Author Archives: Kazimieras Buozys

I purchased WileyPlus at the beginning of the semester and have been using it during the entire course. Unfortunately there was a mix up and I never received a physical copy of the book for this CIS class but the electronic version was sufficient for this class. The quiz’, though generally confusing, were very comfortable and painless in regards to the WileyPlus system. The reading available online was very concise and well formatted, I found that every chapter had a logical flow to it and it was easy to follow. I don’t recall ever having problems with WileyPlus itself, but rather the information I was trying to learn and memorize.

When studying for an exam I rely heavily on the glossary and chapter summary sections on the electronic version of wileyplus. I feel that if you understand the vocabulary and terminology you have a better chance of understanding the questions come test time. Unfortunately a lot of the questions on the tests require you to know a specific name and the questions pose various similar choices that are difficult to differentiate. When it comes to tackling those questions it was very worthwhile studying the entire chapter and memorizing the terminology and when it applies. To be honest I did not delve into the audio lectures or many other features available through WileyPlus.

-Kazimieras Buozys

Instead of writing about how technology is being used in my father counter, Lithuania, I chose to write about Sierra Leone.  In Sierra Leone there is a 16 year old named Kelvin Doe, who, through natural ingenuity, has become something of an inventor. He uses scrap metal and trash to create inventions ranging from scrap metal batteries to a studio generator for his communities FM Youth Radio.

Kelvin has been inventing gadgets since he was four years old, and because he comes from a poor family and a generally poor area he can not afford to buy ideal materials. Instead he creates green technology by reusing things that people would consider garbage. He then turns them into ways for people to power their homes, or communicate through radio. His inventions even caught the eyes of professors working in academic institution in the US, including MIT and Harvard.

This shows that even though you are poor, if you put your mind to something you can create. It highlights the need for technology and how, through unorthodox methods, people are filling those needs.

-Kazimieras Buozys

By having more of our lives online, will our daily lives become more visible to outsiders on the internet?

This CNN article shows how advances in technology will help simplify our lives in the future. What I also gleemed from it was how much more reliant people will become on technology in the future. We as a society need to face the fact that as we become more reliant on technology much more of our lives will be accessible to the public. Some people won’t find a problem with this, others will feel like it is a breach of privacy. Unfortunately it is a reality that the more technology we utilize in our day to day functions the more our privacy is breached and potentially our identities damaged.

How do we prevent outsiders from viewing and tracking even the smallest details of our lives?