As a young adult, I would roll my eyes at my parent’s stories of how primitive things were when they were children and how thankful I should be that the world was so much farther advanced than when they were young. I promised myself I would never make my children suffer through these drawn out stories. Now fast forward to 2010. My children have no idea how far technology has come in the last twenty years. I can appreciate these luxuries so much more; having grown up with no world wide web, no cell phones, and no text messaging. I am going to look at just a few of the many differences in communication from my childhood until today. The first and biggest technology luxury children have today is the Internet. It has become a simple matter of typing a topic into a search engine and within a nanosecond; voila! All the information one could ever need is right at their fingertips, whether the topic is the gestation period of a toad or lyrics to the latest Lady Gaga song. Someone growing up in the 80’s would remember turning to the World Book Encyclopedia for information. The books were heavy and musty smelling. If students were not fortunate enough to have a set at home, they would have the chore of going to the library, looking through the card file, finally finding the book with the information needed. The same is true with various other methods of finding information, maps and globes when you wanted to see exactly where Madagascar was. Dictionaries and Thesauruses were the method of choice when looking for the spelling or meaning of a word and how to use it. The methods of finding information have undeniably improved in the last twenty years and continue to advance. The next big advancement in communication technology is th... ... middle of paper ... ...ial time saver, like anything else, common sense should be used when using this feature, just like when writing notes. These are only a few of today's modern marvels. I have not even mentioned high-definition television, Wii video games, or satellite radio. These are just three that affect everyday communication. All can be huge time savers, and when used properly and not abused, powerful tools to access knowledge. They do come at a price, access to these tools and features is not cheap, monthly service charges for high-speed Internet and cell phones with text messaging can be quite pricey, this should be taken into account when using. Like anything else, when used wisely and in moderation, these are great luxuries to have to make everyday life easier. Children and adults alike should appreciate how far technology has come and use it to its greatest advantage.
As people can probably see this today, technology is not only harming our attention spans, ability to efficiently complete tasks, and think and communicate, but also harms our abilities to communicate with one another. Although cell phones, tablets, and computers were made to supplement the user's life, they actually do more harm than good for our society, because of our ignorance to the harmfulness of it all. People can argue all they want about the good and bad sides of technology but the fact of the matter is change is needed, and our future generations can take a lot from what the Dalai Lama once said, "Real change in society must start from individual initiative."
Wouldn’t the world be so much better without technology? Our lives would be far less corrupt without all these gadgets surrounding us, right? Technology is actually one of the reasons the children of today will prosper and live up to be that much better than the people of the older generations, and it all starts as early as pre-kindergarten. Millions of American children are introduced to some form of educational media outside of school, possibly before they even step into a school. Starting in the 1960’s, some could say that Sesame Street dominated the educational media with their fun and entertaining skits. Sesame Street encourages children to follow along with their fuzzy animal-like creatures while teaching them new and useful concepts,
Although Though technology can be good, it can be worse than good, such as people always with their faces on their phones and headphones in their ears, people neglecting books and using more online text, and people wasting their lives watching TV.Children now know how to use a phone faster than they can
Now kids, and adults, may abuse the uses of technology and their electronics a lot, but it keeps the world as we know it, the world as we know it. Without it, cancer and other diseases, viruses, and other epidemics would be plaguing the population around us without any warning or treatment. That is just a slight bit of the medical side alone, think about the cars, the planes, the trains, and other ways of transportation. They wouldn’t even be close to the way they are without technology. It didn’t necessarily make those ways of transportation happen, but it transformed them greatly. Now auto-driven or flown, GPS guided, and automatically braked, transportation is made simple, safer, and more efficient. Communication is probably the greatest child of technology. Without our instant messages, emails, or phonecalls our lives would be stuck in a horse and buggy. We would have to telegraph, ride, or write to the individual that we are trying to contact instead of instantly, and even hands freely, getting our information across to the receiver, whether that may be an emergency call, business email, or whatever, technology, again, makes our lives that much more bearable and stress free, in some
Although having technology is like having the world at one’s fingertips, many become reliant on it and lose the simplest of skills. Not to mention, kids are glued to the devices 24/7 for entertainment, and they and the adults rely on its judgment and knowledge. The amount of time that gets put on devices can not be good for their health as well. Also, technology can also give people the ability to create something great, or something that can ultimately harm them or others. Despite all of the devices good intentions, it does not solve more problems, it creates new ones. Because technology distracts kids, affects health, is to trusting for people, and gives them to much power, we should consider it a foe rather than a friend.
People use technology for our daily lives and some of us over use technology. The dependency on technology is not good. Not only does this affect people,but kids as well. Technology has taken away the human interaction people and kids have with each other. According to the book No Impact Man by Colin Beavan, beavan states, “Knowing how to live is not something we have to teach children. Knowing how to live is something we have to be careful not to take away from them.”As kids grow older they are learning to live and only depend on technology.Before people would see kids running around outside interacting with one another. Today we have kids face timing or playing with each other through video
Cellphones, television, and computers are just three of the most popular ways that we communicate in today. They have made a substantial impact on the United States simply by being readily available and easy to use. People are often discussing how technology has impacted us. Many believe that technology is actually hindering society rather than helping it. Then there are those who doubt technology has made our social interactions better. Certainly, this is true; without the advances in technology, our level of social interaction in education, businesses, and relationships would diminish.
Recent advancements in technology have changed society dramatically. Particularly, technology has improved communication throughout the world. The first form of communication other than speaking and letters ...
Technology has changed our world dramatically over the last several decades. Several generations before us did not have air conditioning, telephones, television much less internet. However, today we have access to all of this and more. Technological advances have not only made changes in how we communicate, but also in how everyday tasks are done. The New York Times explains how social media affects children’s behavior and academics, and how the concept of dating has been altered while Louis C. K. explains how the 21st century takes little things for granted and YouTube channel charstarlineTV shows how daily activities can no longer be done without the use of cellphones.
Technology is always advancing. With the birth of new generations, it is being seen that children are easily learning how to adapt and manipulate these technologies to do whatever they want them to do. Take for example cell phones. When cell phones came out in the early 1970s they didn’t have all the different abilities that today’s do. They were just a big, clunky phone that was portable so that one didn’t have to stay in one spot in order to communicate with others. Nowadays cell phones have become smaller, easier to carry, and include nearly any application imaginable essentially turning the once basic cell phone into a portable, miniature computer.
In the video, "Can Too Much Technology Hurt a Child's Developmental Growth?" the average teenager engages in more than 11 hours of technology based items per day. The video also mentions that in a 2012 study, half of all teenagers were sending 50 text messages per day including 34 texts at night when they are supposed to be in bed. These figures are astounding! Concentration, much needed sleep and one-on-one facial interaction is being lost. This demonstrates that our cognitive culture is being hindered. Children today, are not learning traditional social protocols, such as how to listen and communicate with others. I loved how the video makes clear that there is no substitute for the real world and that parents need to be proactive in limiting their children's screen-time. In the video "Put Down That Smartphone! Finding Ways to Disconnect," many people and companies are beginning to see the importance of technology free time periods. Some companies are giving workers a week off throughout the year to unplug and recharge. Other companies are providing an email-free evening to aid with this growing problem. By doing so, hopefully this will help somewhat aid in protecting future generations from the growing technology
Today is an era of information explosion. In the past few years, many newly invented technological devices and software are now tightly integrated with our everyday lives. Today, people can look up almost any kind of information, make friends, communicate with others, and express ourselves with the simple touch of a button on a device we usually keep within arm’s reach. “Widespread use of technology is changing the way we work, learn, and communicate – even the way we carry out our regular, daily activities.”(Seifer and Mihalynuk) These devices not only benefit our livelihoods and increase our happiness, but they are also integral in advancing education, technology, development, and, in general, human evolution. The children of today, who have been raised in this era of information explosion, will undoubtedly reap such benefits and, in turn, advance society towards a better generation.
“We barely have time to pause and reflect these days on how far communicating through technology has progressed. Without even taking a deep breath, we’ve transitioned from email to chat to blogs to social networks and more recently to twitter” (Alan 2007). Communicating with technology has changed in many different ways. We usually “get in touch” with people through technology rather than speaking with them face to face. The most popular way people discuss things, with another individual, is through our phones. Phones have been around way before I was born in 1996, but throughout the years, they have developed a phone called a “smart phone”. The smart phone has all kinds of new things that we can use to socialize with our peers. On these new phones, we can connect with our friends or family on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Technology has also developed Skype, a place you can talk with people on the computer with instant voice and video for hours. The new communication changes have changed drastically from the new advances made in technology through our smart phones, social networking sites, and Skype.
In conclusion, modern technology makes our life more convenient. It has advantages and disadvantages but there are so much more advantages. It is up to us to know what we use technology for, what kind of life we want to live and how to raise our children to technology. Technology makes children their schoolwork easier through the unlimited network. People do not need to travel too often for their work, but business can be done via Skype, and the most important is that everything we do not know easily can be learned from the internet too. Technology is developing fast and there is no way turning back the time. As a tip for parents most likely, since they are the ones ‘’the future’’ : try to interest your children into socializing face to face with people, to read books more often and to go out and explore the nature with friends and family.
People in the present society have turned from the use of the old means of communication to the more advanced and technological ways of communicating. Technology has made it easier for people to communicate in a faster, efficient, and cost saving means through the introduction of the communication channels. The world has turned out to be the centre for technology with different technologies emerging daily as the people continue to develop from time to time to cope with the growing technology. The benefits of adopting the communication technology are explained in this article which shows why people do not function without technology.