Using Technology to Change the World
Augmented reality
A combination of our normal sense of the objects around us with an overlay of information displayed.
Social Networking
A means by which people use the internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends and to meet and connect with others through common interests, experiences, and friends.
Crisis mapping tool
A tool that collects information from e-mails, text messages, blog posts, and twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly publicly available.
Affective computing
A type of computing that relates to emotion or that deliberately tries to influence emotion
Crowd funding
Asking for small donations from a large number of people, often using the internet; a style of generating capital to start a business through social media.
Computer literate
Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations
Collaborative consumption
Joining together as a group to use a specific product more efficiently
Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include
KickStarter and Mobile Voice
QR codes
Technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a live lil to online information and video consent.
Computer Forensics
The application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence; a law enforcement specialty used to fight high tech crime
Cognitive surplus
The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be creative
Digital Divide
The discrepancy between those who have access to the opportunities and knowledge that computers and the internet offer and those who do not.
Crowdsourcing
The phenomenon of consumers checking in with the voice of the crowd before making purchases
Data mining
The process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigated. The objective is to spot significant patterns or trends within the data that would otherwise not be obvious
software
The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the computer what to do and that enables it to perform different tasks
Information Techonology
The set of techniques used in processing and retrieving information
Web.2.0
Tools and web based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users
What is true about crisis mapping software?
Ushahidi was created in a few days and distributed globally for free.
The Khan acadamy is...
a free technology tool used for education.
QR codes can be linked to
a video, a Facebook page, and a website.
Computer Forensics
analyzes computer systems to gather potential legal evidence.
Being computer literate means being able to:
avoid spam, adware, and spyware; use the web effectively; diagnose and fix hardware and software problems.
true or false: Being computer literate means you know how to solve any computer problem.
false
true or false: Modern motivation theory says people work hardest when offered the highest pay.
false
Digestible Microchips
have embedded sensors to transmit information to physicians.
Web 2.0 has led to a shift from just consuming content toward
producing content
Simulation software that can be used in education includes
the interactive body
True or false: The Virtual Choir showed that people have the means to collaborate easily internationally
true
true or false: Being computer literate is an advantage in almost every type of career.
true
Spam
unwanted or junk email