History of the Information Age

This week was my last week leading discussion and I really enjoyed the topic of cybersecurity. Growing up, my dad was in the military and was a cryptologist. After he retired, he worked for a cybersecurity contractor that works with the military. Because of this, he is well versed in the world of cybersecurity, and […]

My favorite material this week was the video by Vox entitled “Why Do Memes Matter?” This video provided wonderful insights into memes and how they impact our daily lives. The word “meme” was created by Richard Dawkins and explains that a meme is “the unit of cultural inheritance” and “anything that spreads like a disease.” […]

My favorite video this week was “Identity in a digital world” by Alec Couros. This week, as discussion leader, my group came up with a handful of thought provoking questions to get the class talking. One of the most interesting questions to me was “81% percent of children will have a digital identity by the […]

This week, my favorite video was “History of Cellphones and How Drastically They’ve Changed.” First, I enjoyed the information about car phones. Interestingly enough, I was actually born in a car on the way to the hospital, and my parents said they called 911 with the car phone. In the age of landlines, cellphones, and […]

This week, I was a class discussion leader. I enjoyed finding articles and videos for the class to engage with. One of the more interesting materials was the Does Technology Win Wars by Foreign Affairs. The article mentions and implies that war technologies work to lessen the amount of people lost in military conflicts, which […]

For this week, I really enjoyed the Youtube video about the history of computers. One thing that the video did not touch on is that prior to machines calculating numbers, it was people who were doing the same thing.  The abacus was considered to be the first calculation in Mesopotamia. I feel like in high […]