Special Blog Post #1

* Compare population of India, China, and the Unite States.
What is the population of India?
*1.21 billion people
What is the population of the United States?
*309 million people
What is the population of China?
*1.35 billion people


* Compare unemployment rates of India, China, and the United States.
What is the unemployment rate of India?
*4.4%
What is the unemployment rate of the United States?
*9.6%
What is the unemployment rate of China?
*4.3%


* Compare the average life expectancy of people in India, China, and the United States.
What is the average life expectancy of people in India?
*69.9 years
What is the average life expectancy of people in the United States?
*78.1 years
What is the average life expectancy of people in China?
*73.5 years

Wolfram Alpha
The website Wolfram Alpha can be a very helpful tool for students to use. It is a knowledge engine that computes answers and provides knowledge. This website allows the student to type in a question, and it will answer it directly instead of giving a long list of documents or web pages that may have the answer. This can really help students who are trying to research a topic.

Gary Hayes Social Media Count
Gary Hayes has created an amazing app that shows how much technology is growing by the second. His Social Media Count lets one be able to literally view the growth of social media and see how fast it is happening. I was shocked to see how technology has taken over the lives of people in the world.

Because I am going to become a teacher in the near future, I will have to be able to keep up with technology and its changes. This will be a hard task, because my job is to help students become prepared for their future, but technology is changing so fast that everything may be different in five years. However, I will have to keep up the best I can and make sure that my students are provided with all the technological skills possible.