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An editorial is is a written article that gives the author' opinion on the certain topic. Many people write editorials to all different types of topics they want to talk about. A popular weviste that has millions of editorials on many different topics is Wikipedia. Ever since I started using computers for schools, teachers have told me not to rely on Wikipedia for reliable resource and information. Most teachers have told me that Wikipedia is a public website, meaning that people can change the information on every editorial on their network. Today, Wikipedia has changed to now having a link to the resource that you got the information from to post the new information on the topic you are making an editorial about. Believing Wikipedia has changed from the past rules, I believe we, students, should be able to use Wikipedia as a reliable resource now that it has a stricter policy to changing editorials. I stll dont know if we can or not use Wikipedia for resources as most of the teachers I've had, don't mention about how they've changed their thoughts about Wikipedia since their rules have changed to the public. My thoughts to Wikipedia should be that we should use it as a resource since its old policies have changed.

Tech blog : The New iPhone Bends

New iPhones bending


Reports of the iPhone bending have been reported. Many cases involved having the phone inside your front pocket. The popularity of the phone has also increased many cases even higher.  There has also been talked about by Samsung and competitors. Youtube videos have also shown how easily the new iPhone is to be bended in your hand.
Many fans also say and bring back how the IPhone 5 had never had any of these issues. They say that there is no escaping the bending problem and there hasn't been any word from apple about this problem

Algebra I

Algebra I is a very important class for a Freshman, since you need to learn different formulas and equation forms for future classes like Geometry and Calculus. My teacher for Algebra I is Mr. Santagelo, who is good Math teacher and also he has an assistant teacher Ms Simpson. He also has a his own link in the school website which is here. What I expected when I started his class was that we were going to learn a lot about fractions and equation formulas. All I expected is going to be what we're going to learn about during the year. We have already taken a test for our Summer Assingment and we have been working on translating Algebraic expressions from words. Translating them means that we get an expression in the form of words.
His grading policy is much more different than other teacher's as he has different percentages for the class :

• 40%  Formal Assesments
• 25%  Quizzes 
• 15%  Informal Assesments
• 5%   Homework.

One of the aspects I like about his class is that he doesn't joke that much around and wants his students to actually learn something from his class. Other aspects is that he doesn't give as much homework as you need to and won't teach ahead of students as much, who have missed a lesson the day before. The Technology we use in his class are the TI 84 calculator and a Chromebook to make it easier to learn and do Algebra I. Learning Algebra is one of te first steps into learning math, it is also used to defining algorithms and turning them into running programs.

Educational Technology and Copyright Law

Copyright is a law that gives people, the right to be called the creators of their work legally. This article taught me a lot about copyright;including that when you create something new, it immedietly gets copyrighted without requiring any paperwork. I also learned that there are four exclusive rights to copyright which are:

1. Educational Technology and Copyright Law
2. Display the copyrighted work publicly
3. Prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work
4. Distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public by sale, rental or lending, and/or to display the image.

Copyright also doesn't mean that people can't use it, but it means that the person or company that used your picture has to keep you credit. The only way for your work to not be used in projects by other people and companies, you have to have a licence for it. Not only is licensing a lot of work but it cost money for your work to have a license. Copyright is a very interesting