Atls Final Exam A+Graded Q&A 2023/2024

ATLS FINAL EXAM A+GRADED Q&A 2023/2024 Is education a game? - CORRECT ANSWER-Rules - attend, submit reflections, do homework Accomplishments - year one, two, three, four...five? Interactivity - with faculty, staff, and classmates Struggle - anxiety, midterms, finals, late nights What makes a game a game? - CORRECT ANSWER-Fun Separate from "real" life Uncertain Non-productive Rule-based Fictitious *Chris Crawford: if no goals are associated with with a plaything, it is a toy *Greg Costigyan: an interactive structure of endogenous meaning that requires players to struggle toward a goal Video Games: bad - CORRECT ANSWER--High potential for social isolation and adaption. Significant negative correlation to screen time and poor academic performance -Less empathic, less helpful at home/school (poor values) -Can lead to addiction and escapism -More prone to physical violence, depression and aggressive thoughts/language (Blasting audio in opponent's speakers) Video Games: good - CORRECT ANSWER--Increased skill in target localization (military applications) and faster visual reaction times (driving, piloting) -Improved spatial attention, problem solving, fast analysis, and decision making. -Increased social skills including communication, empathy, and -Educational benefits (planning, organization, resource management) - can make learning fun -Exercise-based video-games help activity, can be therapeutic (physical or mental) Violent Video Games - CORRECT ANSWER-Violent video games increase aggression by increasing aggressive thoughts and emotions 90% of children and teens play more than 2hrs of video games each day. Smartphones are ubiquitous in Western society, therefore access is high Carl Jung & Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER-NEED of play, essential for the human condition *no difference between friendships developed in real life vs. online, use internet to maintain social interactions John Baldessari - CORRECT ANSWER-"wrong" examines basic rules of composition, examining what makes good art What weight does the word "photographer" carry? - CORRECT ANSWER-all about how you use the tool *light + time = photography Disciplines of Photography - CORRECT ANSWER-short-term/ editorial long-term/documentary landscaper drone fine art & content sports portrait wildlife fashion commercial/ advertising street photography Shutter Speed, ISO, Aperture - CORRECT ANSWER-how fast light is let into the camera controls amount of light let in, measured in F stops light sensitivity, higher = grainy / lower = less grain *get off automatic mode Susan Sontag - CORRECT ANSWER-writer/ filmmaker/ teacher/ activist main themes: the gaze, reality is shaped, defense against anxiety, limiting experience, *violation of privacy Unequal Access - CORRECT ANSWER-under represented population/ cultures face obstacles about finding/ accessing the internet, not everyone has the same access -socioeconomic factors, language, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Fairness & Inequality - CORRECT ANSWER-"the future is here, its just not evenly distributed yet" - William Gibson digital divide is an inequality between groups who differing access to, use of, and knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT) *equal access won't close the gap b/c so many other factors, not binary- race, gender, nationality, etc. Factors Contributing to Digital Divide - CORRECT ANSWER-income level, geographic location, age, education, gender, disability Internet = basic right? - CORRECT ANSWER-a right is a permission to do something or an entitlement to a specific service or treatment -UN declares Internet is a human right, view that all people must be able to access internet in order to enjoy their right to freedom of expression and exercise it -a commodity, equal/affordable access to everyone -- want to make it a public commodity but some someone needs to foot the bill *net neutrality & why its important than ever-- should it be a human right? 21st Century Illiteracy - CORRECT ANSWER-They are less informed and inspired. Their voices are not heard. Diversity suffers. National and international economies suffer. Billions are being excluded from the benefits of technological advances - arguably humanity's greatest achievement Bridging the Digital Divide - CORRECT ANSWER-all about INCLUSION, relevance and use of the internet Leap frogging: Development - educational, national, economic *may be accelerated by skipping inferior, older, more expensive, less efficient technologies ICT4D - CORRECT ANSWER-balancing the "ICT" and the "D" -- solutions "with" communities and not "for" them, didn't invest in the people/ empower ICT4D Development - CORRECT ANSWER-development for, with, and by ict4d is focusing on the with, sustain it/ keep it going, create ownership Distinction - CORRECT ANSWER-aid vs. development-- long term (dev) vs. termshort (aid) Obstacles to bridge divide - CORRECT ANSWER-1) motivation 2)skills 3)access *need infrastructure building Obstacles - CORRECT ANSWER-1) access: fighting poverty with profitability, benefits of selling vs. giving away for free 2) skills: OLCP (Ex)--why laptops over water/electricity? many problems with this project, not intended use 3) motivation: participatory photography, phased approach, "hands-up" not hands out, community ownership Facebook and Google - CORRECT ANSWER-bring to market to those who've access/ afford internet -violation of net neutrality? curated version of internet better than no internet