <http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/tp/Future_Techno.htm>.
"SPACE.com -- Teleportation: Express Lane Space Travel." Learn More at Space.com. From Satellites to Stars, NASA information, Astronomy, the Sun and the Planets, we have your information here. 28 May 2009 <http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050708_teleportation.html>.
"Teleportation." IBM Research. 28 May 2009 <http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/>.
"Time travel -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 28 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel>.

Nikki: "I think everyone should have their own, individual laptops. I'm sure we all agree that because we get to use computers so much more in middle school (as opposed to elementary school), many lessons are easier to learn and more fun. I do have to say that I don't think we should get rid of the human teacher, like many people have suggested, because there are so many people in that job. If we got rid of it completely, there would be so many people out of work, and with fewer jobs in general, it would be harder to find a new one. Also, including more options in the cafeteria would be a smart choice. Today, the majority of the food choices we have are greasy and fattening, whereas if we offered more healthy foods, it would make the students healthier. It has even been proven that students that eat a healthy diet tend to do better in school."
Rachel: "
Kathryn: ""I also think that we should each have individual laptops as well, and just have more 'high-tech' technology in general. If we all used our laptops to do all the work online and on the computer, this would cut down on the amount of paper wasted to make tests that will only be used maybe once and then thrown away or put aside. Although technology is fun and would be great to have as the majority of how we learn, if we got rid of an actual teacher, it would, one: put many people out of jobs, and two: if students got confused and didn't have that teacher to turn to to ask questions, they would still be confused with no help from someone they could actually understand."

Although teleportation seems like something that would be amazing to try out, it could also be extremely dangerous. The way that it actually works is destroying the original of the person or thing and making an exact copy with the same kind of molecules in a different place. Right now, scientists are working on actually being able to transport the same molecules from one place to another without destroying anything, and get a lower failure rate then 2/3, but even that seems to be far in the future.
Not only will teleportation affect the “scientific world” but it could change how we live and work everyday. Imagine being able to live in the U.S., but work in Paris. Or maybe you decided to take a quick vacation across the world without any warning. The idea of teleporting would make both of these ideas – and more – possible.
as well.
Time
Time travel and different rate.
Being
Being able to to vacations.
As technology gets more advanced, so does the way we learn, since technology opens up more ways of teaching/learning. With time travel and teleportation there’s not much to say on the education part, but it would give new ways of learning from the past, and seeing how our choices will affect the future.
The time travel aspect would allow us to be able to travel back in time to see what the important historical events and time periods were actually like, as well as avoiding the deaths of millions of people in disasters. Seeing that history has a habit of “repeating itself”, seeing what actually happened years ago would give people today a concept of what to expect and help to prevent it more easily.
Being able to teleport would give students (and anyone for that matter) the opportunity to see how people in other countries learn rather than just ours. They would be able to experience first hand what they are learning about, and give them a better idea of what’s happening.

TELEPORTATION and TIME TRAVEL!
By: Kathryn Hetzendorfer
as cars.
In the last 5 to 10 years, researchers have been working on the theory of teleportation, and have actually had some success with the idea. Although it is not much compared to where scientists are hoping to get, they have been able to transport beams of light and ion atoms from one side of a lab to the other successfully.
Although teleportation seems like something that would be amazing to try out, it could also be extremely dangerous. The way that it actually works is destroying the original of the person or thing and making an exact copy with the same kind of molecules in a different place. Right now, scientists are working on actually being able to transport the same molecules from one place to another without destroying anything, and get a lower failure rate then 2/3, but even that seems to be far in the future.
In the last 5 to 10 years, researchers have been working on the theory of teleportation, and have actually had some success with the idea. Although it is not much compared to where scientists are hoping to get, they have been able to transport beams of light and ion atoms from one side of a lab to the other successfully.
the future.
Not only will teleportation affect the “scientific world” but it could change how we live and work everyday. Imagine being able to live in the U.S., but work in Paris. Or maybe you decided to take a quick vacation across the world without any warning. The idea of teleporting would make both of these ideas – and more – possible.
as well.
Time
Time travel and different rate.
Being
Being able to to vacations.
As technology gets more advanced, so does the way we learn, since technology opens up more ways of teaching/learning. With time travel and teleportation there’s not much to say on the education part, but it would give new ways of learning from the past, and seeing how our choices will affect the future.
The time travel aspect would allow us to be able to travel back in time to see what the important historical events and time periods were actually like, as well as avoiding the deaths of millions of people in disasters. Seeing that history has a habit of “repeating itself”, seeing what actually happened years ago would give people today a concept of what to expect and help to prevent it more easily.
Being able to teleport would give students (and anyone for that matter) the opportunity to see how people in other countries learn rather than just ours. They would be able to experience first hand what they are learning about, and give them a better idea of what’s happening.

By: Kathryn Hetzendorfer
Many people think of the future as spaceships flying around the city and living on the moon or maybe another planet, but that would be far in the future even for how fast technology has been advancing in the last couple decades. Time travel on the other hand, is even closer than most people believe. Since as long as technology has been going strong, people have been dreaming of a day when we will be able to time travel and “teleport”. This idea might be even closer than spaceships as cars.
In the last 5 to 10 years, researchers have been working on the theory of teleportation, and have actually had some success with the idea. Although it is not much compared to where scientists are hoping to get, they have been able to transport beams of light and ion atoms from one side of a lab to the other successfully.
Although teleportation seems like something that would be amazing to try out, it could also be extremely dangerous. The way that it actually works is destroying the original of the person or thing and making an exact copy with the same kind of molecules in a different place. Right now, scientists are working on actually being able to transport the same molecules from one place to another without destroying anything, and get a lower failure rate then 2/3, but even that seems to be far in the future.
In the last 5 to 10 years, researchers have been working on the theory of teleportation, and have actually had some success with the idea. Although it is not much compared to where scientists are hoping to get, they have been able to transport beams of light and ion atoms from one side of a lab to the other successfully.
Although teleportation seems like something that would be amazing to try out, it could also be extremely dangerous. The way that it actually works is destroying the original of the person or thing and making an exact copy with the same kind of molecules in a different place. Right now, scientists are working on actually being able to transport the same molecules from one place to another without destroying anything, and get a lower failure rate then 2/3, but even that seems to be far in the future.
As technology gets more advanced, so does the way we learn, since technology opens up more ways of teaching/learning. With time travel and teleportation there’s not much to say on the education part, but it would give new ways of learning from the past, and seeing how our choices will affect the future.
The time travel aspect would allow us to be able to travel back in time to see what the important historical events and time periods were actually like, as well as avoiding the deaths of millions of people in disasters. Seeing that history has a habit of “repeating itself”, seeing what actually happened years ago would give people today a concept of what to expect and help to prevent it more easily.
what’s happening.