Collaboration

  There has been a big issue with copyright laws. Many people use the music they listen to, pictures, articles, essays into the their own work to prove a point or to express an opinion, for example, many people use content in videos, such as the ones on youtube, that's not their own to make their video more entertaining. To do this without getting slammed for breaking any laws  you must follow some guidelines, such as the ones in this prezi, that we looked at in our class. Content that you get from other people to use in your own work are followed under free use. Free use is where you can use other peoples content without being criticized for breaking copyright laws, but free use goes out the window when your content doesn't give the author any recognition for the use of their content. So as long as you cite your sources, give credit to the author, using content of others should be fine.

  Piracy may be illegal but that doesn't stop people from doing it anyways. There are torrent sites that are easily accessible over the internet to download the files that your want. Websites such as lime wire, frost wire, and the pirate bay are just a few that let you download files that people uploaded themselves. Accessibility is major factor for pirating. If a person believes that a certain something is far to expensive for them achieve then that individual may end up pirating it from one of the may sources online. Even if piracy is a big issue, its not going to be easy to get rid of. Back when the pirate bay was taken offline, a new site was brought up not soon long after, making it a know idea that new sites can just pop up and give users access to free downloads.

  I think reddit is a good way to share information and connect with one another. In the vide o we saw in class it went through the purpose of reddit and how it impacts peoples lives. Going through the pros and cons of sharing information of an online community, the video describes in great detail of what reddit has done to either improve peoples lives or inform them of important topics. One of example would be the ask science subreddit where people can ask a question science related. The question would then get answered be an individual who knows the topic well with other users branching off that asking more questions or adding to the discussion. While this is a good way to seek answers, not everybody will have the same point of view of a discussion. In these subreddits there will be people who will differ with others on how things should be, for instance there will be people who just want to write something that's completely off topic or write something that will hurt somebody...

  Tuckman's five stages of group development describes in good detail about the process and effort of forming a good hardworking group. In the forming stage the group must decide how much work each member must do, what tasks they have  to accomplish, as well as the main focus of the project. This stage I think is where a plan starts to form on the groups main task. In the second stage is where groups start to run into problems with issues that may or may not be related to the group entirely and is where I think most groups fall apart. If the group is still standing after stage two then stage three is where personal conflict about issues or about the groups direction begin to heal, giving each member of the group a place to share ideas and not worry about failure. The fourth stage is where the group focuses more on the main goal than any stage and also is where each group member feels more independent  allowing the formation of subgroups. This stage I think is a good way...

In our reading about cultivating communities of practice it talks about how organizations do a better job at improving itself  if certain individuals meet up after business hours to share information about technology. This meet up is called a tech club and I believe its a good way to collaborate. With this process groups can discuss better ways for the company can promote their products and improve innovation, then the club would share this information to other members of the company that they believe can fix the know issues that the company is facing .Knowledge shared between like minded individuals can benefit any community that wants to reach a common goal and is why collaboration between like minded individuals to tackle the hard tasks is better than just working alone. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m1xZuNq9RygC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Cultivating-Communities-of-Practice&ots=ZV18fGcg9T&sig=vyYADEZsR-qdyrc_VRtO08fL0lY#v=onepage&q=Cu...

Oct 9, 2015 • Tradeshift Editorial Team      In this week  main subject was describing a collaboration.  Collaboration I believe is a term used to describes groups of people from any background to come together to accomplish a main goal. In the ted talk we saw in class about Recaptcha and duolingo the owner of the software saw a flaw in the system that could that he believed needed to be fixed. His solution was to changed the way of how the software took the information that it was given and use it for a better purpose, such as translating books. This could be used as an example of collaboration as the company used the help of its consumers to find a better use of the product, but I believe that collaboration needs to have input from all party members. The consumers had no idea this new purpose was actually happening so can this example actually be used as collaboration? Video :   https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_co...