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An interesting question: What role should the social platform play as the feminist movement continues to grow?

Ok, just another definition on another segment, Constructivism, we are to focus on this week for our class reading. Seeing the definitions really helps me understand so much more. Hope it helps others as well.

Welll, I was looking at the 2nd definition, but Yah, after I posted this and did some more of the reading, I realized it wasn't quite the right definition either. Sorry! :) I like your link much better! Although, it doesn't seem so clear cut to me. If I understand it correctly a person/s can construct something that is controlled and by society or culture but not necessarily by nature? Like making a robot puppy instead of having a real one? THe robot is more controlled. right? So is there a difference between Constructivism and Constructionism? Or are those just two words meaning the same thing? Sorry for the questions, just kind of typing and saying outloud to make sure I got it. :)

No need to apologize. In technological terms, it means that technologies develop in response to social conditions (vs. determinism which suggests that technologies determine social conditions). That is a reductive definition of both terms but gives you an idea of how the binary operates. But as we read in the Williams piece, it is actually a complex interplay of both. Constructionism vs. Constructivism depends on the field. I admit to being a bit sloppy and probably using them interchangeably, about which I will try to be more mindful. In theories of education, there is a difference where Constructivism refers to what I'm describing above whereas Constructionism is the theory of learning through applied methods (making, or constructing, things). And then to complicate everything even further, we have social constructionism. This is a pretty good explanation of technological determinism vs. social constructivism http://www.slideshare.net/JonathanSmith122/social-constructivism-technological-determinism-technological-momentum

I thought this article was really interesting after reading "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush as another way to show how far we are coming with science that now Google is making contact lens that will measure Glucose levels in Tears. It is amazing to see how advanced we are with technology. #emac6300

I just saw a tweet about this. #emac6300 http://mashable.com/2014/01/16/smart-contact-lenses-benefits/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

You know, I was wondering about the contact itself. I use to wear contacts and if anything got under it, it was killer. It would irritate my eye constantly till I could get it out. How can the chip not bother or be noticeable to the wearer?That chip on the fake eye in the video looked pretty big, even bigger than the photo in the article Amanda provided. How could I see past it, how transparent could it be? Also, if the wearer uses saline to water the eye, does that mess up the tear glucose readings. Man, I have a lot more questions for the manufacturers and scientists behind this. I would love to be a tester for this product. #emac6300

For you novice bloggers! You've been thinking about starting a new blog, but you're just not sure of one thing: what to name it. WordPressers around the world wrestle with this very important question and over at The Daily Post, we've been sharing the secrets behind how bloggers choose to name their online home. #emac6300

Who knew Disney was such a control freak? I do have to say it is scary to think that everything we do is being tallied and put on some sort of spreadsheet. Even scarier is the fact that we are willing to give our information away or rather give it away cheaply. Target stores recent problems don't have anything on the geotagging that goes on with push notifications, etc. on our smartphones.

It'll be interesting to see companies' approach to big data as more and more businesses invest their money, people and time into analytics. How they collect it, their product design and marketing strategies will all determine whether or not people find their invasion helpful or inappropriate. For example, IBM tells me that their data is eliminating crime from certain areas, so whatever data they've collected from me, they've collected it from criminals too. Facebook allows me to see only adds that reflect my interests and search history, so then I don't have to see ads that don't apply to me. And now Disney wants to give me a better experience and a band I can keep to always remember my time there. Win. Win. Win. The NSA has some stiff competition and maybe if they had a strong marketing department that could flip their message and give customers the rewards they are constantly seeking, I bet people would come around. Maybe it would look something like this Parks and Rec campaign (just kidding): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNCaZT94mg8

There are a lot of interesting and moving parts here. I think this is a smart tool for Disney to use. It sounds like the perfect marriage between finance (getting sales figures in a more organized fashion) and marketing (what people are buying/swiping) that will feed into the best consumer insights information possible. As the article suggests, I do believe this is a more sophisticated (and invasive) form of consumer data gathering like the typical grocery store rewards card. One of the burning questions I have from this though, is will children really be able to swipe everything in sight for purchase? If so, that could mean smiles for Disney and frowns and frustration for parents. The design looks very similar to the Nike Fuelband, and is appealing to the eye. I can see the pros and cons for this one, but overall I wonder what the profit to spend margins would actually be for these MagicBands.

Good Q&A Site, Thank you EMAC 6342 and Prof. Shen!

I like the title's question. Video is fairly interesting too.