When I first came into this course I thought it would be about computers and not help me in the slightest because it isn't my intended line of work. What I walked into with this course was something greater than what I had anticipated and it is a course that I am grateful for the Cabrini offers. This class has taught me not only how to properly use programs, shortcuts, and many more tips and tricks to know my way around a computer, but has opened my eyes to something I will use for the rest of my life. Because of this class and the help of my instructor and classmates, I have learned how to become a more well rounded student entirely.
Everyday we come in and do different assignments and review many different slide show presentations and videos. Yes this may be long, but it helps grow ones attention span and pick out the pertinent information when note taking. Also, the assignments their selves are very interactive and they help engage us as students as if it were homework, only we get through it as a class and the resources are there to help as we would when we all come across our professions. In addition to that we have learned how to be prompt and perfect a craft with heavy practice in what we wish to accomplish. Many skills can be taken from this class, but what I value most is the fact that the power is in our hands to make this course useful or decide to lose a great opportunity. I do not plan to lose such an opportunity to do well and succeed.

With the questions proposed to us this week, there are many controversial points that could be made. One of which is the first question which asks if robots will contribute if not already to unemployment. Given that in many factories, this type of unemployed scrip has taken place. Take for example in car factories. They used to be put together manually and though not at fast, it was still the occupation of many. Another example would be workers who ran an assembly line for products. Now that it is completely automated, the only ones who let their jobs were the ones managing the productivity of the workers. Considering now that the workers are robots, they simply watch for malfunction and keep things running smoothly as they would with human workers. The next question we were asked was what technological improvements were made in cars to this day. With the example of the BMW I it is easy to see. The car itself is a computer with its own hot spot, Bluetooth compatibility, adjustable and removable seats, luxury to the touch with mind bending technology in the engine to give it longevity and cleaner use to the environment, and of course push to start from outside of the car. There are many technical differenences from cars only 5 years ago but for general purposes, they are far more advanced. For me, my life wouldn't change much but for others, life would become a train wreck of technology were banned for a week. They rely on it too much and it isn't good or bad all of the time. And last but not least if technology were able to produce real time voice detection to alter language, that would be monumental. Monumental in the sense that universal language would truly be universal and everyone would be understood.

I personally have used a 3-D printer before, and I for one would use it again considering it was  a pretty mind blowing experience. The fact that I could give an input as to what I wish to come out, even if not the same exact dimensions as my input, and get an output that is proportionate to the T just astounds me. On top of that, the productivity of a 3-D printer is immense. If one were to need something that they did not have enough of, for example if someone needed a new toothbrush or something such as a new plate if one were to break then the printer would help out in great convenience. There are greater examples, but I wanted to stick to more common day uses for it to try to sell the idea that the 3-D printer can serve a great purpose for the every day user. With that said this creation of a 3-D printer just like everything else comes with great responsibility. Considering years to come with advances this comes with the upholding of using it for greater purposes and not illegal matters. The fact that something like this has been created still keeps me in awe and anxious to see what future inventions are to come because this is something that was only dreamed of when I was younger. This invention is amazing and I would definitely use it again.

With all that is a part being online and being a part of the virtual world of the internet, privacy is something that is vital. Vital in the sense that people do not want their personal lives tampered with, but have to trust technology with their most important pieces of information to their lives. Unfortunately, privacy is a decaying factor in being online due to people who are out to destroy others lives for personal gain. Whether it be something as harassment, false identification, or something as serious as identity theft and hacking into ones bank information, these crimes put a serious dent in what privacy is left to us online. Needless to say, there are installments and agencies that work with us to give us that extra edge of protection, but there are relentless amounts of dangers online that we should be aware of. We could think one second that everything is great and not be aware of our surroundings online and come across the wrong link or wrong person and give out information that they can work with to hack into our personal lives. We must be very careful because privacy is no longer a thing online as we once innocently thought.

The programs available to us in terms of our computers and phones are incredible and so convenient to us in this day and age. Whether it be social media apps, games, notification systems/ reminders, appliances such as calculators and compasses, there is a an application for about anything. In terms of my personal needs, the best application I could think of would be my Wells Fargo Banking application. This app not only lets me access my bank account to see what figures I have in there, but it also lets me set parameters on my statements, transfer my available money and make payments, and even lets me make mobile deposits if I receive a paper check in the mail. This way I need a password, username, email and security code to log in and stay protected from being a victim of fraud. For convenience sake as well, I no longer have to go walk to ATMs or my local bank to see what I have available in my accounts to spend. All I have to do is log onto my application through my smart phone and it will give me access to all of my information through the qualifications to log on. This has not only saved me time and trips going to my bank, but it has also made me conscious of how I spend and save my money.

I myself wouldn't consider myself a multi-tasker due to the fact that I like to think of myself as a one at a time type of person. Considering the information presented in the articles, it is easy to see that I actually do multi-task fairly often. For example, I always listen to music while I do homework or any work for that matter. At the same time I am able to maintain focus and get things done at a fairly good pace. On top of that I am able to interact with people whether in person or over the phone while listening to music and working. Even further, my friends in the room would converse with me about the television seeing that there are always sports games on in my room and I am able to keep up with the game while efficiently doing all of this. It surprises me so because I think of myself as a one at a time type of oriented person. In all reality I would have never even analyzed it as such without reviewing the articles, but now I am very aware of how much I do indeed multi-task and it humbles me to the point where I don't understand how all of that is possible at once, yet I considerably do all of those things at one time. There are many other examples of this, but this makes me think how much do I really multi-task with the rest of my life.

Do I believe wearable technology will catch on? Quite honestly, I believe that people will adapt to it as they always have in terms of introducing techology. I personally wouldn't want to have anything as specific as an Apple Watch or the google glasses because I am very content with the technological advances we already have and I like still being in tact with actual humanistic objects. It is nice to be advanced in a sense, but I don't want to fee like a robot in a society that relies on technology. These things have really mind blowing features, but to me they seem redundant when we already have similar technology that serves the same purpose. It is a great marvel to see how far we can get into the new era of this century don't get me wrong. I love having the things I do such as my iPhone, my game consoles, my LED tv, Bluetooth speakers and printer, laptop, insanely great sound quality head phones and many more things that we take for granted. I, going from childhood to now appreciate these things a lot more than the ones born in the post technological boom time span, and to see inventions such as the Apple Watch is astounding. Will this catch on? For the younger generation absolutely, but so long as the older generations are around it may be a little more difficult to have everyone on board with it.

By reviewing both the YouTube video and the article linked in the post, I really question how much I use my phone. Every notification i pick up my phone even if I don't answer it right away and I spend pretty long spans of time on my phone due to tending to social media apps, checking my bank statements, music for sure considering I play music for 75% of  the time I'm using my phone, texting friends and family and making phone calls, and others that I may not even consider, but those are the biggest contributions of the time I spend on my phone. If I had to guess, Id say on a daily average I pick up my phone anywhere from 50 to 100 times and spend about 4 to 5 hours on it. I may even download the motion app and conduct this study myself, but for the time being I do know that I personally am distracted by phone and it does interfere with the attention given to the people I come in contact with. When I am engaged in a conversation with someone or during class I don't tend to use my phone much at all, but if I am not being talked to or if I am finished my work in class the first thing I think to do is check my phone. At that point, the world around me in a sense doesn't exist and everything else seems to be shut out. Especially if I am walking alone and I have my headphones in and for instance I decided to go on Twitter. I get so wrapped up in what is going on with the feed that I notice whats important like traffic around me and not walking into people but everything else is not even a concern until I hit the lock button on my phone and put it back in my pocket. The good news, I know I'm not the only one because I see everyone do it; teachers, my family, my friends, strangers all do it. The bad news is that this is dangerous because we should be aware of our surroundings and not so tuned into such a virtual world. Cell phones are great and have many advantages that connect us to the world, but the reality is for such a period of time we have in a 24 hour day, we are disconnected from reality.

Social Media in the Workplace

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- My views on social media in the workplace is that so long as it is being used for productive work reasons and given some time to outlet to our personal lives then it could be very effective. As the article suggests, in terms of positives, it is beneficial and makes common sense to have breaks to let our minds rest and flourish. Also, if there ever arises a problem that we cant solve, what do we normally do when we cant get it done ourselves?; we ask questions. This is a great way to ask people not online in our offices and places of work but the whole world connected by the internet for solutions to our issues. If there is ever the issues of people needing to be replaced, an executive can use social media. There are some heavy negatives to this type of establishment in the work place however.
     According to a July 2009, companies lose an effective average 1.5 hours of total office productivity when employees can access social media such as Facebook throughout the day (Nucleus Research). When it comes to useful time a company wouldn't want to run into the issue of distractions, and social media does propose an infinite amount of them. It is up the maturity and responsibility of the workers in said companies using social media to avoid distraction and focus on the tasks at hand. With this, there is also the issue of security of the workers and business itself. If information about a company or the personal lives of the coworkers it could mean detrimental penalty. This would not be good if accounts were hacked, money was lost, workers were put on a chopping block to be fired due to inappropriate content. This could really make a huge negative impact on anyone and the company they work for.

     I personally think that the installment of allowing workers to use social media for work related purposes is a great idea so long as everyone is on board and is aware of the very serious punishments that can come about. Without the distraction and people not minding the fact that they work for something bigger than their selves, social media can be a very useful technique in making work more efficent.

Technology Article Review #1

T-Mobile Says It Will Ban Abusers Of Unlimited Data Plan

This article interests me based on the controversy that people will be punished for using what the unlimited plan is intended for. The unlimited plan is used to be able to use the phones apps, browsing abilities, texting and calling, and other advantages that would usually run up a bill if charged for it. Instead of that, the unlimited plan is summed up and freely given with a paid contract by said distributor. I found it pretty interesting to see that T-Mobile has decided to penalize people for overuse of this unlimited plan, and I don't blame them as controversial as this is. People take advantage of using a phones capabilities and have become attached to them where they are sending more messages and making more calls than ever imagined. This could set the tone for people to snap back to reality in this upcoming digital age to remind them we still are human, not androids controlled by celluar devices with no boundaries. This aeticle is pretty substantial and important to the people of today and both sides should be seen. I as one of those who are under the unlimited contact, though through a different service, think it's a little crazy on T-Mobiles part, but they are also within their rights of seeing this overuse for what it really is.