Technology in 2010

January 18, 2011 | Posted in: Class Updates

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Another snow day? Don’t think of this as a five day weekend for the kids… Think of this as a seven day vacation for the kids, interrupted only by one little, shortened day of school last Thursday. Did you see that another storm is predicted for Friday? At this rate, we’ll be in school until August! 🙂

For all of you interested in technology, here are some interesting tidbits you might find interesting. (All from engadget.)

• 107 trillion emails were sent in 2010.
• Only 10.9% of those emails were legitimate.  The rest were spam (junk mail).
• There are 1.88 billion email users in the world.
• Of the 255 million websites on the Internet, 21.4 of them were added in 2010.
• Facebook added 250 million users last year, and the collection of users share an average of 30 billion pieces of content (status updates, messages, links, photos, etc.) every month.

This French video (with English captions) shows what happens when kids get their hands on old technology that adults may find familiar but might be totally foreign to kids.  Very funny!  Kids must get their parents permission before watching YouTube videos.  Parents:  YouTube includes comments that can be modified after I post this link.  Please preview the video to ensure that you find it acceptable before allowing kids to watch it.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/15/world-sends-107-trillion-emails-in-2010-most-of-them-about-enla/

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/15/children-checking-out-vintage-gadgets-continues-to-be-an-enthral/