Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

There are many different ways Virtual Worlds can be used. You can see the usage of these virtual worlds through the article " After Second Life, Can Virtual life get a reboot" by Diane Mehta. "It’s digital LEGOs if you will, but it’s a space for kids to exercise their imagination and to connect with others to also want to build and create things". Kids can think and use their minds to build things at a young age. Other ways Virtual worlds can be used in education and delivery services. The pros are that it gives us social connectivity and ways to not being alone anymore. The cons could be that it is very addicting and you might feel like it is your life. You can see this through an article "I"ve been in that club, just not in real life" by Dave Itzkoff in the NY Times because it shows how a person can visit a club/bar without actually going there. He can make the bar and its surrounded using pixels. This can also show how virtual worlds can foster creativity because it allows the mind to think and create. I feel like the virtual worlds has a big impact in the near future because i believe there will be holograms and a person can visit/meet another person through their own holograms. This might take place in another 20-30 years.

Blog about Twitter

Twitter and Blackboard discussion are very different because on twitter you can address to certain pages/people by using tags where on blackboard you cannot. Blackboard is more simple and twitter is better with its color. You can post videos on twitter without just pasting the link like on blackboard. It is different than a in class discussion because you can actually follow and be followed by people/pages on twitter. Blackboard is limited whereas you can only discuss certain topics with your classmates but on Twitter you can discuss with anyone and can address towards anyone.

Social Networking Sites

The four social networking sites which I would be distinguishing are Facebook, Twitter , Instagram, and Snapchat. At the end all these sites/apps main purpose is for social networking but they work in different ways. Facebook is used for staying in contact with family and friends. Twitter is used to tweet stuff and more like a place for discussion. Instagram is used by taking pictures and keeping memories last forever which can be viewed by others. Snapchat is used for pictures at the moment and your daily activities. People would snap their food before they dig in for a bite. Facebook and Instagram can be used for even looking for the "one". You may find your significant other or might not depends on you. Overall I like Instagram and Snapchat because I love taking pictures.

Social Networking

Social Networking is very essential in todays world. It can benefit one in many ways such as meeting someone new and getting a job. "I was very impressed by that, that someone reached out to me, so to speak, with a position and looked at my background and realized there might be a fit here," LaSpina says. "And so I replied and conversations ensued from there, which became more and more positive.
LaSpina applied and he's now an employee of Osram Sylvania". As you can see according to "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" by Frank Langfitt that it is easier for employers to get in touch with candidates and for candidates to get in touch with employers. More benefits can be like people can always have people to talk to and discuss certain topics with.


However just like for every good thing there is a bad side for it , social networking also has some negative effects. "Think students don’t care about online privacy? Think again, say two researchers who have published a new paper about the privacy attitudes of 18- and 19-year-olds" ("Who cares about Facebook Privacy? Students do" By Marc Parry). It is so easy to get stalked and creeped out by people on social network sites. They get access to most of your information and can figure out personal things like where you live, where you work , or where you go to school? These technologies evolved a lot over the past couple of years but I believe that it can actually increase and get better over the years.