Week 5

I thought that the speaker had a lot of experience with running and it was interesting to hear his opinions on the physical fitness technology of the 21st century. I feel kind of bad because I know that he can out run me and he is more than twice my age!

Week 4

This week we discussed the video "Digital Nation" and shared our thoughts on the rising use of technology and the attention blindness video with the gorilla. I thought it was very interesting that some pople counted correctly but missed the gorilla but others saw the gorilla but counted incorrectly. Personally, I was able to count the correct number of throws and I still saw the gorilla. Christopher Mcdougals story from Convocation was shocking. I cant believe that someone was able to survive such a long fall out of a tree by staying calm and thinking through the best way to react.

Week 3

This week we watched a video call Digital Nation. This video showed the rising popularity of technology all over the world and the problems we may face because of it. Korean children are a great example of the problems online gaming can pose. I think it is a little scary that someone would be so into a video game that they could go days without eating. Another thing that scared me was the program "Second Life". I know I would personally be dissapointed if I got a new job that required me to sit at home and virtually communicate instead of traditional face to face encounters.

Week 2

The second week of dissecting the internet was an interesting one. We learned a "magic trick" and played with bowling pins, it was definatly the most entertaining class I've had so far. The second day of class we learned how to take advantage of the library researchers avaliable. I have already used the databases we were showed to do research in another class so it was definatly a good use of time.