April 23rd, 2012

We leaned about the followings:

google book

- you can get information from books for free. 

- sometimes you can see the whole entire book from google book

amazon.com
- you can create wish list
- you can transfer the information of the product for zotero just by clicking the icon on the slide bar

zotero
- makes it easier to save the references
- zotero can recognize what you’re looking at in amazon.com
- create an on-line account for zotero

imdb
- Internet database for movies

What I found the most useful was google book.

It should help me with doing research for the essay. I usually rely on library databases when writing essay, but when I am tired with such academic data, I can just go to google book and look for sources that has many visual images that I find more interesting.

Speaking of essay, I also thought that Tumblr would be very useful. I was not interested in Tumblr last week, but after Anan's presentation, I changed my mind. Maybe I'll give it a try in winter term, when I will be working on theme writing.

After Rab gave us the lecture last week, I'm trying not to log on to facebook.

I used to play around with facebook all day, but now I am aware of the danger that we tend to miss when we are addicted to SNS. Getting away from facebook gives me more time to study and spend on hobbies. I really should continue on spending least time on facebook.

I am getting used to google.
I learned how to use igoogle and google reader in the last class, and found how useful they are!
igoogle helps me search things, look up for interesting news, and play with fun games.
What makes igoogle so fabulous is that I get to costomize it on my own.
Google reader help me save time when I want to read new post from my favorite web sites and friends' blogs. Such an useful tool.

We learned about many other sites like LinkedIn, Lifehacker, and Tiny url, but it seems like they are something I will be using in the future and not for now. But it sure was a very precious opportunity to get to know about these stuffs I never knew before coming to this class!!

Safari!

I should install safari the moment I open my laptop today.
Safari Extensions are so useful and fun! Their features are amazing.
The most amazing one was screenshot and New York Times updates.
I've always wondered how people use screenshots (though there must be a way I can use screenshot without using Safari Extensions). But now I can screenshot any page I find interesting!
This should really help me with essays and papers I will be writing for Theme Writing as well as other courses. For the Freshman ELP essays I sometimes had hard time trying to collect the pictures and graphs I wanted to use because though I might have found the picture I could not save it.
Now I CAN save any image from the web!
And New York Times updates were pretty cool as well!
I always had to jump to yahoo to check the news, but now I have New York Times updates on the screen anytime! Should there be any interesting news popping up on the screen I just have to click it and then there would be a new tab opening up, showing me the details of the news:D
Safari is cool. I should learn more about it.

Sophomore ELP!

So judging from what 16 girls say at dorm, apparently we 15s (and re-takers and everyone) are the last ELP takers. 16s are the first ELA takers.
I don't think that just because ELP has changed to ELA, it has changed dramatically but yes, I must admit that ELP and ELA do differ because they are different.
But it doesn't mean I wanted to take ELA instead of ELP because my first year at ICU was like the best thanks to Fresman ELP classes. I loved my teachers and section mates.
Now that I am taking Sophomore ELP class with a new teacher and class mates (I'm not sure if I should call my class mates "section mates" because it's not exactly a section... or is it?), I must enjoy it. Enjoying is the best and the easiest way to work on things, especially things like studying, reading, writing, and all the other stuffs that make you feel you want to leave them for the last.
I know I will be enjoying Sophomore ELP, because the first class was so fun that I am already looking forward to the second one. But there may be a time when I have hard time doing works and stuff. In such times, I need support. I will be happy if my class mates would help me. And I wish I could be of some help to my class mates when they need help:)

CA Blogging Assignment 8

In my second term in ELP, I have tried my best to do research in ICU library for papers. During spring term, I used many of the readings I had done inside ELP classes and my very own experience to support my thesis statement. However, in terms of academic writing, I thought that my paper would not be very convincing because of its lack of objectivity. So I went to the library many times to research on both the databases and the books. In addition to the sourses I found in the library, I also looked for many images that attract the readers of my paper. By using the images, my paper looked more interesting. I think that I did very well in terms of researching. For reading, writing, and discussion, I tried to best to reflect my own experience to analyze and evaluate my thinking. This is because I found it very intersting to listen to section mates' ideas that are based on their personal experiences. However, now that I have done most of the work for ELP, I have a feeling that it would have been better if I had done more readings outside the class, which should have helped me aquire more knowledge and therefore assisted me construct more convincing claims. Still, I think I did a fair job sharing my ideas with the help of section mates, who shared many inspring ideas that made me  want to think about the matter even further. 

ARW CA Blogging Assignment 7

"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -Albert Einstein

 I think that the technological progress today already out of our control today. I think that even specialists do not know what is happening this very moment. I think that many people who contribute to technological evolution are not aware of their purpose of engaging in it. They maybe working hard to make our life better but then are they really thinking about it in a long span? I think that we have already reached a point where we are satisfied with what we have in terms of ordinary life. We wish for too much. What we wish to have today is something we shouldn't have. Artificial human organs may save many people suffering in organ failures. But then, are we supposed to create an artificial brain as well? If we transplant an artificial brain to a person who is brain-dead, would the person be the same person as he was before being brain-dead? This is a problem that requires further consideration. Though I doubt there would be a clear answer to it. I sound confusing, but I just wanted to point out an example from huge problems concerning technological development. I really think that technological progress is like an axe in the hands of pathological criminal. We can't just let ourselves engaged in technological progress. Instead, we need to seek for the purpose we are devoting ourselves to get used to in this so unnatural technological society. Technological progress remains as an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal until all of us have the good reason and the control to keep up with this never ending technology progressing world.

CA Blogging Assignment 6

The term "the law of unintended consequences" means unpredicted results that happened to occur. Such consequences could be either good or bad. For example, I had never expected to meet many friends from all over the world before moving to the US when I was eight, but after spending three years there, I met friends from so many countries that I cannot even count. This was an unpredicted, but clearly a good consequences. On the other hand, I have also seen an unintended consequence which ended up in a bad result which was what happended in Fukushima nuclear power plants this March. No one had expected such a disaster to happen. Residents around nuclear power plants were informed that it would be safe before the accident.