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CIS 2 Computers and the Internet in Society

Fall 2015

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A critical examination of the capabilities and uses of the Internet, computers and cellular communications, and how they are changing business, law, politics, health, education, entertainment, and society.

1. Introductions – Computers and Society Websites

http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/effects-computers-society-103945

Topic: What are the effects of computers on society?

Question: If Internet is a society, should we use a real-name system everywhere in this society?

https://www.allfreepapers.com/Book-Reports/In-The-Insufficiency-Of-Honesty-By-Stephen-Carter/26645.html (Best)

The article “The Insufficiency of Honesty” by Stephen Carter, talks about integrity and honesty. In this article Carter thinks integrity needs people reach a moral level; it could cause conflict but has to be solved. We can trust a person who has integrity. He says that people can’t have integrity without being honest, but they can be honest with a little integrity. He also says that can be honest with selfishness. Honesty and integrity is different because honesty should be admire when we tell the truth with risk; but integrity can let us keep the secret to prevent hurt others. He explains that people can be honesty without integrity, which is fake honesty and immoral. Sometimes people being honest are because they want to transfer their pain.  People can absolve themselves because of self-interest. Dishonesty and honesty are very depending on personal interpretation. In a word, completely being honest is not necessary; telling the truth or telling a lie both can hurt other people.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/

This is a famous online volunteer website. People can take any kind of service here. This website use these data to research things.

2. Privacy and Freedom of Speech

https://twitter.com/awkwardposts

That Awkward Moment

This is a pretty interesting blog. There are so many awkward things on video to show us on this blog. It makes people happy. If some day you feel upset, follow the blog and see what are the interesting things happen in the world.                

http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/ci/31/i07/html/07legal.html (Best)        

Computers and privacy don’t mix

This article talks about how to keep the right to privacy in company for both employee and employer. 

Is that possible to have same level privacy between employee and employer in a company?

In the article, Eric said: Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the individual to know company policies, and individuals should not rely on their companies to take an active educational approach. The best advice is to be smart and protect yourself. Your professional life may depend on it.

This is important because we should protect our privacy to insure everyone are in the same level privacy.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/04/opinion/mccartney-college-students-free-speech/

Title: Is free speech at risk at our universities?

Freedom of speech is the foundation of democracy. This article talks about more and more college students are losing ability with disagreement. It also told people what to do with this issue.

3. Intellectual Property

https://uk.marsh.com/Insights/FeaturedContent/The2011IntellectualPropertySurveyReport.aspx The 2011 Intellectual Property Survey Report

This report is produced by Liberty International Underwriters and Marsh. From the view of business leaders' side, we can see how they access to intellectual property and how they regard it as a source of risk. It is clear to know from the report that no matter what size the companies are, they all protect IP rights and view it as an incentive to innovation with increasing importance. 

 http://haacked.com/archive/2006/01/26/WhoOwnstheCopyrightforAnOpenSourceProject.aspx/ (Best)  

Who Owns the Copy Right for An Open Source Project 

Description: This article use fun language to help readers understand open rights for open source and public domain. It is easy to understand, especially for this kind of law and licensing. However, this article was written in 2013, years passed and I'm not sure wether there are any changes in law in this area. 

http://thesheaf.com/2012/03/29/is-digital-technology-making-art-better-or-worse-computers-help-us-create-art-maybe-a-little-too-much/  Is digital technology making art better or worse?  

When I hear the word "art", I may probably think of a great painting. Those oil paintings value a lot, but I seldom hear a computer drawing would have great value. Probably it is because make art to tell their own stories, as this article says, but digital art is less able to say about the artists themselves.  

4. Crime

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-five-computer-crimes-protect/ (Best)

This article talks about five computer crimes. There were Identity Theft; Cyberstalking; Child Pornography; Spam and Malware. In the end of the article author said: "The Internet’s not a place without crime, but it’s also not a place where you’re helpless." We should always be ready to protect us on internet; learning some skills would also be helpful.

My question is how does the spam recognition system work? Most of time it's really helpful, but sometimes some important e-mail would go to my junk box.

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/1.2.html#subj1

This article list four example about accident which caused by computer or program issue. Article said constructive alternatives are at the heart of reducing risks, and it is more important than criticize others.

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/best-productivity-apps/?utm_content=buffer42626&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This is a nice article. It tells us 18 apps which are pretty helpful in life, and most of them are rarely known by people.

5. Employment, Education and Entertainment

http://wikieducator.org/Creativity_and_the_Teaching_of_Music_and_Dance

This article talks about  teaching of music and dance and creativity .I would be the creative person, the creative process, and the creative product. I feel like those three flow into one. A creative person goes through the creative process to make a creative product.

https://www.boundless.com/business/

I chose this because I like the business. This Open Textbook uses quite a bit of visual aids, which ties into the last assignment for this class that had to do with accessibility. I would use a book like this only if my teacher required it. and lot of lesson have been already help me a lot!

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BOSE/DBASSE_071097 (Best)

This website has a group of links that have reports on STEM education in the US, its goals, and how to go about them.

And I realize that they all talk about K-12, I couldn't find much specifically K-8, even when specifically searching for it. 

Also a large amount of the stuff i found was things like this something that i really interest in that way.

6. Mid Term Project - Grand Challenges

Challenge: Make Solar Energy Economical 

NAE Grand Challenges for Engineers (Best)    

http://www.ohio.edu/people/bayless/me101/NAE%20Grand%20Challenges%20for%20Engineers.pdf  

Description: This research article explains the importance of solar energy, because it is substantial, worldwide, and environmental friendly. The main focus of engineers to make it economically competitive, is to improve its efficiency of the cells and lower their manufacturing costs.  

The Economic Problem With Solar Power; And The Solutions 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/04/22/the-economic-problem-with-solar-power-and-the-solution/  

Description: This article written by Tim Worstall is a commend on an argument between Noah Smith and Koch brothers that he believes the brothers are right about the solar energy problem, which is certain fixed cost to the existence of the grid. He also pointed out maintaining the power grid and store energy for cloudy days could make solar energy more effective.  

Making Solar Energy Economical 

http://www.ni.com/newsletter/51760/en/

Description: This article is more like a combination talking about both problems the above two articles mention. Moreover, it provides more "economical" information, like cost per Watt, percentage of use, etc, to make to article more reliable. 

Discussion Question: California is a place with great solar energy, how do you think companies, factories, and people are using solar energy? Do yo think it is popular and easy to use? 

7. Evaluating and Controlling Technology

http://www.math.com/ (Best)

I choose this website because i think the math can be solved by any problem if u do it on the right way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0VzUigrb_g

If u really want to work with your coworker 

without the passion or creation wont be success,.

https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/2012/07/03/an-article-about-authentication/ (keyword: authentication)

Positives:

I found this article to be somewhat informative. if u want to get an authentication u have to try the law way to get this. and everything will be smoooth, 

and i also like to how it showed a new approach to knowledge sharing about knowing this authentication.

Negatives

if we don't know anything about the authentication we will get to be take the advantage by others.

8. Risks, Failures and Responsibilites

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/why-health-care-tech-is-still-so-bad.html?_r=0  (Best)

Why Health Care Tech Is Still So Bad

Responsibilities: 

http://www.me.utexas.edu/~srdesign/paper/ 

"Professional Responsibility: The Role of Engineering in Society" is an argumentative essay discusses about the social responsibilities for professionals such as engineers and scientists, because some think there is not existence of societal interests, while some think the practice of engineering has an inherent impact on society. 

Ethics: 

http://managementhelp.org/businessethics/#anchor1419177

This website provides lots of information about business ethics and social responsibilities. Take a look at one of the articles, such as Managing Ethics in the Workplace, you will find some practical guidelines for you how to deal with such problems at work. 

9. Anytime, Anywhere

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2014/02/12/can-paypal-beat-apple-google-amazon-and-icahn-in-the-wallet-wars/  

Description: This article explains The Wallet Wars between Paypal and other mobile digital wallets. It provides some datas about mobile payment for recent years and shows its trends. It has a lots of information about different digital wallets, however, it can compare and analysis paypal and draw to a conclusion whether it can win the war or how to win the war.

+ compare paypal with other mobile digital wallets

+ present datas of mobile payment research

+ list familiar companies that have joined and will join the wallet war

+ analysis reality and challenges nowadays that mobile digital wallets face

- I hope to see a formal explanation about The Wallet Wars as the title states and what are paypal's advantages/disadvantages in the war 

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/on-david-marcus-and-facebook/  

Description: This article provides effective background information about the reason why Facebook and Paypal work together.

+ provide story background about the cooperation of Facebook and Paypal

+ compare Facebook with other social media like What'sApp 

+ datas show

- I would like to see the possible outcome of their cooperation

- I would like to see more supportive resource to the topic "why"  

http://www.politifact.com/ (Best) 

Description: This organized politics website engage people to take part in political life by making things easier to understand, using icons and well designed elements to be attractive.

+ creative icon showing readers survey report

+ "Obameter" statics shows the promises that President Obama have made

+ has many political topics that users can leave comments and concerns, then gather users' opinion to show percentage

+ well organized website 

+ provide detailed background information about each topic and ruling   

10. Technology Advances, Social Trends

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-future-of-computer-intelligence-is-everything-but-artificial/ (Best)

The Future of Computer Intelligence is Everything but Artificial

I found this article interesting because it tells the truth that computer is smart in its own ways, it can executive orders accurately but it lacks of creativity and flexibility, unlike human. In four aspects, which are information retrieval, robotics, machine learning, and better brains, the article presents to readers that computing machines are rising. However, I found this article can be developed with more actual examples, pictures, and datas to let readers understand the trends of computer development. Then it will be more reliable.  

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-06-09/the-future-of-computers-is-the-mind-of-a-toddler  

Instead, this article, The Future of Computers is the Mind of a Toddler, is a bit more attractive. Its language is humous, and the examples are easy to understand and help to learn this computer trend for people who have not much knowledge about this area.  

 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-in-2050-2014-6?op=1  

15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050

Factors & expectations: 

* Between 1990 and 2012, the number of under-5 child deaths went from 90 deaths per 1,000 live births to 48 deaths per 1,000 live births,according to a 2013 report from UNICEF.

* Researchers are confident that within 20 years they can design a vaccine to stop the spread of HIV, which currently kills anywhere from 1.5 million to 2 million people per year.

* Already 700 million fewer people lived in extreme poverty in 2010 than they did in 1990, and the rate of improvement has also slowly increased since the turn of the century.

* Extreme poverty was defined as $1 day in 1990 but was redefined as $1.25 a day in 2008.

* If the lagging countries can maintain a sustainable higher growth path, the global poverty ratio will fall from about 21% in 2005 to less than 2.5% in 2050, and the number of people living in absolute poverty will decline by another billion, according to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organizations.

* In the U.S., driverless cars could result annually in 4.95 million fewer accidents, 30,000 fewer deaths, and 4.8 billion fewer commuting hours. They will also save Americans $500 billion per year in costs of car accidents, fuel, and lost productivity, according to the Milken Institute.

* Warfare associated with the Arab Spring has led Hegre to raise his prediction of the percentage of countries expected to be involved in internal armed conflict in 2050, from 5% to 7%, according to Apollon.

I like this article because it really present very detailed datas, factors and examples for readers to make readers believe and except what it says will happen in the year of 2050, because it's reliable. It divides into many sections that technology development will contribute to, such as child mortality, cures to diseases, poverty, artificial intelligence, renewable energy resources, gender equality, use of artificial body parts, etc.