In 30 years, life will most definitely be different. When I wake up in the morning, it will be to an alarm clock that only I can hear. This way my roommates won’t go crazy when I don’t turn it off as soon as I hear it. I will then wake up, speak to my radio and it will turn on to my favorite tunes. I’ll jump in the shower, where the automatic robot will help me wash my hair, as I wash my body, cutting my shower time in half. As I step out of the steamy shower, the towel will robotically wrap itself around me, drying me off. With the help of Pinky (my personal robot) I will pick out the perfect outfit, considering outside temperature, plans for the day, and many other life altering details for my outfit. Pinky will then help me with my makeup and my hair and I’ll be off to class on my transportation disk. The flying disk works by me just stepping on it and telling it where to go, making me never late to class. I’ll grab breakfast as I’m flying and eat it on the way. As I’m sitting in class, I’ll be able to talk in many different languages and we’ll be learning much of the same as today, just adding in more technology and cultural differences. After class, I will get back on my flying disk to take me back to my dorm. I’ll have Pinky prepare my dinner for me and my roommates and after Pinky cleans the kitchen, she will help me with my studies.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
In 30 years....
Thursday, April 8, 2010
The Skunk Ape Tutorial
This tutorial for me was beneficial and informative; however, I already knew most of the information inside the modules from what my professors and teachers have taught over the years. I feel like this tutorial was very juvenile and should be given to high school students so they are more prepared when they enter college, instead of learning all this research information the first couple of semesters. My senior year in high school, I had to write an extensive research paper that took the whole year, if I would have known this information then, my life would have been a lot easier. Even in Composition 1, we should have been assigned this tutorial for our benefit to help with the research paper. The games and quizzes inside the tutorial made the assignment much easier to sit and do. Without the games and quizzes, I’m sure I would have become exhausted from all the already known information. Most of the modules were very repetitive and way too long. Once the information is stated, the module should have ended and gone into another point of research, no need to keep repeating the same information. This tutorial did indeed refresh my memory on performing basic research, so all in all, very informative.
