Technology Responsibility

Reflections On Digital Life

Facebook Follies

          This week in BBT class we watched a documentary on people misusing social network sites.  In this documentary it had many different examples of how social media sites, such as Facebook were misused.  I found it very interesting how many different people were effected at one time or another by Facebook.  One example of something bad that happened was a robbery, but before the robber left the house he was robbing he took a picture of himself with the items he stole and posted it on the family's Facebook account.  The man was later caught and arrested.  I found it very interesting how some people post everything on the internet, no matter what it is, no matter what the cost. 

Digital Life Quiz

     Today in BBT class I completed a Digital Life Quiz.  After doing this quiz I realized that a lot of people misuse technology more often in this generation.  Something that surprised me in this quiz is that eighty five percent of parents talked to their children about online safety.  I didn't think many parents in this generation would care about what their children do online. Another thing that I found surprising and interesting is that four in ten students listen to music the most out of all other types of social media  activity.  I was sure that texting would be the right answer, because even kids have cellphones now a days.  I am on the internet most of the time, on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram ect. But I think if you use them correctly it is alright. Compared to the quiz I think  I use the internet very safely, but very often. The thing I use most throughout the day is probably IMessage, Twitter, and Snapchat. The ones I don't use as much anymore is Facebook and Instagram. I think I use Twitter the most because i relate to a lot of tweets.



The Digital World

      There are many up and down sides to living in a very complex digital world.  Some upsides to being  able to have the technology we have are; we can connect with family members far away, keep up to date on news and media, and to keep up your work and projects.  Some downsides to living in a digital world are; there isn't much privacy on the internet, many things can go wrong if you add technology to the situation, and since technology was made it just so happens that a lot of problems like bullying were happening a lot.  Using technology for me makes it easier to chat with friends, get homework I missed and finding out the most recent news.  I think technology wasn't a big help to society as much as it hurt people. Technology caused a lot of problems around bullying and society doesn't really pay attention to those problems.  But on the other hand I don't know what I or anybody else would do without technology. Because I use technology for everything, homework, social media, and to keep in touch with friends outside of school. 

Digital Dummies?

    In BBT class we watched a video called Digital Dummies, it was about how people have become so dependent on technology.  Some things I found interesting about this video was that many people with very important jobs such as train, taxi, plane, and bus drivers often text while driving.  I also found it interesting although not surprising that that most people spend up to 8-12 hours a day on the internet.  Something I agreed with about this video was that smart phones are not serving its purpose.  They were made to help you multitask but they are actually taking time away from our lives, and making us feel we can do things like text and drive when we aren't capable of doing so.



Dark Web 

  Another video we watched was on the Dark Web. It discussed how the internet can be used for bad reasons. Some things I found very interesting about this video was how much the internet changed over the years. I thought making a house you can program to do everything for you would be a very convenient  way of living. But like everything about the internet, there is also a downside to doing this. In order to set up that kind of house you would need to give that company all of your personal information and trust them not to misuse it.  A good point they made in the video was, "Do people want privacy or do people want new technology"? In my opinion more people would pick technology because they've grown to believe that they can't live without it. I also found it surprising the amount of control technology has over people, that some people would rather be on the internet than doing anything else.

Privacy on The Internet

  I think this graphic novel gave everybody a lot to think about.  It had many examples of how posting things on the internet can go wrong, and how you should think about the consequences  before you post something on the internet.  Something I found was a good change about this graphic novel was that it had a cell phone giving advice, usually technology is the is the problem.  One thing I think is very important when using technology is to put a privacy setting on. I think that is very important because you don't want everyone seeing your private information.


Everyday Privacy

        The article I just read had a lot of good points.  Some things I already knew about this topic was, when going shopping the the employees often ask for your personal information, shops and stores can track where you go and how often you go there, and that your credit card account cant be tracked or hacked.  During the article I realized that every upside to the internet there is a bad downside effective, such as, you could use your cell phone to take pictures of fun memories but they could also be tracked by strangers.  Something that surprised me in this article was that when you send a text even after it is deleted it leaves a "print" and can be still be accessible and or tracked.


  Cyber bullying 

     Some roles people play in bullying situations are; by-stander, who doesn't do anything just stands by and watches. The bully, the person doing the harassing over the internet or sometimes face to face.  The victim, the person being harassed and hurt by the people around him/her. Also the up-stander, the person who stands up for the victim and puts a stop to it. Cyber bullying can escalate more and more every time you don't address the problem right away. Some reasons why cyber bullying is most of the time the worst type of bullying , is because many people can comment and get into the fight as well. People see the fight online and often take sides and start to become active in that fight.  It is always a better choice to be a up-stander rather than a by-stander because you should make the right choice and don't let the victim suffer.  It only takes one up-stander to deescalate the situation.  They can take the attention away from the bully, show the by-standers it isn't funny to be mean, and prove the victim doesn't deserve to be abused and harassed.  It only takes one person to help out in a situation like bullying.