What is a virtual world? By definition its a is a computer-based online community environment that is designed and shared by individuals so that they can interact in a custom-built, simulated world. They interact with other people by using avatars, which is a three dimensional character.This sounds pretty amazing, and it can be used in a multiple ways.
One way it is being used is in the hospital. There is a given situation such as a black out and the nurses have to perform all the necessary actions to get all the patients what they need. This is a scenario that can happen and when it does the virtual simulated drill will have the nurses prepared for when it does occur. This virtual world can also be used to train medical and nursing students in clinical skills. This makes them prepared for when they have to perform on an actual human being. The cost of each different mannequin is quite expensive, but you cant put a price on an actual human being.
Another way it is being used is by making people spend less money on things they don't need. People are using virtual worlds to create their avatars and buy clothes for them instead of themselves. Crazy right? But statistics have shown, that people who are buying all these clothes for their avatars are spending less money on materialistic goods. This is a means of saving money. People are having a real pleasure when they see their avatar wearing the finest of clothing and jewelry.
The pros of having a virtual world are that it can help you be prepared in certain situations. The cons are that it can consume people and have them live in a screen, which is quite unhealthy.
Virtual worlds can foster creativity like in the example above. They allow people to spend money and customize themselves like they never could. This gives a euphoric feeling. Also it can create new fashion trends.
I believe soon that we will sit in out living rooms all day and be zombies while we do everything in a "virtual world". We would live out our fantasies and not care about how we actually look, but only care about how we look in the "world".
"Avatar II: The Hospital" by Stephanie Simon, The Wall Street Journal, April 13,
No Budget, No Boundaries: It’s the Real You by RUTH LA FERLA, the New York Times, Oct 22, 2009 p. E1. Available
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Blog About Twitter
Twitter is a new means of communicating. Many people have lengthy discussions and debates on twitter. A discussion on twitter differs from a blackboard discussion. Twitter is much more free and quicker unlike a blackboard discussion. You need to look at individual's post and then comment on it, and then leave their post to see other people's posts. On Twitter you just freely scroll down and if something interests you and you want to discuss it, you can quickly reply to it and voice your opinion. If someone responds to you, all they have to do is voice their opinion and tag your name.
Twitter is different from an in class discussion as well. For any topic of discussion sources are needed and you can't bring those up in a classroom. So when somebody says something, you can never know if what they are saying is valid or not. If you're having a discussion on Twitter and you come across something that you think isn't right, you can search it up and reply with that link. Twitter is taking over how we discuss things and is doing a good job.
Twitter is different from an in class discussion as well. For any topic of discussion sources are needed and you can't bring those up in a classroom. So when somebody says something, you can never know if what they are saying is valid or not. If you're having a discussion on Twitter and you come across something that you think isn't right, you can search it up and reply with that link. Twitter is taking over how we discuss things and is doing a good job.
Social Networking Sites
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and snapchat are all different types of social media sites that millions of people use everyday. Facebook is used mostly for connecting people and creating events. Its a good site to bring people together, especially people who live far away. It has an advanced messenger, where speed is key, whether you're sending a message, picture or video.
Twitter is used mostly for news updates. It is so vast, that you can find out what happened on last night's democratic debate, who won the mets game, a new selfie that Kylie Jenner posted or about the potential hurricane that is about to strike Florida. Twitter is constantly being updated, you don't even need to watch television.
Instagram is about posting pictures, any types of pictures. They are posted on the newsfeed and your followers can like it and comment it. They have updated their app recently by being able to send people DM's (direct messages) so you can have a private conversation with somebody.
Snapchat is a replacement for your phone's messaging system. It can send pictures and videos but is only limited for an allotted time.
Twitter is used mostly for news updates. It is so vast, that you can find out what happened on last night's democratic debate, who won the mets game, a new selfie that Kylie Jenner posted or about the potential hurricane that is about to strike Florida. Twitter is constantly being updated, you don't even need to watch television.
Instagram is about posting pictures, any types of pictures. They are posted on the newsfeed and your followers can like it and comment it. They have updated their app recently by being able to send people DM's (direct messages) so you can have a private conversation with somebody.
Snapchat is a replacement for your phone's messaging system. It can send pictures and videos but is only limited for an allotted time.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Social Networking
Social networking is a a means of communication and branching out. Corporate individuals and regular individuals use social networking everyday, whether its to make change the time of a meeting or whether its to wish somebody happy birthday. There are tons of social network websites, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin Twitter etc. and they can be used in many ways. For example, Facebook can be used by companies to create their own page that has information about the business, such as locations, contacts, what the company does and pictures. Linkedin is more of a professional means and can help connect people in the business world.
Social networking is very beneficial to society. It helps people stay connected with others without the use of a rolodex. It also helps recruiters help hire people more easily. ""I ended up looking for consumer product marketing," Crawford-Hentz says. "And I hit upon his profile, and I sent him this e-mail saying: 'Hi, Alfred, I found your profile on line. And we have a position that I think may be of interest to you.'"" (Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting) This is one way recruiters can look for people to hire, it is an instant access of people's resumes, ideas, and products. This can shorten the hiring process, and can make it easier for people looking for work as well, all they have to do is put themselves out on the web.
For every good thing there is a bad, and the same goes for social media. Social networking can lead to gossiping and spreading rumors about individuals, and this has lead to suicide of many teens. Many teens group up and can single people out, this can make individuals feel inferior, and instead of turning off the computer screen, they stay on because social media is their life, they have lost personal contact with people because cyber interaction is the new thing. Also, social media creates meaningless friends. People have friends on social media that they could have met only one time in their life, but since adding a friend is as easy as clicking a button and hitting "send request", it makes it that much easier for people to add them.
Social media is growing everyday, from existing media sites expanding to other countries to new sites being created. It was only not too long ago where people where calling other people to talk to them, nowadays we can send them an instant message with equals the amount of time of the person to just dial the other person's phone number. Soon we will be living in a world where social media will be the only way to communicate, where we will be glued to our screens every moment of the day. A lot of this will be for the positives but there will be negatives as these technologies evolve.
Is MySpace Good for Society? A Freakonomics Quorum by Stephen J. Dubner. NYT Feb 15, 2008
Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008
Social networking is very beneficial to society. It helps people stay connected with others without the use of a rolodex. It also helps recruiters help hire people more easily. ""I ended up looking for consumer product marketing," Crawford-Hentz says. "And I hit upon his profile, and I sent him this e-mail saying: 'Hi, Alfred, I found your profile on line. And we have a position that I think may be of interest to you.'"" (Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting) This is one way recruiters can look for people to hire, it is an instant access of people's resumes, ideas, and products. This can shorten the hiring process, and can make it easier for people looking for work as well, all they have to do is put themselves out on the web.
For every good thing there is a bad, and the same goes for social media. Social networking can lead to gossiping and spreading rumors about individuals, and this has lead to suicide of many teens. Many teens group up and can single people out, this can make individuals feel inferior, and instead of turning off the computer screen, they stay on because social media is their life, they have lost personal contact with people because cyber interaction is the new thing. Also, social media creates meaningless friends. People have friends on social media that they could have met only one time in their life, but since adding a friend is as easy as clicking a button and hitting "send request", it makes it that much easier for people to add them.
Social media is growing everyday, from existing media sites expanding to other countries to new sites being created. It was only not too long ago where people where calling other people to talk to them, nowadays we can send them an instant message with equals the amount of time of the person to just dial the other person's phone number. Soon we will be living in a world where social media will be the only way to communicate, where we will be glued to our screens every moment of the day. A lot of this will be for the positives but there will be negatives as these technologies evolve.
Is MySpace Good for Society? A Freakonomics Quorum by Stephen J. Dubner. NYT Feb 15, 2008
Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008
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