The Importance Of Technology In My Life

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As previously stated, the most important and valuable technology in my life is my laptop computer. I do check in regularly and respond to my email and any online classes I might have usually, several times daily. Technology is controlled for me by my own choice. I don’t have an iPhone, but I do have a cell phone that one of my grandchildren refers to as “embarrassing.” It’s a “pay as you go” phone that has big buttons that I can actually see! It does not take pictures and it doesn’t have internet capability. I do have a Facebook account, but I don’t care to check into it constantly and I don’t choose to have people tracking me down while I’m in the midst of working, or I’m at an appointment, etc. My cell phone isn’t used to chat endlessly …show more content…

I have a land-line telephone with the same number that I’ve had for over thirty-years and its connected to a digital answering system, which is what most people call when they want to speak with me, or leave me a message. I still do use the telephone book to look up numbers and I use the internet also, but sometimes it’s faster to simply look it up in the book. I have voicemail on my cell phone also, and I do listen to it, contingent upon if I hear it ring! I’m not the traditional person sitting in a restaurant with her nose stuck in a cellphone or fingers busily texting, but I see folks doing this type of thing constantly. My grandson wanted to teach me to text and he did, but it just didn’t click for me, I don’t see the necessity. I’m more of a dial my number and talk to me kind of person. While waiting in traffic last summer, I watched a girl almost walk into an oncoming truck because she was looking at her cell phone and not paying attention to …show more content…

I love technology, but I have no desire for it to take over my life. I absolutely love my laptop, the ease of typing in what I want and having lots of choices pop up in front of me to ponder over, it’s wonderful, convenient, and it makes my life so much easier. I like to get on YouTube and find an instructional video that shows me how to sand down my tabletop and varnish it, or watch my favorite band performing a new song or listen to a Ted Talk. I have found most everything that I’ve looked for and been able to pick and choose what information checks out as credible. I think sometimes folks have to be told that not everything you read online is accurate and you cannot always take it at face value, therefore, like a good reporter check, and then double check your sources. I certainly can relate in part to Carr’s essay and his concerns that we could possibly be turning into a society of pancake brains. Although I am a staunch advocate of the internet and technology in general, I decided long ago not to let it suck me up and that is what seems to have happened to many folks over time. If I don’t monitor myself,

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