User:Tientien.11299

Tien Tran
Employer:	De Anza College
Nationality:	30px Viet Nam
Country:	30px Viet Nam

1.TOPIC: Introduction

https://schoolonwheels.org/volunteer/ (from Discussion 1. TOPIC: Online Community Service)

This website is online tutoring that helps students with their school work. The volunteers have to apply for training and also have to attend for the 45min orientation before they start their job. The volunteers will tutor one-on-one online and using videos, audios, as well as sharing whiteboards as teaching tools to help them teaching other people. People that get benefits from this service will be students that are homeless.

https://itstillworks.com/effect-computer-technology-education-1607.html (from Discussion 1. TOPIC: Computers and Society Websites)

The article is about how computers affect on education. It has many positive effects such as encouraging students to take online classes, help students to research information faster, have access to different learning tools, etc. However, it still has a negative side in which students will be distracted from using the computer easily such as texting in class, using social media while studying, and more.

For this topic, I think the second article would be better since it is more related to the topic. Also, due to the development of technology and how we apply it to education, I think it is very important to know its pros and cons, especially when we need online classes during the covid-19 like this.

2. TOPIC: Privacy and Freedom of Speech

https://privacyrights.org/consumer-guides/securing-your-computer-maintain-your-privacy (from Discussion 2. TOPIC: Privacy and Personal Information)

This article is about securing your computer to maintain your privacy. There are some solutions that we can do to protect ourselves in the online world. Some of the ways are having stronger passwords, have firewalls, have anti-virus software, update the operating system regularly and more, which is very helpful and quite easy to do. However, at the same time, it makes me think that doing all of those things can guarantee us to protect personal information or not since hackers with great skills could break firewalls easily.

https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/primers/free-expression-on-social-media/ (from Discussion 2. TOPIC: Privacy and Freedom of Speech keywords)

This article is about people can have different expressions on social media. They can post or comment on whatever they want. Since it is an online world, they do not care what they are saying and how it could affect other people in which freedom of speech on social media is just becoming worse. However, since its getting worse, people now can sue those who are making hate speeches that insult others.

For this topic, the first one is better because it does not only explain why and how to secure your computer but also gives out some solutions that you could do to protect your personal information better.

3. TOPIC: Intellectual Property

https://www.agora-gallery.com/advice/blog/2017/08/03/art-copyright-protecting-your-work/ (from Discussion 3. TOPIC: Art and Computers)

The article talked about how can you protect your artwork. Unlike traditional ways of making art such as painting and drawing, since the world is developing, digital arts become more popular with the population, too. Since it is published on the Internet, it is just so easy for anyone to use the image without credit or pretend to be the real owner of that image. When people do that, it is pretty much the same as they steal actual artwork that is displayed in the museum.

https://www.mlrpc.com/articles/companies-share-intellectual-property-mutual-benefit/ (from Discussion 3. TOPIC: Intellectual Property keywords)

Sharing: the article talked about companies share intellectual property for mutual benefits. They decide to work together so the businesses would grow bigger and develop faster.

For this topic, the first article has a clearer explanation of the digital arts and how the artists can protect their work as property since it is easier to for people to steal a digital artwork than a physical one.

4. TOPIC: Crime

https://www.statista.com/topics/2588/us-consumers-and-cyber-crime/ (from Discussion 4. TOPIC: Computers and Crime )

This article shows the statistic of the U.S consumers and cybercrimes. Due to the increase of Internet users, there are more cybercrimes such as stealing information, get access to social media account, and more. Even though companies were trying to upgrade their security to protect consumer's information, however, hackers can still get access to the account and it's pretty difficult to prevent since mostly everyone have access to the Internet or electrical devices nowadays.

https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/20/apple-army-hackers-tech-security-cx_ag_1221army.html#2bab1d175974 (from Discussion 4. TOPIC: Risks Forum)

This article is about how an army is trying to use Macs to prevent hacking. Since there are fewer attacks that aimed at Macs, therefore they decide to use Macs to the military's computer mix so it would be more difficult to hack.

For this topic, the first article is better because it is more related to the topic and demonstrates on how hackers can get the customer's information due to the fact that most everyone has access to the Internet.

5. TOPIC: Employment, Education, and Entertainment

https://www.w3.org/WAI/tips/writing/ (from Discussion 5. TOPIC: Assistive Technology)

This article is about writing web content that is more accessible to people with disabilities. They provide some tips that are good practice. I think it is a useful website to practice.

https://marketinginsidergroup.com/content-marketing/why-social-media-is-important-for-business-marketing/ (from Discussion 5. TOPIC: Business and Social Media)

This article discussed why social media is important for business marketing. It demonstrates that having social media, it helps the viewers to recognize and aware of the business, as well as creating a closer relationship between the business and customers. I think social media is necessary for business because of the development of technology. It is a common thing nowadays where everyone has access to the Internet and go on social media a lot, so it would be a great way to advertise the business to the viewers, and help them to remember and reach out to that business easier.

For this topic, the second article is better because it explains why social media is important for business marketing. Also, it demonstrates of why a business should have social media to improve on its businesses.

6. TOPIC: Midtern project - Grand Challenges

https://scitechdaily.com/turning-co2-into-fuels-plastics-and-other-valuable-products/

This article talked about how researchers at Standford and SLAC finding ways to convert CO2 into chemical feedstocks and fuels, turning potent greenhouse gas into valuable products. So they were working on developing technologies that use renewable energy to convert CO2 from industrial emissions into carbon-based products. This process requires a copper-based catalyst but it can produce numerous products, and it costs to separate the one you want. So they are still finding new catalysts that able to guide the reaction toward making only the desired product.

https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/05/29/co2-utilization-profits/

This article listed some companies that are turning CO2 into profits and try to reduce the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. There are a variety of ways that they can do to remove CO2 from the atmosphere but the problem is that it will cost a lot for those solutions. Also, they can turn CO2 into chemicals, fuel and energy, carbon materials and other promising products.

7. TOPIC: Evaluating and Controlling Technology

https://www.thesaurus.com/ (from Discussion 7. TOPIC: Great Technologies)

The main purpose of the website is to help people finding the synonym or acronym of any words. Also, it would tell you the definition of the word if you need to know the meaning of the word. It is a very useful tool to use for students when they need to write a formal essay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhrB5ZZXnjM&list=PL7nxXm4_HZtsOdMttEfaRdyEZKUzx2gw9 (from Discussion 7. TOPIC: Computers and Society video)

The video shows how the world would change due to the development of the Internet and how it affects people's lives. It is very important because mostly everyone is now has accessed to the Internet and it keeps changing the way we live. So from the clip, we can partially see how our future would look like because of the Internet.

For this topic, I think the second one is better since it is more related to the topic. Also, it clearly illustrates for us how our life would get affected by the development of the Internet, as well as depicting a future that people cannot live without it.

8. TOPIC: Risks, Failures, and Responsibilities

https://www.microhealthllc.com/top-ten-computer-related-health-problems/ (from Discussion 8. TOPIC: Health Impacts of Computer Use)

This article shows how using a computer could affect your health in a negative way. Using it in a long period of time could lead to vision problems, headaches, sleeping problems and more.

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/10-ways-computers-are-used-in-medicine (from Discussion 8. TOPIC: Medicine and Computers)

This article indicates 10 ways computers are used in medicine such as storage medical database, having electrical medical health reports, etc.

For this topic, the first article is better because due to the amount of time spent on the computer, it will affect a lot to the user's health.

9. TOPIC: Anytime, Anywhere

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-moocs-31030 (from Discussion 9. TOPIC: Smartphones)

The article talks about what MOOCs are and also demonstrates its pros and cons. I think it is a great idea to have MOOCs, especially for people who live very far away but still want to learn something new. I have never been in a MOOCs course before, so I wonder if the course would be effective and all people would have an opportunity to learn. Also, how can we know if it is not a scam?

https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_wang_how_china_is_changing_the_future_of_shopping/transcript (from Discussion 9. TOPIC: Social Innovation)

This video talks about how China is changing the future of shopping. The technology company Alibaba plays an important role in Chinese society since it controls most of the e-commercial where the company would advertise every product online and it makes shopping becoming much easier for people. They also own large digital contents including games, online movies, travel information and more.

For this topic, the first article is better because MOOCs are very essential nowadays. Also, it is more convenient for everyone to use since it is online.

10. TOPIC: Technology Advances, Social Trends

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/10/31/should-we-be-afraid-of-ai/#3eb22c944331 (from Discussion 10. TOPIC: Future of Computers)

This article talks about the different aspects of fear that many have when it comes to the advancement of artificial intelligence. The only real consolation that the article gives to the reader is that the path to the greatest fear of many, which is artificial general intelligence, is still quite long.

https://hackernoon.com/top-10-future-technologies-a88ee54c3d4c

This article discusses a few different things that are coming in the future for us and one of them discussed is AI.

For this topic, the first article is better because it is more related to the topic. Also, due to the development of technology, we start to have a fear about AI that it might take control of humans.