Task: We were given the task of solving a world problem using the Engineering Design Cycle. Our chosen world problem was the issue and debate about net neutrality.
The Process and the Engineering Redesign CycleThis is how we used the Engineering Design Cycle In our project.
Identify Need - We decided on Net Neutrality do to its pressing importance on modern media and life.
Research Problem - Each teammate was asked to find one website that would be trustworthy and had to do with the topic.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/net-neutrality/story?id=48596615 - Explanation of net nutrality
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ - Explanation of the costs of losing net nutrality.
https://vittana.org/13-pros-and-cons-of-net-neutrality - Explanation of general pros and cons.
Solutions: We then brainstormed under the idea that no idea was a bad one and we should just get them all out there.''''''''''''''''''''''
Keep net neutrality
Create one national ISP funded by government
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to charge for internet
Start a petition to build our own ISP
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS
Create 2nd internet
Publicize the dark web
Get rid of Pai
War
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring back Title II and net neutrality
Communism
McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for personal
The Matrix
Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
Leave the US
If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net neutrality
Canada isn’t real
Move to Canada, if it’s real
Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space Jam.
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality.
Select the Most Promising Idea - We decided on a compromise that would appease the public and the ISPs.
Construct a Prototype - Our prototype was to create a bill that would split internet control between ISPs and the government. The government would create "internet blocks", which are public areas with free internet access. In order to get funds for this, the government would tax ISPs by 20%. To compensate, ISPs will increase subscriptions for private internet access by 20%. The public will be free to access the internet blocks or pay extra for private internet access.
Test and Evaluate Prototype - We couldn't really "test" our bill, but a way we could figure out if the numbers would work is by doing calculations. The final calculations didn't make it into the presentation, but they worked. Comcast, for instance, would actually have a higher total profit (assuming if no one unsubscribed) even with the higher tax.
Communicate Design - We made a power point to present our bill.
Redesign - This would be the point when wed fix the loop holes of the bill.
The Process and the Engineering Redesign CycleThroughout the project we heavily relied in the Engineering Redesign Cycle. Our process adhered to the cycle. This is what we did:
Identify Need - We decided to choose net neutrality as it's a major topic in US politics and networking being debated.
Research Problem - Each of my teammates were assigned to read, annotate, and summarize 3 trustworthy websites on the topic. We were lucky because net neutrality is everywhere in the news, so finding articles wouldn't be too difficult. I focused on how the loss of net neutrality would affect the US public and its pros and cons. These were my sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/net-neutrality/story?id=48596615 - This link explains net neutrality in general and how it works.
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ - This link explains how the loss of net neutrality would affect businesses and the people.
https://vittana.org/13-pros-and-cons-of-net-neutrality - This link explains the pros and cons of net neutrality.
Develop Possible Solutions - After researching, our team created a list of possible solutions while brainstorming. Every idea was listed down, no matter how absurd or questionable. This is the full, unedited list:
Eliminate net neutrality
Keep net neutrality
Create one national ISP funded by government
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to charge for internet
Start a petition to build our own ISP
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS
Create 2nd internet
Publicize the dark web
Get rid of Pai
War
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring back Title II and net neutrality
Communism
McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for personal
The Matrix
Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
Leave the US
If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net neutrality
Canada isn’t real
Move to Canada, if it’s real
Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space Jam.
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality.
Select the Most Promising Idea - After a lot of idea removing and thinking, we ended up choosing a government compromise between the ISPs, the public, and the government that would make all sides happy.
Construct a Prototype - Our prototype was to create a bill that would split internet control between ISPs and the government. The government would create "internet blocks", which are public areas with free internet access. In order to get funds for this, the government would tax ISPs by 20%. To compensate, ISPs will increase subscriptions for private internet access by 20%. The public will be free to access the internet blocks or pay extra for private internet access.
Test and Evaluate Prototype - We couldn't really "test" our bill, but a way we could figure out if the numbers would work is by doing calculations. The final calculations didn't make it into the presentation, but they worked. Comcast, for instance, would actually have a higher total profit (assuming if no one unsubscribed) even with the higher tax.
Communicate Design - We showed off our bill by creating a presentation about it.
Redesign - If we got to this part, we would begin fixing any loopholes in the bill and add more specific numbers for taxing and subscription increases.
The Process and the Engineering Redesign CycleThroughout the project we heavily relied in the Engineering Redesign Cycle. Our process adhered to the cycle. This is what we did:
Identify Need - We decided to choose net neutrality as it's a major topic in US politics and networking being debated.
Research Problem - Each of my teammates were assigned to read, annotate, and summarize 3 trustworthy websites on the topic. We were lucky because net neutrality is everywhere in the news, so finding articles wouldn't be too difficult. I focused on how the loss of net neutrality would affect the US public and its pros and cons. These were my sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/net-neutrality/story?id=48596615 - This link explains net neutrality in general and how it works.
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ - This link explains how the loss of net neutrality would affect businesses and the people.
https://vittana.org/13-pros-and-cons-of-net-neutrality - This link explains the pros and cons of net neutrality.
Develop Possible Solutions - After researching, our team created a list of possible solutions while brainstorming. Every idea was listed down, no matter how absurd or questionable. This is the full, unedited list:
Eliminate net neutrality
Keep net neutrality
Create one national ISP funded by government
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to charge for internet
Start a petition to build our own ISP
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS
Create 2nd internet
Publicize the dark web
Get rid of Pai
War
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring back Title II and net neutrality
Communism
McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for personal
The Matrix
Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
Leave the US
If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net neutrality
Canada isn’t real
Move to Canada, if it’s real
Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space Jam.
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality.
Select the Most Promising Idea - After a lot of idea removing and thinking, we ended up choosing a government compromise between the ISPs, the public, and the government that would make all sides happy.
Construct a Prototype - Our prototype was to create a bill that would split internet control between ISPs and the government. The government would create "internet blocks", which are public areas with free internet access. In order to get funds for this, the government would tax ISPs by 20%. To compensate, ISPs will increase subscriptions for private internet access by 20%. The public will be free to access the internet blocks or pay extra for private internet access.
Test and Evaluate Prototype - We couldn't really "test" our bill, but a way we could figure out if the numbers would work is by doing calculations. The final calculations didn't make it into the presentation, but they worked. Comcast, for instance, would actually have a higher total profit (assuming if no one unsubscribed) even with the higher tax.
Communicate Design - We showed off our bill by creating a presentation about it.
Redesign - If we got to this part, we would begin fixing any loopholes in the bill and add more specific numbers for taxing and subscription increases.
The Process and the Engineering Redesign CycleThis is how we used the Engineering Design Cycle In our project.
Identify Need - We decided on Net Neutrality do to its pressing importance on modern media and life.
Research Problem - Each teammate was asked to find one website that would be trustworthy and had to do with the topic.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/net-neutrality/story?id=48596615 - Explanation of net nutrality
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ - Explanation of the costs of losing net nutrality.
https://vittana.org/13-pros-and-cons-of-net-neutrality - Explanation of general pros and cons.
Solutions: We then brainstormed under the idea that no idea was a bad one and we should just get them all out there.''''''''''''''''''''''
Keep net neutrality
Create one national ISP funded by government
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to charge for internet
Start a petition to build our own ISP
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS
Create 2nd internet
Publicize the dark web
Get rid of Pai
War
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring back Title II and net neutrality
Communism
McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for personal
The Matrix
Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
Leave the US
If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net neutrality
Canada isn’t real
Move to Canada, if it’s real
Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space Jam.
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality.
Select the Most Promising Idea - We decided on a compromise that would appease the public and the ISPs.
Construct a Prototype - Our prototype was to create a bill that would split internet control between ISPs and the government. The government would create "internet blocks", which are public areas with free internet access. In order to get funds for this, the government would tax ISPs by 20%. To compensate, ISPs will increase subscriptions for private internet access by 20%. The public will be free to access the internet blocks or pay extra for private internet access.
Test and Evaluate Prototype - We couldn't really "test" our bill, but a way we could figure out if the numbers would work is by doing calculations. The final calculations didn't make it into the presentation, but they worked. Comcast, for instance, would actually have a higher total profit (assuming if no one unsubscribed) even with the higher tax.
Communicate Design - We made a power point to present our bill.
Redesign - This would be the point when wed fix the loop holes of the bill.
The Process and the Engineering Redesign CycleThroughout the project we heavily relied in the Engineering Redesign Cycle. Our process adhered to the cycle. This is what we did:
Identify Need - We decided to choose net neutrality as it's a major topic in US politics and networking being debated.
Research Problem - Each of my teammates were assigned to read, annotate, and summarize 3 trustworthy websites on the topic. We were lucky because net neutrality is everywhere in the news, so finding articles wouldn't be too difficult. I focused on how the loss of net neutrality would affect the US public and its pros and cons. These were my sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/net-neutrality/story?id=48596615 - This link explains net neutrality in general and how it works.
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ - This link explains how the loss of net neutrality would affect businesses and the people.
https://vittana.org/13-pros-and-cons-of-net-neutrality - This link explains the pros and cons of net neutrality.
Develop Possible Solutions - After researching, our team created a list of possible solutions while brainstorming. Every idea was listed down, no matter how absurd or questionable. This is the full, unedited list:
Eliminate net neutrality
Keep net neutrality
Create one national ISP funded by government
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to charge for internet
Start a petition to build our own ISP
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS
Create 2nd internet
Publicize the dark web
Get rid of Pai
War
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring back Title II and net neutrality
Communism
McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for personal
The Matrix
Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
Leave the US
If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net neutrality
Canada isn’t real
Move to Canada, if it’s real
Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space Jam.
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality.
Select the Most Promising Idea - After a lot of idea removing and thinking, we ended up choosing a government compromise between the ISPs, the public, and the government that would make all sides happy.
Construct a Prototype - Our prototype was to create a bill that would split internet control between ISPs and the government. The government would create "internet blocks", which are public areas with free internet access. In order to get funds for this, the government would tax ISPs by 20%. To compensate, ISPs will increase subscriptions for private internet access by 20%. The public will be free to access the internet blocks or pay extra for private internet access.
Test and Evaluate Prototype - We couldn't really "test" our bill, but a way we could figure out if the numbers would work is by doing calculations. The final calculations didn't make it into the presentation, but they worked. Comcast, for instance, would actually have a higher total profit (assuming if no one unsubscribed) even with the higher tax.
Communicate Design - We showed off our bill by creating a presentation about it.
Redesign - If we got to this part, we would begin fixing any loopholes in the bill and add more specific numbers for taxing and subscription increases.
The Process and the Engineering Redesign CycleThroughout the project we heavily relied in the Engineering Redesign Cycle. Our process adhered to the cycle. This is what we did:
Identify Need - We decided to choose net neutrality as it's a major topic in US politics and networking being debated.
Research Problem - Each of my teammates were assigned to read, annotate, and summarize 3 trustworthy websites on the topic. We were lucky because net neutrality is everywhere in the news, so finding articles wouldn't be too difficult. I focused on how the loss of net neutrality would affect the US public and its pros and cons. These were my sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/net-neutrality/story?id=48596615 - This link explains net neutrality in general and how it works.
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ - This link explains how the loss of net neutrality would affect businesses and the people.
https://vittana.org/13-pros-and-cons-of-net-neutrality - This link explains the pros and cons of net neutrality.
Develop Possible Solutions - After researching, our team created a list of possible solutions while brainstorming. Every idea was listed down, no matter how absurd or questionable. This is the full, unedited list:
Eliminate net neutrality
Keep net neutrality
Create one national ISP funded by government
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to charge for internet
Start a petition to build our own ISP
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS
Create 2nd internet
Publicize the dark web
Get rid of Pai
War
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring back Title II and net neutrality
Communism
McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for personal
The Matrix
Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
Leave the US
If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net neutrality
Canada isn’t real
Move to Canada, if it’s real
Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space Jam.
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality.
Select the Most Promising Idea - After a lot of idea removing and thinking, we ended up choosing a government compromise between the ISPs, the public, and the government that would make all sides happy.
Construct a Prototype - Our prototype was to create a bill that would split internet control between ISPs and the government. The government would create "internet blocks", which are public areas with free internet access. In order to get funds for this, the government would tax ISPs by 20%. To compensate, ISPs will increase subscriptions for private internet access by 20%. The public will be free to access the internet blocks or pay extra for private internet access.
Test and Evaluate Prototype - We couldn't really "test" our bill, but a way we could figure out if the numbers would work is by doing calculations. The final calculations didn't make it into the presentation, but they worked. Comcast, for instance, would actually have a higher total profit (assuming if no one unsubscribed) even with the higher tax.
Communicate Design - We showed off our bill by creating a presentation about it.
Redesign - If we got to this part, we would begin fixing any loopholes in the bill and add more specific numbers for taxing and subscription increases.
Other Concepts Used in ProjectNetwork - A connection between two endpoint.
Router - A device that creates a network between two computers in a building.
Modem - A device that lets the router connect to the internet which in turn gives it to the computers.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) - A company that provides internet to modems.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - A government body that is in charge of communications.
Net Neutrality - The policy that forces ISPs to treat all content on the internet as equal. In layman's terms, ISPs can not block or slow down certain websites. For example, Comcast can NOT slow down Netflix to encourage people to use their streaming program under net neutrality.
Reflection: Over the course of the project not only did we accomplish a prototype but both my group and me personally grew in terms of knowledge and teamwork. As members of a group we all had our own ways of helping out to work towards the goal. Personally I feel I excelled in both collaboration and leadership. I made sacrifices of my own time quite a bit for this project. I also tried to make it a fun and welcoming environment when Diego was added to the group late in the project. But I also, had many areas that needed improving. I realized during the project that I tend to push my own thoughts and plans as well as not delegating certain tasks and jobs as much as I should. I realized this and really tried to improve over the course of the project. As the project came to a close our group began to truly work together, I tried to let others speak first and give there ideas value as well as trying to let others have as much work accomplished as I did, so they could fell the benefit of hard work as well. This is what made this project a growing experience both intellectually and in character.
Router - A device that creates a network between two computers in a building.
Modem - A device that lets the router connect to the internet which in turn gives it to the computers.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) - A company that provides internet to modems.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - A government body that is in charge of communications.
Net Neutrality - The policy that forces ISPs to treat all content on the internet as equal. In layman's terms, ISPs can not block or slow down certain websites. For example, Comcast can NOT slow down Netflix to encourage people to use their streaming program under net neutrality.
Reflection: Over the course of the project not only did we accomplish a prototype but both my group and me personally grew in terms of knowledge and teamwork. As members of a group we all had our own ways of helping out to work towards the goal. Personally I feel I excelled in both collaboration and leadership. I made sacrifices of my own time quite a bit for this project. I also tried to make it a fun and welcoming environment when Diego was added to the group late in the project. But I also, had many areas that needed improving. I realized during the project that I tend to push my own thoughts and plans as well as not delegating certain tasks and jobs as much as I should. I realized this and really tried to improve over the course of the project. As the project came to a close our group began to truly work together, I tried to let others speak first and give there ideas value as well as trying to let others have as much work accomplished as I did, so they could fell the benefit of hard work as well. This is what made this project a growing experience both intellectually and in character.