Week 16

This week was the very last week of class. Im not really sure that im ready for the semester to be over but I guess it's time to start getting ready for exams. After our animations on paint last week, playing with scratch felt super hi-tech.... too bad scratch is animation for little kids. Either way it was an enjoyable way to spend the last week of the semester with all my seminar buddies. I hope everyone has a great break and I'll see you all in a month

Week 15

This week in Dissecting the Internet was really entertaining. We learned how to create our own simple webpages using a model from Dr. Parks. In addition to creating a webpage, we created animations using paint. It was really funny to see what everyone came up with and I hope I have some reason to use these newly learned skills sometime in the future. Overall I think these activities were a very good way to wrap up a semester full of fun.

Week 14

This week we only had one class because of thanksgiving break. Unfortunately I was not able to attend class this week and I'm dissapointed that I missed our guest speaker. Cyber crime and security definitely sounds like something I would have been interested in hearing. Going home this week was very relaxing but im glad to be back in the mountains. It's crazy to think that we only have a few more weeks left in this semester.

Week 13

This week in dissecting the internet we were each assigned a topic about the internet to research and share. I was supposed to research how the internet affects religion. I wasn't surprised that the internet was widely used for religious purposes but it did surprise me that alot of the people who used the internet to practice their own religion also have looked into other religions. I think it is a benefit to society for people to be informed about other people's religious and cultural differences. Hearing about other peoples topics also informed me of a few other ways the internet can be used.

Week 12

The lesson on tuesday about cloud computing taught by Dr. Wilkes made alot of sense with the example of his bee web site. It is mind blowing how much technology has changed the way services can be provided in the even the last decade. The video of the bee swarm the Dr. Wilkes made was wild. I don't care how much you pay me, I would never be willing to get in the middle of that swarm yet his kids were frolicking around fearlessly. I guess they're used to it.

Week 11

The crowdsourcing activities we did this week were fascinating. It is crazy to think that we were helping building the information on the internet just by playing mindless little games. The guy from Duke seemed full of great ideas. Who would have thought that you could learn a language for free while translating web pages from english to another language? I feel like I really understandthe concept of crowdsourcing now that we have discussed it thoroughly.

Week 10

This week we heard from Dr. Wilkes' friend who had his own internet marketing company. It doesn't surprise me that he is doing as well as he is, as so many people use the internet to browse goods and services. The importance of advertising for online companies is extreme because of the number of competitors out there. If a company shows up a couple pages down on a google search, they lose business to companies on the first page.