Interestingly enough, in addition to this class I am also taking a course in computer ethics.
Now how does privacy and confidentiality relate to new media?
Well how far is too far?With new media, especially social media it is hard to tell when you have crossed the line.
Let's say I see you doing something inappropriate and I decided to pot it on Facebook. Well is that wrong? Do you have the right for me not to do that?
Facebook is littered with pictures of people in compromising positions posted by said person's "friends".
In all the sparkle of new media we forget that we might be doing things to people, or them to us, that are ... well not right.
You have to be careful in this site. I mean everyone airs their business all over, which I guess that is fine for them but what about if someone else does it? Or how does someone else use it?
To give an example of privacy, a close friend of the family passed away, and about a year after his death his wife goes onto Facebook to find that some people she knows just uploaded pictures with him in them. She was extremely upset by it.
It is a slippery slope.
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Showing posts with label new media. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Advice to Baruch
What advice wouldn't I give them?
That was a joke. Sort of.
I think I would start off by telling them that they should make it a requirement for each and every professor to set up a blackboard for their classes. It is there, and it is useful, so why not take advantage of it? It also makes it easier for the students. But if professors are not going to use it, what is the point?
Next, I would actually tell them to set up a blog or a wiki in which students can voice their opinions about Baruch or some of the issues they have regarding the school. It is a big school and the administration obviously doesn't have time to listen to every student, so something online to serve that purpose would be great.
I also this the school should urge their professors to have a wiki for each class ( in addition or instead of blackboard). I have learned thus far in CIS that wikis are great tools, so why should they be limited to courses in new media? Let's expand.
I think there are a lot of things that Baruch can try... but in the meantime you can download their iPad app.
That was a joke. Sort of.
I think I would start off by telling them that they should make it a requirement for each and every professor to set up a blackboard for their classes. It is there, and it is useful, so why not take advantage of it? It also makes it easier for the students. But if professors are not going to use it, what is the point?
Next, I would actually tell them to set up a blog or a wiki in which students can voice their opinions about Baruch or some of the issues they have regarding the school. It is a big school and the administration obviously doesn't have time to listen to every student, so something online to serve that purpose would be great.
I also this the school should urge their professors to have a wiki for each class ( in addition or instead of blackboard). I have learned thus far in CIS that wikis are great tools, so why should they be limited to courses in new media? Let's expand.
I think there are a lot of things that Baruch can try... but in the meantime you can download their iPad app.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Creativity and New Media
Ever hear of DailyBooth? If not, let me tell you about it. It is like Twitter but with pictures.
You upload snapshots of anything and get people involved in a conversation.
Well I decided to use it to play a game. When ever I was on long drives with friends or family or just really bored I would suggest the word association game. Someone says a word and you say the first word that comes to mind. It can get hilarious.
Well I decided to try it with the internet tools at my disposal.
Here is how it went.
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You upload snapshots of anything and get people involved in a conversation.
Well I decided to use it to play a game. When ever I was on long drives with friends or family or just really bored I would suggest the word association game. Someone says a word and you say the first word that comes to mind. It can get hilarious.
Well I decided to try it with the internet tools at my disposal.
Here is how it went.
Creativity
What part of new media doesn't foster creativity?
New media has made it possible, for pretty much everyone, to let out their own creativity. From comedy video on youtube, to music mixing and editing, to making short YouTube videos, to this thing that I am currently posting on-ehem- Blogs.
I have been blogging for a long time now and I have never seen more creativity then I do within this world. There are blogs for writing, commenting, photography, lifestyle, cooking, whatever you want you can find. And there are also the people who create the templates for blogs and website designers.
But I think one of the biggest and greatest outlets for creativity is YouTube.In "I Tube, You Tube, Everybody Tubes" it says that " YouTube, the world's largest UGC site, serves 100 million distinct videos and 65,000 uploads daily." Go on YouTube and the world is in front of you. The other day I learned how to use iMovie software on YouTube. You know how much creativity is fostered in 100 million videos?
Take a look at this...
Or if you prefer something a little more well eclectic...
Two different video. Both very creative and both on the same site.
Of course there are also the videos that Brooks Barnes talks about in his Article which are people doing mash-ups with already well known things; like disney. To take a show, movie, song, etc, that people know and basically rip it apart - and very well- is just incredible.
New media is a great for people looking to get themselves out there. Whether it is a blog, fred-like youtube video, or some song mash-ups and parodies.
New media is bursting at the seems with creative minds.
New media has made it possible, for pretty much everyone, to let out their own creativity. From comedy video on youtube, to music mixing and editing, to making short YouTube videos, to this thing that I am currently posting on-ehem- Blogs.
I have been blogging for a long time now and I have never seen more creativity then I do within this world. There are blogs for writing, commenting, photography, lifestyle, cooking, whatever you want you can find. And there are also the people who create the templates for blogs and website designers.
But I think one of the biggest and greatest outlets for creativity is YouTube.In "I Tube, You Tube, Everybody Tubes" it says that " YouTube, the world's largest UGC site, serves 100 million distinct videos and 65,000 uploads daily." Go on YouTube and the world is in front of you. The other day I learned how to use iMovie software on YouTube. You know how much creativity is fostered in 100 million videos?
Take a look at this...
Of course there are also the videos that Brooks Barnes talks about in his Article which are people doing mash-ups with already well known things; like disney. To take a show, movie, song, etc, that people know and basically rip it apart - and very well- is just incredible.
New media is a great for people looking to get themselves out there. Whether it is a blog, fred-like youtube video, or some song mash-ups and parodies.
New media is bursting at the seems with creative minds.
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