Week 9 - Tutorial Task

Blog post 1

The topic I have chosen for my essay is nr 2: ‘Does the extensive use of computer/video games have an adverse impact on the health of young people? What are the most recent papers? Clarify what both sides of the argument claim and only then offer your reasoned opinion based on facts.’

So what I am going to do is:

-        -  Doing some research on papers that involves computer and video games and how they affect young people today.

-       -   Sort out what papers are more recent and relevant for young people today, and then compare them to the older papers.

-       -   Do a discussion augmenting both sides

-       -  Write my conclusion and reasoned opinion based on my research and facts. ______________________________

Blog post 2

What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet. How many of the following can you achieve while sticking to your political beliefs?

   * Sign an e-petition.

At first I had no Idea what an e-petition was. I’m not sure if I want to sign one because there is nothing at that I would die to sign my name on at the moment. I don’t like signing random stuff just out of the blue without knowing if it’s a scam or not. There are so many fake “e-petitions” out there that’s out to get your personal information and scam you.

    * What is Barak Obama up to today? Can you send him a message about the importance of freedom on the internet? At the moment it seems like Obama is considering raising the tax rates of wealthy people, he is planning to cut the debt by $3.1 billion over the next decade, by raising the taxes.

Read more: http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/09/21/obama-tax-plan-would-buffett-rule-kill-jobs/#ixzz1YazaIhXd

    * What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")?

They are planning to block access to sites that has material that has adult content and illigal sites such as child sexual abuse on a black list provided by Interpol. 

    * What place does censorship have in a democracy?

Censorship contradicts the elements of a democracy. The freedom of knowledge and learning is a important element of democracy and people have the right to self-censor and manage their children exposure to the internet personally.

* When will the NBN get to your place?   What are the benefits?

in the FAQ section on the iinet website, it states that the internet coverage provided by the NBN will be 12 times faster than the ADSL 2+ now offered - http://www.iinet.net.au/nbn/nbn-coverage.html. The website also has a map to record which areas have been activated, and when it is coming to certain areas:
QLD

location	status	activity	customer ready	comments
Townsville		active		Map
Brisbane (inner Nth)		proposed
Springfield Lakes		proposed
Toowoomba		proposed

Week 9 - Response to content

Week 8 Tutorial task

Progress on our group assigment, Video:
The Final Result:

(my face is hilarious!)

We own this video, we made it by our self and havent used any other's pictures, the music and the photos thats not ours is from ivideo, the editing program we used to edit our video.

Week 8 - Response to Content

Whats the difference between Open software and Free software?

The term "free software" was coined by Richard Stallman, and is associated with the 'Free software oundation'. The term "open source" was coined by Eric Raymond and is advocated by him and other people at the 'Open source Initiative'. However, "Open software" and "Free software" are the same it just changed name to Open software to not cause any confusion about it being "free" and not cheap, that it is free and you can change the programming codes.

Week 7 Tutorial Task

Prosess 

My group has decided to make a movie about communication technologies and when we use them. Originally we were supposed to make up a ‘fake’ person and see how easy it is to fool people on the internet about who you really are, but we soon found out that it required more time than planned. So we settled with plan B. In our progress we have started filming and editing so hopefully our movie is ready soon.

Week 7 - Response to content

Wikipedia is useful for basic information that you can further research on. It’s a great place to begin your research.

I have edited Wikipedia before it’s about 6 years ago, back when anyone could write anything on Wikipedia. I and my friends made a wiki page about our friend Kim. It was something along those lines of “Kim is a lonely creature who lives in an apartment above Coop Mega. Kim’s main nutrition is Nutella and spagballs”. Great fun for everyone involved. It was taken down after about a month. Now the average person can’t change anything on Wikipedia unless you they have permission like a certificate.

Facebook works because everyone uses it. It has become like a daily newspaper where you see news and storylines about your friends, family and acquaintances. It’s an easy way to communicate with people, send messages and be up to date on what other people are doing. It works because people are curious about other people in their lives.

In order for me to delete my Facebook, would be if everybody else I knew deleted theirs.

Week 6 Tutorial Task

1. Windows Live Movie Maker

To import files from wherever you just upload them to t your computer and go into Movie Maker and click on “Drag videos and photos here or click to browse for them”, then you choose a file or an image to drag into the Movie maker. To edit the time of pictures to longer or shorter time you click “video tools” and adjust “duration”. To transition images, you go to the Animations tab and choose a transition that you want.

2. Copyright

To avoid copyright violation, make sure you acknowledge the person that has the copyrights.  To do so is simple, just put the source on the end of your movie or under the picture whichever is appropriate.

3. Defamation

Defamation of character can do serious harm to a business, product or service, group, organization, and even race. In a general sense, defamation of character refers mainly to a written statement or claim or broadcast made against another that creates a negative image. These statements or claims may be considered factual or true, but are still treated as a crime.

Those who commit defamation of character usually consist of competitors, former disgruntled employees, and dissatisfied customers. These are the most common. However, there are also people out there who do it just to get a kick out of it.