What is the difference between them? • Computer crime is also known as “cyber-trespass” that involves acts that attack the functions of a computer and access to a computer or the Internet. For instance, hacking, denying someone access to Internet usage, and sending unsolicited or virus-causing electronic mail. • On the other hand, cyber crime includes fraud, theft, and extortion using the computer as an instrument of the crime.
What has the Singapore government done in order to counter these two types of crimes? • Passing of the Computer Misuse Act in 1993 which prohibits: o obtaining of unauthorized access to computer material o altering contents of a computer o intercepting any computer service or function o obstructing lawful use of a computer o impeding or preventing access to or impairing the usefulness or effectiveness of any computer program or data o disclosing a password or access code 4 approaches in combating computer crime in Singapore: • Pass new legislation that creates crimes where activity warrants it • Impose severe penalties as punishment and deterrents • Provide law enforcement agencies with additional powers • Criminalize abetting and attempting to perpetrate computer crimes
This week’s blog exercise include learning how to use Microsoft Movie Maker (MMM), making a simple video and put it up here, and then discuss my experience of video making. Now, before I begin my first attempt to “create a movie”, I must first do what I am best at, that is planning and researching. Here is a video I found on YouTube that teaches you and me, how to make a movie using MMM. This video is long, as it lasts for about nine minutes, but it is cool. It shows us not only the basics but also some special effects. Watch it to find out more.
The three main benefits of MMM: 1. You get to “manually” capture only the parts of the video that you want • Saves space 2. You get to break up clips that you want to place at different places on your timeline • Organization 3. You get to trim the ends of clips • Perfect your video
Now, instead of taking a personal video and showing you my face, I took one of my favorite videos to learn, practise, and show you how easy it is to make a movie, or rather a presentation of your own.
All right, that was my masterpiece, but please, the voice in the video obviously does not belong to me (don’t think I don’t know what you are thinking). Making a video or movie with MMM is not tough at all. I did enjoy it because I have kind of created my own master piece from someone else’s work! It’s not ethical I know, but it is fun! Anyway, I have already acknowledged that THIS VIDEO DOES NOT BELONG TO ME, I merely borrowed it to experiment my movie-making skills. It does not look professional I know, but I guess it is passable for a beginner. Enough of praising myself, hope you guys can learn something from the above two videos and perhaps use these skills on your upcoming project!
This big machine here is a revolutionary multi-touch computer that responds to natural hand gestures and real-world objects, helping people interact with digital content in a simple and intuitive way. It has a large, horizontal user interface, which can be used as a unique gathering place where multiple users can collaboratively and simultaneously interact with data and each other.
Key features: 1. Direct interaction. Users can grab digital information with their hands and interact with content on-screen by touch and gesture – without using a mouse or keyboard. 2. Multi-user experience. The large, horizontal, 30 inch display makes it easy for several people to gather and interact together with Microsoft Surface - providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience. 3. Multi-touch. Microsoft Surface responds to many points of contact simultaneously - not just from one finger, as with a typical touch screen, but from dozens of contact points at once. 4. Object recognition. Users can place physical objects on the screen to trigger different types of digital responses – providing for a multitude of applications and the transfer of digital content to mobile devices.
Watch this.
Let me walk you through the origin of Microsoft Surface. In 2001, Stevie Bathiche of Microsoft Hardware and Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research began brainstorming concept. They wanted to combine the physical and virtual world.
In 2003, the first prototype was created, using an IKEA table.
In 2004, 85 early prototypes were built for use by software developers, hardware developers, and user researchers. The team grew and became the Surface Computing group.
In 2005, the “tub” model was created.
In 2007, 30-inch display table-like form factor has emerged.
“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.” Socrates
Guys, when you think you know something, think again, what do you really know? Benjamin Bloom came up with his Bloom’s Taxonomy in 1956 to divide educational objectives into three domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
Under cognitive, he provided us with a checklist that differentiates our thinking into two categories: higher order and lower order. Higher order thinking includes analyzing, evaluating, and creating, while lower order thinking includes remembering, understanding, and applying. If the requirements for lower order thinking look familiar, you are correct; our Singapore education system makes this compulsory for us. However, we are rarely trained to develop in our analyzing and evaluating skills. Creativity is crucial in our education system, but I also believe that it has been done the wrong way because we it does not follow these 6 steps. I personally believe that you need to get the basic knowledge at the tip of your fingers before you can use it to create new ideas. Without the basic knowledge, how can you create anything from nothing?
Affective talks about emotions. Emotions and memory are closely linked because the two of the brain that are responsible for these functions are closely connected. The more emotions something triggers, the longer you can remember it. Why do companies often spend large amount of money on advertisers to come up with catchy captions and advertisements to promote their product or service? This is because they know the impact of words on humans, and how a few words can trigger one’s emotions, which would gradually influence his or her thinking and actions. For instance, L'Oréal Group, the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, changed their slogan to “Because you are worth it”. Which woman in this world would not think that they are worth the thousand dollars of cosmetics. This change of slogan is certainly a success.
Psychomotor describe the ability to physically manipulate a tool or instrument. Why is it that some people are able to juggle with balls while others can never do it? Can these skills be trained or are they innate? How long do you have to train yourself before you can really say, “I know how to juggle”? How do you know if you REALLY know how to do it?
Try it out yourself. Watch the video and learn. =)
