Current+Events

Current Event in Technology **Instructions:** Your assignment today is to research and summarize 3 articles about issues in our nation, our state, and/or our town dealing with technology using the Internet. When you perform a search and summarize, you must be careful to write it in your own words.

For each of the current events, you need to follow these steps:
 * Include the name of the article.
 * List the author's name
 * Create a link with the articles URL for the chosen current event article.
 * Write a short summary (6-7 sentences minimum) of what you learned from the article.
 * Answer all of the required questions in detail.
 * Complete sentences are required for your answers.
 * Make sure that your answers are in a different (easy to read) color font than the questions.

For the first article, go to www.usatoday.com or some other site that posts daily world events and find an article of interest about something that is going on in the world. You may also choose to go to a network news site such as www.msnbc.com.

For the second article, go to www.ksl.com or another state paper and find an article of interest about something that is going on in our state.

For the third article, you can choose to do an event from the world, state, or city. If you choose to do our city, go to www.sltrib.com or www.deseretnews.com (can search by town) and find an article of interest about something that is going on in our town.

Article #1 - World Current Event Article Title - SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship links up with space station

Author - Tariq Malik

URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article. SpaceX's Dragon hooked up with the ISS on Wednesday. It was captured by using a robotic arm from Canada. This was a trip that SpaceX will fly for under $1.6 billion. It was captured by a Japanese astronaut as it soared 250 miles overhead. It was the first to launch since NASA's final shuttle flight. SpaceX are developing a manned version of this spacecraft.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? That is was the first trip since NASA's final shuttle flight in July 2011. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? It affects how we will get to future places that scientists wanted to go to. It's positive because scientists want to know what is out there.

Article #2 - State Current Event  Article Title - Utah legislators urge teachers to stop shunning technology Author - Justina Mccandless URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article. Sabrina Ng is a girl who last year wouldn't have graduted on time but this year she is graduting early. What happened was she went from Highland High School to Innovations High School, which is based more on technology. Legislators want to persuade districts to use more technology. Greg Hughes, a representative of Draper, said that teachers who tell students to put technology away need a wake up call. He also said putting more technology in schools could solve education problems. He said the teachers can move around the room and not have to just write on the white board all the time. What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? That the school basically focuses on technology and that you can do all your work on the computer. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? It could affect what high school you go to. It could be both because if you go to the wrong school that isn't for you, it could be harder to gradute. The positive is that it will show you a school that could work for you.

Article #3 - Your Choice  Article Title - Utah education technology company gains national attention Author - Paul Nelson URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article. An educational technology company from Utah is getting recognized by the nation. Most of it's because of the contract is shares. The name is ISchool Campus. They do not make lesson plans at this school. Teachers can be more flexible in what they teach. The teacher can assign different assignments using the right technology. The state officals will monitor this progress before sending it to other schools.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? That this is the only school in our state that is doing this. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? It affects how we get our assignments and what we do to prepare for them. It's positive because we are getting prepared for what lies in the future.