http://prezi.com/3fji5el7gu3k/final-project/
Friday, July 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
After using Voicethread
Voicethread is a powerful tool of communication. Just like facebook, myspace, mixi, and other
blogs, voicethread is now used by people from all over the world. Over two weeks, I created and participated in the activities through Voicethread.
Through the voicethread project, I created a voicethread and talked about atheism. The topic first seemed a bit too controversial for a blog like voicethread because there can be only a limited amount of information shared through such short conversations. Also, I, at the beginning, was worried about the fact that people might become quite immature and talk about the issue very lightly. However, people who participated in the debate were relatively serious and took an academic approach to the subject.
In fact, I enjoyed the way how people commented on my blog on the basis of what they learend in other classes. Commenting back on the comments people left on my voicethread came to me as a very exciting event because I personally liked to interact with peopl involved in the project, using the knowledge that i gained from outside the computer studies class. Overall, I think the Voicethread project has been such a fruitful and meaningful project. I look forward to use this in my life afterwards as well.
blogs, voicethread is now used by people from all over the world. Over two weeks, I created and participated in the activities through Voicethread.
Through the voicethread project, I created a voicethread and talked about atheism. The topic first seemed a bit too controversial for a blog like voicethread because there can be only a limited amount of information shared through such short conversations. Also, I, at the beginning, was worried about the fact that people might become quite immature and talk about the issue very lightly. However, people who participated in the debate were relatively serious and took an academic approach to the subject.
In fact, I enjoyed the way how people commented on my blog on the basis of what they learend in other classes. Commenting back on the comments people left on my voicethread came to me as a very exciting event because I personally liked to interact with peopl involved in the project, using the knowledge that i gained from outside the computer studies class. Overall, I think the Voicethread project has been such a fruitful and meaningful project. I look forward to use this in my life afterwards as well.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Week 5
There has been the problem Japan has had for a long time. It is Futenma problem in Okinawa. It is the American military base that is in Okinawa, and the base is not far from where the population is concentrated.
Several months ago, the-then-priminister Hatoyama announced that he would do anything that it takes and move the military base to somewhere else. He also announced that the failure to do so will mean his resignation as a priminister of Japan. He promised that the base would be moved by the end of May. However, his words did not come true and the mass media criticized him for him being incompatible as a priminister. As a result, now-the-ex-priminister Hatoyama has declared his resignation. This brought about many significant changes to not only the politics, but to the economy.
There has been a substantial degree of changes in stock market and the exchange rate. According to Voanews.com, which is a website regarding financial times, there have been many fluctuations in stock prices. In fact, Nikkei's stock price was reduced by 1.1 percent. Last week around this time, the exchange rate of Yen to Dollar was 91.79 to 1, to 91. 28 to 1.
I think the change that has been made is favorable because Japan has been suffering from the sluggish economy caused by the high exchange rate. This, I think will definitely promote the advance in trading in the future. However, I am concerned that the unstable market attributed to Hatoyama's resignation might affect negatively to the Japanese economy.
Several months ago, the-then-priminister Hatoyama announced that he would do anything that it takes and move the military base to somewhere else. He also announced that the failure to do so will mean his resignation as a priminister of Japan. He promised that the base would be moved by the end of May. However, his words did not come true and the mass media criticized him for him being incompatible as a priminister. As a result, now-the-ex-priminister Hatoyama has declared his resignation. This brought about many significant changes to not only the politics, but to the economy.
There has been a substantial degree of changes in stock market and the exchange rate. According to Voanews.com, which is a website regarding financial times, there have been many fluctuations in stock prices. In fact, Nikkei's stock price was reduced by 1.1 percent. Last week around this time, the exchange rate of Yen to Dollar was 91.79 to 1, to 91. 28 to 1.
I think the change that has been made is favorable because Japan has been suffering from the sluggish economy caused by the high exchange rate. This, I think will definitely promote the advance in trading in the future. However, I am concerned that the unstable market attributed to Hatoyama's resignation might affect negatively to the Japanese economy.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Week 4
Religion has always prevalent in human history. It has been the cause of the wars and disputes. Recently, it is said that there has been a significant increase in the number of atheists in USA, along with all other developed countries. There are a few growing concerns about this issue.
The people who were asked questions for the survey were asked a simple question: Do you have belief in any form of God/Goddess? Surprisingly, the results showed that many people in USA, decendents of those who fought for their religion, have actually come to lose faith in God. The figures suggest that from the year 2006 to 2008, the number of atheists was raised from 2milions to 3.2 millions. This enormous change has led to many disputes.
There seem to be the definite correlation between the faith in God and the degree of the developement of the nation. In other words, the more affluent people's lives are, the higher the chances of people choosing other elements over their religion or religious faith. Long time ago, when people were not so much educated to a high degree, viewed God as their purpose of living. Their lives rotated around their religions. However, as times went by, there were many 'spiritual rebels' who stood up and said that the religion is wrong. In fact, some renown atheists, such as Nitszche, claim that the religion is the product of ignorance. I, personally, cannot fully agreee with such a idea, i agree to a certain degree.
One may never find out the truth. I believe that what is the most important is that people should believe in something whether it is religious or not. Having faith in those things helps people live a 'spiritual' and meaningful life.
The news article I used:
The people who were asked questions for the survey were asked a simple question: Do you have belief in any form of God/Goddess? Surprisingly, the results showed that many people in USA, decendents of those who fought for their religion, have actually come to lose faith in God. The figures suggest that from the year 2006 to 2008, the number of atheists was raised from 2milions to 3.2 millions. This enormous change has led to many disputes.
There seem to be the definite correlation between the faith in God and the degree of the developement of the nation. In other words, the more affluent people's lives are, the higher the chances of people choosing other elements over their religion or religious faith. Long time ago, when people were not so much educated to a high degree, viewed God as their purpose of living. Their lives rotated around their religions. However, as times went by, there were many 'spiritual rebels' who stood up and said that the religion is wrong. In fact, some renown atheists, such as Nitszche, claim that the religion is the product of ignorance. I, personally, cannot fully agreee with such a idea, i agree to a certain degree.
One may never find out the truth. I believe that what is the most important is that people should believe in something whether it is religious or not. Having faith in those things helps people live a 'spiritual' and meaningful life.
The news article I used:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Week 3: South Korea Blames on North Korea for the sunken ship
A couple of weeks ago, I posted the article about the ship that was sunken around the end of March. Not much about the incident was known at that time. Most experts claimed that the incident was caused by the torpedo shot by North Korean naval force.
Since the terrible incident that led to many people's death(about fourty people), there have been such a progress in the investigation of the incident. First, the military experts discovered that the blast of the ship was not caused by the broken engine, which a lot of people thought was the cause. After that, they gradually discover many evidences that leads to the fact that North Korea is behind all this.
Recently, South Korean government officiaially announced that the blast of the sunken ship is caused by North Korea. They found the parts of torpedo, which was possibly shot by North Korean naval force, deep down the sea. According to them, on the parts that were found, there is a serial number written in North Korean language. US, likewise, announced that there will be displomatic offensive with China, Japan, South Korea and other countries that are associated with this incident. US suggested that South Korea cuts down on humanitarian policy and economic support to North Korea.
At last, North Korea turned out to be the cause of the blast of the ship. I personally wish that there will not be any form of war, which most both South and North Korean fear. According to the Cho-Sun-Il-Bo, it is estimated that more than 40% of the population of Seoul would be gone in three days if there was a war at this moment. Despite what North Korea did to innocent people, I only hope that there will not be any more tragedy.
http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100519-0000133/Reports--SKorea-to-blame-NKorea-for-blast-that-sank-warship,-killed-46-seamen
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b93c86da-62dd-11df-b1d1-00144feab49a.html
Since the terrible incident that led to many people's death(about fourty people), there have been such a progress in the investigation of the incident. First, the military experts discovered that the blast of the ship was not caused by the broken engine, which a lot of people thought was the cause. After that, they gradually discover many evidences that leads to the fact that North Korea is behind all this.
Recently, South Korean government officiaially announced that the blast of the sunken ship is caused by North Korea. They found the parts of torpedo, which was possibly shot by North Korean naval force, deep down the sea. According to them, on the parts that were found, there is a serial number written in North Korean language. US, likewise, announced that there will be displomatic offensive with China, Japan, South Korea and other countries that are associated with this incident. US suggested that South Korea cuts down on humanitarian policy and economic support to North Korea.
At last, North Korea turned out to be the cause of the blast of the ship. I personally wish that there will not be any form of war, which most both South and North Korean fear. According to the Cho-Sun-Il-Bo, it is estimated that more than 40% of the population of Seoul would be gone in three days if there was a war at this moment. Despite what North Korea did to innocent people, I only hope that there will not be any more tragedy.
http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100519-0000133/Reports--SKorea-to-blame-NKorea-for-blast-that-sank-warship,-killed-46-seamen
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b93c86da-62dd-11df-b1d1-00144feab49a.html
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Week 2
Facebook is now the most commonly used blog site. Until very recently, it was myspace that was the most commonly used, but people, attracted to the simple use of the blog and the esay accessibility, started to use facebook. I, personally, am using both two blogs.
The article I attached is mainly about the privacy issues when using Facebook. Since Facebook automatically updates what people do not just on facebook, but also outside facebook. They even show what sort of video games you purchased online.
Moreover, when users attempt to quit facebook, facebook uses a very unique way of talking people out of quitting. When people go through the procedure of quitting, they are automatically shown a list of random people on their friend list. In addition, it says "these friends will miss you" at the bottom. These are the points many people thought very childish.
I think facebook creates many problems regarding privacy. They should not use such a childish way of stoppint people from quitting. It is neccessary for them to come up with better privacy protecting system.
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15065184
The article I attached is mainly about the privacy issues when using Facebook. Since Facebook automatically updates what people do not just on facebook, but also outside facebook. They even show what sort of video games you purchased online.
Moreover, when users attempt to quit facebook, facebook uses a very unique way of talking people out of quitting. When people go through the procedure of quitting, they are automatically shown a list of random people on their friend list. In addition, it says "these friends will miss you" at the bottom. These are the points many people thought very childish.
I think facebook creates many problems regarding privacy. They should not use such a childish way of stoppint people from quitting. It is neccessary for them to come up with better privacy protecting system.
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15065184
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Week 1: A sunken warship
Arond the end of last month, May, there was a terrible naval disaster in Korea. There was an inexplicable in the sea. The warship is said to have crossed the naval border line that divides South Korea and North Korea. The warship splitted in half, and more than 40 people died.
I personally had many thoughts in my mind. For one thing, I was in Korea when this terrible incident took place. It was late at night. There were all the TV shows on air. However, when the latest news regarding the sunken warship by some sort of explosion. Of course, at that point, there was not anything clear about the event. Even the number of the victims was not clear.
The next day, South Korea went through the longest day in the last several months. A lot of military experts suggested that it is likely that the torpedo, which they claim is the cause of the explosion, is from North Korea. Myoung Bak Lee, the president of South Korea, announced that South Korea will have a sort of military reaction.
In contrast to what people said that the fact that torpedo was shot from North Korea was merely a conspiracy theory, there are many suspicious movements in North Korea. There is a North Korean general who is in charge of naval force, recently got a promotion. Personally, I am afraid that the terrible incident will entail worse disasters in the future.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/04/25/general-as-skorea-ship-sinks_7545773.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2919671
I personally had many thoughts in my mind. For one thing, I was in Korea when this terrible incident took place. It was late at night. There were all the TV shows on air. However, when the latest news regarding the sunken warship by some sort of explosion. Of course, at that point, there was not anything clear about the event. Even the number of the victims was not clear.
The next day, South Korea went through the longest day in the last several months. A lot of military experts suggested that it is likely that the torpedo, which they claim is the cause of the explosion, is from North Korea. Myoung Bak Lee, the president of South Korea, announced that South Korea will have a sort of military reaction.
In contrast to what people said that the fact that torpedo was shot from North Korea was merely a conspiracy theory, there are many suspicious movements in North Korea. There is a North Korean general who is in charge of naval force, recently got a promotion. Personally, I am afraid that the terrible incident will entail worse disasters in the future.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/04/25/general-as-skorea-ship-sinks_7545773.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2919671
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