Welcome!

This is the official weblog (blog) for the ITGS class at Detroit Country Day School. If you haven't already done so, you should subscribe to the following podcasts and blogs:

• The New York Times BITS Blog http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/
• The Madisonian Blog http://madisonian.net/
• Harvard's Berkman Center Blog, The Berkman Buzz http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/3622
• Wired Magazine's Threat Level Blog http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/
• NPR's On The Media Podcast http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/nprs-on-the-media/id73330715 (also available on iTunes)
• BBC's Digital Planet Podcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/page2 (also available on iTunes)

Read/Listen to these Blogs/Podcasts throughout the summer. Be prepared to discuss how technology affects your life.

Your first "official" assignment is to find the ITGS course guide from IBO and figure why I titled the blog, "Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL."