Find a product involving computer technology for the following areas: entertainment, publishing, medicine, airlines, and science. Post a link to the product’s home page on your blog.
Entertainment:
http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/
Publishing:
Medicine:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/xrays.html
Airlines:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-06-05-bodyscan_N.htm
Science:
http://www.labx.com/v2/spiderdealer2/vistaSearchDetails.cfm?LVid=6639752
(for lab equipment)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
pg. 337 Questions (for October 8th, 2009)
1) What is SMS?
SMS is practically texting from one phone to another or to a database.
2) How is it used in Kenya?
In Kenya, SMS is used to help figure out and record info on the children with malnutrition. This is just a more efficient way of recording the data because there are so many children there who are getting their records down for malnutrition and I don't think they want any errors in their data, especially when it's being recorded. This makes it easier for them and helps the "patients" who really need special attention right away.
3) Social and Ethical issues:
Reliability: If the person who records the data makes a mistake when recording it, well that just won't be good. Also, what if the connection doesn't work where the people are at? That'll just cause more problems.
Privacy and Anonimity: Just the fact that the information is being sent through a phone doesn't make it seem too professional. Not that it isn't, but doesn't it mean that it goes through some kind of process to get sent somewhere? And when that happens, isn't there a "copy" saved? If not, can't other people read them? (not other normal people, but people who work with these things).
4) How can this be used in education?
This would actually be a very good use for educational purposes. A teacher can even assign homework and easily send SMS to their students. If a student wants to ask their teacher a question, that can easily be done at any time, anywhere. And I'm sure there are other advantages to using SMS in school, but I just don't know of all of them.
SMS is practically texting from one phone to another or to a database.
2) How is it used in Kenya?
In Kenya, SMS is used to help figure out and record info on the children with malnutrition. This is just a more efficient way of recording the data because there are so many children there who are getting their records down for malnutrition and I don't think they want any errors in their data, especially when it's being recorded. This makes it easier for them and helps the "patients" who really need special attention right away.
3) Social and Ethical issues:
Reliability: If the person who records the data makes a mistake when recording it, well that just won't be good. Also, what if the connection doesn't work where the people are at? That'll just cause more problems.
Privacy and Anonimity: Just the fact that the information is being sent through a phone doesn't make it seem too professional. Not that it isn't, but doesn't it mean that it goes through some kind of process to get sent somewhere? And when that happens, isn't there a "copy" saved? If not, can't other people read them? (not other normal people, but people who work with these things).
4) How can this be used in education?
This would actually be a very good use for educational purposes. A teacher can even assign homework and easily send SMS to their students. If a student wants to ask their teacher a question, that can easily be done at any time, anywhere. And I'm sure there are other advantages to using SMS in school, but I just don't know of all of them.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tech Reflect and reading question (10/22/09)
1- TechReflect: Imagine you were asleep for a thousand years and suddenly woke up in this technological age. What are some things that can help you get up-to-date with using technology?
-- I would be freaked out like crazy. I would think I was on a different planet or a different country, not knowing how far apart countries are and how they've advanced in this so-called "technology". I would probably have to learn to speak the way people do nowadays because only a few would actually understand me. After that I'd have to learn how to use a computer, telephone, and all the other things that have become "necessities" for living in this age. A car would be like something we've imagined back then, but nothing we ever thought we'd actually make. It's kind of like us thinking about flying cars and not actually having them. Who knows. Or maybe it's even too "out there" for us to imagine...something totally different we haven't even thought of. I would learn to use computers and go to local libraries to research on the "past" (which to me only seemed to be yesterday) and see what's been going on, which King has fallen and who the president of the U.S. of A is. There would be so much more for me to find out and learn about the present day and how things work around here. It would be difficult but entertaining, too. :)
2- What inspired Alan Kay? What did he accomplish?
-- He became an Air Force programmer before attending college and he built one of the first microcomputers for his Ph D. project. He was a leader of Xerox team researchers. He made Macintosh and 12 years after being at Apple, he made a graphical programming tool for children called Squeak. His inspiration may have been children altogether. He says, "start with end users, usually children, and try to think about the kinds of experiences that would help them grow in different ways." So, he might have just wanted to make technology fun for children so they can learn and grow.
-- I would be freaked out like crazy. I would think I was on a different planet or a different country, not knowing how far apart countries are and how they've advanced in this so-called "technology". I would probably have to learn to speak the way people do nowadays because only a few would actually understand me. After that I'd have to learn how to use a computer, telephone, and all the other things that have become "necessities" for living in this age. A car would be like something we've imagined back then, but nothing we ever thought we'd actually make. It's kind of like us thinking about flying cars and not actually having them. Who knows. Or maybe it's even too "out there" for us to imagine...something totally different we haven't even thought of. I would learn to use computers and go to local libraries to research on the "past" (which to me only seemed to be yesterday) and see what's been going on, which King has fallen and who the president of the U.S. of A is. There would be so much more for me to find out and learn about the present day and how things work around here. It would be difficult but entertaining, too. :)
2- What inspired Alan Kay? What did he accomplish?
-- He became an Air Force programmer before attending college and he built one of the first microcomputers for his Ph D. project. He was a leader of Xerox team researchers. He made Macintosh and 12 years after being at Apple, he made a graphical programming tool for children called Squeak. His inspiration may have been children altogether. He says, "start with end users, usually children, and try to think about the kinds of experiences that would help them grow in different ways." So, he might have just wanted to make technology fun for children so they can learn and grow.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tech Reflect: 10/21/09
Tech Reflect:
a-Do you think educational games are good ways for students to learn in schools? Give examples that support your arguments.
I think educational games are a great way for students to learn in school. It's a fun way to get them to think and learn things even without them knowing. There are math games, spelling games and even if you come to think about it, there are a lot of other games that are just for skill and strategy. For exmaple, there are game with problem solving but not even in a mathematical sense. Like a maze, for example, or even snake. They allow you to find new ways of solving the problems or not biting your own tail. Also memory games help. All kinds of games can help, it just depends on what the main thing behind it is. What do they help you learn?
b- What about other games, such as this one?
Yes, this game can also help. It's not just a "for fun" game. It helps you think "outside the box". There are ways you can get to the flag, but you have to use your own strategies to see how you can get "around it" or get to it in a way where you won't "die". This helps with critical thinking and other such things, like finding new ways to get to a certain goal or a certain conclusion. It's a "hidden" benefit, but it sure does help. :)
a-Do you think educational games are good ways for students to learn in schools? Give examples that support your arguments.
I think educational games are a great way for students to learn in school. It's a fun way to get them to think and learn things even without them knowing. There are math games, spelling games and even if you come to think about it, there are a lot of other games that are just for skill and strategy. For exmaple, there are game with problem solving but not even in a mathematical sense. Like a maze, for example, or even snake. They allow you to find new ways of solving the problems or not biting your own tail. Also memory games help. All kinds of games can help, it just depends on what the main thing behind it is. What do they help you learn?
b- What about other games, such as this one?
Yes, this game can also help. It's not just a "for fun" game. It helps you think "outside the box". There are ways you can get to the flag, but you have to use your own strategies to see how you can get "around it" or get to it in a way where you won't "die". This helps with critical thinking and other such things, like finding new ways to get to a certain goal or a certain conclusion. It's a "hidden" benefit, but it sure does help. :)
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Key Terms and Review (10/15/09)
Key terms:
URL— Uniform Resource Locator: The address of a Web site.
Domain-- A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as .com, .gov, or .net.
Network server-- A server that is a software designed to provide services to clients.
USB drives-- A portable storage device that stores data in flash memory and connects to a computer through a USB port.
Review:
1- Write the URL for your blog.
http://itgsfutureblog.blogspot.com/
2- What is a domain? Where does it appear in the URL?
A domain is the end of a website such as .com or .net or .gov and so on.
3- What is Boolean logic? How can you use it to find a passage of Beowulf in Old English?
You’d have to put AND or AND NOT in between words to search certain things in a wide topic. ex: Beowulf AND old english AND NOT viking history.
4- How is using the search engine helpful in different classes? Math? Arabic?
You can search things up from different countries that speak the language or you can search things under certain domains and different locations to get what you're looking for whether it's for studying Math or the Arabic language.
5- What is the purpose of a network server?
They share data, programs and other things. They store files and give access to the internet.
6- Pros and cons of USB drives?
+ --> When your computer is down, you can still save files and use it on other computers.
- --> It can crash and you can lose your files.
URL— Uniform Resource Locator: The address of a Web site.
Domain-- A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as .com, .gov, or .net.
Network server-- A server that is a software designed to provide services to clients.
USB drives-- A portable storage device that stores data in flash memory and connects to a computer through a USB port.
Review:
1- Write the URL for your blog.
http://itgsfutureblog.blogspot.com/
2- What is a domain? Where does it appear in the URL?
A domain is the end of a website such as .com or .net or .gov and so on.
3- What is Boolean logic? How can you use it to find a passage of Beowulf in Old English?
You’d have to put AND or AND NOT in between words to search certain things in a wide topic. ex: Beowulf AND old english AND NOT viking history.
4- How is using the search engine helpful in different classes? Math? Arabic?
You can search things up from different countries that speak the language or you can search things under certain domains and different locations to get what you're looking for whether it's for studying Math or the Arabic language.
5- What is the purpose of a network server?
They share data, programs and other things. They store files and give access to the internet.
6- Pros and cons of USB drives?
+ --> When your computer is down, you can still save files and use it on other computers.
- --> It can crash and you can lose your files.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Review Questions (Friday, 10/9/09)
1- Why is file compression important on the Internet?
--It makes thing easier for when people search things online. It takes words that are redundant and "marks them up" and if they appear again, then they are easily put in. It's slightly confusing.
2- What new services are available as a result of the commercialization of the Internet? What new problems are arising as a result of that commercialization?
--A lot of people are buying and selling online. This can also be a problem because if someone wants to buy something from online, they can't always be guaranteed safety (identification theft happens a lot) and they can't be guaranteed satisfaction. They can't see the product in from of them, so they don't know if other people are fooling them or if anything else is going on on the other end. People can always be dishonest...and then there are a few who are honest...even on the net. :)
3- Residents of the People’s Republic of China can have their Internet access blocked for a period of time if they attempt to access banned sites. Do you feel this is an effective way for the Chinese government to control people’s behavior on the Internet?
--I think, just like any other kind of restriction, that is not a good way to do it. There's restriction and then there's just plain idiotic restriction. You can't force your people to do a certain thing and not do another. There's a limit to how much a country can restrict their own citizens from watching or taking part in certain activities, and I believe it's not up to the government to say whether their people should or should not view certain things (unless they are COMPLETELY immoral), but even then, who's to say who can or can't do what? I just think there should be a limit to all the restrictions in certain countries. ahem ahem...
COUNTRIES AND THEIR ACCESS TO THE INTERNET:
China
Research into mainland Chinese Internet censorship has shown that censored websites included, before the 2008 Summer Olympics:
Websites related to the persecuted Falun Gong spiritual practice[11][12]
News sources that often cover some taboo topics such as police brutality, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, freedom of speech and democracy sites.[13] These sites include Voice of America, BBC News, and Yahoo! Hong Kong
Media sites which may include unregulated content, social commentary or political commentary censored by the PRC. The Chinese Wikipedia and Livejournal are examples of such blocked sites.
Sites hosted by Taiwan's government and major newspaper and television media and other sites with information on Taiwanese independence[11]
Web sites that contain obscenity, pornography, and criminal activity.[14][15]
Sites linked with the Dalai Lama and his International Tibet Independence Movement, including his teachings.[11]
"Nine Commentaries" or the nine articles that were published by theepochtimes.com that comment on the Chinese Communist Party [16]
From the above list, the websites of the Voice of America, BBC News, Yahoo! Hong Kong, and the Chinese Wikipedia are currently (17 August 2008) unblocked.
Blocked websites are indexed to a lesser degree, if at all, by some Chinese search engines, such as Baidu and Google China. This sometimes has considerable impact on search results.[17] According to a Harvard study, at least 18,000 websites are blocked from within mainland China.[18] According to The New York Times, Google has set up computer systems inside China that try to access Web sites outside the country. If a site is inaccessible, then it is added to Google China's blacklist.[19] However, once (if) unblocked, the websites will be reindexed.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is in ONI's substantial category and is on RSF's internet enemy list. Saudi Arabia directs all international Internet traffic through a proxy farm located in King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology. Content filtering is implemented there using software by Secure Computing.[30] Additionally, a number of sites are blocked according to two lists maintained by the Internet Services Unit (ISU):[31] one containing "immoral" (mostly pornographic) sites, the other based on directions from a security committee run by the Ministry of Interior (including sites critical of the Saudi government). Citizens are encouraged to actively report "immoral" sites for blocking, using a provided Web form. The legal basis for content-filtering is the resolution by Council of Ministers dated 12 February 2001.[32] According to a study carried out in 2004 by the OpenNet Initiative:
The most aggressive censorship focused on pornography, drug use, gambling, religious conversion of Muslims, and filtering circumvention tools.[30]
Cuba
Main article: Censorship in Cuba
Cuba is on ONI's watchlist and on RSF's internet enemy list. According to Reporters Without Borders, Cuba has the lowest ratio of computers per inhabitant in Latin America, and the lowest internet access ratio of all the Western hemisphere.[14] Citizens have to use government controlled "access points", where their activity is monitored through IP blocking, keyword filtering and navigation history checking. The government cites its citizens' access to internet services are limited due to high costs and the American embargo, but there are reports concerning the will of the government to control access to uncensored information both from and to the outer world.[15] The Cuban government continues to imprison independent journalists for contributing reports through the Internet to web sites outside of Cuba.[16]
Salim Lamrani, a professor at Paris Descartes University, has accused Reporters Without Borders with making unsupported and contradictory statements regarding Internet connectivity in Cuba.[17]
Brazil
Brazilian legislation restricts the freedom of expression (Paim Law), directed especially to publications considered racist (such as neo-nazi sites). The Brazilian Constitution also prohibits anonymity of journalists.
United States of America
Main article: Internet censorship in the United States
The United States of America is in ONI's nominal category and is not on RSF's internet enemy list.
Although some content is illegal and can be taken down, e.g. child pornography, there is no nationwide filtering of (foreign) content. This would be considered a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, especially since no filter is perfect and some overblocking would occur.
In 1996 the United States enacted the Communications Decency Act, which severely restricted online speech that could potentially be seen by a minor – which, it was argued, was most of online speech. Free speech advocates, however, managed to have most of the act overturned by the courts. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act criminalizes the discussion and dissemination of technology that could be used to circumvent copyright protection mechanisms, and makes it easier to act against alleged copyright infringement on the Internet. Many school districts in the United States frequently censor material deemed inappropriate for the school setting. In 2000, the U.S. Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) which requires schools and public libraries receiving federal funding to install internet filters or blocking software.[83] Congress is also considering legislation to require schools, some businesses and libraries to block access to social networking websites, The Deleting Online Predators Act. Opponents of Internet censorship argue that the free speech provisions of the First Amendment bars the government from any law or regulation that censors the Internet.[84]
A 4 January 2007 restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein forbade a large number of activists in the psychiatric survivors movement from posting links on their websites to ostensibly leaked documents which purportedly show that Eli Lilly and Company intentionally withheld information as to the lethal side-effects of Zyprexa. The Electronic Frontier Foundation appealed this as prior restraint on the right to link to and post documents, saying that citizen-journalists should have the same First Amendment rights as major media outlets.[85] It was later held that the judgement was unenforcable, though First Amendment claims were rejected.[86]
The Department of Defense filters certain IP addresses. The US military's filtering policy is laid out in a report to congress entitled Department of Defense Personnel Access to the Internet.
India
Main article: Internet censorship in India
India is in ONI's nominal category and is not on RSF's internet enemy list. As of July 2006[update] the Indian government has directed ISPs to block seventeen websites, including some hosted on the Geocities, Blogspot and Typepad domains. Initial implementation difficulties led to these domains being blocked entirely.[56][57] Access to sites on these domains other than the specifically banned ones was restored by most ISPs after about a week.[58] The first documented incident of Internet censorship in India was the Yahoo! Groups ban of 23 September 2003. Kynhun, a Yahoo! group linked to the outlawed "Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council", a minor separatist group, was ordered banned by the Department of Telecommunications. Difficulties in implementing the ban by the ISP's ultimately led to all Yahoo! groups being banned for a period of about two weeks.
Recently, Indian law enforcement has entered an agreement with the popular social networking site Orkut to track down what it deems defamatory content which, in their example, includes content critical of Bal Thackeray.[59]
India is also looking to block Google Maps due to the Mumbai attacks.
France
France is in ONI's watchlist and is not on RSF's internet enemy list. French courts demanded Yahoo! block Nazi material in the case LICRA vs. Yahoo. The case is currently[citation needed] on appeal for an en banc rehearing.
The Hadopi law, enacted in 2009, allows disconnecting from the Internet users that have been caught illegally downloading copyrighted content, or failing to secure their system again such illegal downloads; as of August 2009, this law is to be supplemented by a Hadopi2 law. The LOPPSI law, brought before Parliament in 2009, will authorize a blacklist of sites providing child pornography, established by the Ministry of the Interior, which Internet service providers will have to block.
Internet censorship in Germany is practised by some court decisions.
The Cabinet of Germany passed a federal law[1] regarding internet censorship for child pornography access and distribution in the internet on 18 June 2009.[2][3] after the first government initiative in this matter by the federal government came up in January 2009 from the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth under minister Ursula von der Leyen (hence dubbed Zensursula - a portmanteau of censorship and Ursula).[4]
The first internet censorship occurred in 1996, when the Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes banned some IP addresses from internet access[5] Most cases of internet censorship in Germany were after state court rulings.
--It makes thing easier for when people search things online. It takes words that are redundant and "marks them up" and if they appear again, then they are easily put in. It's slightly confusing.
2- What new services are available as a result of the commercialization of the Internet? What new problems are arising as a result of that commercialization?
--A lot of people are buying and selling online. This can also be a problem because if someone wants to buy something from online, they can't always be guaranteed safety (identification theft happens a lot) and they can't be guaranteed satisfaction. They can't see the product in from of them, so they don't know if other people are fooling them or if anything else is going on on the other end. People can always be dishonest...and then there are a few who are honest...even on the net. :)
3- Residents of the People’s Republic of China can have their Internet access blocked for a period of time if they attempt to access banned sites. Do you feel this is an effective way for the Chinese government to control people’s behavior on the Internet?
--I think, just like any other kind of restriction, that is not a good way to do it. There's restriction and then there's just plain idiotic restriction. You can't force your people to do a certain thing and not do another. There's a limit to how much a country can restrict their own citizens from watching or taking part in certain activities, and I believe it's not up to the government to say whether their people should or should not view certain things (unless they are COMPLETELY immoral), but even then, who's to say who can or can't do what? I just think there should be a limit to all the restrictions in certain countries. ahem ahem...
COUNTRIES AND THEIR ACCESS TO THE INTERNET:
China
Research into mainland Chinese Internet censorship has shown that censored websites included, before the 2008 Summer Olympics:
Websites related to the persecuted Falun Gong spiritual practice[11][12]
News sources that often cover some taboo topics such as police brutality, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, freedom of speech and democracy sites.[13] These sites include Voice of America, BBC News, and Yahoo! Hong Kong
Media sites which may include unregulated content, social commentary or political commentary censored by the PRC. The Chinese Wikipedia and Livejournal are examples of such blocked sites.
Sites hosted by Taiwan's government and major newspaper and television media and other sites with information on Taiwanese independence[11]
Web sites that contain obscenity, pornography, and criminal activity.[14][15]
Sites linked with the Dalai Lama and his International Tibet Independence Movement, including his teachings.[11]
"Nine Commentaries" or the nine articles that were published by theepochtimes.com that comment on the Chinese Communist Party [16]
From the above list, the websites of the Voice of America, BBC News, Yahoo! Hong Kong, and the Chinese Wikipedia are currently (17 August 2008) unblocked.
Blocked websites are indexed to a lesser degree, if at all, by some Chinese search engines, such as Baidu and Google China. This sometimes has considerable impact on search results.[17] According to a Harvard study, at least 18,000 websites are blocked from within mainland China.[18] According to The New York Times, Google has set up computer systems inside China that try to access Web sites outside the country. If a site is inaccessible, then it is added to Google China's blacklist.[19] However, once (if) unblocked, the websites will be reindexed.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is in ONI's substantial category and is on RSF's internet enemy list. Saudi Arabia directs all international Internet traffic through a proxy farm located in King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology. Content filtering is implemented there using software by Secure Computing.[30] Additionally, a number of sites are blocked according to two lists maintained by the Internet Services Unit (ISU):[31] one containing "immoral" (mostly pornographic) sites, the other based on directions from a security committee run by the Ministry of Interior (including sites critical of the Saudi government). Citizens are encouraged to actively report "immoral" sites for blocking, using a provided Web form. The legal basis for content-filtering is the resolution by Council of Ministers dated 12 February 2001.[32] According to a study carried out in 2004 by the OpenNet Initiative:
The most aggressive censorship focused on pornography, drug use, gambling, religious conversion of Muslims, and filtering circumvention tools.[30]
Cuba
Main article: Censorship in Cuba
Cuba is on ONI's watchlist and on RSF's internet enemy list. According to Reporters Without Borders, Cuba has the lowest ratio of computers per inhabitant in Latin America, and the lowest internet access ratio of all the Western hemisphere.[14] Citizens have to use government controlled "access points", where their activity is monitored through IP blocking, keyword filtering and navigation history checking. The government cites its citizens' access to internet services are limited due to high costs and the American embargo, but there are reports concerning the will of the government to control access to uncensored information both from and to the outer world.[15] The Cuban government continues to imprison independent journalists for contributing reports through the Internet to web sites outside of Cuba.[16]
Salim Lamrani, a professor at Paris Descartes University, has accused Reporters Without Borders with making unsupported and contradictory statements regarding Internet connectivity in Cuba.[17]
Brazil
Brazilian legislation restricts the freedom of expression (Paim Law), directed especially to publications considered racist (such as neo-nazi sites). The Brazilian Constitution also prohibits anonymity of journalists.
United States of America
Main article: Internet censorship in the United States
The United States of America is in ONI's nominal category and is not on RSF's internet enemy list.
Although some content is illegal and can be taken down, e.g. child pornography, there is no nationwide filtering of (foreign) content. This would be considered a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, especially since no filter is perfect and some overblocking would occur.
In 1996 the United States enacted the Communications Decency Act, which severely restricted online speech that could potentially be seen by a minor – which, it was argued, was most of online speech. Free speech advocates, however, managed to have most of the act overturned by the courts. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act criminalizes the discussion and dissemination of technology that could be used to circumvent copyright protection mechanisms, and makes it easier to act against alleged copyright infringement on the Internet. Many school districts in the United States frequently censor material deemed inappropriate for the school setting. In 2000, the U.S. Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) which requires schools and public libraries receiving federal funding to install internet filters or blocking software.[83] Congress is also considering legislation to require schools, some businesses and libraries to block access to social networking websites, The Deleting Online Predators Act. Opponents of Internet censorship argue that the free speech provisions of the First Amendment bars the government from any law or regulation that censors the Internet.[84]
A 4 January 2007 restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein forbade a large number of activists in the psychiatric survivors movement from posting links on their websites to ostensibly leaked documents which purportedly show that Eli Lilly and Company intentionally withheld information as to the lethal side-effects of Zyprexa. The Electronic Frontier Foundation appealed this as prior restraint on the right to link to and post documents, saying that citizen-journalists should have the same First Amendment rights as major media outlets.[85] It was later held that the judgement was unenforcable, though First Amendment claims were rejected.[86]
The Department of Defense filters certain IP addresses. The US military's filtering policy is laid out in a report to congress entitled Department of Defense Personnel Access to the Internet.
India
Main article: Internet censorship in India
India is in ONI's nominal category and is not on RSF's internet enemy list. As of July 2006[update] the Indian government has directed ISPs to block seventeen websites, including some hosted on the Geocities, Blogspot and Typepad domains. Initial implementation difficulties led to these domains being blocked entirely.[56][57] Access to sites on these domains other than the specifically banned ones was restored by most ISPs after about a week.[58] The first documented incident of Internet censorship in India was the Yahoo! Groups ban of 23 September 2003. Kynhun, a Yahoo! group linked to the outlawed "Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council", a minor separatist group, was ordered banned by the Department of Telecommunications. Difficulties in implementing the ban by the ISP's ultimately led to all Yahoo! groups being banned for a period of about two weeks.
Recently, Indian law enforcement has entered an agreement with the popular social networking site Orkut to track down what it deems defamatory content which, in their example, includes content critical of Bal Thackeray.[59]
India is also looking to block Google Maps due to the Mumbai attacks.
France
France is in ONI's watchlist and is not on RSF's internet enemy list. French courts demanded Yahoo! block Nazi material in the case LICRA vs. Yahoo. The case is currently[citation needed] on appeal for an en banc rehearing.
The Hadopi law, enacted in 2009, allows disconnecting from the Internet users that have been caught illegally downloading copyrighted content, or failing to secure their system again such illegal downloads; as of August 2009, this law is to be supplemented by a Hadopi2 law. The LOPPSI law, brought before Parliament in 2009, will authorize a blacklist of sites providing child pornography, established by the Ministry of the Interior, which Internet service providers will have to block.
Internet censorship in Germany is practised by some court decisions.
The Cabinet of Germany passed a federal law[1] regarding internet censorship for child pornography access and distribution in the internet on 18 June 2009.[2][3] after the first government initiative in this matter by the federal government came up in January 2009 from the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth under minister Ursula von der Leyen (hence dubbed Zensursula - a portmanteau of censorship and Ursula).[4]
The first internet censorship occurred in 1996, when the Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes banned some IP addresses from internet access[5] Most cases of internet censorship in Germany were after state court rulings.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Review Question (Wednesday 10/7)
What is Boolean logic?
-Boolean logic is a system named after George Boole, and boolean logic is used in computers and such. It is like a secret code that is used when you want to search something. Instead of using the words "Literature" when searching for a certain work that is translated, you can search with words like "Literature AND Midcentury AND NOT English" or something like that. It is more specified and then you get better results.
-Boolean logic is a system named after George Boole, and boolean logic is used in computers and such. It is like a secret code that is used when you want to search something. Instead of using the words "Literature" when searching for a certain work that is translated, you can search with words like "Literature AND Midcentury AND NOT English" or something like that. It is more specified and then you get better results.
Tech Reflect (Wednesday, October 7th)
TechReflect: How easy/difficult is it to use RSS? Find 2 online applications that display feeds. How difficult is it to use RSS (can a clue-less web browser figure out how to use it)? Post a picture of the icon used for RSS.
--RSS is something that constantly alerts subscribers (to a certain website) about changes made on their page or favorite websites and so forth.
--That way, it's much easier for subscribers to see what's new and what's updated on their blogs and such.
--It's actually quite easy to read an RSS. You need the RSS Feed Reader to make it work, though. An RSS feed reader will take you directly to an article, if that's what you're looking for, while others will just show you the actual RSS which is written in XML (Extensible Markup Language).
--If a totally clueless person wants to figure out how to use an RSS, they can get an RSS feed reader. But in a way, everyone who has already subscribed to a social network, RSS is already being used when their "friends" or "followers" have updates on their blogs/profiles.
To see a picture of an RSS icon, click on or copy the link below:
http://www.coldwellbankerbelize.com/images/rss-icon-blog.jpg
or just look at this one. =)
--RSS is something that constantly alerts subscribers (to a certain website) about changes made on their page or favorite websites and so forth.
--That way, it's much easier for subscribers to see what's new and what's updated on their blogs and such.
--It's actually quite easy to read an RSS. You need the RSS Feed Reader to make it work, though. An RSS feed reader will take you directly to an article, if that's what you're looking for, while others will just show you the actual RSS which is written in XML (Extensible Markup Language).
--If a totally clueless person wants to figure out how to use an RSS, they can get an RSS feed reader. But in a way, everyone who has already subscribed to a social network, RSS is already being used when their "friends" or "followers" have updates on their blogs/profiles.
To see a picture of an RSS icon, click on or copy the link below:
http://www.coldwellbankerbelize.com/images/rss-icon-blog.jpg
or just look at this one. =)
Monday, October 5, 2009
Technology in Schools+Wishlist
Schools have a lot of new technologies to help enhance their student's learning experiences with things such as:
-laptops for every student
-video projectors
-smartboards
-live conferences (for classes either to interact with other schools or students who miss a class)
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Wishlist:
-laptops for every student
-camcorders and other technology to help us with projects
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-laptops for every student
-video projectors
-smartboards
-live conferences (for classes either to interact with other schools or students who miss a class)
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Wishlist:
-laptops for every student
-camcorders and other technology to help us with projects
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Review Question (Oct. 2nd)
a) What do e-mail addresses and URLs have in common?
--They both have a server. An e-mail address has the @ sign and the URL is what starts at www and ends after .com or any other domain.
--They both have a server. An e-mail address has the @ sign and the URL is what starts at www and ends after .com or any other domain.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Review Questions
a) How does the type of Internet connection influence the things you can do on the internet?
--The type of Internet connect one has influences the things they can do on the Internet. If someone has slow Internet connection, that person can't get a lot done. But someone who has a high-speed Internet connection gets things done in a lot less time. It only makes sense.
b) Choose 2 areas of impact to discuss 1-2 (in total 3) social & ethical issues related to internet connections.
IT
--Education: Reliability.
When sutdents search thigns on the internet, it's not always reliable. Other people are able to post information at any given time and some of the time (if not most of the time) the information is either false, biased, or just not the full, complete, correct information.
--Education: Equality of Access
Not everyone can sign in on any page or site. Some times teachers are given more priveleges depending on the site. And the same goes for students. Students can get free access to something that other people often wouldn't be able to get access to and vise versa.
--Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: Privacy and Anonimity
Now with things like Facebook, Youtube, Yahoo, and other sites for "Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure", it's quite hard to tell whether or not your information is actually private or anonymous even when you supposedly checked the box for "private". Even then, some people can still get access to your information.
--The type of Internet connect one has influences the things they can do on the Internet. If someone has slow Internet connection, that person can't get a lot done. But someone who has a high-speed Internet connection gets things done in a lot less time. It only makes sense.
b) Choose 2 areas of impact to discuss 1-2 (in total 3) social & ethical issues related to internet connections.
IT
--Education: Reliability.
When sutdents search thigns on the internet, it's not always reliable. Other people are able to post information at any given time and some of the time (if not most of the time) the information is either false, biased, or just not the full, complete, correct information.
--Education: Equality of Access
Not everyone can sign in on any page or site. Some times teachers are given more priveleges depending on the site. And the same goes for students. Students can get free access to something that other people often wouldn't be able to get access to and vise versa.
--Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: Privacy and Anonimity
Now with things like Facebook, Youtube, Yahoo, and other sites for "Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure", it's quite hard to tell whether or not your information is actually private or anonymous even when you supposedly checked the box for "private". Even then, some people can still get access to your information.
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