Week 11 Course Content

Week 11 Tutorial Task

10 Response to Content

Questions for discussion:

• What is your favourite cyberpunk production- My favorite Cyberpunk production and I assume  alot of other sutudents favorite aswell is The Matrix Trilogy. 
• What is happening in Burning Chrome?-Burning Chrome" tells the story of two hackers who hack systems for profit. The two main characters specializes in software and hardware. acquires a piece of Russian hacking software that is very sophisticated and hard to trace. They decide to break into the system of a notorious and vicious criminal called Chrome, who handles money transfers for organized crime.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Chrome 
• Is anime cyberpunk? Cyberpunk themes are widely visible in anime The exposure to cyberpunk ideas and fiction in the mid 1980s has allowed it to seep into the Japanese culture. Even though most anime and manga is written in Japan, the cyberpunk anime and manga have a more futuristic and therefore international feel to them so they are widely accepted by all. “The conceptualization involved in cyberpunk is more of forging ahead, looking at the new global culture.  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Anime_and_manga 
• Is cyberpunk sexist? I personally do not believe that cyberpunk is sexist all, its content does not demean women in anyway way and in some cases such as The Matrix and anime either equalizes the women ability or interactivity or gives them more involved within the role of cyberpunk.
• Cyberpunk is thirty years old and fantasy is the clear winner in the genre stakes. What does that say about the future? As the world of technology evolves, fantasy itself may struggle to invigorate their viewers imagination. If cyberpunk creators continue to interest and sustain its audience by developing its product and technology does not grow at a rapid rate that it has been over the last 20 years cyber punk should be able to last another 30 years and beyond with the same interest it has attracted in the past.

Week 10 Tutorial Task

Video Blog Due week 9

Week 9 Tutorial Task

Sign an e-petition- Support for whaling ban

Thank you Mr Menyweather

Your name has been added to the Support for whaling ban E-Petition as specified below

Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site -http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mediadiary/index.php "The Sunday Telegraph launches ad campaign" - Comment- Good on them. For trying to gain and even wider Audience.

 

 What is Barak Obama up to today?- Today, at the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama addressed a meeting of international partners to show support for the new Libya and plan for a post-Qaddafi future: Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/20/president-obama-un-libya-we-will-stand-you

   

What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")?-  in 2008 the governing Australian Labor Party has proposed to extend Internet censorship to a system of mandatory filtering of overseas websites which are, or potentially would be, "refused classification" (RC) in Australia. This means that internet service providers would be required to block access to such content for all users.

Source: Wikipedia. Internet censorship in Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia

When will the NBN get to your place? What are the benefits?-

.The NBN will involve the laying of fibre optic cabling to 93 per cent of Australian homes, schools and businesses, providing broadband speeds of up to a gigabits per second.

The FTTP rollout is planned to reach approximately 93 per cent of the population by June 2021. Construction of the fixed wireless network is planned to begin in 2011, delivering its first services in 2012 and to be completed by 2015. There is no proposed NBN to the Gold Coast area from information gathered.

    Source:National Broadband Network 2011. What is the NBN. Australian Government . http://www.nbn.gov.au/frequently-asked-questions/nbn/what-is-the-nbn/

Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.

Local Representetive - Steven Ciobo

State Representative-  Anna Bligh

Federal Representative- Julia Gillard

  

Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.- House debates .Thursday, 3 March 2011. Constituency Statements Moncrieff Electorate Steven Ciobo: Allconnex Water: Source : http://www.openaustralia.org/debate/?id=2011-03-03.113.1

 

Week 9 Response to Content

Essay plan:

What is your topic?  The topic that was chosen was Does the extensive use of computer/video games have an adverse impact on the health of young people. 

Clarify what both sides of the argument claim and only then offer your reasoned opinion based on facts. 

 

Problems-

There is a wide range of reported negative effects of video games on health. Negative effects are usually due to prolonged excessive play of video games.  There is research that suggests that there is a link between violent games and increased aggression. Over usage of video games can cause numerous problems wfor children and adolescents addiction and real simulation are both two problems that need to be addressed in this growth of rapid technology.

Positives-

Video games have positive psychological effects as well. Certain games that are used as part of a comprehensive program can further help children and children with developmental disorders.

Studies have also shown that playing video games can improve mental faculties, such as hand-eye coordination. More intelligent games such as strategy and puzzle games can also improve problem solving, and provide intellectual stimulation as well.

What is your position? The impact that video games have on young people definantly varys from child to child, obviously violent and task master video games can have a more of a negative impact towards children than that of a sports or arcade style games.   

 What conclusion does that bring you to? 

Video games have both positive and negative effects on health. The effects however vary immensely depending on the types of games played and the frequency of play. Certain adverse effects can be caused by other factors in conjunction with excessive play of games, but can usually be corrected by living a healthier lifestyle. The positives of the effects of video games on health also vary depending on the type of game played and its frequency.