10 CRAZY JOBS that will exist in the FUTURE

Summary

• Due to the development of the technologies nowadays, many machines and robots have been created to replace human jobs. The Canadian Scholarship Trust Plan (CST) are working toward in creating new jobs that will be available in the year 2030. 10 possible jobs that will be exist in the future are
• Nostalgist: a interior designer who will be helping their clients recreate their favourite and happy memories.
• Telesurgeon (remote surgery): surgeries on the patents by using robotic arms, a master controller and a sensory system that provides feedback to its user.
• Rewilder: it’s a job which will help in create a new environment by replacing those damage that humans caused with forests and green plants. 
• Garbage Designer: creating new, and better quality items by up cycling the trash and garbages.
• Simplicity Expert: a person who will be helping business streamline and simplify their working process such as reducing 3 days of work into half an hour of work. 
• Healthcare Navigator: a person who will helping the patients to understand the complex hospital system. They will be answering the patients questions and provide support for the patient’s family to cope with the stress of illness.
• End of Life Therapist: a person who will be planing for the years before customer’s death.  
• Gamification Designer: a person creating game that relate to real life experiences by combine game logic with daily activities, events, etc. And also try to create games that will help people release stress.
• Robot Counsellor: work as the servant or caregiver in the family.
• Media Remixer: having the same job as DJ or VJ. The remixer will creating new projects by putting in the audio, video, and images.

Major Concepts

• Since many robots are taking over human’s jobs, in order to prevent people from jobless, these 10 crazy jobs could be a choice for them.
• The Canadian Scholarship Trust Plan is working with foresight strategists to come up with new jobs for our the future generations.
• The article talk about the 10 crazy jobs that will be exist in the future, including the back group bachelor needed for each of them.

Potential Strengths / Advantages

• It’s important for people to know about these jobs, so they cab prepare themselves for these future jobs.
• These jobs will prevent the future generations from being jobless.

Potential Problems / Limitations / Disadvantages

• People whose families can’t afford them to learn and graduate with high degrees might not be able to get these jobs.
• People who are not interest and good at the subjects mentioned in the article will be having hard time finding getting jobs.
• It would be even better if the CST could come up with more fun and interest jobs, so that people could have more choice to choose.

Discussion Questions

• Is it possible for CTS to come up with more jobs that is available everyone, including those people who are unable to graduate high degree?

Citation

• Vitto, Laura. “10 Crazy Jobs That Will Exist in the Future.” Mashable. N.p., 28 Apr. 2014. Web. 08 May 2014.

Google Glass & Second Machine Age

 

Summary 

• Google Glass was been used in the airport to access to the the passengers’ information without have to use hand-held notes. The information include the passenger’s name, registration, destination, fly number, etc. It also capable of recording videos and pictures. However, developing google glasses that able for facial recognition goes against Google’s terms and conditions, because it’s invading the customer’s privacy.
• The development of technology nowadays had create machines which are slowly took over the human muscle as well as putting people out of work. For example, the invention of robot workers have use to replace the workers in the factory. Therefore, many workers have been losing job because the companies no longer need so much worker since the machines are capable of doing the same work like human. 

Major Concepts

• The Google Glass help people to have a more comfortable and easier lives. Especially for those people whose jobs need to contact and know about customer’s information. They can use the Google Glass to help them get the customers’ information faster and easier. 
• Although Google Glass help people to have an easier life, there are still many people who disagree with it. Some places such as the 500 clubs even banned it, because it might invades customer’s
  privacy
• Machines and Robots are capable of doing many jobs like human which causing people to lose their jobs. For example Google car (self-driving car), milking cows machine, etc. 

Potential Strengths / Advantages

• Robots could be more efficient and more accurate in working than human. It could work for 24 hrs without stoping, while human can’t be able to do that. 
• Robot cost lesser expense compare to hiring a real workers. This would be benefit the companies because they get to pay less and receive a higher quality products.  

Potential Problems / Limitations / Disadvantages

• Losing Jobs will become a major issue, because due tho the high-tech of the machine, it will be taking over human’s jobs. 
• People will be depend of the machine too much and won’t be able to do anything by themselves. 

Discussion Questions

• Since the technologies are getting farther and farther development, will the robots/machines control over people in the future?
• What would happen to those jobless people? How would they going to earn money from since the robots/machines are taking over their jobs.  

Citation

• BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
• “Will Robots Put Us All out of Work?” BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014.

Heartbleed Bug

How did it happened?

• Heartbleed bug is a buffer underflow-attack in OpenSSL. This version of OpenSSL view data as 64K, it reread the data over and over again, and keep sending the user 64K of what it’s thinking. This is very dangerous because in 64K of data, it might include the personal and private data of the user  inside.

Who got the effected?

• Smartphone and tablets running version 4.1.1 of Android were in danger and couldn’t defend to these attacks. However, Microsoft’s and Apple’s system are still safe from these attacks. Beside this, some popular website such as Yahoo, Facebook, and Google are also affected by this attack.

What was the damage?

• The hackers are able to steal the information from the remote server memory, not only that, they were allow to have many chances in keep trying to retrieve the information. Therefore, people who still kept their personal information such as username, passwords, credit card numbers, etc. in the memory when the hackers begin yo attack, are likely to have a high chance of being attacked.

How to prevent it or recover from it?

• Do not log into accounts from afflicted sites until you’re sure that the company has patched the program.
• Change passwords of sensitive accounts (such as banks, emails) once you have got confirmation of a security patch.
• Be aware and always check the bank account. This is very important because there is high chance that the attackers would be access to user’s credit card information. Therefore, if you don’t want to lose your money in your bank account, then you need to be careful and constantly checking it.

What did you learn from it?

• By knowing the Heartbleed Bug, it helps us to be more careful and be aware from the 
  attackers. It also remind us to check t=our important account co
  nstantly, and also change the password of sensitive accounts suchas bank account or email.It’s always better to prevent and keep ourselves safe than wait till the attackers to attack and have to regret later.

Citation

• ANDRADE, JOSE. “​What Is Heartbleed, Anyway?” Engadget. Engadget, 12 Apr. 2014. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
• – Lyne, James. “How Heartbleed Happened, The NSA And Proof Heartbleed Can Do Real Damage.” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 14 Apr. 2014. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.
•  Wagenseil, Paul. “Heartbleed: Who Was Affected, What to Do Now.” Tom’s Guide. TechMedia Network, 9 Apr. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
• Nieva, Richard. “How to Protect Yourself from the ‘Heartbleed’ Bug – CNET.”CNET. Cnet, 08 Apr. 2014. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

3D Printer – Stratasys Objet500 Connex3

Summary:

• 3D-printing company Strtasys had reveal 3D printer – Objet500 Connex3 in January. The printer has three nozzles which allow it to print in three materials at the same time. Michaella Janse van Vuuren, a South African artist, designer, and engineer, has created a fashion accessories in which she calls the Garden of Eden by using the Objet500 Connex3. It allows the user to create something really close to the end product, and also has the ability to combine rigid and flexible materials together in one piece. For example shoes that has the snake forming as the heel by using rigid material, belt using multihued rubber material, and fish bracelets made from both rigid and flexible materials. 
• Major Concept:
  • 3D printer allows for multiple colours and materials together in a single print session.
  • The outcome of the objects is really close to an end product.
  • 3D printer has the ability to combine rigid and flexible materials in one piece. 
  • This 3D printer not only replace the traditional methods of fashion manufacturing, but also allow the user to manufacturing in a completely new way. It include different material in a single piece. 
• Potential Strength:
  • This article makes us know the properties and functions of the 3D printer.
  • We realize that the 3D printer is getting popular due to its amazing uses. 
• Potential Problems:
  • It’s hard to get those kind of printer, and the price might be too high for people to get it since it’s very high-tech.
  • The object that print out might not be in high quality since there is no people guarantee about it. 
• Discussion Questions
  • How long can the object printed out stay? is it has the same quality as the real object?

• Citation:
  • Starr, Michelle. “3D-printed Corset Wraps Model in Revisionist Eden.” CNET. N.p., 18 Mar. 2014. Web. 24 Mar. 2014.

Using Code.org create Flappy Bird

Summary

• The game Flappy Bird is now no more in the app stores. However, Code.org has decide to create a tool for people to make their own Flappy Bird game, and at the same time learn some codes. The lesson is create by goes through the actual game mechanics of Flappy Bird step-by-step. At each step alone the way, the users need to think and find out the way to let the game work the way it’s supposed to be. By create your own game, you can design and adjust every aspect of the game such as make the bird sound like a jet engine, crunch, or laser every time it flaps. This game idea was actually born during an employee happy hour when the group realize that it would be good to turn a game into code lesson. 

Major Concept 

• Code.org is creating a tool for people to make their own Flappy Bird game, and also learn writing code at the same time. 
• By creating the game, users need to goes through step by steps, and future out how to make the game work the way it’s suppose to be. 
• This idea of making a game being using Code.org is also being use in Angry Bird, Frogger, and PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies as well. 

Potential Strengths

• The article make us realize that we can actually create our own game. 
• This also helping us learning how to write code at the same time. 
• We can design our own game anyway we want.  

Potential Problems

• People need to learn how to write code before they could succeed in create their own game, some people might feel like it’s too hard and might give up easily. 

Discussion Questions

• Can the game we created be post public and let everyone play?
• Is there any other easier ways to create a game?

Citation

• Lowensohn, Josh. “Code.org Turning the Ashes of ‘Flappy Bird’ into a Phoenix of Coding Education.” The Verge. N.p., 26 Feb. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.

Facebook crowdsourcing gives lonely boy 1.4 millions friends

Summary:

• Colin is a 10 years old boy who has Asperger syndrome, which cause him to has a hard time making friends. He often being tease by other students. He usually have his lunch in the school office because other kids won’t let him sit with them. His birthday is on March 9th. His mother, Jennifer Cunningham, asked him if he wanted a birthday part, but he said there wasn’t any point because he didn’t have any friend. Therefore, his mom decide to create a “Happy Birthday Colin” Facebook page. And in just 10 days, so many people around the world have commented on the page; they all wishing him and happy birthday and commending Cunningham for helping her son. The page has reach up to more than 1.4 million likes.

Major Point:

• Colin is a 10 years boy living in Michigan. And he is had a hard time making friend because he has Asperger syndrome.
• Colin’s mother want to surprise her son by creating a “Happy Birthday Colin” Facebook page for him. Within 10 days, it reached to more than 1.4 likes.
• People around the world come wish him on Facebook.

Potential Strength:

• After reading, people might start go posting birthday wish on his walls.
• From the article, we can see that Colin is kind of person who never give up easily. Even though he has to face with many problems, but he never whine or complain about having to go to school. As what he said “you’ve got to keep trying”. This make us know that we have to keep trying and fighting no matter what had happen, just like Colin.

Potential Problem:

• His classmate / school mate might start to tease him more because they know that no one come to Colin’s birthday party.

Discussion Question:

• Will Asperger syndrome effect his study in school too?
• Can there be any way to help him improve his social skill?

Citation:

Kerr, Dara. “Facebook Crowdsourcing Gives Lonely Boy 1.4 Million Friends.” CNET News. CBS Interactive, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 17 Feb. 2014.

Why you should never send negative emails

Summary:

• We should never send negative email even though we feel close with the person and want to share our feelings and emotion. This is because email is not a right place for sharing emotional feelings. There is one philosophy that has proven this is true, negative emails often turn out to be a very poor communication, the best way is to talked in person or on phone.

Major Concept:

• The reasons why negative emanational emails are bad..
  • Lack of tone, body language and eye contact. We can’t know how they feel; are they angry?sad? Their emotions in our of our control.
  • It can create a battle to win out. Just like in debate, we try to bring up the phrase that could be shoot down others. This would likely to turn out into a fight rather than understanding each others.
  • Ready, Set, Dwell. When we receive an emotional email, it’s hard for us to know exactly how the other person feels, because email doesn’t show expression. So we should better talk about the issue in live conversation.
  • We can be irrational in the moment. When our emotions are strong, we would tend to do things without thinking carefully. By sharing the emotion throughout emails might sometime cause us to feel regret later.
• Things that we could do instead of sending emails…
  • Just take it offline. You might write out your emotion and save as draft but don’t sent it. This could improve both your sanity and ability to work well with others.
  • Set up a regular time to share emotions. When you feel like sharing your thought, feeling, etc. you could set up a time to talk with your friends. It’s better than sending an email.
  • Write it out but don’t send it. By writing your emotion down will make you feel better.

Strengths:

• The author clearly list out the disadvantage of sending negative email.
• The author list out some way to solve the problem instead of sending emails.
• The language is easy to read and understand.

Disadvantages:

• There should be more pictures to make the article more eye-catching.
• The article is base on personal experience, so it might not apply to everyone.

Discussion Questions:

• How about the person we send the email to is a very close friend and understand us well, will this consider as bad too?
• If we send an email to sorry them after we send the negative email, is this ok?

Citation

• Spinks, David. “Why You Should Never Send Negative Emails.” TNW Network All Stories RSS. N.p., 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.

Chinese Poster

Chinese new year is coming up, therefore, we are assigned to create a Chinese new year poster. In this poster, we are using photoshop, illustrator, and as well as indesign in creating it. The background and the horse were made in photoshop. Other things like flowers, text, and lantern were mostly made in illustrator. By using illustrator, it helps to made to picture more clear; there wont be small pixel when we zoom in a lot. After we done will all the pictures and text, we organise and arrange everything in indesign, the print it out. This is my first time using illustrator and indesign. Even though they are quite hard to use, but if we spend more time with it, it’s also fun to play with.

Wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year 2014 🙂

What Teachers (And Students) Must Know About Cyberbullying

Summary

• In school, students don’t just learn about  knowledge in the book. But teachers, also teach them about life lesson as well. And one of the most things that students should learn is how to interact  with others. As we all know, bullying is one of the serious issue that happen among teenagers and students. One type of bullying is cyber bullying, which mean people bullying each others through online. Therefore, it’s important for  teachers and parents to help their child understand  bullying and what to do about it.

Major concept:

• It’s important for teachers,  parents, and students to understand about cyber bullying and what to do about it.
• The author lists out the facts about cyber bullying.
• Frequency of cyber bullying: it said that around 43% of kids have been bullied online. 53% of kids admit that they having bullied others through online by saying something mean. 70% of students had seen bullying online. 1 in 10 teens have had embarrassing because people taken their pictures without their permission. It also said that people who spend a lot of times on online social networks would more likely to be bully through online compared to those who don’t spend as much time.
• Cyber bullying Platforms: cell phone is the most common medium for cyber bullying. 25% of teens been bullied through text message. 64% of kids been bullied through Facebook. 29% of teens through Twitter. And 21% of kids through e-mail.
• Cyber bullying & Demographics: Girls are more likely to be victims of cyber bullying than boys. And boys are more likely to be threatened by cyber bullied than girls.
• Effect of cyber bullying on students: Students who are being bullied will not really tell their parents, as the report show, only 1 n 10 victims will inform their parents about their abuse. Most parents not really know. Only 1 n 6 parents do know that their child has been bullied online. And from the research, cyberbullying victims are 2:9 times more likely to consider committing suicide. Some students feel nervous after being bullied and don’t want to go to school the next day.

Potential Strengths/Advantages

• The author gives clear information about cyber bullying to the readers. The number of percentage on each lists make the reader know how the bullying is going on right now.
• The colorful diagram is very helpful, it makes the readers understand more.
• The author using easy language which is easily understand.

Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages

• The author should include some of the ways to solve this problem.
• Also ways to prevent this from happening.

Discussion Questions

• How could student prevent themselves from getting cyber bullying.
• Although teachers and parents are teaching kids to not bully others, but why there still many people being bully everyday.

Citation

• Lepi, Katie. “What Teachers (And Students) Must Know About Cyberbullying.” Edudemic. N.p., 10 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 Jan. 2014.

My Winter Holiday

During my winter break, I didn’t do anything much. Most of the time I stay at home, I eat and sleep a lot but also exercise sometime as well.  More information can be see in here, there will be talk about food, health, and activities. Enjoy watching…….. here.