Chapter 1 our digital planet (pgs 6-7)

Few important notes:-

1.) "The Space Race spurred further developments in computer technology."

2.)"Computer hardware evolved rapidly from those early days, with new technologies replacing old every few years."

3.) "..., computers quickly became indispensable tools for scientists, engineers, and other professionals.

4.) "The inventions of the vacuum tube, the transistor, and the silicon chip had tremendous impact on our society."

5.) "..., computers became more widely used in business, science, and engineering."

News Event

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/?em

On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. Online education allows the students to get more information than having a one on one discussion in class.

Article Related to Technology

Forrester: Social Networking Grows up, is the title of my article and talks about social networking like twitter, Facebook and etc are not only targeted by the teens but a study shows that on a May 2009 survey of 4,455 people between the ages of 18 and 88 in the U.S. are also into the mix of social networking. Much of the growth in social networks today comes from people older than 34 Many people target the youth, from ages 13-20 on social networking but some adults spend time on networking other adults and now the media is doing its best to promotes advertisement to the adults who use social networking.

cite of article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/170866/forrester_social_networking_grows_up.html

TechReflect: 8/25

How do you feel about computers and technology? Explain your positive and negative feelings.

Computers in general is not my thing, but technology like the latest gadgets out on the markets, the i-phones and so forth which i'm comfortable in. My positive feelings towards computer is with a click of a mouse you can travel all over the globe and research beyond your horizon but the physical structure of the computer the parts of what goes there and here is my negative feelings towards. For technology my positive feelings for technology that it makes the future so near to us and that we are expanding the human mind beyond our reach and really implementing it to go use my negative feelings that technology tends to waste time and draws the persons feelings away from the worldly stuff out there

The Itgs Triangle Approach

1.) IT Systems in a social context
(Describe how the IT is used and how it affects the school)

2.) Social and Ethical Issues
(Identify the issues that are raised by this technology and how it affects the school)

3.) Area of impact
(from the list in section 3, describe two areas of impact (please show one positive and one negative impact of this issue)

The technology that I have selected is the projector. The projector makes ease for the teachers or students to present a lesson to their audience and makes your presentation visual and more appealing to the audience. The projector is a big resource part of the school, it makes teaching easier, organized and faster. Two of the areas of impact that the projector falls into is education and business & employment. Eduction which I already covered but for business it falls into the same category but it makes your business meetings on top of everything and that you are not lacking behind and by using a projector in business meetings or some kind of business transaction it makes you look more professional than reading off from paper.

Online Communities

1. Facebook
2. Myspace
3. Twitter
4. Aim
5. Delicious

Each online communities listed has its own policies and standards for its users to follow before creating an account for instance no uploading inappropriate pictures, language, and etc. Once you have followed the terms of the policies then you can create an account

ITGS MAp

Security to Death Star

Death Star a superweapon spaceship shaped as a moon, a decoy to protect its security from invaders approaching.

Security gives the "death star" high capability to go up in space and is equipped with high gadgets to destroy intruders or planets from close distance

MAchine and People: The People control the "Death Star" machinery, its high gadgets needs proper care before things gets loose up in space

8/`18 Assignment

List Several ways you interact w/ computers in your daily life:

There are many possible ways to interact with the computer and one of them for me which i use mostly daily is keeping updated on my Facebook account which i stay in touch with family and friends, then i search if i received any new email on my Gmail account. For school which the computer is a big help saves me time by researching online for any assignments. On my free time, i surf the web for the latest headlines such as local news, sports, movies,music entertanement and etc.