Plan Reflection-11/29/11

     Today, Andrea and I plan to set up the different sections from iMovie. We will choose the theme for the project and de decide what facts and pictures we will include in the video. Our goal is to have the facts and statistics ready to go for next class.
     We discussed what theme fit best to our topic and decided to use the News theme. It will be easier to put in the pictures and include a voiceover. We were able to evaluate our choice against the specifications and gave reason to why it's best.
     For next class, we planned to come prepared to actually begin collecting the pictures we will use and put in order the facts, statistics and quotes. We also agreed to split the work and bring in a portion of the facts and statistics we will use.
     I gave myself a grade of 5 on criterion F because it includes the information and pictures that are necessary. It also meets all the requirements presented in the rubric.

Design Brief 11/17/11

Problem:
The problem presented is about digital access. To solve the problem, I will create a PSA and poster to raise awareness on how and why to improve digital access.
Concept:
The message is going to be to everyone in the world with and without digital access. The point is to make the viewer realize what they are missing out technology wise.
Sources:
Several sites I used are
http://www.internetworldstats.com/links10.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560660/
http://www.esa.doc.gov/Reports/exploring-digital-nation-home-broadband-internet-adoption-united-states
To make the PSA I will be using iMovie or vimeo.com. The music will most likely be calm and suspenseful.
Format:

PSA Plan worksheet

1.            What issue/ topic did you choose?

I chose Digital Access.

2.            Why is this important?

It’s important because digital access is dominating the world and without it we will have difficulties.

3.            Who do you want to reach? (target audience)

The targeted audience is the class.

4.            What is the behavior your looking to change?

5.            Why doesn’t the audience already engage in this behavior?

6.            What emotional appeal can you make?

7.            Belonging; Power/Control; Fun: Safety;

8.            Put your audience in a situation/scenario where the issue would come up in their lives.

9.            Where are they? (setting)

10.        Who is there? (characters)

11.        What’s’ going on around them?  ( ambient sound)

12.        What are they saying? (dialogue)

13.        Who is message brought to you by? ( Station; organization)

Day 3-Research

How does digital security impact future digital footprint?

Digital Security- is the protection of your digital identity

Digital security is very important since many tasks are now done online. These are some facts about digital security:

1. Recently, with the growth of DSL and cable connection technologies, millions of small to medium size companies and businesses are wide open to the ravages of the Internet. It is a very simple task for anyone to have full access to all the data contained in the hard drive of anyone connected to a DSL or cable modem line.

http://www.digitalsecurity.com/

2. As much as 60% of corporate data resides unprotected on PC desktops and laptops.

(IDC analyst Cynthia Doyle, Business Continuity in 2002: It's Not
Business as Usual, April 2002)

http://www.de.connected.com/downloads/Items%20for%20Downloads/Facts%20and%20Figures%20on%20data%20protection_Q4_02.pdf

3. 
Practical Consequences
1. The merchant is always responsible for security of the Internet-connected PC where customer details are handled. Virus protection and a firewall are the minimum requirement. To be absolutely safe, store sensitive information and customer details on zip-disks, a physically separate PC or with a commercial file storage service. Always keep multiple back-ups of essential information, and ensure they are stored safely off-site.
2. Where customers order by email, information should be encrypted with PGP or similar software. Or payment should be made by specially encrypted checks and ordering software.
3. Where credit cards are taken online and processed later, it's the merchant's responsibility to check the security of the hosting company's webserver. Use a reputable company and demand detailed replies to your queries.
http://www.ecommerce-digest.com/ecommerce-security-issues.html

Investigation-Topic

My topic is "Digital Security." Something important that I discovered is that "there are individuals who steal, deface, or disrupt other people." That is why we need to take precautions.

Digital Access

1.Many low income homes in the United States are America offline because they don't have internet access.
2.Due to digital divide, higher class communities receive better online services than the lower class.
3.Some minority groups are being deprived from learning the most they can because of unequal access to the internet.
4.Bill Gates was the innovator of Microsoft.
5. For better access the government should create better incentives to network builders, treat broadband as a public utility and federal rules should be established to ensure universal access and user choice.
6. The Final recommendations explain how the government should step it up and ensure that the whole nation has internet access because it is essential for everyone, especially in education.
7. The people should demand and explain the importance of internet access to the government.
8. The government should pass a law that limits the cost of the internet and make it available to everyone, and encourage more competition among providers and more options for users.