Week 1 Session 1: Class Activity 2

Reflection of Video

Computers are used for many things. For one they can be used to make videos, just like the one we saw in class today. In the video there were many forms of statistics; and guess what, computers are the ones that are used to come up with all those calculations and statistics. Also, computers perform many functions that surpasses a human brain like translating (it takes years to master a language), computing, searching for the various information (forms, types, examples, etc) through the Internet, prediction (using softwares and programmes to come up with many inventions not made in real life yet), designing (e.g. Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc), and we users have access to all sorts if data.

To me, computers do mean a lot, for example, a personal computer helps in assignments, passing time, creating projects, making gifts, amongst many other things. Yes there are positive and negative outcomes of using a computer.
Positively would be the opportunities we have to tie up and link with users of other countries, different timezones and continents; keep in touch with loved and not so loved ones all over, perform many tasks at a reasonably shorter amount of time taken than when not using a computer.
Negatively, computers take away some part of social life function in our human bodies. By spending so much time on computers and generally technology on the whole, we become anti-social. Sometimes it is not because we want it to happen but it just happens and sooner or later, it becomes a part of our lifestyle which would then be passed on to the younger generations.