World Peace and Technology?

I read this article about about this organization called, "The World Peace Through Technology Organization" that is planning on using technology to have get World Peace. The system the organization uses is called Drupal. Drupal is open source content management system, which allows anyone to create and organize online communities with no programming expertise. Code for Cause are the people that are actually putting all these websites together. The result of this was good. They had alot of participants. However I really don't see how this is going to cause World Peace. Yes, they are trying to get people to work together through websites and the internet, but if gettin World Peace was that easy it would have happened along time ago.

I dont believe there is ever going to be World Peace. Only after the rapture the second time when God comes back. After seven years when God comes back there should be World Peace because there really won't be a world persay. If there was suppose to World Peace there would be no sin in the world. I mean think about it, if there was no sin we all would be happy together, loving, and just living for the Lord. Instead you have people killing people, hurting people not just physically and emotionally, and also just not living a Christian life. So I don't think that this organization is a good organization. I mean its not bad they mean well, but they are not going to get the World Peace that they want. I wish. But not happening.

That's it for now!


Here is the website http://peacetour.org/

What in the world?...

Everytime that America gets a new president people always have something to say about who got elected. This year it is a little more intense. Barack Obama is African American and Caucasian and he is the president of the United States. He has been president for almost a month now.Personnally I think that he is doing a good job. Coming into office he didn't come in to where he could just sit and relax. He had to fix our country. The United States is in a recession and we need to be pulled out of it. I think that the stimulus plan is quite a good idea. However the plan of spending some money on the making the Maglev train is somewhat ridiculous. I think that it is not a huge necessity that we Americans need also it is not going to benefit everyone. This piece of technology is a pretty cool idea however, I think that the money could be well spent in some other issue.

Don't get me wrong I am not knocking Obama what so ever. I think that his ideas are good. He is actually focusing his energy on getting us out of this recession. I also like his idea about giving more money to college students. I believe that that is a productive idea and that it will benefit all Americans. Not only now but in the future. I think as Christians we don't always need to point out the negatives about our president. Even if you don't like him or did not vote for him, you can't really do anything about it. All you can do is just believe in God and have faith in Obama. I mean there is a reason for everything. Don't have negative doubts about him all the time. Just keep faith that he knows what he is doing.

Thats it for now...see you next week...

Faith and Technology in my classes

The majority of my classes here at Montreat, teacher try to intergrate faith into their teachings. They try to mention God when teaching us about life and what we need to know about whatever you are learning about. If they don't mention it to the class they put it on their quizzes and tests. Well there is one class that I have that the teacher has not once mentioned anything about God. I know that there are some people here who are not Christians. However i thought that Montreat is Christ-centered. That should be including the people that work here.

I think that teachers should being talking about God and faith in the classroom. Especially at a Christian College. Montreat is all about God and they recognize that God is the reason why we are here. I would think in a biology class they would Definitely focus on God. She gives technology the credit to finding how the body works. But we should be thanking God for making out bodies so wonderful and complex. It kind of shocks me that the 3 weeks that we have been in there I have not heard her once talk about God. Some teachers like to pray for our class, or maybe in put a little Bible verse on our test and quizzes. This teacher doesn't. I don't know if you just doesn't want too or she doesn't believe in God. It just amazes me.

My Technology Video

I like this video. I don't know if this is really something that is going to surface one day, but it would be good inventions! I am that now I know how to embed a video now!




I recently just found out that we actually had to have a video of new technology just not a technology video. Therefore I found another video and just added it. Microsoft recently is making a new product called, "Table Technology". This table technology is really neat. It is a computer in a table. It is also touch screen. So basically you can play games, email, draw, or even listen to music with just a click away. This new product is pretty much like ipod touch but embedded in a table.

Video of Where I live and work- Renee Tolbert

Here is a nice, short video of where I live and work.

So I read this article...

I really liked the article, "Intergrating Faith and Learning in Higher Eduation" by David S. Dockery, because it covered alot of information about how faith has been tossed out of teaching plans today. I never new that colleges used to be all Christian based schools. In the article he shows how through out years, how each college soon became public and drawn away from the faith.

I like what Dockery wrote saying,"Because we can think, relate, and communicate in understandable ways, since we are created in the image of God, we can creatively teach, learn, explore, and carry on research. " I think that is true. I mean God gave us a brain for a reason, so why cant we use it by going to school to learn about life and more about him? Also i like how he points out that if we love God with our minds it will impact how we live life.

So I am happy that I am at a christian college, I mean it is helping me to keep a right mind-set and not fall into the worlds comformities. It also is helping me to turn more to God to help me with my school work and other aspects in my life. He made me life so why won't he help me to live it to fulliest and have a great life?

First Posting- Integration of Faith, Learning and Technology

1. Integration of faith, learning and technology-issues related to these 3 components. Reflect on them as you progress through this semester.

2. Uploading still pictures.

3. Uploading video: existing (youtube) and create your own.

4. Slideshow- Flicker, Picassa and others