Crest Project Reflection- STEM

 

  • How my project was successful/not successful -e.g. What went well and what didn’t

While my product includes both parts of the sound over and the slides, I have to write down the script of sound over and make the slides. The script was the most important part as it struggled me a lot because I need to do a lot of research about my topic since I only had a vague impression of data protection before the project. It was hard for me to decide the most suitable product to investigate and research for this project as well since there are many options. I wasn’t display the time management skills well in this project. I procrastinate quite much in the beginning state as I thought I will be able to catch up on later in this long term project. The things went well is the recording part and the slides I did. There wasn’t many hesitation while I tried to make a beautiful and clear slides that the audience can understand and be attracted easily.

  • What have I learned through this whole process? – science and personal skills

For personal skills, I learned how to evaluate sources from credibility, timeliness, utility and many other aspects. Besides, I learned to use the UWC find to find a source of my choice & record it in APA format even though I did not use ultimately. For the science aspect, I have learned that there are countless methods for third parties to access our information both accessible from phones and computers. For example on computer Browsers and websites can share or sell our information to third parties and through the IP address that every computer owns, our geological address could be revealed. I also learned that our privacy is used in many areas but especially for targeted advertising and scientific research. Last but not least, by using Tor browser and VPN, the amount of information may disclosed could be controlled while there is no way for us to protect our privacy completely when dealing with ISPs.

  • What impact might the results of my project have on other people/the wider world?

I have spread out the awareness of the importance of data protection in my video. I hope through my video people can attaches great importance to data protection issue and start to stand out and speak for themselves. People voice can change many things and as long as it is heard by the government,  the laws for instance may have the chance to be fixed. I also addressed the lack of restrictions of user’s privacy in the US which hopped the Americans can be aware of that.

  • What I would have done to improve my work?

My conclusion was not very comprehensive because I didn’t look at the rubrics carefully before I submit my work which has also taught me a lesson. The driving question was not clear enough as well as it would be better if I mentioned “data protection” straightly in this question. I should also add more images in my slide so it is more visually appealing to my audience.

  • What I’d do to develop the project in the future?

I will keep focusing on this topic and keep sensitive to the privacy disclose issues in the future. I will also focus on the privacy policy and laws in the US in the future and join their campaigns or protest if it is feasible. I will share the idea about the privacy online with all of my relatives and friends as well and begin to make some impacts start from people around me.

Crest Project Reflection #1

I was struggling with the topic of this project for quite a long time because I wanted to discover what am I really interested in. My interest is always the priority however I didn’t find any topic that arts and design could connect with Crest. Hence I reflect what I spend most of my times on and I found internet should be a good topic-  internet is playing a very important roll nowadays that most of the people need it in their daily basis. Just like me, a very large amount of people use technology for most of their day. Then the idea of data protection came out from my mind- Is ours privacy being protected well in the virtual world? Are there any rules or laws that supervise them to keep it well? Therefore, I wanted to figure out the whole operating mode after we enter the information of credit card or id card in websites or in app through research. I was focusing on the big data aspect particularly at first since I want to investigate the ethics when it helps digital platform to comprehend people’s preferences easily and can share the data with many other platforms altogether. However my initial approach has changed to data protection through out research about this topic. No matter what, the goal of my project is to explore the ethical issues from the perspective of digital citizens. I was thinking about writing an essay to demonstrate my understandings immediately when discussing the presentation of the project however it sounds quite bored so I thought an online presentation with many visuals could catch the eyes of my audiences. My next step is to look up some documentaries and essays on authoritative websites so I will have an basic understanding towards data protection and if I need to make some changes on my project idea.