Elizabeth

· The idea of “couchsurfing” sounds intriguing! I’ve always wanted to travel, and have found myself apprehensively “chicken” for lack of a better word, due to my inexperience of worldly culture. However, this sounds like a wonderfully impressive resource for people to utilize in order to execute the phenomenon of connecting with others through “do-good” behaviors! Although people view technological advancements as impersonal and unfriendly revolutionary changes in our economy, “couchsurfing” continues to prove this notion erroneous. · Virtually utilizing the internet for personal benefits and gains is a cultural change that is now interfering with institutionalized wealth. The general public continues to be in debt to technological progressions, in that, it has provided them with this phenomenon where they can merge together according to commonalities, where the interest in institutionalized information is no longer in demand. Innovative and creative changes have now become the newest fad in becoming social individuals in this economy, where the internet and other technological expansions assist the relationships between all, where diverse opinions and attitudes are combined to create overall proficiencies for all. · We are part of an ever-changing society where the systematic combination of communal information is creating distant and yet very significant relationships where individuals connect based on joint opinions, needs, and wishes. People are natural collaborative creatures, thus supporting this need to connect via immediate means such as the internet.
 * 10.21.09 Homework**
 * 3 things you want to remember and how it impacts your thinking on US NOW **

media type="custom" key="4391087" My cartoon creation is basically going through the motions of technology advancements, paralleled to the quote "change is inevitable...growth is optional." I feel that this quote directly relates to the idea of Dewey's theory of continuity where needs of living organisms are met through the readaptaions of the environment. However, I feel that the readaptaions aren't always what that specific organism feels is "best" for it.
 * Dewey and Technology Thought Cartoon**

media type="custom" key="4379351" Through most of my schooling, the remembering component of Bloom's Taxonomy is what initially comes to memory. The analysis components were mostly challenged in science content classes while evaluating (ie peer assessments) was mostly touched on in english and literature content areas. I can recall some accounts of using my creative qualities (or lack there of) to create assessment pieces which greater expanded upon basic knowledge. After understanding the different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy I believe that the higher ordered levels of the taxonomy are what assist in lasting formal knowledge awareness and retrieval.
 * Bloom's Taxonomy Widget and Response**

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 * Bitstrip Cartoon #1**