Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R900hJ7mlc

I choose this video becuase it is an example of how youtube can help you in school. this video shows how to solve a math problem and list the steps in detail.

Interview

For my interview, I choose to interview my frien Ariel Jimenez who is a student here at SJSU and is majoring in phsycology.

Q: What do you primarly use youtube for?
A: I use youtube usally just to view funny videos or music videos when im bored.

Q: Have you ever thought of youtube being able to help you out in school?
A: yes i do think its helpful because ive used it before to help me do some research for school and to view lectures and notes and stuff.

Q: What research have you done using youtube?
A: Well recently i used youtube to view how phsycologist help people and changed their life. I also use it a lot for my math class.

Q: Would you say that youtube is a very useful tool that will help you in school?
A: Yea it is becuase it can help you on almost any questoin you have, you just have to search for the videos.

Journal

YouTube Comes to the Classroom, by Anna Adam and Helen Mowers discusses how youtube is being used by not only the students but also the teachers. they state that teachers use youtube as a helpful tool to posts videos that their students can watch. this is a great journal because it will help me show how youtube is changing the way we learn and are being taught. technology is making its mark all over the world and youtube is a great example of this.

News Article

"At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool," by Miguel Helft is a useful news article because it discusses how a student used youtube to help him complete a report in school. it states that he didn't go to google or yahoo or any search engine but instead started his research on youtube. this is very useful when i discuss how youtube is not only a website where you can be entertained but at the same time it's a website that can help you on school assignments.

Magazine Article

"Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog," by Clive Thompson is goin to help me in my research project beacuse it discusses how a man got famous simply by posting videos on YouTube. this is going to help me when i prove the point that YouTube is a growing sensation that is a helpful tool that will help out on your career and will help you acheive fame. It also discusses how many hits he got when he first started and how the number increased as the days went by. this is useful when i prove that YouTube is an effective tool that will help you achieve fame in a matter of days.

research questions

i want to focus on how youtube can be used other than a form of leisure and how it can be helpful to students who need help in their classes.
how can youtube improve grades?

Thesis

Social networking does not necesserily rid the user or public of privacy beacause we are the ones that choose to put the information on there, some websites do not give out information as much as others, and ultimately it is our choice if we want our private information displayed or not.

YouTube is a popular website that is used to view and post videos. you can virturally view any type of video wheather its simply a music video or how to install speakers in your car. this website has a section for most viewed videos, what people are viewing now, featured videos, and rising videos. what is most impressive is that YouTube memorize the type of videos you watch and search for, and based on that it automatically recammends videos for you to watch. Youtube is used by clicking on the search button and typing in the type of video you want to watch. it is very simple to use. Anyone who has access to the internet can use youtube. all the videos are free to view. youtube can be viewed as a major video sharing website, much like limewire except this is not illegal. Youtube can be very useful because it can help you out with almost any question you have. youtube can show you how to drive a motorcycle, change a flat tire, jumstart your car, or how to make a great bbq. it is a website that can help anyone no matter the age or gender. some information is apparent about the user such as the day they jonied youtube, last time they signed in, and how many videos they watched but it's not anything too personal or private.

Assessing technology articles

Ad Nation
Wayne Grytting

"Ad Nation" describes why ads are a bad thing. They believe that ads brainwash people, and give people the mentality that a city could not be a city without ads. Ads have made historical monuments and figures seem bland and boring compared to all the new hi tech billboards.