DIGITAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY

Research has indicated that student performance is significantly correlated with cell phone use. A study by Duncan, Hoekstra, and Wilcox (2012) demonstrated that "students who reported regular cell phone use in class showed an average of negative grades. Students also take it lightly on the number of times they accessed their phones while in class. While students reported an average access rate of three times per class period, observation data showed the rate was closer to seven times per period. An interesting finding is that other students are distracted when students text in class (Tindell and Bohlander, 2012). So while a student may claim he’s only hurting himself when texting, studies show that others are affected also.

Most universities do not have a campus-wide policy concerning cell phones in the classroom. Instead, it is left up to the individual faculty to make those policies and state them in the syllabus – which also means it’s up to students to keep track of which professors allow cell phone use and which ones don’t under any circumstances. Whatever your policy, you need to communicate your expectations clearly so there’s no doubt in the students’ minds. As a faculty friend wrote in his syllabus, “If I see you looking at your crotch and smiling, you are dismissed.”

• polices that can be used in institutes is that the only time cellphones will be allowed in class is if the is required research to be done
• they should all be on silent or switched off during class
• only will also be allowed to take relevant pictures on the board if the lecturer doesn't provide with slides

Duncan, D., Hoekstra, A., & Wilcox, B. (2012). Digital devices, distraction, and student Performance: does in-class cell phone use reduce learning? Astronomy Education Review, 11, 010108-1, 10.3847/AER2012011


Tindell, D. & Bohlander, R. (2011). The use and abuse of cell phones and text messaging in the classroom: A survey of college students. College Teaching. 60. Pgs. 1-9.

UNEMPYMLOENT IN SOSHANGUVE, PRETORIA

Soshanguve is a Township situated about 25 km north of Pretoria  in the Gauteng province. It was established in 1974 on land speaking people who were resettled from Atteridgeville and Mamelodi. It later became part of the City of scheduled to be incorporated into a Bantushutu bordering on Mabopane in the area called Bophuthatswana that was dominated to Sotho speaking, Shangaan speaking, Nguni speaking and Venda Tshwane he municipality.
Over the past few weeks South Africa experienced a wave of protest action across most provinces. According to ANC spokesperson Jesse Duarte there have been protests in ‘only' 14 of the 283 municipalities, but other sources put the figure at more than twenty. Many reasons for these protests are offered. The primary reason, it would appear, is dissatisfaction with the delivery of basic municipal services such as running water, electricity and toilets, especially in informal settlements. Unemployment (officially at around 23%), high levels of poverty, poor infrastructure, and the lack of houses add to the growing dissatisfaction in these and other poor communities.
(Johan Burger, Senior Researcher, Crime, Justice and Politics Programme, ISS Tshwane Pretoria, 2016)
The 6 D's of solution fluency:

• Define- one of the biggest problem of unemployment in Soshanguve is the fact that there are a lot of poor households which mostly do not afford to take their children to school or tertiary institution to have qualifications. this can be solved through free education provided by our government to all this underprivileged youth and also through youth empowerment programmed.
• Deliver- in order for me to create change to the problem that the youth of soshanguve is facing, I am going to have workshops that will empower the youth and provide them with skills that they can use to build their own business and make an income from their skills and talents
• Discover- the issues started from the fact many household do not have financial background that will help the youth to go to proper schools and institutions 
• Debrief-the changes that occurred are massive because a lot of youth are now involved in community projects which eventually decrease the crime around the area, improved youth intergrity and created more jobs.
• Design- used workshops and community projects as well as training and skills designing
• Dream- one has to have dreams and goals in order to have ideas that will solve the solution into the unemployment world in order to create more jobs around our country.

DIGITAL ETIQUETTE

 

STEPS TO MANAGE YOUR FOOTPRINT

1.       It is very important to use privacy settings provided for you on you personal computer

2.       Keep a list of the accounts you have and delete the ones you no longer use or the ones that are not active most of the time

3.       Try to minimize the information you share online, do nor over share every detail that is happening in your life

4.       Constantly Google yourself in order to know if your account has not being hacked and no nasty information is put up on you

5.       Have a secondary email account that you use to communicate with new people or when signing in for new pages and websites.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

What is digital footprint

Is the information about a particular person that exists on the internet as result of their online activity. Digital footprint is a trail of data that is created to collect information about a specific individual without their knowledge.( Margaret Rouse,2016)

Can digital footprint be a problem?

Digital footprint can be a problem because it is  a trail you leave behind on the internet concerning your reputation when you share updates, post pictures and statuses about your life and that can easily hurt you, as not many people in the cyberspace are good citizens other use the internet to stalker other people or to try and tarnish an individual’s life. Your footprint can give away so much information about you, where you work, where you stay, how old you and your physic are and that on its own can ruin your reputation, personal life and business if you involved in one.

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

What is internet of things?

Internet of things is the interconnection via internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data. Is a system of interrelated computing devices , mechanical and digital machines , objects , animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human to human interaction

The internet of things will as it grows, automate and inform an increasing number of operations, applications and processes. With no dedicated infrastructure in place for internet of things that is to send, receive or transport signals. It is critical that first movers in South Africa begin to more fully explore the possibilities. The decisions they make no will impact the cost and longevity of the solutions they are developing and help determine the robust of the foundations the country puts in place for internet of things.

How will this phenomenon impact your business?

1.       You will know where everything is at all times

2.       You will have to keep track of even more data

3.       Everything will be faster

4.       Energy and production will be cheaper

5.       Remote work will be more feasible

6.       Device management may become complex

7.       Productivity will increase

8.       Some industries will disappear or radically change