What are the issues concerning Privacy in the digital age?

The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is an advocacy group which defends your freedoms and rights in the digital world. I'd like you to look at their web site and read this page about privacy. Then choose one or two of the many issues of Privacy linked in red in the center of the page. Create a new post on this blog about one of these issues. If you see that someone else has already posted on that issue, choose a different one. After reading about the topic, write a few paragraphs describing the issue in your own words. Then give your opinion and your response. Be thoughtful and tell us what you really think. Is this scary? Do you consider yourself a private person? Do you have a right to keep your personal information to yourself? What is your response?

This is to be completed in class Tuesday.

Computer Games

In school we all play computer games and the teachers know it. So why do they make such a big deal out of it? I mean if you are all done with your work shouldn't you have the liberty to play computer games? In this instance you did put your academics as your priority but it is nice to just get away from all the studying and game for a couple minutes.

A news story about patents: check it out

Big name drugs are falling off the Patent cliff

This story just appeared on National Public Radio. It's illustrates the importance of patents in protecting the investment of the expensive research and development that drug companies do so that they may be profitable to continue to produce new drugs. It also shows that because patents expire, generics can be produced which benefit the use with lower costs.

This is the way intellectual property laws should work.

Hannibal Gave Me an A!

Recently we had to write a three page essay on Friday Night Lights, Digital Nation, and Super Size Me. Well, I didn't think I did a good job but Hannibal said I'll get an A.

I think this is a interesting topic to discuss. In my opinion, the creativity is a kind of ability that we're born with. It's also the basic requirement of discovering new things. I thing it’s a kind of intrinsic skill which can benefit you a lot. It’s definitely true that if you have this ability you will find or invent some new things easily even something that normal people can hardly notice. Your idea will be a little different with other people. The most important point is that they have curious hearts. They love to discover something which benefit society a lot and accelerate the development of the technology. Without them ,we will lose lots of thing which are very useful and helpful.

Creativity

What is Creativity? Is it a virtue that we admire, a skill that we strive to develop, or a talent that we're born with? How do creative people benefit society? Why is creativity important to all of us? Post your comments--using the ideas you began with in your free writes.

Super Size Me

For this post, I'd like you to critically evaluate this film. What category of purpose would you place this documentary? Is it informational or advocacy? Is it a primary or secondary source? Does it present objective information? Explain. We will discuss next class. Please post your response in comments below.