After watching the video, The Visible College: Four Futures for Higher Education by Bryan Alexander, I decided to write about what life would be like in 2022 if society followed the Renaissance scenario discussed in the video. In the video, Alexander discusses that in the future, games will have a huge impact on society and ...

After reading Gardner Campbell’s “A Personal Cyberinfrastructure”, I found one sentence very appealing!! In paragraph one, Campbell states, Sometimes, however, progress means looping back to earlier ideas whose vitality and importance were unrecognized or underexplored at the time, and bringing those ideas back into play in a new context. When I read this quote, I ...

I know that this class hasn’t ended yet but I thought I could list down some of the things I learnt that was important. 1. I learnt how to use Gimp. Before using Gimp, I used Paint and Picnik, an online picture editing website. I could edit pictures but it was really limited. By learning ...

For my third blog, I decided to write about the things I learned from today’s F.A.L.O. presentations. Today’s presentations were on Copy Right and Wrong and I listened to 4 presentations–Yue, Yuka, Takuji, and Paul. I learned what copyright is and the different types of copyright from Takuji’s presentation. Copyright is a form of intellectual ...

I read an article called More colleges and employers requesting applicants’ Facebook passwords than ever before by Tecca. Social networking sites are becoming very popular with computers and Internet becoming an easy access for anyone. With these sites, people can talk to their friends, share photos, connect with other people with similar hobbies, and many ...

I read an article called How technology has changed bullying by Annalee Grant. This article talks about how cyberbullying can be easily done and that victims of it are increasing. In the past, bullyings were done directly, but cyberbullying allows the person to indirectly bully a person, making the bully anonymous. It is now very ...

It was very interesting to read hungtuj’s analysis on an infographic on social networks. Social networking sites have become very popular recently with many people having smart phones which has made them easier to connect with the Internet. I myself have a Facebook account where I keep in touch with friends from different countries or ...

After reading O’Reilly’s “What is Web 2.0″ I decided to write a blog post about what I felt about the article. The article, which was 5 pages long, talked about the differences between Web 1.0 sites and Web 2.0 sites and why the change from 1.0 to 2.0 was a good thing. The article compared ...

Today’s daily create is: Create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life. The photograph above is from last year while I was still in high school as a senior. It was taken in Mie prefecture where we went for our overnight service trip for the National Honors Society. It ...

I don’t really know about the Internet and all the fascinating things many pioneers have done to create the Internet we use today. So when I first heard his name, it didn’t ring any bell. I knew nothing about him. But because we talked about the different pioneers in class, I decided to research about the ...