CeliacChicks & Taylor Swift

CeliacChicks is a blog dedicated to providing information about how to avoid gluten. The blog explains what celiac disease is as well as food alternatives for people living with celiac. The creator of the blog gives away free products on occasion. She also alerts people of different happenings or events and provides information on restaurants that have a gluten free option menu. Currently they are doing a world-wide tour of gluten-free eateries. It's really cool and I'm sure it will come in handy for me sometime in the future.

Taylor Swift communicates with her fans through a myspace blog. She tells stories about her day and shares her feeling with her fans. She talks about her shows as well as her upcoming album. This blog is kind of like the story of her life. All she does is write what's going through her head when she sits down at the computer. It's really cool to see an artist in today's industry who writes a down-to-earth account of her daily life. It allows for her fans to feel as if they know more about her. As a fan, I find it interesting reading about how her life is going. Many of her fans comment on her blog posts, sending her well wishes and discussing their opinions of her music.

The Dumbest Generation

It saddens me to say that for the most part I agree with Bauerlein's argument that we are the dumbest generation. We have all of this incredible technology at our disposal, and most of us use it in completely non-beneficial ways. One of the reasons I agree with Bauerlein is that we use the technology available to us to make life simpler, because as a whole we are lazy. While I do believe that technology can be beneficially used to simplify life, I also believe that taking the easy route every time can be detrimental to growth as a person. Another reason I believe "The Dumbest Generation" may be a true statement is because more and more teens are becoming distracted by the technology that we have available. Going online provides endless possibilities as to how you can spend your time. I believe that a lot of teens, I include myself on some occasions, get distracted when online. Maybe you sit down with the intent of doing a project, but when you're bombarded with pop-up ads and marginal advertisements your mind wanders. Pretty soon you go from researching a project to looking at one of those ads or seeing what's happening with your friends on facebook. You need discipline to keep you on task, an incredibly difficult thng to do when on-line.

I find it even more sad that we are being referred to as "The Dumbest Generation," because we have the tools and resources at our disposal to be the most powerful and intelligent generation. If technology were integrated effectively into our education, and used as a means for us to grow in our intelligence, we would have a profound effect on the world. Students could have a massive impact on the world if they would use the technology at hand to do something great. When provided with such a great oppurtunity, why are so few individuals leaping at the chance to be outstanding?