Assignment #2: Privacy Please

Choose three of the situations below and make an argument for and against each one. Argue for each one using facts and your knowledge of right and wrong and then argue against it. Each statement should be brief (3-4 points or sentences). You can search online for information, but make sure to provide references for supporting materials.  Make sure to indicate which topic number you chose for each argument.

2-Voting should be done 100% online for both provincial and federal elections starting in 2017.

    Pros- It would be a lot faster and because of that more people might consider voting.

           - It might even be more efficient which would improve the quality of voting

           - It would be easier for people who live far away to vote and participate.

   

   Cons- If something were to happen and the power went out for a while there would be no way of voting or being involved with anything online.

           - Your losing the social aspects of voting.

           - You have less sense for who you are voting for, you cant really do presentations online and get the same effect as you do in person 

3-School report cards and daily attendance should be digital and passwords should be issued for parents to log in and check results.

    Pros- It would have a better effect on the student to know how she/he is doing through out the whole school year

           - It would be a lot more efficient for the schools to do this it would be less of a hassle for them.

           - Teachers would always have access to your marks so you, for parent teacher or any other event

    Cons- Parents might not be able to get a computer to use to check their child's marks.

            - You get used to one thing son much a lot of people might be against online report cards

            -  The students might not like it do to the fact that there parents can always see there mark even when the student is trying to bring up there mark before there parents can see it.

5-Digital textbooks should replace entirely paper textbooks by 2020 in New Brunswick.

    Pros- Would save trees which would make our air cleaner.

           - Probably would be cheaper for the school.

           - Could also have other options in them like video and sound.

    

    Cons- If a students does not have Internet access at home, then they do not have access to all these awesome resources.

            -When the Wifi doesn’t work in class, you are without a textbook. This is great fun when you have planned for the students to utilize them that day!

            -Students get easily distracted when using digital devices. If they are at school using the device, we are all tempted to click on interesting stories, videos, and pictures that then lead to more interesting stories, videos, & picture, and we look up an hour later to realize that our main objective was not completed.