Nguyen+Andrew

Andrew Nguyen CCT205 Lab Assignments

Lab 3

I think ebook readers are going to really prosper within the next few years. There is definitely many great advantages which I Think will only benefit both consumers such as us, hardware producers and book publishers. It is great to fit an ebook reader in a messenger bag and read it on the subway. There is potential to take notes and highlight key points. These are the many features which I am most excited about. Ebooks did afterall oversell books on amazon.ca. I do not think the Ipad is revolutionary, because it is such a big word. The industrial revolution, French revolution, the printing press is revolutionary. Ipad is a series of new technology that have only been upgraded from previous technology. I do believe this is a very unique hardware. There is definitely potential for who knows how much. I kind of wonder if people can keep up with the many new technology though. Price is going to be a big factor, especially after hard economic times. What is amazing about this, it the marketbality. There is already hype on the potential which Apple have detailed about. I do not agreed about revolutionary, but the marketing practice is quite well done.

Lab 4

There is no sense of privacy anymore. Online communities have allowed many people to connect across the globe. Even with third world countries, there is access now. Identity have become somewhat constructed with the web now. Alienation is debatable, but there is no doubt to the vast potential of accessing for information. If there is going to be continuous innovations for more technological hardware, there is going to be more access wirelessly. I think this is great in the sense that now we can see how there are universal traits of identity and yet at the same time identity is more complex than ever. But such social networking system are now more constructed around image rather than being connected. People are now obsessed with pop culture. They want to know on the latest of everything, which curiosity seem to peak among human beings. The potential is more connected, but there can be also theories of being disconnected with self-identity, which I find hard to accept. The world is ongoing and changing by the minute. Social networking can able to widen one's own appearance, and that seem to me the most important about social networking now. Have anyone realize the popularity with BBM, holy smokes. That is the example of the ongoing innovation with the wireless world and hardware innovations.

Lab 7

I think Web 2.0 is part of this great wave of people getting their hands on information. We have to look at the web as a Universal design, which now everyone should have the right to access the information. I see the school changing its way for student and teachers now. There is more reliance on information provided from technology, world wide web and wiki's. I'm just worry how false information can be passed around which may interrupt the flow. Slates and black portal is part of this trend. I find it kind of scary how many students have become dependent on WIkipedi. I agreed that although it is a good start to research, we have to relied on more heavily ethnographic research more by scholars and establish instuttions. It does seem that dependence on technology is about to reach new levels. My onoly concern is this digital gap. How is it going to equally distribute among the different classes. But what is great that the world seem to get closer connected. Blogs allow people to share thoughts and create a friendship from beyond.

Lab 8

There is no doubt that the changing landscape of the classroom is changing to a virtual world. Teachers, schools, insitutions and students have slowly or quickly adapt to this social and educational change. Terms that were bought out for the internet are part of everyday vocabulary. Students are relying more on laptops and notebooks than writing with pen and what i think soon or later, instead of textbooks, every students and teachers are going have to use digital technology such as e-books and visual representations. I still beleive that one of the most essential skill in life is to communicatei with others. I'm unfortunatley in favour of more the physical contact side of things. I believe that as a person can only learn more by able to communicate physically with others. This is not relying on information that is provided by textbooks and theories. But also logical things that we need to continue our daily lives. By able to communicate with teachers, we learn from experiences and that I beleive helps by translating to our daily lives.