Before this class I didn’t pay that much attention to technology and while I was somewhat aware of the filter bubble I wasn’t very familiar with the history of companies like Google and Facebook and how they operate. I think that learning the history of these companies and other businesses discussed in the book can help me with my other classes. Discussing the future of technology will also probably come in handy.

I found Eli Pariser’s book very interesting and I learned a lot about the issues surrounding internet privacy while doing homework for this class. I did not like to blog before this class but now I don’t mind it and I am sure that will come in handy when more and more classes will require regular blogging.

I also learned how to do research quicker and more effectively thanks to the tips you gave on using the databases and have gotten much better at doing research. I had never worked with a wiki before so that was a good lesson to have as well. I did not like mind maps at first but now I see how they could be useful in presentations and I will probably be using them in the future.

I am much more aware of where the privacy laws are headed in this country and what different websites can do with my information. It was interesting to learn about how our online histories can be misinterpreted and even wrongfully used against us. I wish that we could have gone more into internet privacy laws and finding better solutions to the filter bubble. I don’t know if that would have helped with my other classes but it would have been nice to cover more about privacy issues. That video we watched about how technology is affecting our lives with virtual office meetings and video game recruiting was really interesting and I would have liked to have learned more about how technology is shaping the world we live in and what it will be like in the future.