Technology Responsibility

Reflections on Digital Life

Facebook Follies:

On Monday we watched a documentary about Facebook Follies. People should be more careful what they put on Facebook because you might post something that you'd regret in the future. A lot of people don't think before they put something on Facebook or the Internet which they should because it could hurt the way people think about him/her or effect on what their future job will be. Facebook is a great place for competitors to observe their opponents and find something to use against you. If you think about it, Facebook is a business and we are the product they're selling. Facebook can sell our personal information so think before you post.

Digital Life Quiz:

My reaction to the quiz is that it surprised me with the answers. I didn't think 500 000 people had Facebook in April 2011, imagine how much there is now. I also thought that the amount of people making games, stories, videos and artwork was really high because I thought most people just browsed through the Internet instead of creating things on it. These answers to the questions don't really reflect on how I use digital media because I only got 5 out of 14 questions right. I think the digital media I use the most is either Snap Chat or Instagram. I think I use these digital medias the most because of the pictures instead of having to read something. It feels like those sites are less formal than other sites so that's why I use Snap Chat and Instagram more than Facebook.

The Digital World

An up for me living in the digital world is that I can stay in contact with friends and family that doesn't live near me. Also it's an advantage when you miss a TV show and you want to catch up on it later. Some down falls about being connected to the digital world is that all your information is open for anyone to view. It's also bad when you post something in your early teens and now regret it but it will always be there. Living in a digital world affects our relationships with others by not socializing outside of the world on your device and you would never say the same thing in person as what you would say online which would cause bigger problems than what you already had with the person. A down side for society being connected to the digital world is that a whole new way of bullying was found after people started to use the digital world (cyber bullying). It's easier to say something rude online than in person because you actually feel bad in person but online it's just like you're not talking to anyone.

Digital Dummies

• There is about 32,000,000 people who use/has a blackberry in 2007
• I liked the quote they said; "are we in charge of our cellphones or are they in charge of us?''
• One of the facts they said was interesting was that stress can shrink your brain and cause memory loss
• Almost every person has some type of technology
• The attention span of a person now is the same as a gold fish
• I think that as generations pass, it will become almost impossible to do things without the help of technology and we will be helpless without them. 

Inside The Dark Web

• Emails aren't just being read by us but by computers
• Someone is always watching what you search on the web and they can sell it to other company's that want your information
• If your wifi is on while you're walking in a public place, people can track you
• What you are reveling can give people huge power
• The White House was scared of being watched online so they had to develop a company to watch the web to make sure there was no one invading their privacy 

Technology Presentation 

• The social media experiment was interesting to watch and see the reactions of the people that have open Instagram profiles for everyone to view
• Some of the things you do on your phone can be illegal
• You have a digital footprint made up of every thing you viewed on the internet
• Liking a mean post on Facebook can get you charged
• I liked the definition of T.H.I.N.K

T- is it true

H- is it harmful

I- is it illegal

N- is it necessary

K- is it kind 

Privacy On The Internet

My thoughts on this graphic novel was that is was a good message to give on how important it is to have privacy settings on everything that you have personal information on. During the discussion on this graphic novel, we discussed how neither of us have privacy settings for our profiles. If I was to leave my phone on the bus, whoever picked it up would find out all of my personal information. I probably should put a privacy setting on anything that needs it.

Everyday Privacy

Something in this article that confirmed what I already knew was that people could cut into your conversation on the phone and get personal information. Something else I already knew was that apps can collects a lot of information about you just by saying you'll get extra coins for example. Something in this article that surprised me was that if your car has a GPS, it will always have where you went. Something else that surprised me was that if you returned your jeans, you would have to give them your drivers licence, phone number and address.

Cyber bullying

Some of the roles people play in cyber bullying is target, offender, bystander and up-stander. A target is the person that is getting bullied while the offender is the person that is harassing another person. A bystander is a person that seen the bulling go on and didn't do anything and a up-stander is someone that seen the bullying and helped stop it. A way cyber bullying can escalate is if someone posts something bad and then other people join in on the bullying by liking it or adding comments to the post. It is important to be a up-stander either than a bystander because someone can be really hurt by bullying and if only one person stands up to the bully it could change everything. Some ways you can be an up-stander is stand up to the bullies because the one getting bullied is to scared to stand up . Another way to be an up-stander is to be there for the victim when they need it the most because it's going to be hard on the person and they need someone to talk to.

Emily's Game

Make a Free Flash Game

Journal Entry #4

           
                 This week, we did a slideshow using Google Slides which is a program you use to create presentations. We watched a video that helped us learn how to use the program and all the special techniques you can do to make the presentation look better. After watching that video, I made a  slideshow on the Ipad Air. The Ipad Air is the thinnest, lightest and most powerful IPad yet. They had troubles trying to find a battery that was as strong as any other battery but was very thin so they used the desktop battery to help them construct a suitable battery. They wanted to make something that you wouldn't worry about breaking so you would want to take it everywhere, so that was another issue; to pass the durability test. All of the technology they make has to go through that test. The test is dropping the item from a certain distance from the ground and making sure it doesn't break or crack. Google slides was easy to use and had lots of special features you could use to make your slideshow look better.

Ipad Air

Today, we watched three videos. Two of them were about Cloud Computing. The first Cloud Computing video talked about owning a business and not having enough storage to keep it at their own work space. This is a struggle most big company's have. Instead of  buying more computer storage, you can put it "in the clouds". It is a safer place to keep your information than keeping it in your computer and having the risk of it breaking or having a blackout wipe all your data. Cloud Computing puts you data in more than one place in case something ever happens to it there. The second video we watched on Cloud Computing talked about you using Cloud Computing without even knowing. When you post a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, you are actually putting it in the storage of  Cloud Computing. It also talks about trusting the business with your information. An easy way to do that is knowing the company puts your information in different places in case something ever happens. The third video we watched was about how websites were created.   Websites were created with HTML which is used to define a structure of a web document. Behind every website is codes and links for the computer to read to get the information up on the page and function. You don't need to know complicated code, the computer does it for you.

Game Day

Animoto Video

Camera Techniques

Picture Techniques

Today, we watched videos about the way we should take pictures. The first video we watched was called "The Rule of Thirds. It showed that when your taking pictures of scenery, you should make sure the important part of the picture is where the lines cross on the 3-by-3 grid instead of having the main object in the middle of the screen. This is a very simple technique that can make your picture a lot better and I think It is something you should always be using.The second video we watched was called "Fill the Frame". This technique  is used so the pictures are more detailed so you can see whats going on even though your not there. A lot of people make the mistake of taking the picture to far away making it harder to see the details. For example; if the picture is taken far away, you cant see the expression on the persons face as much as if you were closer, you would see all the emotions the person was going through. The next video we watched was "Framing". This technique is used to see your surroundings. A lot of people use this technique when they're taking pictures for memories so when you look back years later, you will be able to identify where you were quicker. It is also good when your going to give the picture to someone else so they will see where you go. This is a very helpful technique. The last video we watched was "Point of View". This helps emphasize the picture by making it look smaller or bigger than it is. This is used a lot in movies when they want the downplay the persons appearance.  It is also used to make the person look bigger and stronger than everyone else. All these techniques are very helpful to make a great picture.

Journal #1

In class last week, we created Google accounts so we were able to get an account on blogger. Creating the blogger account was confusing at points but I eventually found out what to do. We also answered some questions about what we would do if students were misusing the computers. The little skit we did was about leaving your account open and getting hacked. The turn-out of the skit was that the person that hacked it got in trouble and wasn't able to use computers unsupervised. The group I had to do the skit worked very well together. Something I found interesting about this class was how we are able to use computers and i find I work better when i get a bit of freedom and aloud to listen to music. :)