Category: <span>EDCI 336</span>

Simple Guidance for You in Coding

Hi folks, my second inquiry post is a little delayed… it’s been a hectic week to say the least. My journey to mastering the art of coding has officially begun. I’m using the website Codeacademy right now that I found on google to begin my quest… so far so good. …

How Technology is Changing How We Treat Privacy

If you’re a doctor who doesn’t follow privacy laws… does that make you a FIPPAcrite? It’s interesting to consider how it is that we are to maintain our privacy. How it is that we consider and assess our own perceptions of privacy. It’s crazy that we have to determine our …

If You Sing “Happy Birthday” to the Queen, it’s Not Royalty-Free (haha)

What does it mean to own music? Brett Gaylor’s “open-source documentary” RiP: A Remix Manifesto (2009) is an attack on corporate culture for using copyright laws to silence freedoms of expression. Gaylor explores the flaws of copyright in the information age, suggesting that copyright laws need to make sense for …

Lend Me Your Ear

Today’s classrooms are structured to fit into a rigid system that leaves essentially no room for one to be creative. Creativity simply does not comply with the rules of standardized education and are generally seen as a practice saved for your own free time. Throughout the documentary Most Likely to …

Free Inquiry: The Art of Questioning

I am interested in learning about what is going on behind my screen. Coding is used to program the websites, apps, and other technologies we connect with daily. I know what coding is used for, but how does it work? How does coding create websites and apps? What is going …