Digital Story

My digital story can be found on www.tinyurl.com/FYSmario.

WebLog 12

I choose to take no action in trying to change our ewaste habits, laws and regulations. I am certain that the major companies pay a good amount of money to have experts and specialist that find the perfect median and actions that we take. These experts analyze all of the current possibility and actions and tell the company to follow the one that makes the most sense. They try to be as environmentally friendly as they can be. They have to keep in mind the state of current economy and find the correct balance. The companies have to be able to make profit on their products and they have have to keep the prices of the products down so the customers will be willing to buy them. For example in the current day if the company was trying to be all green they would have to raise the prices of their products tremendously and they would probably have no sales because people do not have the money and are unwilling to pay the extra to own a more environmentally friendly product. The same goes to the quality and the lifetime of the products. They are designed to last as long as they can while keeping the price low and reasonable.  Yes, it seems like they have a short life and we always have the last generation device home in the closet but that's because it's cheaper to buy a new device than repair it and also we can choose to recycle them but most people feel like its their product and by recycling they would be essentially throwing the device away. Again like I said, we should and probably could the current habit and laws but I'm sure the experts actively work on that issue and find the appropriate median.

A Comic Rendition: Comparative Revolutions and Social Media

Group members: Mario Jastrzebski, Jeff Bona, Emily Eicher, Matthew Koballa http://Pixton.com/ic:7gawf9ns


Collins, Terry. "Alon Ben-Meir: The Arab Spring: A New Era in a Transforming Globe." Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/the-arab-spring-a-new-era_b_1082577.html>.



Marks, Joseph. “Social Media’s Role in Arab Spring Still Unclear.” NextGov. 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. .»

"Unexpected Changes in the Middle East." RIA Novosti. 03 Mar. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://en.rian.ru/valdai_op/20110303/162841075.html>.

Shirky, Clay. "The Political Power of Social Media." Foreign Affairs. Feb. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67038/clay-shirky/the-political-power-of-social-media>.

Zak, Paul J. "Why Social Media Is Driving Political Change in the Arab World."Psychology Today. 5 Mar. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-moral-molecule/201103/why-social-media-is-driving-political-change-in-the-arab-world>

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BlogPost 10:

 “Does Facebook and Its Users Constitute a Superorganism?”

 Yes. There are many superorganisms within Facebook. It was first created by a single person and then it just spread like crazy. That one individual (Mark Zukerberg) showed it to his friends which all liked it and then those friends spread it to their friends creating a swarm and many other big groups. Once Facebook had a big enough user base people started to create groups and forming "superorganisms". For example a group of people RSVPed to a particular band's concert that they all like and enjoy. Others create groups about topics that they enjoy and share it with other people around the world who may join the group and discuss that particular topic. Those two examples along with who you choose to be friends with and choose to share certain information from your prorfile with, those are all examples of superorganisms. There are thousands if not millions of superorganisms on Facebook. All of the groups, lists, friends and attendance lists are superorganisms which individuals create and work in a group to share or accomplish a particular task or subject.

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography   Research the literature to determine the conceptual boundaries of your topic. For this  bibliography, include 4-6 references. Each reference is to be cited using an acceptable bibliographic style such as APA, Chicago or MLA. Beneath each reference, include a succinct summary of how and why each reference informs or contributes to your topic.  Also, situate each reference within the conceptual field by discussing what the reference is about including the historical, political, cultural and/or economic perspectives it establishes about digital media and/or social justice. (Blog credit)

Wielicki, Tom, and Lukasz Arendt. "A knowledge-driven shift in perception of ICT implementation barriers: Comparative study of US and European SMEs." Journal of Information Science 36.2 (2010): 162-174. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 23 Oct. 2011.
<http://0-journals.ohiolink.edu.library.jcu.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/Wielicki_Tom.pdf?issn=01655515&issue=v36i0002&article=162_aksiposouaes>

This reference contributes to my story very greatly. This article is about a wide range of topics that relate to my story, such as: ICT literacy skills, digital divide, pros and cons of expanding the digital world in Europe. I especially like this article because it makes a comparison between European countries, including Poland and the United States. Not only does it explain the differences, it also helps me draw conclusions from the statistics and other various factors that contribute to minimizing the digital divide. This article is mainly about medium sized enterprises however in the long run, the problems that they face and changes they incur so will the individuals.

Poland Riga Digital Literacy. Country Profiles Wikispaces, 2007. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. <http://countryprofiles.wikispaces.com/Poland+Riga+Digital+Literacy>.

This is a great reference because it uses statistics from various sources to illustrate and explain the literacy level and the competence of various age groups in Poland and shows how they changed over years. This website also contains statistics on how many people have computers, internet access and if/how they utilize it. This is a great source because I can break down the figures and explain why they are and compare them to the ones of United States’.

"Poland Internet Usage Stats and Telecommunications Reports." Internet World Stats - Usage and Population Statistics. 1 July 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. <http://www.internetworldstats.com/eu/pl.htm>.

This website has statistics about the population of Poland and their internet usage. Some of the other important information that will tie into my project nicely is the information about the ISP fierce competition. Also mentioned is the country’s very low Gross Domestic Product and how it effect the deployment and adaptation of the technology to customers and/versus companies. I plan on using this information and statistics to expand my explanation on Poland's digital evolution.

Ponder, Jaroslaw K., and Ekaterina N. Markova. Bridging the Eastern European Digital Divide: Significance of Mobile Telecommunications in Poland and Russia. Tech. University of Wuppertal, 2005. European Institute for International Economic Relations, 2005. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. <http://tinyurl.com/4xlzw5n>.

This source contains information about utilization of mobile telecommunication and the narrowing of digital divide. Because Poland is much more advanced in mobile market than computers this paper explains how it is cheaper to own and use a cellphone’s 3G data to access the web and because of that a lot of people rely on cellphones as their main data connection. In terms of the project I will explain that the mobile market in Poland is much more advanced and cheaper than here in the US and how and why because of that people choose to mainly rely on their cellphones to stay connected versus ordinary computers.

Poznanski, Przemyslaw. "There Will Be More Internet in Poland." Gazeta Wyborcza. 30 Sept. 2011. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,10381218,Bedzie_wiecej_internetu_w_Polsce__Nawet_w_Polsce_B.html&usg=ALkJrhhHLK90-GFcOA7Wgcwn60dHtmMcKg>.

My dad sent me the link to this article when he was reading the newspaper and knew I was looking for information like so for my digital story. This article is different from any sources that I have because it is written by a Polish journalist for the national newspaper. It gives another view on the factors that contribute to digital divide and statistics and polls that were done with in the country and not by a foreign annalist or research group. I have used google to translate this article so my instructor could read it and verify its content. A big part from this article that I take away, besides the age and statistics is the whole budget issue. I find it amazing that European Union gave Poland 255 million euros to complete the expansion of broadband but it came very short, it is about a fifth of what will be needed to finish the project.

Marciniak, Mirosława. "Absorption of Structural Funds in Poland within the Context of Information Society Development on Rural Areas." Economic Science for Rural Development Conference Proceedings 18 (2009): 210-216. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 23 Oct. 2011.

This is my back up source that I don’t really need because the information it provides has been already covered and cited with previous source(s) but I decided to include it to build up my ethos and credibility.

This article talks about trying to minimize the digital divide between the urban and the rural areas of the country and people’s reluctance to. It also brings up excellent point about the money issue. What I found interesting was the fact that most low budget projects get approval and get done while the big projects which involve millions of dollars are denied and I wonder if it is so because of people's reluctance.

BlogPost 9

“Describe an example of Emergent Behavior that you participated in or that you witnessed”
Justify why your example constitutes Emergence, describe the scenario from both your individual perspective and a global perspective (outside observer)

During the emergent behavior activity on Wednesday, I have participated in and witnessed a lot of emergence but I found one particular example interesting. That was the one when we had to create words with the letters that were on the back of our t-shirts.  This particular case showed a lot of emergence because it was interesting to see how people split up and tried to form words with the letters that were assigned. Everyone that had a vowel was very wanted because its very easy to build words around them. In my particular case I had a consonant, C, and i found my self wandering around the atrium trying to fit in only to realize that no one wanted me as its is not a common and easy letter to work with. I think that I had it bad, now think about X, V and Q , no one wanted them. That's what my experience was like, little groups forming and me walking around trying to fit, ending up by myself. As an outsider, the professors in this case also had an interesting view. I'm sure they saw people trying to find groups and few walking around trying to integrate their letter in or expand the word.

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Following are the two debate queries.  Please provide both sides of the issue for each query with references.  (1000 words).

2.) The evolving capabilities to speak out and criticize the Chinese government using microblogs and other Internet social media will lead to more and greater freedoms for the Chinese people.

For:

Chinese government limits it's citizens' rights to freedom of speech and the amount of truth that's in the media by censoring and actively monitoring blogs, news and other media outlets. People would like to tell the truth about what is really happening in the country but they can't because the government censors every media outlet because they do not want to information to get out and become public. That's where the micoblogs come in. I am not exactly sure how they work and why they are not censored but they are not and the people of China can express their anger and the truth about what is happening in the country. The rest of the world loves the microblogs because they can get the real unaltered news and if something bad is happening in the country other nations can act on the injustice and the infringement of laws and more importantly basic human rights and needs. While the microblogs are not censored the government certainly knows about them, and because of that it is very important for people to be careful and not say the wrong things because they may end up in jail or to be never heard of again. However because the microblogs are some how uncensored it shows that people are slowly finding ways around the censorship and the "great firewall". In my eyes the use of microblogs will eventually begin a protest and/or a revolution and will overthrow the government or at least gain some more just laws in the future years.

Against: 

Although a lot of Chinese people use the microblogs to let out their anger and let the rest of the world know what is truly happening in the country it could cause more harm than good. While the microblogs exist and are being used, the government still monitors and kind of controls them. I say kind of because the government can control what is being put on these microblogs by telling the journalists that they will get in trouble and punished if they publish something that the government disapproves. Also there are tens if not hundreds of agencies and groups that the government hires to monitor the blogs and edit any posts that they disapprove of. If the government became fed up with the information that is being put on those blogs they could easy set harsh consequences for these actions that would discourage people from using those services. Government already knows that its citizens are discontented with the way things are and voicing these concerns over the internet will not accomplish anything, it will only make things worse by newer and stricter laws and consequences. If the people of China truly wanted to rebel, EVERY SINGLE citizen would have to take action and voice his/her opinion and displeasure at once in hope of a big outrage and achievement more freedom or rights that way.

WebLog 7

Following are the two debate queries.  Please provide both sides of the issue for each query with references.  (1000 words).

1.) The US government should institute formal policy that bars overseas sales of systems that provide targeted Internet surveillance if such systems are used to violate human rights or freedom of speech (such as the current internet censorship in China).

http://euobserver.com/24/30197

For:
There are many reasons why the United States should create and enforce a formal policy that bars overseas sales of systems that provide targeted Internet surveillance if such systems are used to violate human rights or freedom of speech. The root of such action is that America is a democracy that has a strong belief in basic human rights and world peace. America spreads and promotes those beliefs and principles through signing of treaties and other various agreements with other nations or unions that have similar intentions and core beliefs. Because America is such a strong nation with many allies, it feels that it has to do whatever it takes for all other nations that violate human rights and freedom of speech to stop and follow democratic, basic beliefs which entitle everyone to have freedom of speech. With the allied forces America feels the need to intervene or pressure nations or governments where human rights are being taken away or threatened by unjust regulations, movements or protests.
America should follow European Union's footsteps. In the past week EU forbidden European technology companies to sell equipment to repressive governments around the world that abuse human rights. Those technologies violate basic human rights by unknowingly monitoring citizens' internet activity such as emails or blog posts, phone calls and text messages. It's not a problem that only European companies face, Americas' do too. Companies such as Cisco, Linksys and Microsoft have faced those problems in the past.


Against:
Although America should continue to promote world peace and basic human rights it should "limit" itself. Yes it is a very powerful nation but putting too much pressure on its companies, laws, regulations and other nations that follow different principles could end badly. Firstly the major companies that have their headquarters and factories the US could simply choose to move overseas where no such regulations exist, which would lead to even easier business practices and a larger profit line. As for the nations that are violating basic human right, if they are pressured too much or
are not able to purchase certain equipment because of regulations forbidding the sale to their country from the manufacturer's, they will get angry and upset. This could lead to a bigger problem such as a boycott, protest or even a war in very extreme circumstances.

United Sates does not have to and should not force our beliefs, practices and regulations on other countries that handle things differently than we do. While I believe they should be able to and do intervene in extreme circumstances, for example to rescue American citizens held hostage; they should not over do it. By over doing so, they are pushing or even transgressing the boundaries and treaties that we have set with other nations. If we infiltrate other nations they will get upset because we would never let anyone do it to us. In my opinion, it's kind of like a one way thinking and doing that America participates in. Also just because we have our own beliefs, morals and regulations, it doesn't mean that the other nations do too and follow it, in fact they will probably have completely different ones. It's two different worlds out there and we should leave it that way, we're better of doing so than trying to change other nations' government, beliefs and regulations and creating friction, heat and potential trouble.

WebLog 6

Discuss the readings. What is your twitter literacy level?  How is it evolving? How would you define 21st Century Literacy Skills?  How does someone acquire these skills?  Do schools teach 21st Century Literacy Skills? What are the relationships between technology, participatory cultures, and 21st Century Literacy?  (the multimedia equivalent of 500+/- words)

 I consider myself an advanced twitter user. I started using twitter right when it came out, back in May of 2006.  My account number is 306 which means I started using it the very first day it was released, I actually had to get invited to it because it was a closed environment at first. I love twitter, just the idea of posting anything that's on your mind at any given moment to share with the entire world within a hundredth of a second, it's amazing.  Twitter didn't really become popular popular until late 2009-early 2010 because people thought that the idea of posting what you are doing, thinking going is just stupid. What they realized then is that it is much more than that; you can share important information, articles, break stories and even have polls or contests and interact with your followers. I myself love the idea that you can follow certain people and they do not have to follow you back, its kind of like a one way relationship, which is great. Aside from my love for twitter I would say that 21st century literacy skills are to have the technological equipment, fulfilling the digital divide AND knowing exactly how to use it and be proficient in it. In my eyes you need to own a computer and know how to use it to its fullest potential, whether it is just to access and read the webpages or to actually be a creator and create the content, you have to personally state your need for the technology. Adults if they weren't exposed as a child have to be physically shown and taught how to use the technology. However as a kid from the 90's and from then on, we basically grew around the technology it is is like a second nature to us, just from messing with it as a kid you learn how to use it and you gain more skill from just the use. Schools do not have the 21st century skills in their core curriculum. Today it is assumed that each teen knows how to operate the machine and be digitally literate. Schools do however offer elective classes where the individual may choose to learn about technology and becoming more proficient with it, it is however not a requirement. I'm not sure what stand to take on this; I feel like this should be a requirement however to those that have the literacy skills, sitting in the classroom just because they have to would be like a punishment to them. There is a close relationship between technology and cultures and the literacy just follows. For example, today students go to their classes wih their laptops and cellphones. In most cases they are free to use it to take notes or however they would like where as back in the day you were strictly only allowed to bring a pen and paper with you. We also live around the technology, we schedule our plans based on what is playing on the television and communicate with each other via emails and texts vs strictly telephone calls few years ago. In my opinion it is kind of implied that as people now use emails and text for communication the digital literacy is spreading between people as they know how to utilize and take advantage of it.

WebLog 5

Please discuss your experiences as an internet user.  Consider Besser’s article, what are your experiences as a consumer versus creator of internet content?  How have your ICT literacy skills evolved over your lifetime with respect to Warschauer’s model (as depicted in Figure 1), the notions of literacy and ICT access (depicted in Table 1), and Warshauer’s  discussion of the six principles of literacy and the related six principles of ITC access.  How have the physical, digital, human and social resources of your life journey allowed you to effectively make use of existing information on internet as well as contribute new content?  (+/- 250 words, at least one graphic, one photo and a podcast +/- 30 sec.

 I found both of these 2 articles very interesting. While they do have good theories and thorough ideas, some of the statistics and reasoning are outdated as they were both written in the early 2000's and a lot has changed in the ICT world since. I can't really comment from internet creator's point of view because I don't create content on the web, I preliminary just use it, however I can imagine that with the evolution of technologies and the narrowing gap of ICT illiteracy and division it is much easier to create and publish new content that gets bigger exposure than ever before. As a user I noticed a huge change, every thing is much more easier to access and there is tremendous amount of information on the internet thanks to the new creator tools. Regarding Warsachauser's model, I'm sure that my ICT literacy skills developed overtime however just looking at the Figure 1 I feel like I am proficient in all of the points. The only thing I would not consider myself fully proficient in is industrial capitalism. This is because I do not create enough content to monetize off of it yet. ICT literacy skills and access are somewhat related. In order to have total access to ICT you need to be proficient in technology and know how to use it and vice versa. ICT literacy has more than one type and definition, it's all about in what context you use it in. For example if all you need to do is print off articles so you can read them later and you know how to do it you are considered proficient and literate in ICT, however if you need to know how to access the content, create it and distribute it but you don't know how to distribute it you are not fully literate. Digital Social resources have greatly developed recently and they allow me to effectively use and share information on the internet. Facebook for example, with this digital social environment its easier than ever to keep in touch with your friends and share information. Physical factors also changed greatly, now I have a smartphone in my pocket all the time, a device that is more powerful than some computers. Thanks to smartphones I can take facebook with me wherever I go and if I need to look something up on google, there it is, in front of me wherever I am in a matter of seconds. With smartphones you can also create the content and share it wherever you are, it's a beautiful thing.

WebLog 4

In class and through our readings, we've struggled to develop an understanding of social justice. The liberal theory of social justice concerns matters of distributed justice. However, should social justice also concern matters, as Young asserts, of power, domination and oppression? Please explore the website Where Race Lives which concerns how United States government policies and past discrimination have made generating wealth easier for some Americans than others.

Social justice plays a huge roll in the distribution of power, domination and oppression. The Where Race Lives website helped me understand and realize clearer how white people back in the day, and even today shape the laws and the economy around themselves while leaving the nonwhites hanging. For example when Social Security was first created it was only for the white workers and excluded the nonwhites. With Social Security and other acts, the whites had more protection, easier and higher chance of getting and keeping better jobs while the nonwhites were the last to get hired and first to get fired. Because of these acts whites had a better chance of being homeowners in the suburbs while the nonwhites rented in the city. With owning a house and generally having more wealth its easier to save and pass down those things to future generations and while doing that you're giving the next generation a head start, when if you don't the next generation as to start working from the ground up continuing the discrimination and gap. The story of Max (white) and Byron (nonwhite) perfectly illustrates that. They were both born at the same time and had the same job, but Max made two times more than Byron. This happened because of all the discrimination and laws. Max had wealthy parents that set him up better for his live than Byron's parents did. At the same job Max had all of the money to himself which he could spend however he wanted while Byron had to pay for his loans, parents and any emergencies. The downward spiral part of the website explained that whites contribute a lot of resources to their communities and once nonwhites move in, they simply get scared and move away taking the resources with them. Doing so leaves a gap in the community that taxes have to make up for it and the nonwhites that are not as rich simply don't have the money and the community goes down hill from there.

Basically what I had learned is that previous' generations wealth, which they have acquired through past unjust laws, make my life easier because I don't have to start from bare dirt.

WebLog 3

Apply Miller's discussion of social justice  to a brief analysis of the two contrasting theories of social justice you developed for Blog2

Miller has some interesting ideas and facts about social justice. He makes good points that almost everybody has social justice, what differs is the amount of justice we have. One of hits theories is knowing how many people exist in a society and how to distribute the right and opportunities among the society.For example we all get compensated for doing work, its just a matter of how much, or that we all have the freedom of speech but it depends on how much and it what situations we use it in. Most, if not all of the points from Miller's discussion can be used and related to the two theories of social justice in the city of Omales (refer to WebLog 2).

In Omales, the residents that learned to accept and live with the idea of the locked up child take a lot of things for granted. While they do not think about this daily, or ever, they live in a happy, well structured, developed city. They enjoy the privileges that most residents do and they don't even think about it, they simply take it for granted, not thinking about the one child or others outside of the city that might not have a happy life or a roof over their head. In the city there is a consensus of how everyone should live and how everyone should be rewarded from their career and social input or existence. In my opinion everyone in that city understands the importance of the child and they live around it, it's essentially a social norm.

As for the contrasting view, the ones who see no social justice and choose to walk away from the city are not contributing to the problem and are somewhat socially just. Every resident who lives in the city is contributing the the problem and social injustice. The ones who walk away realize that the child is being mistreated and not given the chance to contribute or fit into the society, he's not even given a chance to! If the only circumstance and rationale for the child to be locked in the basement is that it keeps the rest of the city happy and stable because it was born defective or was neglected, that's corrupt. Some of the residents want to fix this corruption and set the child free however the rest of the population will not allow to. The rest of the population is keeping the justice away from that child because they rely on him and will simply not change their mentality. They are in a way adjusting the definition of social justice, because they rely on a "handicapped child", they overlook and not view it as a concern, resulting in all residents having social justice. The ones who walk away are in a way increasing social justice because they rather walk away and not find happiness for the rest of their life rather than seeing the child suffer.

In conclusion everyone has their own definition of social justice. Social justice does not only mean equal treatment or monetary possessions. To everyone's definition there are also circumstances and rationale behind it, each person has to explain why and how it is just in their opinion. There are both advantages and disadvantages to each person's definition because while it may support one point of view it may hurt the other. In the story social justice is measured by the happiness of the residents. While residents appear happy that one child is suffering but according to someone that may just be the utopian society they'd like to live in, as the residents of Omales do.

WebLog 2

Based on your reading of Le Guin's short story, briefly develop two contrasting theories of social justice. With references to the story, what aspects of your theories are explicitly addressed by Le Guin? What aspects are implied? (Not to exceed 500 words).

The short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" can be interpreted in few different ways. Social justice is being somewhat challenged in this story; on one hand all people are happy and are all living a good life but on the other hand there is that one sacrificed child, that one child who is not living a happy free life but he must in order for the others to. 

Omelas, is an utopian city in this tale. Everyone that lives there leads a safe, good, well balanced life. Everyone is able to live this good life because there is one child locked up in a room in a basement in one of the public buildings. This child is most likely neglected or born defective. In that room that one sacrificed child holds all of the sadness, fear and negative influences from all of the happy living Omelas citizens. Everyone around their teen years is told about this sad and dark room down in the basement. Some choose to go visit and others do not. Some understand why it is that way and go back to their daily life while others are totally shocked and walk away from the city to be never heard again.

You can say that the society in that city has social justice. It has social justice because "everyone" is living good, happy, respectful life. People are only told about the sacrificed child once, and because of that they do not think about him for ninety nine percent of their life. To them it's a normal day to day life filled with their activities. The aspects of this theory are clearly addressed in the story, all adolescence are told about the child and why he is important. Most just try to understand and even if they don't they just go on with their life knowing that they can't really change anything or find a better, happier city to live in.

The contrasting theory is that the society has no social justice at all. While it may appear that everyone is living a good life there are deeper problems lying down under. How can society function knowing there is a lonely, cold child that needs help living in a basement in a dark room? That is unethical! That's why some of the people that come to see the child and can't stand it walk out and away from the city hoping to find a not corrupt place to call home, but we never know if they do, more likely than not they will live a darker place with even less happiness. This theory is not addressed but it is implied. It is implied that the residents can live a free life and walk away from the city as they wish, but many do not. This is because if they do they don't know if they will find a city that is as happy or well structured as Omelas, the city of utopia. They most likely will not.

WebLog 1

1.Name: Mariusz (Mario) Jastrzebski   Hometown: Highland Heights    email: mjastrzebski15@jcu.edu
2. Mario

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4. I consider myself as a slight technology geek, however I'm still fairly social and outgoing. Fun fact about myself is that I'm from Poland and my family moved here to the states 8 years ago.
5. In order for me to to feel comfortable taking intellectual and creative risks in a classroom I need to somewhat know my colleagues and be able to talk to them freely.
6. Internet was the most technological advancement in the history. This is because even if we have computers, the internet is what is keeping us connected. Without internet the computers would be sole processing power and not the machine that we call a computer now a days.
7. In the 21st century, a computer and a cellphone is essential to my life as it probably is to others too.
8. I am fairly proficient with computers. I  am knowledgeable about the hardware but not so much the software. Both digital and social media are a "requirement" in today's life so I would say that I'm fairly proficient and comfortable in using those as well. I would rate my proficiency a 7/10.
9. Which class do you enjoy teaching the most?
What do you like about JCU the most?