Final Week

Overview

Today was our last lesson of TWC which was a relief to me as I survived the crazy workload but part of me felt sad. After all, I did enjoy the whole course and learnt a lot about technology in all aspects and angle.

Anyway, we had 4 presentations today, women and technology, tech and "the end", "shababies" and "art and technology" (Mine).

Interesting observation

• Tech and "the end": I thought their website was good but I felt their topic lost focus along the way. It is a very subjective topic to take on but they did a great job in trying to link everything up to technology. I guess more effort should be placed on technologies that could help specific countries and which one will not be of used to certain countries.
• Shababies: I gained a lot from this presentation as they gave a holistic view of medicine and technology. The one thing that interest me was that of augmented mirror that is able to detect your health status. I thought that would be cool but it would might make one too over conscious about their health.
• Women and technology: Well, the approach done by this group was way different from the rest as they branched out into many sub parts but there wasn't much content in it. Some of the things mentioned lack full proof too and sounded like a sweeping statement to me. Nonetheless, the website was done pretty well and I like the idea of adding a poll system.
• Art and technology: Well, my group went with another approach by tackling our question straight from the start and we aim to provide knowledge of art and technology but we do not limit the views of the readers but providing them with provoking thoughts. Overall, I think we tried our best in terms of manpower and diversity within the group.

Key takeaways

• Technology is diversified and can take on many aspects, from women to medicine and art. I believe technology is slowly creeping into every part of our life and this questions one's ability to embrace it intelligently and not rely on it. Overall, I am amazed as to how each of us throughout the 4 classes can actually write a different topical review paper all together!!
  

Rating: 9/10.

Week 12

Overview

Today's lesson was run by us, the students. There were 3 presentations today by Air and Technology, Space Junk and Spacemen. All the presentations were in depth with one group (the spacemen) who managed to incorporate the some theories learnt in class to their solutions. On the whole, they followed a standard structure which is past, present and future development.

Interesting observation

• I did the first group did a good presentation, setting the standards high. They sort of came up with a mini skit which I thought was good as they seem prepared. However, the materials were does not have enough analysis and facts. I did not gain much from it but I must say that their webpages were awesome!!
• The second group on space junk, though simple but they were clear and concise. They identified the problem and tackle it in a very systematic way which was easy to follow. Also, I never knew that space junk could fall back to earth!!! That was something that scared me a little. I mean just imagine getting killed by a space junk!! Their solutions were in-dept too even though the presenter had to draw it out on the white board. But the fact that he wrote it out without much referencing shows that he has clearly processed the information.
• The last group was good in that they used theories from previous class to discuss about their issues and solutions. However, the webpage was way too wordy and halfway through, I was lost in their discussion. Oh and their videos was cool, i particularly liked the last one where they moved in slow-motion in sych with the music.

Key takeaways

• Space junk do fall to the ground and shooting stars may just be a space junk (how unromantic).
• with the rise in the number of population, there will be a limited of space for us to live in.

Ratings

7/10 as I did learn something new!! :)