User:Jinah Jang

An international student at De Anza, and currently enrolled in CIS2. Business and Accounting in major

Midterm Topic:
“Provide Access to Clean Water”

The world's water provisions are facing new intimidations; reasonable, progressive technologies could build a difference for people around the world. Engineers have factually been major workers of methods for meeting the water quality and supply wants of civilization from excavating wells to building dams. To meet current needs, which progressively include ecosystem and environmental protection and improvement demands, the approaches will have to develop more sophisticated.

FINAL PROJECT:

 * "             " = "best" for each topic.

1. Introductions
·       http://teachthought.com/technology/20-basic-rules-for-digitalcitizenship/ (20 Basic Rules For Digital Citizenship)

“The definition of digital citizenship has to do with the quality of behaviors that impact the quality of digital content and communities.” I like the following info graphic framed around Dos and Don’ts, “Treat others they way you want to be treated,” “Don’t forget the human behind the screen,” “Listen first, talk later,” and “Use proper grammar.” I think those are a bit basic attitudes not only on the website, also in real society. What influence does some abuser’s behavior? What happened if people should put SSN in their computer log on?

·       http://www.liutilities.com/articles/is-society-dependent-on-computers/#.Vg8vRRNViko (Computers and Society Websites)

Nowadays, computers are convenient device’s for our society and many people use daily. Computer have become a crucial part of life, allowing people to work from home, entertaining purposes and to keep track of important issues like as finances. People can search for everything. There is literally a entire world of knowledge and experience. But also people have become much reliant on computers. Computers are to enhance our society, also there are some side effects. There are two researchers set up test via different conditions. One group of students was told to watch a 20-minute TED Talk on a subject and take notes by hand. The other group took notes on the computer. “Students who took notes on laptops tended to transcribe the content verbatim,” researcher said. I've experienced exactly what researcher said, "those students took many more notes, but seemed to process what they heard much less." I agree with that. When I took notes on laptops in lecture, I didn't remember what I heard. But, when I took notes using longhand I remember much better after completing the lecture. So, I believe the pen still mightier than keyboard.
 * ·        http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/08/18/taking-notes-is-the-pen-still-mightier-than-thekeyboard/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 (Learning Literacies - Find it) 

2. Privacy and Freedom of Speech
·       http://www.jerf.org/writings/communicationEthics/node5.html (Keywords)

Free of speech is the right to express any expression in public, media, and the corresponding right to experience anyone's expressions in public without being any pressured. Censorship is the act of changing a message including the act of removal without the sender and receiver's consent. Free speech and censorship are understood as being two sides of the same thing, censorship often expressed as suppression of free speech. Privacy is a gradually rare commodity todays. Just search for myself on the web, I might be surprised at the number of companies that claim to have information about me such as address, phone number, income, family and much, much more. That’s because my personal information, including my e-mail address, phone number and SSN, is value lots of money to legitimate businesses. Because companies want to know much about me so they can sell products and serve ads that are vastly related to my preferences. My questions are here: does the user or the hosting company own the data? If so, can the host refuse a user access to their own data? And, most significant from a privacy standpoint, how does the host protect the user’s data well?
 * ·        https://www.eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy(Privacy and Personal Information) 

·       http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2006/08/things-you-really-need-to-learn.html (Things You Really Need to Learn)

The best important point in Stephen’s list is “Predicting Consequences”. It really struck me. In previous my work experiences as a manager of airlines have been centered on problem solving and task implementation. I absolutely perceive the power of predicting consequences to determine success or failure of an achievement. I will try to ask myself, "What will happen next?" and watch situations and interactions unfold in the environment around me and try to predict the outcome.

3. Intellectual Property
·       http://timemanagementninja.com/2015/09/5-reasons-you-are-procrastinating-on-your-dreams/ (Learning literacies - Use it)

This is a great post I’ve ever read. I’ve got impressed and realized that at the heart of most the reasons of procrastinating are really my own excuses I stand. I think an important part of being responsible is never tolerating my own excuses. Moreover, not even asking myself if I feel like doing something but just diarized it. Mostly, feelings are fickle and will normally push me to what is comfortable. I have to do action instead of excuses.

·       http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world (Art and computers)

I choose this site because it states about what is problem occurring now between music art and this Internet in society. Writing about digital music distribution only perceptibly also leaves out the revenue from physical media, contributing even less authority to the idea of artists surviving on the amounts explained in this article.
 * ·       http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/surveys/2014_survey/2025_Internet_Security_Privacy.xhtml (Internet Predictoions database) 

The 2014 Survey: “Security, liberty, and privacy in 2025 Will a trusted structure that strikes the right balance be developed?” In this survey, this asked about the future of security and privacy on the Internet. I was very interesting with this topic because I do worry about privacy in daily. I found the statistics about 55% of respondents said that they do not consider an accepted privacy-rights regime and infrastructure is likely be produced in the coming decade. Some people answered even they cannot feel what is the problem about privacy. This survey exactly let us knows what should be dealt with our society problem. So, what should we do right now to be better arranged for how privacy is going to change my society's operating landscape? Also, what new lawmaking is going to influence how private data can be stored?

4. Crime
I believe this web site have a tons of information about the crime related computer nowadays. Also, It provides each different indicator case-by-case crime situations. I learned a lot about what should I do if I involved some of problems. As we know that there are 'white hacker' and 'black hacker', my question is who knows if white hacker pretends to changing mind to work as black position, or both?
 * ·        http://www.hg.org/computer-crime.html '(Computers and Crime)

·       http://www.coolcatteacher.com/best-productivity-apps/?utm_content=buffer42626&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (Learning Literacies - Solve it)

I enjoyed this article’s list a lot. Productivity activities are the daily job in my study schedule. Especially, I am a big fan of these productivity apps what she mentioned and this information would help to surf Internet to find the best app for me.

·       http://phys.org/news/2011-07-skorea-alleged-hacking-internet-users.html (Risks Forum)

Personal information of about 35 million Internet users in South Korea was stolen in an unproven hacking attack that made in China. South Korea has confronted Internet attacks before, with blame often restrained on hackers working from IP addresses in China. China has denied all responsibilities.

5. Employment, Education and Entertainment
·       http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/stem-k-8-engineering (K-8 Engineering)

This site talking about elementary educators should not fear the move in emphasis about K-8 STEM. They are capable to lead inquiry-based STEM lessons for child.

·       http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/thats-your-right/ (Games in Education)

“That’s Your Right” This game is a cool, informative, and knowledgeable. So, I like this game. This game is combined into the comprehensive, multimedia Constitution curriculum at AnnenbergClassroom.org. The Science of Productivity – YouTube, This video is the best resource. The information from this video is that, called, Just do it, I should not wait for tomorrow. I liked what this video thought me about the skills.
 * ·       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHfjvYzr-3g (Learning Literacies - Make it)

6. Mid Term Project - Grand Challenges
·       http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges/water.aspx

“Provide Access to Clean Water” The world's water provisions are facing new intimidations; reasonable, progressive technologies could build a difference for people around the world. Engineers have factually been major workers of methods for meeting the water quality and supply wants of civilization from excavating wells to building dams. To meet current needs, which progressively include ecosystem and environmental protection and improvement demands, the approaches will have to develop more sophisticated. “Bringing Safe Water to the World/Environmental stewardship can help eliminate the world's biggest health risk -- dirty water.” Modest sanitation enhancements can save millions of survives like digging pit latrines and treating drinking water with chlorine, filters and other simple existing technologies. The challenge is to put the right plans to practice in the right places as requirements differ from nation to nation. Also, the long-standing purpose is to deliver safe sources of treated drinking water and better-quality sanitation for all. In the interim, shorter-term plans can save millions of lives.
 * ·        http://www.nrdc.org/international/safewater.asp (Clean Water)

·       http://www.unicefusa.org/stories/mission/survival/water/tap-project/how-your-dollars-turn-clean-water/7570

“How Your Dollars Turn Into Clean Water” One way UNICEF does that is by training resident entrepreneurs and engineers on consuming manual drilling to make boreholes through which water can be strained, much similar a well. Another way is by supporting sanitation practices like amplified hand washing and discouraging open defecation. As simple as it sounds, the mixture of producing access to clean water along with good hygiene and sanitation performs can save the survives of the 1,400 kids who die every day from reasons directly connected to poor water and sanitation.

7. Evaluating and Controlling Technology
Mind Control may seem like a sci-fi futuristic concept, but todays electronics make it easier and simpler than ever to tap into this incredible technology. In this video we will learn the basics of how mind control works and how we can use it in our own projects. And hopefully by the end of this, we will be able to make a homemade mind controlled TV remote!
 * ·        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThHrMW6Rtgg (Computers and Society video)

·       http://pbskids.org/lions/games/stacker.html (Simulations)

In Chucky’s Chicken Stacker, available at the PBS Kids website, students identify words that have a specific vowel sound (e.g., short a). It takes 5 correct words to win the game. Students can select the speed at which the words are shown and choose between two levels of difficulty.

·       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0VzUigrb_g (Share it)

Wanna Work Together? This video shows to make a video about CC licensing and release without that license. It seems never fails to amuse people. And even if it is technically illegal, have the makers of the video allowed it to be available on other sites for free download?

8. Risks, Failures and Responsibilities
·       http://www.supplybusiness.com/previous-articles/winter-2010-11/features/technology-creates-ever-changing-leadership-challenges/ (keywords)

Change leadership, The study, which surveyed 515 top executives from multinational corporations, and SMEs in countries across the globe, said that as a result of the trend, organizations are developing ultra-demanding leadership roles. Leaders today are increasingly required to have a range of skills and competencies, from being vigorous and persistent to culturally sensitive.

·       http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/healthy-choices/article43867428.htm (Medicine and Computers)

This article talks about UCSF doctor diagnoses the hype and harm of electronic medical records. He says it is safer and better medicine comes at a price. Overdoses, physician burnout, patient discontent are among the downsides. What other benefits does medical technology deliver to society?, And what are the wider economic benefits of medical technology? This article is talking about what is Pilates and information of body function. Also, it provides including six principles of Pilates. Talk: There are lists as contents in the talk page. And, it talks about what are accuracy disputes people used to come up with Pilates information. History: There are different opinions of controversy with what Pilates’s description in the history. Also, there are editing between main editor and more other experienced editors.
 * ·       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilates (Wikipedia and Trust )'

9. Anytime, Anywhere
·       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bVWFNJ9dk&index=2&list=PLyMV8Qi5zjsb3Cz5B9qKzsYI_UgP0Fcfl (Social Innovation Conversations)

“Conversations on Social Innovation: I4G Toronto”

Q: What drives you as a social innovator?- Study hard to be a doctor to help pool people.

Q: What are the biggest challenges facing young social innovators?- Young ages, financial resources, people’s perception that young ages are not capable to innovate for good.

Q: What is the most urgent need in your local community?- Developed countries need to helps more to society, health care system, volunteering like hospital. “Be the changes that you want to see.”

Q: What global issue deserves immediate attention?-Education, it is world problem to all. Public poverty. EX: India, China need health care help.

·       http://townhall.com/ (Politics and the web)

TownHall provides political comment and analysis from more than 100 leading columnists to "intensify those traditional voices in political debates." TownHall takes purpose at the barriers between news and opinion and offers an arena for conservatives to promote their opinions on the state of the world. The site is updated with debates on why President Obama's policies might hurt the world. This article shows that MOOCs are debated and includes both pros and cons.
 * ·        http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140626103112605 (MOOCs)

Some say they are the future of higher schooling. Others see them as the eventual ruin of it. Also, the article talk about that the disagreement surrounding MOOCS includes some strong worries about how they will figure the future of higher education, are free, grading papers is impossible.

10. Technology Advances, Social Trends
·       http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/18/machines-ethics-control-artificial-intelligence-google-demis-hassabis (new and important)

I read this tech article and it was very interesting. In this article, Google’s Demis Hassabis suggests we can mitigate the dangers of artificial intelligence by instilling values, but even now it’s evolving for its own benefit, fed by our phones, drones and CCTV.

·       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T9g4uy60oc (Tech Awards with major impact)

The Tech Awards 2015 laureate: BeeLine Reader, I think this will have important impact on people in the world. It will provide improves reading fluency and efficiency with a digital tool that guides the eye for online reading. Education is one of the best resources for the greatest number of people. “Which Technologies Will Dominate in 2022?”In this article, in the future that we envision, multicore will allow us to recharge our smartphones just once a month. The Internet of Things will let us dress in clothes that monitor all our activities. Nanotechnology will enable lives to be saved by digestible cameras and machines made from particles 50,000 times as small as a human hair. And amid the exponential growth of large data repositories will be increasing concerns about balancing convenience and privacy. I believe the real story will be whether or not governments initiate to defend our online privacy with some equity to society’s privacy. I think the smart phone was the big story in individual tech of the last 50 years from here its going to be less.
 * ·        http://www.wired.com/insights/2014/09/technologies-dominate-2022/ (Future of Computers)