Showing posts with label Technology Topics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology Topics. Show all posts

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Growing Up Online

I Wasn't impressed

Teenagers use the Internet excessively. 
They spend lots of time online. 
They are vulnerable to other dangerous people. 
People don't know what to do with their lives without the Internet
They can't spend a break without Internet. 
People lack the ability to focus. 
People lack time to read books. 
People accept many people that they don't know on MySpace
Teenagers try on new personalities to find themselves. 
Bullying happens a lot.
A mistake on the net is open to anyone. 
There are stories of sexual predators online
People that are themselves in the internet.
Parents have no idea about the internet life of their children.
The children are scared to confess their problems to their parents.


I was impressed. 

Schools that eliminated chalkboards for data projectors. 
Some teachers publish podcasts. 
Turnitin.com that fights plagiarism. 
Some teachers are looking to the meaning of cheating over again. 
Real life fights that are started from MySpace. 
People that are such cowards that they insult people through the Internet. 
Some girls are too easy to convince to sent naked pictures. 
Parents tried to intervene in students lives. 
People get popular through the people. 
The principals considered the pictures in Jessica's to be pornographic. 
The effects the internet has in people's lives, especially when there are mistake done.
A mom that is paranoid that TEENAGE BOYS will be wanting to rape their "attractive" daughters. 
A paranoid mom that asks her sons and daughers for their passwords
More "risky" situations were offline than online\
the children that go look for danger. the arrange the meeting with the predator.
Forums for anorexic people that WANT to be anorexic.

What has changed 

People using MySpace. 
People using flip phones 
People start to sext. 
iCloud was installed so there is a virtual drive. 
Security services are stronger.
Internet popularity has increased greatly.
There are portable internet smartphones in which people can access the internet and their mails everywhere, anytime.
Internet and anonymous people can cause an amplification in the suicidal minds of teenagers.
Children are raised with the basic traits of cyber citizenship
Parents support their children regardless.
there are more ways to remain anonymous
More ways to cheat, and to prevent cheating

AFTER THE MOVIE

I identified myself with the internet dependence because I use the internet every day and for a long time. The internet is addictive. You have lots to do and you can do things simultaneously. Also, with the new smartphones and wifi, you can access internet anywhere from any console.  The internet can be your haven, your hub. It shows your real identity, especially in your teenage years.

I didnt identify myself at all with the paranoid parents that require my password. My parents, however, put an internet control thingy that doesnt let me enter dangerous sites.




Friday, February 15, 2013

Design Project Day 2

This was my drawing. 

Alejandro:
+Shows perspective. Creative title
-Wheels are difficult to create. 

Daniel:
+Shows different points of view. 
-Doesn't show how the basket is going to work.

Sammy:
+Has a lever that shows the catapult's lever
-The basket's height can't be modified. 

We will use Daniel's catapult design and my hoop design.

FEEDBACK

+The design was interesting and very challenging. The catapult was creative and the scoring system innovating.
-The audience should be both girls and boys because girls want to play too. 

Le Finished Prototype



Le Wild Catapult Game



Monday, February 11, 2013

Design Project Day 1

Partners: Daniel Moreno, Sammy Fajardo

Define
The game will be for Middle- High School boys.
Medium difficulty.
Topics of success: Soccer, Explosions, War, Marksmanship, Money,

Research
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRq955hPWxM
+This game was very creative and seemed fun. The design was nice, even though it looked weak.
-The design looked weak, and I don't understand how they did it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=ttkgnVYvKus
+It was well done and the ball went in the box almost every time.
-The camerawork was horrendous and it wasn't very creative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P03PeFuywg
+It showed different machines and how to use them. They were made out of cardboar.
-The games were extremely easy

Ideation

Brainstorm Ideas.
1) A catapult/ basketball game.
2) A pinball game
3) Fusball

We chose the Catapult Game
What would make it good would be the option to choose how close the catapult is from the basket and how high the basket is. Maybe soldiers?
What would go wrong would be the basket and the weak structure. Also, making the catapult might be challenging.