Chapter 8

Chapter 8 dealt with Security Issues, Ethics ad Emerging Technologies in Education. I thought this chapter was very interesting. The section about Security Issues seemed to be the most relevant. Now a days the increase in viruses is outrageous. This section was helpful in the fact that it went into detail about the signs of virus infections (p.471) as well as two of the most common viruses; worms and Trojan Horse. I have heard of people getting the Trojan Horse virus on their computers and they said its the worst thing that has ever hit their computer and it takes a while to catch it. This section also talks about logic bombs and time bombs; such as the Michelangelo virus. I still don't understand why people create these viruses, it will never make sense. Creating these viruses seem unethical, causing harm to others intentionally.
Some new skills that I acquired since the last class, was creating a web page. I've never created one before and I have always wanted to. Being able to create one will help later on when I become a teacher and need to have a website. In todays society if you don't have a website, webpage, or know how to create them or use them, your in big trouble. Todays society seems to be built around the use of the web, and learning new things from it. Creating a webpage you can be as creative as you want with it, being able to draw as much attention to it as you please. You are able to use webpages for your own use or for many different uses which helps in many ways.
I was glad that Spring Break was here, but it went by entirely to fast. Spring Break is a tease, but the good news is we only have a little over a month until Summer. Although now im not in any rush for summer since we are required to take summer classes. So now I am just jumping right back into classes. Spring Break was definitley needed and it was great to be able to go home for a few days. I hope everyone else had a great Spring Break and now we must get back into that "learning mode".