Google will know you better?

Amy Jung
Coach Zane
Digital Citizen B5
25 February 2014

Google will 'know you better than your intimate partner'

    Technology is developing faster and faster, but is this a good thing? Many people might think that the

development of computer, phones and even robots can bring benefits to the world because it can help us do 

things that humans are limited to. However, in my point of view, I believe that if technology rapidly thrives, it 

does not only cause problems, but it can also become a little "freaky". According to an article, in 15 years’ 

time, computers will surpass their creators in intelligence, with an ability to tell stories and crack jokes, predicts 

a leading expert in artificial intelligence. Thus, Google will “know the answer to your question before you ask 

it.”(Google) This means that even before we think, or say something, robots would read our minds and answer 

them right away. This concept might seem futuristic and amazing, but on the other side, it is frightening to 

know that robots are going to dominate the world. Google also purchased a number of robotic firms and are 

developing military robots. Soon 'Robocops' would patrol our streets(Google). Many professionals in this 

field say that these ideas are not exaggerated. Peter Norvig, Google's research director, commented 

recently that the internet giant employs "less than 50 percent but certainly more than 5 percent" of the 

world's top experts on machine learning(Google). Google will know you better than you partner in just a few 

years.

Works Cited

"Google Will 'know You Better than Your Intimate Partner' - RT News." Google Will 'know You Better                     than Your Intimate Partner' - RT News. Autonomous Nonprofit Organization, 23 Feb. 2014.                     Web. 24 Feb. 2014.

At-Home Activity

 Amy Jung
Coach Zane
Digital Citizen B5
19 February, 2014

   As media developed over time, there were some positive sides like exchanging information quickly and efficiently. However, dark sides are also growing along with them. Now days, teenagers are using text messages as a weapon. Teenage "sexting" is becoming a serious problem in many places. Sexting is the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive photos by cellphone(Koppel). This might seem like a trivial mistake some teenagers can make, but it can actually ruin a person's life. According to an article, an eighth grader named Margraite sent a nude photo of herself in the mirror to her new boyfriend, but they soon broke up and her boyfriend eventually sent her photos to all of his friends. It was tough for her so she had to find a new start in another school. “Having a naked picture of your significant other on your cellphone is an advertisement that you’re sexually active to a degree that gives you status,” said Rick Peters, a senior deputy prosecuting attorney for Thurston County, which includes Lacey. “It’s an electronic hickey.”(Hoffman)    This issue of "sexting" is not only for teenagers, but also for some adults. Representative Anthony D. Weiner, a rising star in Democratic politics who many believed would be the next mayor of New York City, admitted on Monday to having had inappropriate online exchanges with at least six women, and repeatedly lying about sending a sexually suggestive photograph to a young woman over Twitter last month. “Over the past few years, I have engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally on the phone with women I had met online,” Mr. Weiner said.(Barbaro)    Sexting isn't just a joke, it is actually a serious crime. Oklahoma has proposed a law that would impose one set of penalties for "consensual" sexting between two people ages 14 to 18, but provide possible stiff jail terms for other types of teenage sexting. States will have to continue to tweak their criminal laws to cope with changing technologies, lawyers and legislators say.(Koppel)

Works Cited

Barbaro, Michael. "Tearful Weiner Admits Sending Explicit Picture." The New York Times. The New York                 Times, 06 June 2011. Web. 19 Feb. 2014
Hoffman, Jan. "A Girl's Nude Photo, and Altered Lives." The New York Times. The New York Times, 26                   Mar. 2011. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.
Koppel, Nathan. "Are 'Sext' Messages a Teenage Felony or Folly?" The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones                    & Company, 25 Aug. 2010. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.

How Should It End?

Amy Jung
Coach Zane
Digital Citizen B5
19 February, 2014

1. The story was about sixteen year old Shalia and her boyfriend Jake. They have been dating for a month, but on a late school night they were staying up late texting each other. Jake asked Shalia to send him a nude photo of herself. The first ending to this story that I imagine is Shalia rejecting what Jake asked her to do. It would best for her to break up with him not only because he asked her such an extreme request, but from looking at this, he would ask her anytime and use it against her. For example, he might ask Shalia to send a nude picture if she didn't want to break up with him. It might be hard for a girls who is sixteen to break up with a boy she thinks she's in love with, but she would probably be relieved and think that it was the best decision she made as a teenager. Another way is to get advice or help from adults about what she should do or get consultation from professionals on the phone.

2. The second ending of this story is when she agrees to send him her nude picture. Shalia is only sixteen years old. She is too young to make up her mind about what would happen in the future, but she would only worry about the most trivial thing that she is about to face, which would be, upsetting her boyfriend. Shalia would send Jake her picture, just to give him satisfaction. However, after a small fight, they would break up and her boyfriend would spread her picture for a petty revenge or perhaps to brag and get attention. Soon, the whole school received her nude picture and there were bad rumors about Shalia. However, there isn't much to say about it because she made up her mind and it was her decision to send him the photo. Now, everywhere she goes, her picture would follow her and many people would look at her with stereotypes and Shalia would regret the moment she sent her photo.

Mini Assesment

After we are done in Moodle Called Mini-Assessment Answer the following Questions:

Use MLA Standards and bring in examples from class and your real life and be as detailed as possible. We have gone over these in class.  

1. Name 3 contexts (at least one should be an online context) and describe what aspects of yourself are the same and what aspects of yourself are different across each context. (Possible contexts include: school, sports team, home, Facebook, World of Warcraft,GTA) Provide at least 4 examples using specific examples.)

My identity in school is quite different from myself because I think that I am talkative and active when I’, at home, but when I come to school, I become quiet and many of my classmates and teachers think that I’m not that active. Also I think my identity in Facebook is similar to myself because Facebook is a place where you express yourself and post what you really think on line. Lastly, I am different as a chef to myself because I find myself confident and excited when I cook than when I study something else.

2. What are some benefits to being different online? (Give at least 3 examples - use real life situations)

One benefit of being different online is that you can express yourself in any way.For example, some people make rumors based on things you post online and make fun of them. If no one know who you are there wouldn’t be people talking about the real you. Also some companies might judge you by things you post online. If you want to post how you feel, but is worried about how your boss or the person you’re being interviewed by would see you, being different online can help. Lastly, information that can be used against you can be prevented. Some personal information can be hacked by others, but being another person will help to prevent it.

3. When might being different online be a problem? Who might it be a problem for?  (Give at least 3 examples, scenarios, and things you may have encountered).

There are some problems  of being different online. I think it would be a problem for your friends. There is a real life experience that I heard which was about a girl who used a fake identity to make another friend talk on their back to make them apart. Also it can give harm to strangers. People who try to be honest can be disappointed if they realize that they’ve been tricked. Lastly, it would bring conflict between parents. Parents usually don’t like their children posting personal information so it wouldn’t be beneficial.

Identity

Amy Jung
Coach Zane
Digital Citizen B5
13 December 2013

   The first video we saw was an advertisement from PANTINE. It was about men being neat if they wash, dedicated if they work until it's late, or . However, words such as, bossy, vain, selfish and more violated words to explain women. I think this connects to the society because women are sometimes treated unfairly. Some companies tend to reject women if they want to be hired or give them lower pay. The second video we saw was about a woman who worked at Google that was in charge of security. There weren't many women who had jobs related to coding or computer programs. This connects to identity because, even though some people see you as a person who isn't interested in those, you might be really passionate about it.

My Identity ISFJ

ISFJs generally have the following traits:

• Large, rich inner store of information which they gather about people
• Highly observant and aware of people's feelings and reactions
• Excellent memory for details which are important to them
• Very in-tune with their surroundings - excellent sense of space and function
• Can be depended on to follow things through to completion
• Will work long and hard to see that jobs get done
• Stable, practical, down-to-earth - they dislike working with theory and abstract thought
• Dislike doing things which don't make sense to them
• Value security, tradition, and peaceful living
• Service-oriented: focused on what people need and want
• Kind and considerate
• Likely to put others' needs above their own
• Learn best with hands-on training
• Enjoy creating structure and order
• Take their responsibilities seriously
• Extremely uncomfortable with conflict and confrontation

ISFJs have two basic traits which help define their best career direction: 1) they are extremely interested and in-tune with how other people are feeling, and 2) they enjoy creating structure and order, and are extremely good at it. Ideally, the ISFJ will choose a career in which they can use their exceptional people-observation skills to determine what people want or need, and then use their excellent organizational abilities to create a structured plan or environment for achieving what people want. Their excellent sense of space and function combined with their awareness of aesthetic quality also gives them quite special abilities in the more practical artistic endeavors, such as interior decorating and clothes design.
The following list of professions is built on our impressions of careers which would be especially suitable for an ISFJ. It is meant to be a starting place, rather than an exhaustive list. There are no guarantees that any or all of the careers listed here would be appropriate for you, or that your best career match is among those listed.

Possible Career Paths for the ISFJ:

Interior Decorators

Designers

Nurses

Administrators and Managers

Administrative Assistants

Child Care / Early Childhood Development

Social Work / Counselors

Paralegals

Clergy / Religious Workers

Office Managers

Shopkeepers

Bookkeepers

Feeling On Display Lesson 4

Amy Jung

Coach Zane

Digital Citizen B5

5 December 2013

Feeling On Display Lesson 4

Identity Questions:

1. Why do people take on different identities at different times and in different places?

People see you differently depending on the times and places because you act differently. When you are with your friends online and when you are with your parents, you can be react differently.

2. How does this reshaping of our identities resemble or differ from deception and misrepresentation? For example, when we play a part on stage in a play, is that the same thing as lying?

I think it differs from deception and misrepresentation because, even though you act differently toward other people, it is still a part of yourself. You don’t change that attitude when you are with a certain person.

3. What if we play a fictional character in an online game?

In this case, I think that it resembles deception and misrepresentation because, you can hide who you are, for example, your age and name online.

4. What if we represent ourselves as someone we are not in an online discussion list?

This is also deception and is misrepresenting themselves because your identity isn’t clearly shown to others.

5. Is withholding information about yourself the same thing as deception?

Yes, because you are not showing who you really are, and there is a possibility that you can decept others.

6. What if other people form false assumptions about who you are? At what point should you respond to or correct those misperceptions?

If the false assumption is serious and can be used against you, you should respond to correct them.

7. Do you know people who take on “fake” or alternative identities in online spaces? Why do people do this?

There are people that claim that they are celebrities and make false rumor. I think they do these do get attention or try to be social with other people online.

8. Is it ok to play with identities online? What are the limits?

I don’t think that it’s okay to play with identities because it would can confuse others. The limits are you should’nt use a real person’s identity.

9. What are the benefits of identity play for young people? What are the drawbacks?

The benefits of identity playing for young people is that they can be free to express themselves and look better to others. The drawback is that there can be false assumptions.

10. Why do parents and other adults become concerned when young people take on alternate identities? To what extent are their concerns valid?

Parents and adults become concerned when young people take on alternative identities because they know that it’s wrong to be dishonest online and would be worried that it would become a habit.

Your Identity Map and Questions For Homework

Written reflection in Blog and Post to Moodle (Feeling On Display Lesson 4 Homework).  Remember MLA formatting.

1. What does the word “identity” mean to you?

Identity means how you think of yourself.

2. Were you surprised at how many different identities you have?

I didn’t know that we can have many identities as long as we wanted to, so I was surprised.

3. Imagine that people you know from the classroom (students or teachers) encountered you in the online space you identified. What do you think would be most surprising to them about how you perform identity and why? What if someone from the online space encountered you in the

classroom?

I think they would think that I’m quiet even online, but it’s not like that always.

4. How might you change your behavior if you knew your teacher or classmates were watching?

I think I would be more careful about what I post and respectful to others online.

5. If you decided you wanted to change your identity in the classroom, would this be difficult?

Yes, it would be difficult because there is was way how others saw you for a while and it would be hard for them to think differently about who you are.

Choose 1 and write about it:

The New York Times blog post, “For Teenage Girls, Facebook Means Always Being Camera-Ready” (www.parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/for-teenage-girls-facebook-means-always-being-camera-ready). Students should recognize that this article was written from the perspective of a parent. Students should

explore, from a teen’s point of view, what they agree with and what they don’t.

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/for-teenage-girls-facebook-means-always-being-camera-ready/

Or Choose this one.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/selfies-are-art/281772/

What are selfies? Do you consider selfies to be art?  Why or why not?

Selfies are pictures of your self, but there are more meanings to it than that. These days, selfies are being considered as a work of art and a self portrait. It can’t be defined as good or bad directly, but it depends on what you do with your selfie(Berlatsky). I don’t consider selfies to be art because some people just post them to brag, think that they’re pretty or cool, express their feelings or just for fun. They are uploaded for trivial reasons, so it can’t be considered as art in my perspective.

Works Cited

Berlatsky, Noah. "The Atlantic." The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, 22 Nov. 2013. Web. 03 Dec.               2013.