cct205

Lab 1** If I could make my own change camp it would most probably be about something that’s environmental. Regardless of other important topics such as the corruption of the world, media, people and so on; there are still good things to it. Life. This is exactly why it would be about something like Global warming, pollution and so on. The world is falling apart. It is definitely noticeable that in the past few years, environmental friendly products have been very popular.
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This conference would help make people more aware of current environmental issues, suggest ways to help. It would help build and make existing organization more popular. This change camp would also provide people with information on how to be more environmental friendly and conscious.

Lab 2

Topic: "One laptop per child is a neo-colonial trojan horse" One laptop per child is a non -profit organization that works towards improving children’s education in the developing countries. The idea is to provide them with ways to approach education differently. The point is also to being the world closer by providing them with technology that is normally not available to them or in some cases technologies that they have not heard of before.

The statement “One laptop per child is a neo-colonial trojan horse” is a bit of an over statement, but somewhat true. In the sense that it is quite powerful to improve the education and bring the younger generations closer and to become up to date with the world around them so that nobody is left behind. It also gives them an opportunity to climb up and surpass others if they really wanted to.

Apple is definitely ahead of the game in terms of its products when you compare it to its competition I the market. However I think that saying the iPad is revolutionary is a bit of an over statement. As much as they don’t want it to be compared to the Mac notebooks it will be, it’s too similar in design. Some also say it’s practically an oversized iPhone just without the phone functions.
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With some improvements it could definitely become a really useful tool in our daily life. Another point that was raised in class was the fact that it could be used in the medical field. For example in hospitals where instead of having patients files in the traditional folder, the iPad would provide an easy way to access their medical history electronically. So at the end really it just depends on what kind of application apple is willing to provide the iPad with.

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are a great way of keeping people connected to each other in many different ways such as regular friends we know as well as those with similar interests. However the majority of us forget that some people get left behind. While some of us are either used to his sort of technology because we grew up learning it, others are not and that’s where they are divided into groups. Some are willing to put the effort into learning how to deal with these interfaces, other’s are not or just don’t understand it and this is where they fall behind and end up left out of these really wide circle. Another issue is when the interfaces of these programs keep changing, Facebook for example keeps changing it in order to keep up with the demand and “improve” it to make it user friendly, this is where another group of people get left behind, more likely the older generation because they get sick of trying to find everything they need in order to get whatever it is they needed to get done.
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When representing oneself online, one must be very careful. It will either benefit them on a great scale like getting a job they hope to pursue as a career, or harm them where it will cause them to lose that job at times. One should usually realize that if they put something personal on these websites, it is officially public and can easily be obtained. Many professionals out there seek those personal pages of prospect employees and judge them based on their representation of themselves with these social networks. This again stresses the fact that self representation on the web can be used positively and to our advantage.

“If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."  Even though this statement can be debated on so many levels, I have to say I don’t agree with it. There are a number of different reasons people want to keep certain actions to themselves. One of them is personal privacy. People have different morals and might not like to be judged by other’s because of those differences. I don’t believe that it is fair for someone to get “flagged” because they put in certain key words in a search engine, people should be allowed to look up whatever knowledge they seek, initially that was the whole point of search engines. Therefore the idea that “ If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Is really just a way to invade people’s privacy. It is also a safety issue, we don’t share everything with everyone, and depending on our relationship with people around us the things we share vary. Unfortunately people are not as careful with their personal life on the web as they tend to share information with people they barely know, this is based on a false sense of security where we hide behind our screen.
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