Unit 4 Computers, People, and Social Participation

1. Alicia Gonzales, Zachary Henry, Amir Hussain, Heather Jacob, and Danielle Johnson Unit 4Computers, People, and SocialParticipation

2. Article 13Is Google Making us Stupid? • What the internet is doing to our brains.. • The internet is chipping away the capacity for concentration and contemplation. • Reading is becoming harder and harder • Not staying focused-drifting concentration • Some have quit reading all together • Altered mental habits • Not thinking straight or normal • Spending more and more time online • Surfing, searching, and networking on the internet

3. Google continued…. • People are running to Google to find information • Reading the first few pages or skimming and article to get information. • Deep reading has become a struggle • Quick clicks on hyperlinks • Universal medium for information • All information flowing through eyes and ears and into the mind comes from the internet

4. Questions • Multiple Choice: • Google headquarters or Googleplex is located where? • Indianapolis, Indiana • Mountain View, California • Wilmington, North Carolina • Chicago, Illinois • T/F • Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

5. Article 14The End of Solitude • Solitude is slowly starting to fade away • More and more people feel like they need to be seen or heard at all times • The way celebrities are portrayed is playing a key in why people feel so self-centered • The current generations experience of being alone means being bored and no one likes that

6. Facebook and Twitter continue to grow rapidly as a way to connect with people • By losing solitude you lose your self-examination and what was supposed to be placed at the center of life by the Puritans • Universities today try to do everything to keep their students busy and not alone so they do not do some kind of self-destruction to themselves or others

7. T/F Facebook and Twitter are in steady growth and are predicted to keep growing in the future? • Which people brought Solitude with them when they traveled? • A. Romans • B. Puritans • C. Greeks • D. Spanish

8. Article 15 Girl Power • Ashley Qualls: WhateverLife.com17 year old, living in Detroit, father passedAt age 9 learned HTML

9. Girl Power • Whateverlife.com: web layout for MySpacestarted from high schoolSigned with Google AdSense :1st check $50, 2nd over $2500. now makes $70,000 month

10. Girl Power • Emancipation at age 17: control her moneySupports her family, expense needs approvalShe moves to cell phone layouts and other ideasNever sold her company: offered Millions of dollars"She wants to see how far she can make it"

11. Article 16Bloggers Against Torture • Technology - cell phones with cameras in them and online blogs - have blown wide open the world of abuse and torture in countries like Egypt. Blogs are being used more and more in developing countries as an advocacy tool and as an alternate source of news. The people of Egypt have tolerated torture and abuse by the police for years. The police use these tactics as a show of power, strength, and bravado. The bloggers are using their technology to bring these atrocities to light and let the rest of the world see what is happening in Egypt.

12. Blogging has become an outlet for voiceless masses to speak out and be heard across the globe. In a male-dominated society, women have been able to use this technology to their advantage and now have an outlet for voicing their opinions. Bloggers get under the skin of the authorities by using their forums to back people trying to change the status quo. Blogging has emerged as an extension of existing popular movements. However, the bloggers are taking huge risks. Many have themselves become the subjects of arrest and torture for voicing their opinions.

13. The Egyptian government has grown wary of their citizens' use of the Internet. For most people, Internet cafes are the only way they can get online. The government gives the owners of these establishments lists of people who are not permitted to get on line and cafe-goers are not permitted to go to politically or sexually oriented sites. State security officers routinely follow, harass and intimidate active political bloggers.

14. What impact are these few Egyptian bloggers having? Could they really change a nation? Did these bloggers help to whip the Egyptian people into the frenzy that we're now seeing on the news? They are affecting popular opinion in other Arab nations like Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen. Surrounding countries are watching anxiously to see what happens next in Egypt. Bloggers and tweeters have been such a threat that President Mubarak shut down all access to the Internet during the riots over the last few days. Blogs seem to be a new, powerful tool in helping oppressed people organize and stand up against their oppressors and bring the rest of the world into the mix by opening once-closed doors and giving the rest of the world a wake up call in exposing the corruption and violence that they've been forced to live with for far too long in silence.

15. Article 18: The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics. • What is Nike? * Sensor System that allows runners to attach a small sensor to their shoes * It connects to your iPod which allows it to be synced to the Nike + website and get a visual of the completed workout * Consist of 3 Parts -Accelerometer-detects foot placement up/off ground -Transmitter- Sends info to receiver -The Battery

16. Nike continued… • How Nike Works * Once the sensor has been place on the shoe, just by pressing start on your iPod you can monitor your every step *You can set the amount of miles you would like you run, once you press start it will begin calculating *The system is set up to tell you your speed, how far you’ve traveled, how far you need to go *Allows you to create goals and forward them to friends for their support *One thing it lacks is GPS, you will have to manually track your routes on the Nike+ website

17. Question 1: • What Company did Nike team up with to create the Nike+ experiment? • a) Sony • b) Samsung • c) Apple • d) Hewlett Packard • (answer is C) • Question 2: • True or False? The Nike+ experiment does have a GPS system build in it. • (answer is False)