Thursday, May 26, 2011

Apps II coming to a close :(



A year later? The aspects I would miss of high school would have to be waking up each morning to come to school to see all of my friends. I would miss having lunch with them each day, making them laugh and just being around them as much. I would miss all my teachers who I have gain bonds with throughout the whole four years rather its strong or weak. I would miss failing test with other classmates and making each other feel better because we are in the same boat. I would miss arguing with my normal arguee's because thats just what we do, its nature. lol I would just miss school in general.

I think my best critical anaylsis would have to be about current events that were going on and was causing alot of conflict between countries. I felt like it was important issue when people are being killed for standing up for expressed power of being free in all spects of life. I do think blogging is something I will continue to do after I leave this class because it something that I started and will continue to do. Hopefully I will gain more followers to view my blog and comment on the issues I will write about. I would also update things about college, class, new courses and life in general.

To be the ambassador I will encourage others to use the free tools online and me to keep using them because they will always be around. I would encourage other people to use technolgy period because its always changing and you have to be relevant in this society. I will also try to stay up to date with the new aspects of technolgy and the rapid changes.
Basic elements that cause the digital divide is simply the classes in America. Rather its the working class or the wealthy class. People who dont normally have alot of money can save money to but computers but they are unable to get the internet. It also has to do with the generation that you come from. Some older people arent so tech savy and struggle to do certain such as txting. It also has to do with will of a person because some people are willing to learn new things and others just simply arent.

What online social media literacy means to me is the understanding of the media of the internet and what it can offer. This can be just a simple click of how to download something off the internet or even setting the internet up in your new apartment or house. It also has to do with the new technology that comes out that you are aware and should be up to try it out even if you dont know anything about it. The understanding could be small or big.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Should I share?


File sharing to me is not really stealing.. Ok I lied. File sharing has become quite popular all over the globe and has become a mainstream problem. The main site that was being used to download illegal media was called "Limewire". If you live in this world, there is know way you dont know anything about the site. The owner of the site, Mike Gorton made alot of money and now he is going to pay the consequences of running the website while he knew it was wrong.

The second issue is how do you arrest a person for stealing music when in fact it could have been anyone but the owner of the device. The IP address is what the courts are trying to use and which seeems right its not. That doesnt clarify if it was truly that person, yes it does lead them in the direction of the person who stole the music but it could have been anyone. Anybody can use someone elses IP address to steal anything and the person getting accused will know nothing of the sort or what is going on.

The file sharing act goes is very long and difficult to understand. The main reason is to stop the illegal downloading of media that needs to be paid for. They are alot of reasons why the act is bad and doesn't make sense. The reason the article gives like ISP cost and unsupported accusations