Norbey Alzate

INSTANT MESSAGING

Instant messaging has gained many followers in recent years because it is a quick and easy way to communicate with friends and family who lives in other parts of the world. Nowadays everyone has smartphone so instant messaging is the easiest way to communicate because we can do it from anywhere like a college, work, home, etc.

 

This service is easy and cheaper and you can access to this in anywhere in the city with Wi-Fi so we don’t have to pay to do this, for example you can communicate with your friends inside the university to make a football match, a party or to study.

 Those were the advantages but also there are disadvantages among which is the most popular, “addiction”, many people prefer to communicate with their phones and computers and they don’t have communication in the real life. That creates repressed people and “virtual people” without social life.

In my opinion instant messaging is the best way to communication if people can control it and they are moderate because this way is very simple, all of people can access to it and enjoy it free in many places in the city. But everything in excess is bad.

The Use of Mobile Phones on Campus by Carlos Arroyave

The technology has changed. Now you can be connected always, whatever you are. The mobile phones are the most wanted tool for young people. 

These phones are the perfect tool for access all you need; setting, files, information and more just push a button. These phones are so functional and practical if you don’t like be online on a pc or you are in outdoors.

On campus we see many people enjoying with their phones, texting, searching for something, making calls, taking pictures etc. but we have to know how use this phones, because this tools can be bad for us if we don’t know use the time and  the mean to access information.

These phones are radicals, they are so functional and very smart, now you can do whatever you want by mobile, like have video calls with someone who is so far, have video conferencing, play, listen to music, working, search for people , things and places that you even know that exist. 

On the other hand, when you are in class, these phones can be a distraction and the perfect way to offend somebody, these phones are so noisy, and ridding during the class, and it´s so annoying when you are talking and somebody else is playing with their phone or texting whit another classmate and laughing each other. We have to be able to know the difference between a class and a free time to make the things right and profit all the advantages of these phones.

  It’s truth, it’s a new culture and a nice pastime, but we have to know the correct form to use them, because everything has a time and a place and maybe you can offend somebody. 

In my opinion, mobile phones are so functional and very practical when you are on campus in a free time, because you can spend your time be in contact whit your friends and playing whatever you like, but in class, people should be more tolerant and respectful with the job of our fosterlings.

  

CELLPHONES

Cellphones offers the possibility of a faster communication, efficient and this help for to talk and send messages between two or most person in anywhere place of the world. The people need touse the cellphones every day, is very important in our life but it`s a necessity specially for young people.

With the cellphones you can have a better communication with your friends, family and you can know new people around the world. You can make calls and you can talk to someone anywhere. You can find differents styles and variety according to the necessity of each person. In your cellphone you can have internet, download applications about that you want. And the most important from your cellphone you can do anything how banking operations, shopping and send and get information.

Every day the cellphones enterprise change and improve the phones with the last technology, but if you want have a better phone is very expensive for you and your pocket change it. Other disadvantage for the customers is pay for a service for a data plain. You´ll probably can lose the opportunity to talk with another person because the people are addicted to the cellphone and sleep with it and this ring all time. And most people think that send an instant message is easier than you have a good conversation.

In my opinion the cellphones are the best in this moment and it help to have  everything to easier.

katherine Loaiza

The pros and cons of Web Cam

The pros and cons of Web Cam

Web cam is one way to communicate and it is lowest cost form of video telephony; the people can stream videos and real time images through Internet, take a video clips,  recording social videos and it is very used in the instant messaging and chatting like Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Ekiga, Skype etc.

The webcam is very popular for the people that have relatives abroad, because they can talk with their family at any time of day. It is a great way to stay in touch if you live far from your relatives.

Also the webcam is used for contact another person around the world, maybe to make video conferencing or only to meeting with everyone. For example enabling people to work from home via the Internet, rather than traveling to their office.

The webcam can also be used to make security videos in your home or your business, and it is a good way to see what happens in these places all the time

Many people have become famous by uploading funny videos taken from their web cam, you just need to go to YouTube and see it.

But a webcam is a security risk because anyone with enough knowledge can access it and record what you see. Sometimes the webcam is used to contact little children and ask them if they can take pictures naked. This is a way to transmit child pornography.

I think if the parents take care the Internet sites their children visit,  they can make good use of the web camera, and maybe through internet the children can learn other languages, know other places, make need friends, and the sellers can sell their product  around the world

LAURA MARIA BARRIENTOS TAMAYO 

Smartphones

A few years ago, a new kind of cellphones have arrived, it’s called the smartphones. This kind of phones have all in one only device, they have camera, music player, games, instant messaging, social networks, some of them even help you with your exercise workout. 

Some people do not even know how many functions have their phones, it’s good to have a device that besides having all the functions of a common cellphone like phone calls and text messaging, you can also send and receive e-mails, chat with your friends, take pictures, play games, and do a lot of things more. Most newer smartphones have appstores where you can buy and download tons of apps for all kind of people of all ages.

This new trend of smartphones is good until people start to let these phones to get involved in every aspect of their lives, for example some people begin to lose respect for the person who is next to them, and keeps using their phone even when someone is talking to them, some people interrupt college classes because their phones do not stop ringing or vibrating, others stop having quality time with their family to answer calls and send e-mails.

I think the smartphones are good devices and they are very useful for modern life but people have to know when to put their phone aside and pay attention to more important things.

By Juan Felipe Velásquez Angel

Email by Diego Hurtado

E-mail

Email is a short word for electronic mail. You create texts and send them over a network of computers. The first emails go back to the 1960s. The invention has influenced our lives and emails have become a popular means of communication.

 Emails are easy to use. You can organize your daily correspondence, send and receive electronic messages and save them on computers. The most important reason to use the email is that are fast. They are delivered at once around the world. No other form of written communication is as fast as an email. The language that you can used in emails is simple and informal. When you reply to an email you can attach the original message so that when you answer the recipient knows what you are talking about. This is important if you get hundreds of emails every day. Emails do not use paper. For this reason the emails are environment friendly and save a lot of trees from being cut down. In the Emails you can have pictures in them. You can send friends birthdays cards or newsletters as emails. If you have a company you can show your products by means of emails.

Emails may carry viruses. These are small programs that harm your computer system. They can read out your email address book and send themselves to a number of people around the world. Many people send unwanted emails to others. These are called spam mails. It takes a lot of time to filter out the unwanted emails from those that are really important Emails cannot really be used for official business documents because it´s not sure. They may be lost and you cannot sign them. On the other hand your mailbox may get flooded with emails after a certain time so you have to empty it from time to time.

About the text again I think that the email is a good way of communication that though have some disadvantages this is very easy to use and also you can communicate around the world. Is very important to have attention when you send email with confidential information because how tell in the text again this way is not totally sure.

The Pros and Cons of Emails

By Manuela Gamboa C.

Email is a very convenient tool of communication because it is free and easy to use at any time with anyone in the world, no matter how far they are from you. It is a way to communicate almost instantly; all you need is an Internet connection to post whatever you want to say.

In an email you will have no limitations on how large will be the message, and it will allow you attach images and documents by allowing you to manage conversations at work or personal.

There are a lot of email providers such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, etc. According to each supplier, differs the capacity of input tray to save a lot of emails. You choose the provider that you want for your account, and if you do not have one, you won't need long processes to register. It's as easy as giving a click.

Email has other benefits such as chat, video, programs, and others. You can enjoy all these benefits for free.

However, you will need an Internet connection, and not all people have access to it. In addition, hackers can access your information easily, so it is essential to manage security settings to lower the likelihood of this happening. Additionally, if you send an email and you want a quick response, it is best to call directly to the other person because you must wait for the receiver read your message.

Anyway, the email is and will remain the tool that is available to everyone and we will be able to be in contact at any time of day. Therefore it is essential to have at least one registered account to enjoy all the tools it has to offer us.