TWC Session 5

Today’s lesson is unlike other sessions. We only covered one topic this week which is ICT and world change. We focused on how ICT has changed from the past to the present and what it will be like in the future. We started off the lesson by watch video of Milo (Microsoft’s Project Natal). The video shows way of playing games had changed.  This video shows that this game is able to recognize voice and he reacts to your body movements and facial expressions; Milo is able to recognize emotions, whether you are afraid, scared or lying to him. But I think that these technologies are not just limited to games. In the future, it may be use to do other things such as taking care of children when parents are not around.

We moved on to talk about some of the areas where ICT evolved.  We watch another video entitled Evolution Web 1.0, Web 2.0 to Web 3.0. This video shows how web had transformed throughout these years. We also watch a video on cloud computing. Before this lesson, I didn’t know what is cloud computing, I didn’t know that we are actually using cloud computing. I think that cloud computing is a very good technology because it allows people to exchange files and documents. This way, people will benefit from information that is shared by another user.

There was a quote by Bill Gates that says “The first rule of any technology used in business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation will magnify the inefficiency.” It says that technology plays will vary according to the systems you have in place. If you use an operational model but if is not structured, technology will not help you but will eventually make your life more difficult. However, if you have an operational and structured model, technology will make it more efficient and effective. Buying technology to automat will not help in any way if you don’t have all the right systems in place. Therefore, we have to learn to think through the problems and fix it from the root of the problems before applying technology.

We had also discussed on the potential risks and dangers with ICT. There was a quote by Albert Einstein which says “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology had exceeded our humanity”. I think that this is true as more and more issues such as security concerns, identity theft and invasion of privacy are arising. Hence, I think that people should be careful while using these technologies.