Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material using a cell phone or the internet. It should not be accepted in society and is a way to put others down and hurt their feelings greatly. 

Some examples of cyberbullying would be sending insulting text messages that can put a person down, or being sent photoshopped pictures of yourself in someone else's body that you might find offensive and degrading. One of the most common cyberbullying methods nowadays is posting derogatory comments about other people on social networking sites. Since many people have social networking sites most people tend to cyberbully on their then at any other place. 

Cyberbullying can have a major affect on people and can even lead to suicide in some extreme cases. As stated by the article, "Girl's Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies", Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12 year old girl was cyberbullyed and it resulted in her taking her own life. Rebecca was "absolutely terrorized on social media" was what people said when asked about the situation. This goes to show you how much of an affect cyberbullying can have on people and can result in some horrific endings. 

AI and Robotics

Legal and Ethical Issues

 Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that allows the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. They have copyright licenses that give the public permission to share and use your created work and those conditions come from you and you decide how you would want your creative work to be used. CC allows you to change your copyright terms from "all rights reserved" to "some rights reserved".

I believe information such as journal articles, TV, movies, music should be free. I say this because nowadays so many people have access to movies and music  through illegal ways such as torrents and it is so easy to get these things for free that many people do not even think twice before committing this "crime".  According to the article Piracy, computer crime, and IS misuse at the university, "A recent study notes 40% of students surveyed at two universities admitted to committing software piracy. Further, none of these students were worried about punishment for their actions". This goes to show that people have easy access to these resources anyway and wont bother paying for it if it is so easy to access for free. If people don't want these illegal activities then they should do something else to avoid people from getting easy access to these things for free.

Sources:

"Piracy, computer crime, and IS misuse at the university"

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2006/6/5903-piracy-computer-crime-and-is-misuse-at-the-university/fulltext

Security and Privacy

 The problem of privacy and the Internet is continuing to grow and is becoming a major problem for everyone. The reading "The Wild West of Privacy" says it best by saying We are fast approaching a privacy crisis in the United States.

Major everyday websites that we use are collecting our information and passing it on to advertisers who have no right to our information. Big data brokers have developed tools that allow them to know more about us then we know about ourselves (The Wild West of Privacy) this is scary to think about because no one has the right to know our information unless granted permission by us and the Internet is now becoming very normal to this type of activity occurring. We are so used to going to our social media sites and other websites that we don't realize we are putting all our information online for everyone to see.

One way people end up ignoring this is by not reading the terms and agreement and just click that they agree to what the company is saying. I think somewhere in there the company states that your information may be used in other places. This is the way of the company saying "We told you so!". We have to be careful about where we are putting our information and personal stuff. The internet is growing and will continue to grow and invade our privacy's and we have to be careful every step of the way.

People should be able to see the information that is collected on them. For instance, there are companies that compile scores about people (The Wild West of Privacy). This is just crazy to think about, some companies just gather information about you and you don't even know it yourself I think people need to know anything and everything that happens next to their name. It's crazy to think that their may be some stuff out their about myself that I still do not know about.

The problem here is that we are not careful, we need to open our eyes and realize that our privacy is being invaded almost everyday and take the steps necessary to avoid it happening even further.

Article cited:

The Wild west of Privacy

Article Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/opinion/nocera-the-wild-west-of-privacy.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

World Wide Web

I believe the future of the World Wide Web is very bright and it is something that is continuing to grow each day. So many companies are thinking of brilliant ideas to enhance a users web browsing experience. I think more companies are deciding to go the search engine route after seeing the success that it has given Google.com over the years. As stated in the readings, even yahoo wants to come back into the search engine game. As stated by the article, "Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will Compete Directly Against Google As A Search Engine" Zuckerbergs' ambitions are for Facebook to be "more" than "any web search engine" (Edwards) this means that companies are looking to better the way people search things and Zuckerberg actually wants to develop something in which you can actually ask the search engine a question like "What is my friends favorite restaurant". This is the way I see the World Wide Web going, I think we will continue to see companies such as Google, Yahoo and Facebook continuing to enhance and making new positive changes.

The Cloud refers to a type of computing that relies on sharing computer resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications. Cloud is also another name for the internet because different services such as servers, and applications are delivered to another computer and device through the internet.

Sites used:

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-will-challenge-google-for-dominance-of-search-2014-1

Networks and Communication

Asynchronous and  synchronous communication is become widely popular in our current time. These ways of communication has helped us save plenty of time and energy in communicating with each other. An example of ways that these communications are in effect right now is how I am currently in the process of applying for jobs so I am going through many processes that consist of communicating with the company, during this time I have used my email more then ever because I have to talk to send them attachments and documents of all sorts I have also been giving interviews through Skype. I see this form of interviews as becoming very popular amongst companies nowadays. It is sort of a weird transition but saves plenty of time for me and the companies who interview me. These are just a few examples of how I believe asynchronous and synchronous communication is being used and will continue to be used. Also after reading the article, "Skype in the Classroom, from York to Antarctica" I learned that many schools are beginning to use this method to communicate with children and expand the horizons of their learning experience. As stated by the article, third grade students had a unique opportunity to talk with a scientist and learn more about the topic which they are covering. Musone who is the teacher of this third grade class said Skype sessions such as the one the students got with the scientist gives students experiences that she could not provide without the technology and it helped students to think about environments different from what they are used to (Snader). I believe this method of teaching will become more popular as we move on because it engages students to learn in a more engaging and interesting manner. These are just a few ways that this method of communication is being used and I'm sure it will only continue to grow.
Reference:

Snader, Nikelle. "Skype in the Classroom, from York to Antarctica." Yorkdispatch.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2014. <http://www.yorkdispatch.com/localnews/ci_24976145/skype-classroom-from-york-antarctica>.

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I feel like a course can really benefit from using Web 2.0 technologies such as Twitter and blogs. I feel this way because I think Web technologies are changing the way everything works which is why I believe integrating Twitter and blogs into a course can actually bring some positive change to the ways that students learn. This process will take away from the traditional way of teaching and will create a better connection with their peers and most importantly the professor. According to the article "Classroom technology effective when used as additional tool" Michael Wesch who has a technology-focused class which rely heavily on Twitter said that this method of teaching has increased the bond between the professor and the student, which he feels is an extremely important factor in comprehensive learning. There are many other ways a course can benefit from using twitter but some that stood out to me are from the article "60 ways to use Twitter in The Classroom by Category", using twitter can create ambient office hours, a professor can stay in touch with his students in a unique fun way and answer any questions at any given time, I really like this method of office hours compared to the traditional email style. The other way that stood out to me would be using Twitter as a Bulletin board to announce any new class news or cancelling classes, many professors just send out an email and many students do not get a chance to check their emails but I think twitter would make announcements like that a lot easier to see. These web technologies can greatly effect a course and I think many professors should begin considering using these methods.


http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/60-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-classroom-by-category/

 http://dailyorange.com/2013/02/barillari-classroom-technology-effective-when-used-as-additional-tool/