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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 - Panasonic, Sharp expect red ink despite yen help

Author - Yuri Kageyama

URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article. The Makers of Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. had a full year of the massive losses. They are the leading Japanese electronic makers who are facing price plunges. On Friday, they reported a $667 million dollar profit from October to December of last year. They said that global demand weakened for flat panel TVs. Sharp, the other company, reported $399 dollar profit on Friday. They are considerably less than Panasonic.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? That it talked about how different technology companies are affected by bigger name companies that are trying to run them out of business. It's interesting that Sharp is less in profits than Panasonic.

How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? It affects what kind of store you would go to to buy what ever kind of electronic you would need. It could be both because it could be good electronics and then go out of business.

Article #2 - State Current Event  Article Title - Utah education technology company gains national attention  Author - Paul Nelson URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article. Education in Utah is getting noticed all over. It's mostly thanks to a contract that has entered into Utah. The people at iSchool Campus do not set lesson plans. They instead provide networks to the students and teachers to make the lessons more effective. It can help teachers be more flexible in how they teach. It can help students in that school be more alert and more focused on their studies. What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? That this school uses some form of technology to do work and to turn assignments in. It's interesting that you can use technology just for this school. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? It affects what kind of technology you would need to use if you go to that school. It's good because then you will know how to use that technology.

Article #3 - Your Choice  Article Title - Super Bowl sets preliminary ratings record after delay Author - Andy Fixmer and Mason Levinson URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article. After a 34 minute delay, the Super Bowl set a preliminary television rating record. The more than four hour game saw an average of 48.1 percent of households in the Top 56 U.S television markets. Last years Super Bowl saw a 47.8 percent of households watching. The television rating peaked to 52.9 between 10:30 and 10:45. CBS's company is about to be first in television ratings. CBS is one of the leaders in television ratings.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? That after the power went out, more and more people were starting to watch the Super Bowl. It's interesting that the power went out for 34 minutes. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? It affects how many people will watch the Super Bowl next year. This is good because more people will watch it.