My Rotoball Idea

In the moment I saw the Rotoball video clips I had some ideas. It remembered me of the iPod publicity of Apple INC. I mean the colorfull pictures of persons with their iPod. I imagine that my project will be a little related to it; however not to close to the same topic because I wanted to be original. I have narrow my ideas to two main. I can do somebody dancing and changing color; and suddenly the ball comes and becomes an instrument of electronic music. My second idea is to creat a sad children and then the ball comes and transforms to something that he will like, at the end when the child goes to bed the ball will leave because the dog started to play with it.

Paco

Pranav Mistry

Paragraph 1: Your reaction to this new emerging technology, what were you thinking wow watching the video, would you want one of these? why or why not?

I believed that this new technology is pretty amazing. It is almost like we have the machine inside of us. When I was watching the video, I was stunted and couldn't believe that this kind of technology was already invented. What really blew me off, was that your phone was in the palm of your hans and you can dial the digits in your hand. Another thing that really impressed me was that the computer automatically recognizes what is in your hands, like the book and instientaly downloaded the ratings of it. But absolutely the thing that surprised me most of all was the copying of a text in a book transmitted to the piece of paper, which from their you can transmit it to your computer. Of course I will like to have one of this incredible machines; however I will wait until the developer improves his design and makes it more practical. Another factor that will affect the purchase of this technology will be the price, at first I expected to be expensive.

Paragraph 2 - What you feel are the greatest things about the technology (and what are its greatest limitations).

As mention before, this technology has some great things that makes it unique. Number one, it is a personal computer, which allows it to be taken anywhere in the world. Another thing that makes it unique, is that it can be project anywhere, in the wall, in a desk or as simple as a piece of paper. I also like about this device that the computer is smarter than others, what I mean is that it makes more stuff than regular computers. An example of this is the classification of the book automatically, a normal device will need commands to do it. What really makes it unique is that take text and images from other objects and safe them in its hard drive, which later can be transmitted cable-free to your PC/Mac. The best quality this has is that even though is a computer, it is also a phone. The only bad things is that is unpracticable, to big and takes a lot of space in your personal area. Another bad thing is that it may looks very heavy.

Paragraph 3 - At the end he says that it is quite cheap to make and that he will be sharing his software - Open Source. In your own words what does open source mean? What have you used that is "Open Source", what do you think are the pros and cons of sharing software in this way.

I believe that Open source means that is available to every body that wants it, which can be downloaded. A very famous open source that a very great quantities of people use, including my self, is social networks. Facebook, myspace, Hi-5 and other are open source pages. I think that is a very good thing that they decided to make this project an open source so the people can have it, specially people with low finiancial resources. I don't really see any cons of making it open source.

Paco Carmona

Social Networking-Kepping

Social Media can be very helpfull, for example by letting you comunicated with your friends, plan parties and more fun stuff; however it can also be very damiging. This is determine by how the people put a use to it. Social Media is often use to express the fellings of the poeple, good and bad. As your not with the person your arguin with, you obtain more liberty to express how you feel, as for the moment you don't have to see their reaction or their expresions. This is way people preffer to fight by computer than face to face, of course in my opinion this is a cowered way to solve things. Any kind of fighting is bad and almost always it lets a lot of resentment in the back. Online fighting cause more harm than good, its yust an easier way to release your probloms. In conclusion, people express more open their feallings by computer than in person because they aren't in front of a person that will react, in a good or bad way.

Digital Media in School

Cheating has always been a great issue in the educational system through the world;however with the Internet has become more easy than always. Cheating is when you use somebody's work and put you name on it (as it was yours), they can be with a little bit or the whole paper. Know a days students have a very easy way of copying, they can yust turn on their computer and type what ever they need in Google and millions of results will come up, they have it all free. Educational Institutions have been fighting since education started to stop copying, but theur battle yust multiply by 100 (at least). They are many types of cheating, like using other peoples work, using Cliffnotes, getting the answers (orally) from another person etc. The parameters of cheating must be decided by the Istitution. In conclusion, cheating is bad and you should do it.

Internet at Home

Since the Internet has existed parents had have problems with their children about what they do in the web. Everybody knows that the web can be dangerous, they are sex predators and other people that wish to make harm to other. For this an more reasons, the PBS produce a video clip in their show Frontline to inform everybody about what happens in the web. The video was made to inform the parents of what their children are doing in the web. They use a very vulgar technique to attract the attention of the parents, if you ask me. They use heavy words to get their attention, for example they use sexual predators, raping and assaults. This of course scares our parents and makes them worried more for us. Another technique they use was to obtain declares of people that are against the web or really exaggerate about what could happen. This is old people who didn't grew up with the Internet. Interestedly they forgot to ask the opinion of the people that use more the Internet, us. The producers left unasked questions, they didn't ask them for many reasons. Like if they ask young people how the internet really is, the parents will figure out the truth. This is not good for the producers, because their ratings will drop. In conclusion, the PBS produce a film that was partially full of information.

Digital Media in School

How Teachers should act with their students?How they should treat them? This are questions ask very often this days. Some people think that teachers should be strict with their alumni, but others think that they should be more fun than strict. My favorite entertainment teacher is Mr. Whitten. His lessons are very fun, but educative also. He is different from an entertainer because he actually teaches with a sence of fun. This is the model of the perfect teacher, teach with fun but also have a sence of control. What I mean is to joke a little doing the lesson to make it more entertain but is an student starts to be disrespectul or other things like that, the teacher must act like a teacher. If the teacher is only a performer, the whole system will crash. You wont have enough knowledgement for the future, the good thing is that you will havew an amazing time, but is not worth it.
I think that the student should feel guilty in a part and in another not. Its guilty because he doesn't fallow the assignment totally, he goes somewhere else and find a summery of the book. In the other side, is not cheating because he didn't copy, so he shouldn't feel guilty. Its more of a personal decision.

Paco

Internat at Home

A computer has tones of characteristics that difference it from television, video games, stereo/radio, magazines and books. Other things you can find in your house for entertainment. When you are using the computer, you have the ability of interacting with who ever has another computer, even if there in the other side of the world, which is incredible ans cool: where as when you use the other ways of amusement, it can only be for your self. You can't interact with no body else. It's for your personal amusement, this can't get boring in curtain time.

• How the computer is used in the home?
In my house, everybody has its personal laptop. So I use my personal computer for a lot of stuff. I use my laptop for my entertainment in social networks, but I also used it to do my homework, which makes it easier and gives me better grades.
• Who uses the computer?
I used my computer (personal laptop), only me.
• Where the computer is placed?
The computer is placed where I wanted to be placed. Its a laptop (:
• How much the computer is used?
I used the computer a lot. Not as much as I just to do. Before I used it from 3:00 pm all the way until 10:00 pm. But know a days I used it lot less.