Reading Rockets: Helping Struggling Readers

Reading Rockets: Helping Struggling Readers

Reading Rockets: Helping Struggling Readers

Reading Rockets: Helping Struggling Readers

Blog Review

I chose to review Blog4History: American and Civil War History.  I read a few articles on the site.  They had a lot of articles that tied the past to the present.  For example, they discussed the credibility of the US government. The author compared the Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks.  Both documents revealed information that was being withheld from the public.  Some journalists have questioned the ability of historians to document historical facts accurately.  Other journalists contend that sensitive information is not for public consumption. Such information is must be remain secret for reasons of national security.

Blog4History was a great blog.  But, it was shut down ove a week ago.  The site costs the blogger $9.99 per month.  The blogger said he has nearly completed his research project and does not want to continue to carry the expense of the blog.  I returned to the blog to read additional articles but it had shut down.  Therefore, I focused more attention on another blog.

I also follow the "Social Studies and History Teacher's Blog".  This is one of my favorite blogs because it contains a lot of resources.  I can pull up this blog and go directly to videos of interest.  There is a link  for teachers to purchase additinal resources. The site also has free lesson plans.  The blog has material on a wide range of topics.  I refer to it often.

http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/29/cracking-stuxnet-a-21st-century-cyber-weapon-ralph-langner-on-ted-com/

TED Blog | Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon: Ralph Langner on TED.com

http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/29/cracking-stuxnet-a-21st-century-cyber-weapon-ralph-langner-on-ted-com/

TED Blog | Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon: Ralph Langner on TED.com

TED Blog | Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon: Ralph Langner on TED.com

Ted Video

http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/29/cracking-stuxnet-a-21st-century-cyber-weapon-ralph-langner-on-ted-com/




I viewed the "Cracking Stuxnet a 21 century cyber weapon" video by Ralph Langer on Ted.com. Langer discussed the troubling malicious cyber attacks. He asserted that the Stuxnet cyber weapon is generic. It can be used on practically any system, such as power plant computer systems, computers, uranium plants, train systems, etc. The cyber weapon can be used as a worm to be spread over the Internet.

Langer claims that the malicious Stuxnet virus came from Iran. The targets are The United States, Europe and Japan. The Stuxnet is so dangerous because it can bypass safety systems. It is programmed to work slowly in order to fool operators. By the time a problem is detected, it is too late to make the necessary corrections.

I selected this video because I am interested in cyber forensics. I find it to be very fascination. It is fascinating to me because you can't see it. It quietly destroys computer and programs. I am interested in reading as much as possible about cyber forensics.

Take a look at the form that I created.

This is a brief survey for my students that completed and submitted assignments on Edmodo.


https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHo2N2ttZ0M4TTJrZFZUUm80YUkyblE6MQ