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The readings about Turnitin was really surprising even though it really should be no surpise that Turnitin and other companies like a Turnitin have the power to exploit student work. What’s interesting is the reading offers ways to evaluate digital tools ad ideas to start thinking about. But what is also important to think about is the hypocrisy of implementing such a “third party technology solution” but as the reading addresses resistance, what are students considering? Furthermore, another issue to think about how did companies like Turnitin become a part of the norm as a solution in the first place? What if the workload is too blame? It may be hard to imagine alternative assignments compared to the traditional writing assignments like essays, so maybe there is a need for something different to contribute. Why not incorporate more creative projects and shorter assignments instead of just writing papers that companies like a Turnitin can exploit the work and the physical labor of those students? But the real question is, who is in cahoots with companies like Turnitin? The next reading about smart speakers in dorms connects to the reading about Turnitin because it is all about exploitation and manipulation, who knows what kind of conformist ideas smart speakers are spewing to those students and how this sort of technology is when dealing with mental health issues as if this sort of technology is the wave of the future. The reading about the use of Zoom to substitute classrooms connects to both readings by thinking of how did Zoom like Turnitin become the popular choice and why would it be recommended and catered towards students like these so-called smart speakers in dorms? How did Zoom become the appropriate solution for the substitution of classrooms? Maybe it was conformity? But there are so many other solutions that already being utilized by online schools with more experience and different resources.