Christopher Lim

9/20/10

• 17 Year Old Girl Awarded $33,000 After Suing Her School for Searching Her Mobile Phone
• A girl has been awarded $33,000 for using her phone during school. The teacher confiscated her phone and searched through her text messages, emails, and pictures, violating her privacy. The girl sued the highschool for violation.
• Stakeholders: N.N. (the girl who sued)
• The article relates to ITGS in security and privacy.
• I think that cell phone privacy is a big thing nowadays. With the addition of picture messaging and popularity of texting, today's society has used the mobile phone more as a sexual please rather than a communicating device. There are more people, mostly girls, that put passwords on their phone now to secure their privacy. I would do the same if I had something to hide or anything explicit on my phone.
• To solve the issue of minimal privacy, I'd recommend using passwords on your phone.

9/29/10

• Apple Sues Nokia in Britain
• Apple is suing Nokia because of the maker of the smartphone. Supposedly, he copied Apple's ideas into 9 technologies.
• Stakeholders: Apple, Nokia, and Nokia spokesman, Mark Durant.
• The article relates to ITGS in intellectual property, policies and standards, and people and machines. Nokia had violated the policy of a patent, which also means he stole "intellectual property" to make their smartphone.
• Area of impact: Business and employment.
• I think it's wrong that Nokia is trying to steal Apple's idea of a smartphone, but it doesn't affect me because their conflict has nothing to do with me.

10/5/10

• Get Alert: Your Laptop Heat can ‘Toast’ your Skin!
• A 12 year old acquired "toasted skin syndrome" from leaving his laptop on his thighs for too long. Toasted skin syndrome causes permanent darkening to the skin.
• Stakeholders: The boy, Apple, Dell, and HP.
• The article relates to ITGS through 'People and Machines'. The laptop had caused a physical change towards the owner.
• Area of impact: Health
• I have experienced the heat of a laptop on my legs and it burns like crazy! Yet, I don't have toasted skin syndrome, but I do have similar marks on my legs from over-icing (Which is ironic).

10/7/10

• Cyberpower Gamer Dragon
• A new desktop that allows it to function very well for gamers.The desktop can hold up to 6 hard drives, has excellent air flow, 11 USB ports, AMD Phenom II 1055T processor, 4GB of memory, a 1TB hard drive, Blu-ray player/DVD burner combo drive, a 3 year warranty, and amazing gamer graphics for approximately $1,200.
• Stakeholders: Makers of the desktop and companies with contributing parts.
• The article relates to people and machines. People are able to have a better experience gaming on computers.
• Area of impact: Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure.
• I also like gaming, but not on computers, so I will not be purchasing the Cyberpower Gamer Dragon. I do understand that the computer will be great for gamers looking for a quality desktop with a good price.

10/12/10

• Technology in the Classroom
• Top Three Most Remarkable Things:
  • 64% of US schools have computers, but only 14% have internet; I'd think that all schools would have internet so they'd have the ability to search the internet for school use. (Equality of access)
  • Only 12% of seniors use computers for school work; Most of MY school work needs the use of the computer. I just wonder how only 12% of the senior class use computers daily for their schoolwork, yet I'm using the computer for almost all my work.
  • Illinois Institute of Technology will give iPads to their incoming freshmen; the fact that Illinois college will give iPads to freshmen makes me sort of amazed. It's nice that Illinois Institute of Technology will give an iPad as a school supply, but it'd be better if they'd supply laptops or computers.
• 2/3 of students use emoticons in their school work. Students should be given school consequences for using emoticons, like dentention, lunch detention, or to do the work all over again. In punishment, students will learn to fix their problem with emoticons in their school work.
• The facebook issue that explains that facebook users acquire a full grade point lower on their GPA is pretty bad. To fix the problem about students multi-tasking with facebook, facebook should be restricted in certain districts to stop students from using it. Also, notes could be sent to parents of students to prohibit them from focusing on facebook, and more on school work.

/10/20/10

• The fact that careers are all but selected for students in India and China also allows them to focus more in particular fields, providing them the opportunity to take classes in that field before they are even out of high school. This drastically contrasts with American high school students who usually do not even think about their careers until they are preparing to apply to colleges and may even change their intended careers halfway through college. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Why?
  • I think it's a bad thing that students think about their career later in their education because it affects the classes that they take. The students in India and China choose their career early and take classes that help them develop special skills to help them in their choice in career. It's better because they'll be able to do a better job and have a greater chance in becoming an expertise in their career if they take higher learning in the field. Americans take a variety of classes that don't accumulate to help them in a single field of work. For example, a student that takes Spanish, math, and English won't be as likely to become an engineer compared to a student that takes math, chemistry, and physics.
• I think the students chosen to represent Americans were a pretty good depiction of some of the top students we have here. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
  • Yes, because the students were able to keep a regular separate life from school while keeping up with school work simotaneously. They were involved in extra-curricular activities like groups, sports, etc., and were still accepted into the college of their choice.
• The purpose of viewing the video was to demonstrate a flat world - made flat by competing economies in China and India. And that happened because of the dot.com bubble which laid down the fiber optic cables connecting our country with theirs via the Internet. Now that you've finished viewing the video, what are some of your thoughts? Was it worthwhile to have viewed this video? Has it made you appreciate what you have? How can we say the world is flat and global all at the same time? Don't those images cancel each other out? Explain.
  • I don't think viewing the video was worth it because I already knew from previous classes and people that China and India have a higher standard of learning than us. It makes me want to receive an education in a foreign country because I assume they teach at advanced levels. We can say the world is global and flat at the same time because there are many different cultures in the US that attend the same education, but at different levels and some at the same. For example, there's a junior in out school that's 14 because she was too smart for the lower grades.

/10/20/10

• Why a New “Appetite-Control” Product May Turn the World of Weight Loss on its Head
• A new product called Sensa can be sprinkled on food to help your brain tell you to stop eating. It's odorless, tasteless, and tests have said that it helps lose up to 30.5lb.
• Stakeholders: People who use the product and Dr. Hirsch.
• The article can relate to people and machines because people want to become skinnier. It can also relate to control because Sensa can help you control your eating.
• The area of impact the article is related to is through health. People may be insecure about their body and buy the product to lose weight.
• I think the product is very helpful for people to lose weight, but it could possibly lead to death if people lose too much weight. It doesn't affect me much because I probably won't use the product.