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data like Facebook and Google. They collect and distribute information on consumers, and lately a lot of that collecting has taken place online. Most of the effects of this kind of data collection are also primarily visible online. To internet users, the most visible result of this is targeted advertising. For example, searching for a book on Amazon could easily lead to…

The use of the Google apps suite (Drive, Docs, Slides, Presentations, Drawings, sheets, and Forms) gives a teacher many different ways to track student learning. When a teacher shares a Google Document with a student or group of students, the teacher and the students all have direct access to editing. Everybody can be in the same document at the same time making edits. One method a teacher can use to continuously access learning is called the Quick write. The Quick Write is a google Sheet…

Hanna Burmeister JMC:1200:A06 17/11/17 TED Talk Analysis The TED talk I decided to analyze is Eli Pariser’s talk called “Beware Online ‘Filter Bubbles’”. In the talk, Pariser discusses how Google and other online media forms, are confining users by creating what he calls “filter bubbles”. These bubbles form when online sites tailor their services, including news, videos, and search results, to their user’s personal preferences. While this personalization may sound promising, it can actually lead…

the knowledge gained from technology) it gives scientists purpose of aiding those in need across the world. This closely relates to Kat Potente’s ideas of what Google Forever should offer. Later, through the utilization of computers to go further (and discover more) than the human brain in relation to the use of multiple computers and Google servers to decode an unsolved mystery. Finally, addressing technology’s positive contribution to small businesses which correlates to Neel Shah’s start-up…

PRESENTATION SELF-REFLECTION 1. Your Name: Carly Stansfield 2. Adjudicative Tribunal researched: Social Benefits Tribunal. 3. What did you contribute to this group assignment? My contribution to the group assignment was creating a slide that gave a brief description of the Social Benefits Tribunal. I researched the information on the Social Benefits Tribunal’s website and by reviewing the enabling legislation. I also provided the information for types of matters the tribunal deals with. I was…

internet serves as a medium in which people can reasonably find any information they please. Nicholas Carr states the following in his article “Is Google making us Stupid?”: “The advantages of having such an incredibly rich store of information are many […]”. As Carr stated above, the internet does in fact hold a plethora of information. Search engines such as Google are the medium through which that…

heavily on online materials to supplement learning in both formal and informal ways (Stripling, 2014)” (Cook). If we do not have Net neutrality, than those students who live in rural areas will have to pay for a better internet service in order to view the same content as someone who lives in the city. This would be a disadvantage to them because they will not have the equal opportunity as someone who does live in the city. Also the internet has now become a key factor in the learning process…

In this article, Proffitt is explaining how Google’s new invention, Google Glass, is a serious privacy concern for all the people that are part of a society where it exists. Proffitt brings up the issue of an abuse of power, and constantly reminds his readers that nothing down in public will ever be anonymous again. It is interesting how he brings up security cameras that are in all public places, and contrasts them with Google Glass, which is essentially the same thing, except not used for…

1.) Any website can be typed into a search field incorrectly. This is because people mistype the web address for which they are looking. This could be as simply missing an “s” at the end of the web address, or just as easy as accidently misspelling the web page address. Due to the simple error that people may make, it was a very smart move for Fred to buy all of the misspelled domain names of his competitor’s. What is similar with this scenario with what we have covered in class is Fred…

A capstone is a project that all seniors at SWCTA are required to complete within a semester and a half in order to demonstrate the skills and the knowledge that they have gained during their time at SWCTA. This project varies from program to program due to the difference between the specialties in each program area. For the automotive division, our project required us to form teams to create and develop a car dealership. I teamed up with Stone Sha, Matthew Burgos, Shann Pagado, and Thomas…