Week 6-Topic 6-History of the Computer

Lecture:

The history of computers was the topic for this week. Along with learning about the basics of the computers, we talked about the beginning of the internet and the web. In regards to the computers, it was interesting to learn about the beginnings of Apple and IBM and Microsoft. They were trying to make the best computers and make lots of money. But the computers began way before Apple and IBM came along. Computers are basically like calculators-machines that add up. We went into the details on the history of the first computers and how they have developed. Then there was a discussion on the Internet. The internet is a network of networks and the Web is a component of the internet. It is only one part. The details and the complexity of this technology is interesting and has changed is over the decades. It will always be changing and evolving.

Tutorial:

Topic: Speed Skating

The article that I read on Speed Skating was accurate in some aspects, but in other parts of the article it wasn’t completely true and not specific. I found the article bias to the long-track speed-skaters and don’t provide equal information to the other forms of speed skating; which is mentioned in the beginning of the article. It is accurate with the information, but it isn’t specific and was a very basic description. It doesn’t cover all the basics; it only covers the basics of the long-track speed skating. It also didn’t provide information on all aspects and areas of speed skating. If you didn’t know anything about speed skating, you probably would be completely confused about the sport. It is not a fair and balanced article; it is biased towards on form of speed skating.

If I could change anything about this article, I would add more information about the other forms of speed skating. It would include more information for the general readers to learn more about speed skating. It would include more about the training and the sport and make it more interesting to the readers.




Readings:

What’s New about New Media? Learning @ Griffith

The new media is always changing. There are always improvements on technology. New media could be a DVD player and the old media would be a VCR player. Along with the tapes to CD’s and now MP3 players have changed over the past 2 decades. Media is always changing and developing and improving. The idea of New Media captures “both the development of unique forms of digital media” (p 3). The internet is the newest and most developed of the new media. It always changing and improving, they are always growing. The internet has taken a dramatic change and has grown hugely over the years. The media is always changing and improving. the New media is always making new things.