Session Twelve

Another week of presentations.

PRESENTATION FIVE

The first presentation of the week and fifth of the series was about music. A very interesting topic chosen by the group. The website was done up really well.

PRESENTATION SIX

This website was on vaccines. I feel it is another interesting topic to be chosen. The site was simple and to the point.

PRESENTATION SEVEN

This group presented on food and technology. They were informative and had very detailed example to share. Website was very simple and to the point once again.

PRESENTATION EIGHT

Last presentation of the week and series. This was about tracking crime. Very interesting information shared.

It is very obvious each week that each group put in a lot of effort and research to create their websites. Again a round of applause for this weeks group. I rate this session as 10/10 again.

Session Eleven

PRESENTATION ONE

The first presentation was about e-commerce. The website was extremely interesting as they followed the theme of a blog shop. However, the layout of the blog shop may make it a little difficult for visitors to know which section is under which tab. Also due to limitations of wix the pages were loading really slowly.

PRESENTATION TWO

This was my group’s presentation. We are already working on improving the website.

PRESENTATION THREE

This group presented on kinetic technology. They had a very attractive website and the presenters were prepared. Unfortunately only one of their videos could work but they still managed to put their point across.

PRESENTATION FOUR

The last presentation of Session Eleven was on GM food. Their video was funny. The website also was well done. The section on having a blog shop where GM food could be bought was interesting.

The groups put in a lot of hard work on the website and I would like to congratulate each of them. I give the session a 10/10.

Session Ten

Today’s lesson consisted of some revision of the past few weeks. Our main focus was on technology assessment and forecasting. We are moving ahead very fast and we have to keep up with the changes. More than just keep up, we should be ahead of the changes so that we will not be caught with a surprise. That is where forecasting comes in. If we are bale to forecast the future with some accuracy, we will to some extent have the power to make that change instead.

Forecasting, I feel, is especially an advantage to business as it helps them stay ahead of competition. But with the way we have been using earth’s resources we have to be very careful about the decisions we make. To be able to do this we need to consider every aspect of that change and the consequences or benefits that will come with it. As mentioned by prof in class once, and I am starting to agree with this, is that not all technologies or innovations we think of will definitely work. There is a time to everything and we need to consider that fact as well. Is everyone ready for such a change now or in the future?

A technique to forecast future and to evaluate it was discussed. Would it work if we set a particular goal for the future and slowly work backwards till where we are today? This would allow us to not only forecast the change but also predict the issues that might come along the way so we can be prepared for it. Thus, when we finally start on the plan we would have a more sound and tight project in hand. This method has its pros and cons. The biggest problem may be the fact that what if we predicted or guessed a very important part of the whole process wrongly, everything planned may go down the drain. But that is where research and careful consideration comes in. If we can try to cover as much issues as possible the chances of anything going wrong will decrease each time.

As I mentioned before, forecasting can be very handy for businesses. But how far each business can go in predicting or reducing risks for that prediction may be affected by their size. R&D costs money and how air-tight their plans are depends on how much they can spend.

I enjoyed the class a lot as it was a very nice way to tie everything up. I give this class a 9/10.