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This week I looked at reading about soft skills and their importance. One major negative effect technology has had on us is in places like this, simple communication is less common and people aren’t exposed to it as often as before, this means people aren’t as well versed in conversation and interacting with other. This can be what separate you from another person at a job especially since in a team based environment like it where things step outsourced to different departments. Communication is key. Doyle, Alison. “Top It Soft Skills That Employers Look For.”  LiveAbout , LiveAbout, 24 Feb. 2021, https://www.liveabout.com/top-information-technology-it-soft-skills-2063781.  Powell, Alvin. “Social Skills Increasingly Valuable to Employers, Harvard Economist Finds.”  Harvard Gazette , Harvard Gazette, 30 Aug. 2018, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/10/social-skills-increasingly-valuable-to-employers-harvard-economist-finds/. 

 This week looking through the readings and videos it came to my attention how technology is a X factor in life. Without the means to improve technology it can be hard to make large advancements and vise versa when people have access to technology. It all sci go to become reality but not all have equal opportunity to it. This also made me wonder how far we truly have come, I asked myself if people are less ignorant now than before. The answer I came up with was no. I believe that people are more set on their ideas than ever because you can go online and find supporting evidence for anything these days. Whether it be some story a guy made up on Wikipedia or a YouTube video. Just as good ideas have gained momentum so have a lot of bad ones.  This is why I believe technology is important but not as important as people make it out to be in order to be successful. I believe what technology does best is opening peoples eyes to new ways of living and trying things. There is a lot to ...

 Hi, this week by watching the videos and reading it’s very clear to me the different problems solutions and problems that have arisen because of our advances in technology. In the ted talks they talk about how these cameras that we only have access to are not as private as we in imagine them to be. The website they showed to access cameras is very scary and also such a crazy thing to see, Almost science fiction. Along with this came a lot of solutions to the technologies have made great automations to their systems to make them more efficient and helpful. This reminds me of one o f the first weeks Ted talks where the speaker was explaining how technology amplifies energy whether that be positive or negative and this is the case here as well. Internet of things: Are smart devices helping or harming?: Rose Barker: TEDxSalem . YouTube. (2018, April 5). Retrieved November 21, 2022, from https://youtu.be/ipdTLJcIkWI  The internet of things: Jordan Duffy: TEDxSouthBank . YouTube. (...

 This week through watching the videos and lecture I have realized the importance of universal design and making things as easy as possible to use for everyone, even if people speak different languages technology can be universal and speak to everybody.  This possible through visual cues most notably, doesn’t matter where you are from or what word you use to describe something if there is s visual reference for others to refer to. Technology can be a universal language if made effectively the possibilities are endless. The next generation of developers will be more important than ever in order to give everyone equal Opportunity and accessibility to technology. What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?  YouTube. (2021, August 24). Retrieved November 14, 2022, from https://youtu.be/NL2xPwDrGqQ  Diversity, inclusion and Universal Design: Teddi Doupe: TEDxUAlberta . YouTube. (2018, May 7). Retrieved November 14, 2022, from https://youtu.be/hI-rsKbIvfc 

 In order to efficiently progress it is crucial find balance in life, whether that be progressing in a craft or even socially. Balance is key to keeping even and maximizing your time. I recently discover this phenomenon while playing music, it is more efficient to take 2 hours and work on 4 different things for 30 minutes than it is to hammer away at something for 2 hours. I think this is true for other things in life as well, the rule of diminishing return and time have a very interesting relationship. Finding a good balance in life allows people to be unaffected by diminishing return and make the most of their time in whatever they pursue. For my life I currently try to balance school work exercise home life and social life.  I found things that work for me now I just have to keep balance in them. Finding balance at medical school: Getting your life sorted 😵 . YouTube. (2020, December 28). Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://youtu.be/c6gQj_Bl2-U  What it means to ...

 This week by doing the job research assignment I started to realize the things I value in a workplace and work environment. I care more about my health and body than how much money I make, you only get one body but there is plenty of money in the world. I am going into medical it and noticed that I’d prefer to work from home but that’s not super realistic in the field I’d be entering. I also realized that how important it is going to be to be organized going forward, in my education and in my future career. This is something I struggle with usually but I don’t have much to organize so it doesn’t effect my work much. But in the future I’m gonna have more more important information that I have to keep track of and it is becoming increasingly important to be organized.