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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 - California City to Vote on Banning Drones Author - Blake Herzog URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article (6-7 complete sentences). California's City Council is to have a meeting on the proposal of banning drones in their residential areas. The proposed law would ban "unmanned aircraft that can fly under the control of a remote pilot or by a geographic position system (GPS) guided autopilot mechanism" up to 400 feet. City attorney, Steve Quintanilla, in Palm Springs, California stated that, "technically, people can use these things to tape people's homes and backyards and put it on YouTube." Remote-controlled drones, capable of flying at various altitudes while equipped with cameras or even weaponry have raised fears of illegal surveillance. However, Quintanilla said that he never considered expanding this issue to ban other concerns. "Law enforcement is a whole different issue. This is an issue of privacy between neighbors." Councilwoman Iris Smotrich said she's never had an encounter with the drones, but she has read stories on the new technology and wants to pass tougher regulations.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? (2-3 sentences) I believe the most interesting part of this article was reading how an-ex Marine Corps General saw a drone over his house and just simply told the drone and the people that were controlling the drone to go away. The drone apparently wasn't meaning to spy on anybody, it was just roaming around 50 feet off the ground. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? (2-3 sentences) So far, this current event has not affected my life because I have never seen a drone and I have never heard someone tell me that they have encountered with a drone as well. However, this technology in California spread very quickly and maybe people in Utah will start adopting the idea. I think this change would be more negative than positive, especially if the reason drones are being used is to spy on neighbors which can lead to very harmful consequences.

Article #2 - State Current Event  Article Title - The Cell Phone Celebrates Its 40th Birthday Author - Mike Anderson URL (create a link) - []

Summarize your article (6-7 complete sentences). It all started when an inventor in 1973 named Martin Cooper made the first public phone call. Mobile phones first became available in the early 1980s and cost about $400, which is still expensive today. A man named Blake Thomason remembers the phone and says, "I'll never forget it. It was the Nokia 5120. It was a little gray brick phone, it had the antenna on it. Kyle Chamberlain, member of a corporation named CellPhone Repair said, "I mean, you're going from big screens to thin, from these bulky flip phones." A lot of people would agree that these cell phones have just about killed payphones. Based off the touchscreens today, a lot of cell phone developers say technology has changed dramatically and quickly, leaving them to guess on what even //**can**// be created next.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? (2-3 sentences) I think the coolest part was learning how expensive and important these new phones were in the early 1980s. Their cost of phones is almost more than our prices today. This technology was what was special at the time and everybody wanted it. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? (2-3 sentences) The old brick phones have no affect on my life, but the ever-changing quality in phones today definitely affect my life and everybody's life. Cell phones are changing so dramatically; it's to the point where almost everybody has a touchscreen phone. With this in mind, how can phones keep improving and how will that change my life?

Article #3 - Your Choice  Article Title - Senate Passes Slew of School Technology Bills Author - Lisa Schencker  URL (create a link) -

[] Summarize your article (6-7 complete sentences). The Utah Senate passed more than $15 million worth of school technology bills on March 11th, despite concerns that the money could have been used for better, more important needs. Senators unanimously passed a $5 million bill to implement a web-based math program for kids in grades K-6. They passed a $3 million bill expanding an Education program to give schools more tablet computers for students. They also passed a $70,000 bill to buy educator evaluation software that included a literacy program. With the exception of one bill, most of them were passed despite debate. Senator Stephen Urquhart said that it's time to start something new because reading from grades K-3 have not improved. Senator Patricia Jones said that the reading scores haven't improved because class sizes are getting larger. Senator Lyle Hilliard said that he doubted the literacy programs because he questioned the priority of each bill.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? (2-3 sentences) The most interesting part of this article was learning just how many bills were passed. They looked at all grades and technology was a huge factor in passing the bills. A lot of our new school programs are going to have a lot to do with tecchnology. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? (2-3 sentences)  I haven't really noticed the new learning programs, but I have noticed teachers using a lot more technology like iPads. I believe this current event will end up impacting my learning styles like with the literacy programs.