Reflective post by Amie

I think this course is very up-to-day, as all the information covered in the course is all related to our daily life now, but not in the past. Therefore i think if the course is opened in the twenty years ago, no one will really understand what is the real situation. For example, the case we talked about the online shopping, online community and the notion of cyborg, also and the cyber rape. I really do not think that will happen in the past. Therefore they can only understand by their own imagination.

Moreover, this course give me a great opportunity to re-think about our orientation in the fast changing world, especially when facing the virtual reality. It is because we can not use our traditional thinking to judge the society and culture. For example, the emergence of MSN or facebook. The older generation may think these online communication methods can really shorten our time in mail. However, if the new generation access to these online communication methods too early, they maybe in danger, such as the accident in HK within these days. A 16 years old young girl was killed and cutted into pieces, and her head was be thrown into the sea. She is the case who talked to strangers in MSN. Therefore is online communication a good or bad thing? We still need many time to think about that.

Finally, i really appreciate the help from Anna and the use of welbog. Her explanations are so clear in both lectures and tutorials. Also i like to use weblog to post our work as we do not have to actually come and hand it by myself, and that's really a time consuming thing.