With the beginning of the week, it marked our final week following plan B at Gaston Early College High School. The week conisited of many events, those consisting of our weekly current event, a new web 2.0, and a new digital literacy component.
We also took notets, and with the new week came a new set of terms:
Track, target, demographic, and cookies.
To make things clear. Yes, we have had target as one of words before, but in this case it is different.
Track: When companies collect information about you based on your
online behavior.
Target:When companies tailor content to you based on the information they have collected about you.
Demographic: Common categories of the population, such as age, gender, and race.
Cookies: Data files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain sites, which are often used by companies to identify repeat customers and personalize visitors’ experiences
Knowing these words, we as a class watched several videos about how people track our information.
After watching them, we went out and discovered a new web 2.0 tool. That tool is, to put it simply a digital scrap book.
My Mixbook project is below.
There are many great things about this tool, there is the fact that it is very interactive. You can take picture off of your social media sites, and take all of your things and incorporate them into this scrapbook. One of the best things about this though, is the fact that after you are finished with it. You can order it!
I myself believe that, that is pretty amazing.
As far as cons go, there is nothing really wrong with Mixbook in my opinion, but there could be some improvements so to speak.
With sizes and such, there are to many limitations. I think it would be a wonderful idea to make it even more personal. Other than that, there is no need for improvement.
Now, our digital literacy componant this week was not online, but we took notes for it instead.
The main focus of our component was what are the benefits and the risks of search engines limiting your opitions when you search.
The Benefits are:
ADS- less clutter, comapanies target those who are interested
SEARCH- personalized, saves time.
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Risks-
ADS- viruses, spyware, malware, hackers, and less choices.
SEARCH- multiple users, and limited.
As far as praise goes, these are very helpful tips, and they could help those who are not technology savy.
Negatives, there arn't any. These are tips, something that are designed to help you... not harm you.
Now knowing these things, I will be able to increase my chance of being safe online. I also know in what ways I can prevent my computer from recieveing viruses. Overall, my week has been great! We even moved into our new school building which I was really excited for. Now the teachers arn't going to walk us to class, and the fact that we don't have to walk outside is another plus to being in our building.
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