Netflix and it's Economic Impact on Your Household

All,

Netflix has been in the news over the last week because of corporate changes. Check out the following articles.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/How-Netflix-Lost-800000-nytimes-2771345185.html?x=0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-24/netflix-3q-subscriber-losses-worse-than-forecast.html

What do you think about Netflix's moves? How does your family view movies? Does Redbox pose a threat to Netflix? Do you remember small home video stores? What if you could receive all content via the Internet on your TV? What are the economic implications of this?

Think about some of the questions and post your response. Feel free to comment about other students (or my response).

Social Networking and it's Impact on Society

All,

Social networking is changing the way that everyone gets their information. News programs ask you to follow them on facebook, atheletes tweet information to their fans on twitter, and Ashton Kutcher posts a video of himself with or without a wedding ring to get a message to his fans. Think about social networking and it's impact on society today. Are businesses able to get information to consumers better? Should social networking be used in education? How can Facebook help stimulate the economy? Is there ever too much information?

Remember - Think outside of the box...

Definitions...

All,

I will post all definitions here for the class to see.

Week 1 Reading

All,

You were assigned a reading assignment for the first week. Share your thoughts regarding "Would a smoker quit for $100".

Regards,

Ed Mrosek

Welcome Students and Stakeholders!

Welcome everyone to our blog for the Fall WEB class! We will use this area as a means of communicating and sharing ideas. I welcome all to post to this and share your ideas of what the WEB class will bring this year. Students, parents and facilitators can share their ideas in this open forum. Students will be required to post once weekly. Here is everyone's first assignment:

Introduce yourself and share something with the class about yourself! What do you want to get from the WEB class?