Team Survivors: Cyber Attack Checklist

A PDF version of our Flash Challenge presentation on what qualifies as a cyber attack can be found here: Cyber War Flash Challenge #2 PDF

Dragon Blast: Tynker-ing with my feelings on code

This coding project consisted of arranging blocks that contained code for a certain action to get the dragon from one place to another. For example, there were “walk” blocks and “jump” blocks, which each individually contained code to make the dragon walk and jump, respectively. When the blocks were misarranged, a message would pop up […]

Make a Flappy Game: Hour of Code

Prior to this assignment, I have not done too much with code. A couple of years ago, I learned a little bit about the program atom and some stuff about coding in CSS format. We only learned some of the basics to this program (which I do not completely remember), so I would definitely not […]

Artist: Hour of Code

Truthfully, I found the whole experience of “One Hour of Code” to be entertaining but also pretty frustrating. My particular module was “Artist” where I learned how to program various designs, from simple shapes such as parallelograms to flowers and snowflakes. As a lover of art and all things creative, I thought this to be […]

“Frozen” in Fear: Hour of Code

During my “Hour of Code” I spent time moving Elsa and Anna different directions in order to make snowflakes appear on the screen through using blocks of code. There were twenty levels in which I learned different shapes and movements, from straight lines to circles and everything in between. I started with straight lines, to […]

Learning “Jabba”Script with Star Wars Hour of Code

As part of the “Star Wars: Building a Galaxy With Code” exercise, I progressed through a series of increasingly complex JavaScript exercises that were executed in the form of Star Wars droids completing tasks. These were taught to me in part by videos starring the employees of LucasFilm who use code in various aspects of […]

Cyberwar: Internet Governance

According to Ben Hammersley, “the Internet is where we live,” it is the main “platform for business, culture, and personal relationships,” it “isn’t a luxury addition to life; for most people,” whether they know it or not, “it is life” (Friedman and Singer 16). Although the Internet has become so crucial in our day-to-day lives, […]

DeNardis: “The Internet of Things as a Global Policy Frontier”

In Laura DeNardis’ latest paper, “The Internet of Things as a Global Policy Frontier,” she discusses current concerns, questions, and policy implications revolving around cyber physical systems. As DeNardis points out, these systems are now “colloquially called the Internet of Things” (476), as they link together not only people and information, but also everyday […]

IoT and the Balance of Innovation v. Security

Personal privacy, particularly in reference to data collection, is a topic of great concern for people around the world. In their article The Internet of Things as a Global Policy Frontier, Laura DeNardis and Mark Raymond discuss the continually evolving topic of privacy and security in the age of the Internet, particularly how the Internet […]

Your Smart Car Is More of a Policy Concern Than You Think

In “The Internet of Things as a Global Policy Frontier,” Laura DeNardis discusses how the vulnerabilities of the Internet and cyber physical systems provide significant threats to not only our means of communicating, but also our everyday lives, especially as internet devices become more ingrained in our “basic societal functioning.” As DeNardis explains, cyber […]