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RFID technology makes identity theft easier

Technology is making it easier for thieves to steal personal information from credit cards through something called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). RFID technology (look for the microchip on your cards). Someone with a scanning device can access and save all info of the RFID cards through your wallet. These cards do not have to be scanned directly. They send out signals with personal and account information.

Quick facts about RFID:

• RFID tags can be read in a wide variety of circumstances, where barcodes or other optically read technologies are useless.
• The tag need not be on the surface of the object (and is therefore not subject to wear)
• The read time is typically less than 100 milliseconds
• Large numbers of tags can be read at once rather than item by item.

 For more information, check out these websites:

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5772197_do-scan-credit-cards-purse_.html

 

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/CreditCardSmarts/NewCreditCardsAllowHandsFreeTheft.aspx

 

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Technology-Article.asp?ArtNum=2

 

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6th Grade Blogging on Pompeii

Hi! If you are in Mrs. Vinson's language arts classes, you will be blogging today! We will be looking at a video on Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii. We want you to take notes on the most important facts you observe, then blog about them. Remember to end your blog with just your first name and first initial of your last name to score your grade. See ya in the media center!
--Mrs. South

Exceptional Media Program Open House

Heard County Middle School Media Center hosted an open house March 11, 2010 to celebrate the school's Exceptional Media Center Program for 2009 award. More than 50 people attended the event, including Heard County School Superintendent Benjamin Hyatt, Assistant Superintendent Jerry Prince, Assistant Superintendent Marianne Cole and Assistant Superintendent Jan Rayfield. Media specialists from Buford Middle School, Carrollton Junior High School, Central High School and Hillsman Middle School also attended. Thanks to everyone for making the open house a success!
--Glovis and Janet

Happy Kid!

Happy Kid, written by Gail Gauthier, is a book that tells about life in middle school. Kyle just wants to stay hidden throughout his middle school years, but his psychologist mom wants him to become more positive and friendly. She buys a self-help book and pays him each time he reads one of the very short chapters. Funny. Read it. Be happy.

Happy Kid
By Gail Gauthier
New York, Putnam, 2006
230 pages.

Pompeii

Hello students in Mrs. Vinson's language arts classes! You are studying an interesting subject today. Pompeii is an extinct city. Mount Vesuvius erupted on a Tuesday, August 24 in AD 79. The eruption began with a small explosion and a thin layer of ash between 9-10 a.m. A massive explosion happened at 1 p.m., emitting a huge eruption cloud.
What other facts do you know?
When you blog, be sure to put your first name and last initial on your post to get credit for this portion of your assignment.
You may use encyclopedias, book resources, Galileo or Encarta to find more information.
You may also use the notes taken during the Discovery video shown through our data projector.
Good luck!
(We can upload photos of your projects once those are done!)
--Mrs. South

Thinkfinity: Resources for K-12

Picturing America at HCMS

Researching eras : Ms. Arp's LA

Ms. Arp's Language Arts classes are researching "eras" in United States history. Ms. Arp and I are working together to incorporate Georgia Performance Standards, 21st Century Skills and National Technology Standards into this lesson. Students locate their facts, along with visual and audio components, and will work together to create Power Point presentations. They are using Galileo for most of their research.
Today, we discussed plagiarism (stealing from the original author), copyright (even on websites), citing sources (on cards and within the PPT) and judging websites for value (wikipedia is an edited online encyclopedia...anyone can put anything on a website).
We are using 12 desktop student computers and three laptops connected to the wireless network in the media center.

LIfe is Short, Pray Hard

This is a small book, recommended as part of WrestleMania Reading. It's a compilation of church signs across America. Like these...
"People do odd things to get even."
"Remember that the rabbit foot...didn't work for the rabbit."
"Smoking won't send you to Hell, it'll just make you smell like you've been there."
Authors : Mary Compton and David Compton
Publisher : New American Library
Copyright : 2003
Subject search : Church signs -- United States -- Humor
WrestleMania Recommended Book