Ch. 31 Reflection

The part of the chapter that I found to be very interesting was the section discussing artificial intelligence. I am amazed that eventually people will have the capabilities to program a computer to have the intelligence comparable to a human. For a computer to be able to tell how much a student is actually learning, how much they are relying on the helps available and how to problem solve while 'teaching' boggles my mind. It's truly amazing to think that it's possible this could be happening within the next decade. I must admit I'm not sure how I feel about this however. I don't know if this is truly the best thing for our society. I think that computerized training programs are great, but to have computers replace tutors for a large percentage of the time worries me a little bit. I feel there are so many people that are already struggling to relate to people because of the crutch they have by relating through a computer. Taking away one more human interaction time could be detrimental. I could be wrong, but those are simply some speculations. I'm sure it will have it's advantages as well.

My favorite activity that we did this semester was probably playing with the photo editing sites. I really love pictures and playing around with them was something I really enjoyed. It was fun to try some new things and to see how I could make things different with some photos and try to capture some different lighting, moods, and emotions by doing so. It may not have been the most beneficial for my professional use, but I really enjoyed using it. I also found learning how to use Delicious was very beneficial. It's so nice to have my favorites bookmarked on a site I can access on any computer. I've really learned a lot this semester.