Week #12 Blog Post Due 12-3-15

Write about one technology tool, trick, or tip you find particularly useful in your coursework. This can be anything that contributes to your academic success - time management, citation manager, to do list, etc.

Blog Post #13 - Due 12-10-15

Hi All-

As we are winding down our class I would like you to respond to the follwoing FINAL BLOG!



Think about the different technologies we've used in this class (Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Google Drive - Forms, Spreadsheets, RSS Readers, Blog platforms, etc). Which do you think will be most useful for you in the future? How will it help you? Feel free to mention more than one.

Blog for Week 11 due 11/12/2015

Hi All-

This week I would like you to do some research on any of the questions below and tell me

some interesting facts that you may have found out about any new technology coming to us in the near future.

• Do you think that robots will one day contribute to unemployment? Do they already contribute to unemployment?

• What are the most recent technological developments which have appeared in cars?

• How would your life change if all your technological devices were taken away for a week?

• Do you think that technology will ever be able to produce a device which translates spoken languages in real time? When? What would the impact of such a device be?

Hi All-

This week for our blog we will be talking about 3D printing.

Please read two of the articles below and tell me if you agree or disagree with the article. Do you think you would use a 3-D printer and where do you see the use of the 3D printer going or will be one of the technologies that had a big hype with little to no use. Feel free to give me any other thoughts on the subject.

http://www.livescience.com/52571-3d-printers-could-build-organs.html

http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/specials/make-create-innovate/3d-printing/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-lies-ahead-for-3-d-printing-37498558/?no-ist

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/10/24/nikes-3d-printing-ramp-up-which-companies-will-it.aspx

https://hbr.org/2015/05/the-3-d-printing-revolution#

Hi All

Please read the following articles and then and take the "Are you a Multi- tasker?" quiz. See how well you can multi task. This is due for class on Thursday October 22, 2015.

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/03/how-does-multitasking-change-the-way-kids-learn/

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/10/26/how-meditating-helps-with-multitasking

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/29/doomed-or-lucky-predicting-the-future-of-the-internet-generation/

http://www.mypopstudio.com/digital/multitasker/index.php

Hi All-


This week we are talking about 

— Wearable Technology : Will wearable technology ever really catch on? Why?

— Would you want a pair of Google’s computer glasses? Would you want an Apple Watch? Is wearable technology something you’re ready to embrace? Why?

Please read the following articles and write your opinion on the questions above




http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-07/wearable-technology-creeps-into-the-workplace




http://www.wearabletechworld.com/topics/wearable-tech/articles/410710-smart-shirt-plans-minimize-back-pa-improve-posture.htm


http://www.wearabletechworld.com/topics/wearable-tech/articles/410707-android-wear-joins-apple-watch-with-skype-capability.htm


http://www.wired.com/2015/07/google-glass-returns-workplace-gadget/

Hi All- Week 6 Blog  Due October 8

This week I would like to hear your thoughts on the use of your phone.
Do you think you pay full attention to the people you are with? Are you engaged in what’s happening around you? Or are you distracted by your phone? And are the people in your life — your family, friends, even teachers — distracted by theirs?
Please read the attached article and tell me what your feelings are about the article and answer the questions I have posed to you.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/opinion/sunday/stop-googling-lets-talk.html


Please watch the YOUTUBE video !

Hi All-

Blog for this week due on Thursday October 1, 2015 will be the following:

This blog will be on your views of the subjects I have picked below. You will pick one from two of the topics you must pick either a pro from the first series and a con from the second series or visa-versa and talk about your views on that subject. You may want to do a bit of research to find out more information on the subject. Use a new research tools we talked about in class to find some compelling resources. Please tell me what new tool you  used to research the topics.


Information technology empowers people

Pro: Technology empowers people by giving them the information needed to live in this complex world; for example, information about their health and welfare lets people challenge those in power.


Con: Technology empowers the few who control it and disempowers the rest, for example, the majority of the world is losing access to their information, intellectual property, resources, and opportunities for advancement, language, and culture. Technology and the Internet are another way for the rich to control how the world works in order that they can control and benefit from the work of the poor.

Cyberspace and isolation
Pro: Cyberspace isolates people more than connects them, e.g., most times they are sitting in front of a computer interacting with the web and not socializing with anyone.


Con: Cyberspace connects people more than isolates them, e.g., they are using a computer to connect with others, although not always in real time.

Social Media in the Workplace

Pro of Social Media at Work

Empower Employees. Employees often feel as though their voice is not being heard. Setting up an internal social media platform can decrease corporate hierarchy. Speaking directly to senior leadership suddenly is more attainable. It encourages and eases communication, initiates a collaborative exchange of ideas, and helps eliminate business silos resulting in increased employee engagement.

Con of Social Media at Work

Increased Cybersecurity. Hackers can commit fraud, launch spam, or even launch companywide viruses through a social media platform. It’s important to protect your network with the same level of security that applies to proprietary business information. When launching an employee engagement program recently for a government contractor with a global footprint, E Group worked with their IT team to ensure that socialware was not part of their platform. Given their top secret security work globally, the alleviation of any risk was the right call.

Information and Privacy are big topics in technology today. I have found three articles talking about privacy and the internet. Please read one of the articles and share your opinion on the article as well as your thoughts on Internet Privacy. Tell me what you think about one article and if you think there may be other ways to protect ones privacy on the internet.

http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/privacy-erosion-in-internet-era

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/improve-internet-privacy_n_6902622.html 

 

 

  http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/08/ftc-iot-privacy-warning/

Hi All,

Your assignment for the week of September 15 will be to tell your class mates about any type of computer program that you may find to be of use . The program may be an app you use on your phone, a web app you access through a browser, a program installed on a desktop or laptop computer. It can also be any type of program - productivity, game, financial, social - anything you can think of. 
Insert a picture related to the app (you might find one through image search on google or bing). Also if there is a cost to use the program/app. and if you can tell us when the program was developed. Post at least 250 words about your App. 

Try to tell us about a unique app to you No Facebook or Instagram or Twitter please.

Welcome To FALL

IST 125 Classroom Blog!


Hello and welcome to IST 125.  Each week for the next 14 weeks you will be asked to 
write a blog post and also comment on two of class room peers blog posts.

These posts should be at least 250 words and will be on various technology topics.
Please be creative with your blog add pictures and make your blog about things you like.


The assignment is as follows:Find your own article on a new technology and give a brief synopsis of the article and whether or not you would use the technology.  You can use an article you may find on Feedly, NewYorkTimes,  or any other news source



The first Blog Post will be due on Tuesday September 8 before the start of class.