Tuesday, March 19, 2013

All Boys, All Blogged: March 20, 2013

Focus: To what extent is our reality "real"?

1. Warm-up: Reading a little background on Google glass, watching Google's advertisement, and considering a few questions:

What advantages does this technology offer us?
How might this technology possibly harm us as a society?  How could it be misued?
In your opinion, do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?  Would Bradbury agree with you?

2. Setting up your notes for The Truman Show and watching the trailer

a. Characters: Names, personality traits, clothes, things they say
b. Motifs/symbols: Specific objects that seem symbolic, what they might represent, and how they change throughout the film
c. Questions: Level 1, 2, and 3 questions; try to answer them at the end of the film
d. Connections to Fahrenheit 451: Be specific and original (these will form the backbone of your essay)

I will collect these notes on the last day of watching the film.

3. Entering The Truman Show

HW: 
1. Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz over words 1-15.
2. Continue bringing your F451 annotations to class so I can check them.

30 comments:

  1. This technology if very advanced but when put in the wrong hands I don't think that it would make a difference because it is just your phone connected to a seeing device that will take pictures and share them. It is not like you can hack or do anything stupid with it. I also don't think that there are many disadvantages to this device it is just a more complex smart phone.

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  2. I technology offers the human race a great advantage. It solves our problems and helps teach our students.But with all technology anyone can go over board. I could become the tv in f451 and stop all physical communication. But I think that the advantages out way the disadvantages. Mr Bradbury would not agree. He would already think the we have almost gone to far to turn back.

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  3. Having this kind of technology would be very beneficial for humans. We would be able to capture every exciting moment in our lives. It could also save peoples lives like the "help I can't get up" device. It might be a disadvantage because it would make us depend to much on technology compared to our own skills and recourses. I feel like the advantages overweigh the disadvantages because of how incredible and useful the technology would be.

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  4. This technology offers us a way to complete everyday tasks in a more efficient and convenient way. It allows us to share our most exciting moments while they are happening. This technology couldn't directly harm us. It's how people would use that is the real concern. If people begin to develop the technology more and more then it might get to the extent in which we have implanted computers in our brains. I believe the advantages outweigh the disadvantages because no matter what we as humans still have free will, and in the end it is our choice whether to use the technology. Bradbury might not agree with this statement, but then again he thought we would have three world wars by 1990.

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  5. Technology makes life easier and helps us to perform tasks at a higher rate of speed. This technology can hurt us because we can become accustomed to it and always improve things so that we eventually have to do nothing. This technology could be misused by terrorist who can use it to gain intel on American society and government. I feel the advantages outweigh the disadvantages because they are actually making life simpler, especially for students. Bradburry may not agree with me because he wrote a whole book completely trashing technology and the society that uses it.

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  6. Some advantages could be showing disabled or paralyzed people a first person view on fun activities. A disadvantage would be, maybe people start having eye problems if they wear it too much. I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages because this offers so much more than it takes away.

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  7. This technology would make life more convenient however it would most likely make us dependent on technology. I think we basically already have this technology like this, just in a slightly more primitive way. I think this new technology would not have a negative effect on society once again because of the technology we already have.

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  8. Some advantages that the Glass offers is easier navigation with the technology and it opens up a whole other world for technology. I personally think that the way technology is going is a good thing because it just makes everything we do easier. Saying that I don't really think there are negatives because I don't believe us as a society will let technology "destroy" us. I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages because there are just more positives than negatives in technology.

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  9. Some advantages this technology offers are instant information for everyday use, also it enhances vision and things that you see. The disadvantages are that people are becoming cyborgs. This is the start of relying on technology too much. Eventually, people will no longer do things face to face anymore, the most powerful form of communication no matter what technology can do. People will stop trying to learn and advance the brain because the internet has everything they would need. I just don't want to see people end up like Mildred, in the book, and how she stares at a screen all day. I think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, but only, if the technology is abused. I think it is ok to have this help you every once in a while, but I don't think people should rely on it in everything they do.

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  10. Some of the advantages are that it is trying to bring people together when they cant be together. Some disadvantages are that it could control someones who life. And I think that the advantages do not out way the disadvantages.

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  11. The advantages of Google Glass are that we can become more connected with friends and family around the world while being "hands-free". It will allow us to bring our computer with us easier, share pictures/videos, and stay connected. This technology could be a potential risk due to the fact that it distracts your eye(s). This can become a driving distraction very easily. The advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages because i believe this is an all around good idea and innovation. I think Bradbury would agree with us on the Concept of Google Glass because it was just a book he wrote. Maybe not his actual beliefs.
    -Matt Myers.

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  12. I think that Google GLASS offers us allot of choices but if where to use this then i think it would be a negative effect of our society Ray Bradbury would neccessarely because in the book he desbribes the hound being the only bad thing in this book.

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  13. In my opinion this technology is very cool, however it could be used for bad things. like spying or stalking. however it could also be used for good because you can capture things in the very moment they happen. to be honest, this technology also would detract from human interaction. it would make people think they are living in the present with people and in reality, they're at home by themselves.

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  14. This technology allows us to bring the virtual environment to a real world setting. It allows us to communicate with the entire world without even taking out a smartphone. While Google Glass is cool, if it is misused I think that it could have some very negative effects. This technology allows us to be lazy, even more so than with smartphones. Now we don't even have to move in order to do something on the web, when it used to be that you would have to go to the library to look something up. And with any piece of technology, it has the potential to be hacked. This could essentially brainwash a person, much like what happens in F451 or Harrison Bergeron. I think that Google Glass is an awesome technology, but people need to learn that things can be done without it. I also think that the technology should be used with absolute care, and efforts should be made to prevent misuse.

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  15. There are many advantages to google glass. For example, these glasses can do anything a smartphone or tablet computer does now and then some. Also, they will eventually work with frames and lenses that match the wearer's prescription. I think that it would make life so much easier but i also think that it has some cons. One example would be if you want directions while you are driving, it could possibly distract you from the road. But overall i feel that advantages outweigh the disadvantages and Bradbury would agree with me because of his opinion on technology.

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  16. These glasses could have many advantages. No cameras would be needed or even possibly phones eventually. These are like phones that you wear on your face. These glasses would be great for car use instead of sending texts on phones.This technology could be misused by having people record bad things and sending them out. In my opinion the advantages do out weigh the disadvantages because there are not many disadvantages to these glasses. These glasses will do way more good than they will harm. Bradbury would probably not agree with me since he is not a fan of technology. He may find hidden disadvantages to these glasses.

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  17. There are many advantages that would come from the google glasses you would have the ability of a smart phone with put actually having a smart phone in your hand. It would be easier to access what you need ause it is all literally in/on your face. This technology could harm our society because people could become to dependent of them. Our society would eventually just become attached to the google c
    Glass. We would be talking to ourselves even if the glasses weren't on. I don't think theses would be a very good product for our society. I don't think that the advantaged overweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantages are much more than "people would use them to much" even tho they would. It's the fact that every time some new product comes out. It's basic idea for it. Is that people can do more things without doing very much activity at all.

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  18. With technology booming, it offers us many advantages that may benefit our health care and even help us with our daily lives. I have read that we found a possible cure for aids, this discovery would not have been made if we did not have the proper technology. There is also the possibility that we will become dependent on our technology, turning into the society WALL-E portrays. We will not take the time to observe our beautiful world and we will be caught in a day to day routine like Ray Bradbury's F-451 society. I feel that the possible advantages crush the impossible disadvantages because humans always adapt to change and I do not see us falling under the technological trap that everyone fears.

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  19. Technology has made our world smaller in the sense of getting in touch with people and it has made information more readily available. Technology, however, has harmed us by making people more vulnerable and less aware of the world that we live in. It can be misused by always having it ready and taking priority of the technology over everything else. The disadvantages outweigh the advantages because the only thing that technology provides us is an easier way to do things.

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  20. This technology offers us the ability to always be connected to each other and the web.
    This technology could harm us as a society if it is misused to display certain information in order to change us as a group. From the video, we can see that Google Glass will become something that is just worn constantly. It will be normal to just have a screen in the corner of the eye. If someone were to advertise on this screen, it would be seen by everyone all the time. It could be used to display propaganda or even to brainwash people.
    I think the advantages do outweigh the disadvantages because if they were to start advertising on the Google glass, you could just stop using them if you want. If it were something that was stuck to your head then it would be a bad thing. I don't think Bradbury would agree with me because his idea of the seashells constantly bringing in news is just like this. The seashells probably could have started out just like Google Glass, constantly streaming the news into people's ears but eventually they turned into a tool for implementing propaganda.

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  21. I think it offers us so much like being able to take pictures in that moment with out having to take out a camera so its more in the time. it will make it easier like when driving to get directions. Its all around a good idea. I think criminals could get it and it would be able to help them do this bad thing. It could take us over kinda and everyone would have them. I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and i think Bradbury would agree just because oj what it offers.

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  22. This technology can give us an easier way to carry our phones, cameras, and computers around. Also a person no longer needs to use there hands to do this. This us the freedom to multitask much easier. I do think though that there are some disadvantages as well. Like, it allows people to be even more lazy than they are today but just having to talk and tell the glass what to do. I also feel like this would be dangerous by when driving you could get distracted on the computer and not the road.

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  23. Advantages of this technology is capturing life with a camera without your hands, having the camera see what you see, It is also voice activated so that its hands free and easy to use.
    The harm it could do might be people might want more technology in everything and people might want to take the to easy way out so people won't have the need to do things like read or other things. I could be misused to spy on people or other things that can cause people harm. I think that the advantages outweighs the disadvantages because this is a computer on glasses, you can video chat, message people, take pictures, record a video, Ect. Though Bradbury probably wouldn't agree with me, in his book it doen’t talk about internet or cellphones.So if there was those 2 thing, would the outcome be diference in anyway?

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  24. I believe that the advantages our that we can capture the world in a very different view. I think disadvantages are that it would over run our lives. I think that this has more advantages because people that can not or are not able to do certain things can see that action being done in first person view. I think Bradbury would disagree because he would think that this would over run our lives.

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  25. The advantages that technology offers us are immense and will continue to expand. They can help make things easier, they can connect us, they can benefit the people who struggle to learn or learn differently than others. The possibilities for the advantages of technology are continuing to grow however, this surge in technology has its drawbacks as well. It allows the government to track us, see our every thought, and what we say. We can become too dependent on technology to the point that we will be hopeless without it. This expansion in technology makes it so that nothing is private anymore. Anything we do whether it be on purpose or by accident, is available for the world to see. It can damage your future and opportunities. It can be misused because people can see what others are doing, but not at that persons approval. The government can see where we are at all time. This technology also takes away the person connection and interaction.

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  26. This technology offer us the ability to share videos and pictures with everyone around the world. This technology can harm us as a society because social inter action will be depleading similar to the movie wallie and why waste your time loook at picture of stuff on our glasses when you can just go out and do that stuff instead of watch it on your glasses and on top of that who knows where the video goes and who sees them if there is a camera lens on your face the world see what you see. It could be misused in every way possible people could just sit in there basement and watch video and talk to people on there glass and slowly inter action with other people will be a thing of the past not going to lie though those look pretty cool but just like the iphone and cell phones we started texting and skyping its only just to be convent whats the magic of social interaction when all you do is talk to your phone and glasses it does give the advantage to people if they can't be there but still i would rather go see these things and live it myself.

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  27. This technology offers us more knowledge and easy communication. This technology could harm us if we used it so often to connect with people from a distant that we stop connecting with the people that we are with every day. I believe that the advantages do outweigh the disadvantages, but we have to be careful not to misuse this device, because no matter how good of technology we create, nothing beats a face to face conversation, and I believe Bradbury would agree with this.

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  28. Technology offers us large advantages all over the board. People don't need a camera, phone, camcorder, ipod, and laptop. Now people have all those things and more with the latest smart phone which could potentially have 13 mp camera and storage space for tons and tons of music, pictures, and videos. This could harm us as a society because it makes us very lazy and we really don't know what to do without it. We have young kids who know more about computers than their older bothers and sisters. Obesity is one of the biggest problems in America an it is because of this new technology that makes us dumber because we don't need to learn anything we can just google it. I think that the advantages and disadvantages are about the same and new technology is better with like new medicine and people who are quadriplegic who can control prosthetics.

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  29. This technology makes things in life easier like like if you want to take a picture you don't have to have your camera and if u want to go on the internet you don't have to take out your phone. This technology could be bad because everyone would use it and be lazy. I do think this technology is a lot better than worse.

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