Week 12 - HON 1515

The image of a fluffy, pretty cloud that pops into my head whenever I hear "Cloud Computing" has forever been replaced by a scary, loud swarm of bees.  Thanks Dr. Wilkes.  Just kidding!  It really was very interesting to learn all about how new technology is leaning toward Cloud Computing.  I had no idea that many things that I use on the internet could be considered Cloud Computing, such as Gmail.  I did enjoy Dr. Wilkes's presentation about his bees and how he is using Cloud Computing to store information about all of his hives.  The video was pretty cool as well, but I am thankful that the bees were only on a computer screen.  I will not be visiting any of those hives anytime soon.  I am TERRIFIED of bees (and spiders, wasps, or almost any other type of insect).

We finished the lecture about Cloud Computing on Tuesday and began our discussion of the mini topics each student was assigned on Thursday.  Having a completely open discussion is my favorite type of class, as I have mentioned before, so I definitely had a good time in class that day.  I learned so much from the different things that people researched, and I feel like conversation flowed really well.  I was especially interested by the video of the interview with a member of Anonymous and the wife of the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church.  I think everyone got a laugh out of that one.  After we watched the video, I found an article talking about how the church was planning on protesting Steve Jobs funeral, just as they protest the funerals of many soldiers.  This image was included with the article:

Yeah, the pastor's daughter announced that they would be protesting the funeral of Steve Jobs, Apple Co-Founder, via Twitter for iPhone!  How ironic.

I am now ready to continue these discussions and also to see the results from our Surveys on SurveyMonkey!