CP102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eric Whitacre, Accelerating Change, Cognitive Surplus
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Chapter 1: using technology to change the world. Technology is not just: a means for career advancement, a skill set needed to survive in society. Technology can provide ways you can make an impact. Social networking tools enable groups to connect and exchange ideas. Crisis-mapping tools collect and map informaion and make it publicly available. Health care: develop and deliver vaccines, reinal prostheics. Environment: data could alert scienists to new trends. The digital divide: great gap exists between levels of internet access and availability of technical tools, prevents use of all minds to solve problems. Web 2. 0: new set of features and funcionality, internaional collaboraion. Cogniive surplus: combinaion of leisure ime and tools to be creaive. Markeing technology helps to: decide what to purchase, actual buying process of goods and services. Strategies: qr (quick response) codes, locaion-aware price comparison tools. Computer-literate: understanding capabiliies and limitaions of computers, knowing how to use computers safely and eiciently.
