Topic 3 parts 1 & 2

Battle for wesnoth!

.....And it indeed was a battle! I got temprarily addicted to this game! I battled with a friend online. My goodness... the points, the money, the citizens........the.......the.......WOW! Best. Assignment. Ever.
This was a great game to play online, and i found alot of people talking to me, wanting me to join up with them, and buy things off them - usually overpriced! - but no one wanted to be my friend :( (naaaawwwwwwww)
I found that everyone wanted to play the game to their own advantage and no one was willing to be my friend like they were in say second life, or even on FB, so wesnoth was disappointing in that regard. Still a great way to join up with a buddy and kill off some boredom!

Part 2:-

What id the educational value of mobile social network access?
- Mobile applications using GPS/MCS
Many new types of hand-held devices are becoming commonplace technologies at school, work and in leisure. The benefit of each of these tools, or the aim of them, is to make life, simpler, information gathering faster, and ultimately for ease of use for things in everyday life.

One such device is a GPS, or global positioning device, that uses satellite navigation technology to locate a person, place or thing’s current location, normally within metres. As Wyryzowski (2009), explains, A GPS device can track the location of an object or person, so if a family was spilt up in territory they were unfamiliar with, by using GPS, they would be able to track each other down. However, the GPS device has sparked debate on how educational it actually is. Sure, it’s convenient, lightweight, and gives you a degree of social network access, however, it is replacing the use of conventional maps in cars world-wide. Just as texting seems to have ruined generation Y’s ability to properly use the English language, it has been forethought that GPS will ruin Gen Y’s ability to read a map, and convey the information to find their destination, (Hoell, 2009).

GPS does give the upper hand educationally-wise, with generation Y being able to use technology, interpret a GUI, decipher information and convey messages, or even listen to instructions from a recorded voice on how to reach your destination. It also can determine terrain, and can re-navigate your path for you if you missed the next turn, however, what will it do for you when you are out of range, there is heavy cloud cover, or you are in a tunnel? Hoell, (2009) states that the GPS signal will be lost, and unless you know how to read a map, you’ll be lost too!

Hoell, K. (2009). Will global Positioning Systems (GPS) ever replace conventional maps? Retrieved 5th Sept 2009 from http://www.helium.com/items/1191770-gps-replace-conventional-maps

Wyryzowski, S. (2009). 12 Practical uses of GPS for everyday people. Retrieved 5th Sept 2009 from http://ezinearticles.com/?12-Practical-Uses-of-GPS-for-Everyday-People&id=74085

Janai!