Caught Up In The Game Khalil

In class today we watched a TED talk about Flikr.com and how anyone that has access to a tablet, phone, or laptop can use those pictures for your own usage. This is an interesting subject to me because plagiarism is a big factor in education. A lot of times when you have a project or assignment to complete that needs pictures, you search it up on the internet. More than none the pictures used are from sites like flikr.   If the picture says copyrights reserved, then you can’t use that picture. This situation is contradicting because if the picture can’t be used why is it on the internet. I’ve always have problems with understanding the reason behind that. However, I do understand that if I was to post a picture on the internet that was a unique picture I wouldn’t want anyone else to post it like it was theirs without putting my name on it. CCO: https://designshack.net/articles/business-articles/understanding-design-copyrights-and-trademarks/

In recent years online gaming has taken the next step in being the prolific activity that teens and even some adults take action in. Before you could game online, you had to be in the same room as the opponent to play. Now you can be across the country and still play against your opponent. It is amazing how far technology has came as far as being able to play against anyone in the country. One way I feel like online gaming  can do even better is adding a visual screen of your opponent. As of now the most communication you can have with your opponent is being able to talk to them over a microphone headset. Which is still awesome, but to add that next step they should add a visual screen option. Being able to play against other gamers around the country makes playing video games awesome because it gives the whole world a chance to compete with each other at a high level. CCO: http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Gaming-Main-Article-1.jpg

This week in class we actually didn't have class. Our teacher told us that we didn't have to go to class all week, which is lovely. Although we didn't have to go to class we still have homework assignments due on a site called TopHat . Before this eSoc212 class I had never heard of TopHat . Now TopHat is an educational site used for education usage. TopHat subscription costs money which is why so many students complain about it. In my opinion for college student’s online books should be free. Year in and year out per school year students spend at least $700 for books. Now back to our teacher assigning us TopHat homework. The work was uniquely set us so that it would be due at the time that we would usually end class. It was pretty easy because all we had to do was read the reading and then answer the questions right after. CCO: https://www.villagehatshop.com/hats/top-hat

Our presenatation was about how the  Cleveland Cavaliers  Dynasty has had a very interesting ride since 2011. This situation is so unique that we used Bruce Truckman five stages of group development. For forming we talk about the beginning of the era when they first acquired Andrew Wiggins with the first overall pick in the draft. After two seasons, they traded away Wiggins for Kevin Love. In the norming stage they required sharp shooter JR Smith, lockdown defender Iman Shumpert, and 7-foot monster Timothy Mozgov. For forming we talked about the first year together the super team with Irving, James, and Love fell short to the  Golden State Warriors  in game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals. For performing, the next season they rallied from a 3-1 deficit and beat the Warriors in a  NBA  Finals rematch. For adjourning, we talked about the end of the big 3 era. Kyrie Irving has recently been traded to the  Boston Celtics , ending the era. There is also speculation that Lebron could be leaving Cle