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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
How Does Your Experience Compare?
6 comments:
Anonymous
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I am really curious to analyze my day and see what it breaks down to. It is also really interesting to think about how these people (or we) are going to be in about 10-15 years. Most of us will probably be married with kids. How are our children's lives, and our relationships with our spouces going to be different if we are always multitasking? What will be the "family" dynamic? It just seems like nothing will ever get our full attention, and our physical contact/interaction with people will diminish. And yet they say technology is the only answer?
I think the strongest and the simplest message was the last line, "I did not create this problem, but these are MY problems." I don't even know what the cause of this problem. I'm sure it is mixture of many things, the technology, the educational environment, the educator's responsibility to reach out to students, or the student's responsibility to fully use the resources they were given. It's interesting that the title of the article is How does your experience compare, because I can't. And I am glad I don't have to face many of the problems they do.
I think the scariest thing that technology is doing to our nation is making our interactions and experiences with others become less personal. There's so much one can learn about another person without speaking a single word to them, we have the internet to blame for that. We've all experienced the concept of knowing someone through facebook, but having to act like we've never met them when we actually become interactive with them. It shouldn't be like that, however if technologists continue to create objects to make our lives "easier", we will no longer need physical contact to maintain clarity with other human beings.
I think that to many people use technology for the sake of using technology. Somewhere I heard "when deciding if a new technological tool is right for you, analyze how you will use it and if it will actually allow you to reach the desired goal." As I watched the video I was surprised at how little work these students had and how much time they actually spent on facebook or sending email. I feel that that much usage of technology as the only method of communication can be very detrimental to society. Look at how easy it is to do almost anything nowadays using the internet alone. I fear that in future years people will become more of slaves to technology and loose touch with many of the more personal values that were once held dear.
There is good and bad when we think about new technologies that we encounter. My favorite sign was the one about having a job that hasn't even been invented yet. This is completely true. I read somewhere that 50% of the information that students are taught in the first two years of a science education in college will be obsolete by the time they graduate. All aspects of our lives are changing, including education, whether we like it or not.
this somewhat recent arguement, is one that is beginning to annoy me. i understand the arguements that are being made for both sides, but i still feel that the same old saying applies; We choose what we do with our inventions and creations, and therefore we are responsible and accountable for what we do with them and what they do to others. you can't blame your lack of focus on "obligations" such as facebook, blogs, downloads, etc. these are not nearly as important as some make them, and as adults we should all be able to ignore them and focus on the issues at hand.
6 comments:
I am really curious to analyze my day and see what it breaks down to. It is also really interesting to think about how these people (or we) are going to be in about 10-15 years. Most of us will probably be married with kids. How are our children's lives, and our relationships with our spouces going to be different if we are always multitasking? What will be the "family" dynamic? It just seems like nothing will ever get our full attention, and our physical contact/interaction with people will diminish. And yet they say technology is the only answer?
I think the strongest and the simplest message was the last line, "I did not create this problem, but these are MY problems." I don't even know what the cause of this problem. I'm sure it is mixture of many things, the technology, the educational environment, the educator's responsibility to reach out to students, or the student's responsibility to fully use the resources they were given. It's interesting that the title of the article is How does your experience compare, because I can't. And I am glad I don't have to face many of the problems they do.
I think the scariest thing that technology is doing to our nation is making our interactions and experiences with others become less personal. There's so much one can learn about another person without speaking a single word to them, we have the internet to blame for that. We've all experienced the concept of knowing someone through facebook, but having to act like we've never met them when we actually become interactive with them. It shouldn't be like that, however if technologists continue to create objects to make our lives "easier", we will no longer need physical contact to maintain clarity with other human beings.
I think that to many people use technology for the sake of using technology. Somewhere I heard "when deciding if a new technological tool is right for you, analyze how you will use it and if it will actually allow you to reach the desired goal." As I watched the video I was surprised at how little work these students had and how much time they actually spent on facebook or sending email. I feel that that much usage of technology as the only method of communication can be very detrimental to society. Look at how easy it is to do almost anything nowadays using the internet alone. I fear that in future years people will become more of slaves to technology and loose touch with many of the more personal values that were once held dear.
There is good and bad when we think about new technologies that we encounter. My favorite sign was the one about having a job that hasn't even been invented yet. This is completely true. I read somewhere that 50% of the information that students are taught in the first two years of a science education in college will be obsolete by the time they graduate. All aspects of our lives are changing, including education, whether we like it or not.
this somewhat recent arguement, is one that is beginning to annoy me. i understand the arguements that are being made for both sides, but i still feel that the same old saying applies; We choose what we do with our inventions and creations, and therefore we are responsible and accountable for what we do with them and what they do to others. you can't blame your lack of focus on "obligations" such as facebook, blogs, downloads, etc. these are not nearly as important as some make them, and as adults we should all be able to ignore them and focus on the issues at hand.
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