Net Effect of Globalization

Globalization is the act of making global or worldwise in scope or application. There are some net effects of globalization which divides into positive effects and negative effects. The examples of positive effects would be, firstly, people were able to buy things which were from other countries. Secondly, middle class people is getting richer and richer. Thirdly, there are more foreign jobs such as people in India can get more job opporutnities. Also, lastly, they could upgrade themselves by working with other countries. As you can see, the main point of the positive effects is now, people can work in different countries.
Nevertheless, there are also some negative effects of globalization. Firstly, even though people buy things which are from other countries, they forget or don't know where it comes from. Secondly, middle class people are getting richer and richer; however, low class people are getting poor. Thirdly, since the world became globalize, some countries have different languages, food, etc... It means that there are no more religious countries (except for some countries). Overall, there are positive effects of globalization; however, as usually, when there are positive effects, there are also negative effects.

Image from: http://mrcoyle.edublogs.org/files/2009/04/globalization.gif

Feedback - April 13-17 - Technology and Schools

What are the main visual elements?
- The main visual element is a family is having a dinner together and chatting. Parents are asking the child about the school life. I could know by looking at the quote: "Well, yes, we could read your blog... or you could just tell us about your school day."

What issue is this cartoon about?
- The issue about this cartoon is that these days, children don't communicate with their parents or with their family because of technology. These days, there are Facebook, MSN, etc... Children do these kinds of things instead of communicating with their family. This tells you that technology is making children dehumanize. Because of the technology, some children spend more time on Facebook or MSN than spending time with their family. The technology takes away the 'family time.'

What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?
- The cartoonist's opinion on this issue is that children should communicate more with their family than spending time on Facebook or MSN.

What evidence in the cartoon supports your opinion on how the cartoonist feels?
The quote supports my opinion and tells me how the cartoonist feels. "Well, yes, we could read your blog... or you could just tell us about your school day." It tells that the child spend times more on blog than communicating with his family. Also, it 'TELL' is underlined which emphasizes the cartoonists opinion.

Why is this cartoon ironic?
- The cartoon is ironic because the child is very young and he knows how to use techonology such as blogs. The child seems his age is about KG, which is very young. These days, normally, children learn the use of techonology when they go elementary school. Also, normally, young children spend time with their family instead of doing blogs posting.

How does this cartoon relate to our study of technology and the future?
- These days, we learned about technology. Like, how technology dehumanizes people. This cartoon also shows that the techonology is dehumanizing the children which is negative to them. In future, these kind of children would increase and most children wouldn't spend time with their family.

What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?
- The cartoonist could have drew by child doing computer - blogs, Facebook, MSN, etc... and family sitting on a sofa saying, "These days, our child is not talking about his/her school life."

PoP Project Work Week

My work plan for PoP Project:

- Monday:

• Finish with my Data Analysis.
• Research for my Research Paper (note cards as well).
  

- Tuesday:

• Continue researching for my Research Paper (note cards as well).
  
• Start on my Research Paper (outline).
• Finish my outline of Research Paper.

- Wednesday:

• Start working on my Research Paper - First draft. (First paragraph).
• Go and check my Data Analysis and fix some of the places after conferencing with my math teacher.

- Thursday:

• Continue working on my Research Paper- First draft. (Second paragraph).
• Work time for Data Analysis.

- Friday:

• Continue working on my Research Paper - First draft. (Third paragraph).
• Work time for Data Analysis.

Feedback March 16-20 - Technology?

1. What is technology?
- Application of science, - knowledge to practical purposes. By having technology in this world, people's life got easier.

Helped from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/techonology

2. What are the 5 most and 5 least important technologies used today?
- 5 most important technologies are:

• Computer
  
• TV
  
• Printer
  
• Refrigerator
• Washing Machine
  

- 5 least important technologies are: (in my opinion)

• Vacuum
• Rice maker
• Walkie Talkies
• PlayStation
  
• X Box
  

3. How do you feel about the amount of and use of technology at AES?
- Sometimes I feel that AES use lot of technology. Computer, light, smart board, printer, etc... However, because of these machines, students can take advantages of it. Such as, some students don't have printers in their house. Then they could come to school and print their homework. Another example is that because of smart board, teachers don't need to print and save papers. They could just show the notes from the smart board, and students could take notes by looking at that. AES use lots of technology; however, I don't think AES is wasting the techonology. Everyone is happy with it and takes advantages of it.

Image from: www.frc.ri.cmu.edu

Vonnegut and Technology

“Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.”

I agree with all the statements; however, I especially agree with: ""Wait till you can see what your computer can become." But it's you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work - not the damn fool computer." I agree with this statement because we can live without technology. Computers makes people life easier; means we send emails to people not in letters, research easily, find information easily, essay homework - we could type and print, etc... Also, not only computers; technology involves TV, iPod, mobile phone, mp3, etc... However, if humans depend on technology too much, then the world will become to the end. Humans want easier life; already there are some human-like robots which help people. If these kinds of robots develop and if they are able to think, then they might attack people. It might happen what in the robot movies happen. =D Overall, people should be doing the becoming; not the technology. Therefore, I agree with this statement.

Image from: http://www.osu.edu/features/2006/vonnegut/images/vonnegut.jpg

Feedback March 9-13 - End of Quarter 3 Feedback

My three goals were:
- Get a higher grade than last quarter.
- Journal Writing (Everyday).
- Do all the assignments and do my best.

My first goal which was getting a higher grade than last quarter, I didn't achieve with this goal. I got a low grade than last quarter. I noticed that I need to improve with this goal. I think it will remain the same. My second goal which was writing a journal everyday, I almost achieved with this goal. It means that except for few days, I wrote it everyday. When I look at my journal, I feel proud of myself. My last goal was to do all the assignments and do my best on it. I think I achieved with this goal, because I did all the assignments and did my best on each one. I didn't miss any assignments even though I was absent. Even though I was absent, I did all the missing assignments through weekends.

Three goals for next quarter are:
- Get a higher grade than last quarter.
- Do all the assignments and do my best.
- Get a good grade on Population Project (UBD).

As you can see, getting a higher grade than last quarter and doing all the assignments and do my best goals remain the same. However, I changed my third goal journal writing to getting a good grade on Population Project. Population Project is a huge project, therefore, in my opinion, Population Project is more important than journal writing. To get a good grade on Population Project, I'm going to come to school every Saturday and work on Population Project. I'm going to give my full effort on it. Plus, I'm going to promise to myself that for 4rd quarter, I'm going to get a higher grade.

Feedback March 2-6

"Holy War." definition of holy is declared sacred by religious or authority and the definition of war is a conflict carried on by force arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare as by land, sea, or air. Basically, the word holy has a positive meaning and the word war has a negative meaning. If we combine these two words together, the definition might be a 'good word.' But all wars aren't good. After the war, everything gets destroyed and many people get injured or killed. Therefore, 'Holy War' is an oxymoron, which two words don't belong used together.
There are many wars based upon religions because there are many religions. For example, India has thousands of religions and people think that their religion is the best and every people should believe in that god. However, that won't work easily. Because of people's personality, the wars have to be happened. Some countries fight each other because of their religion. Having a war based upon religions don't make sense. As you can see, there are several reasons about many wars happening based upon religions.