The article, "Always On" discusses the potential problems and upsides to those who have grown around using the emerging technology and social media Portals and websites. I can see arguements to both sides because I personally have seen both sides of the argument in my own life. I have become very well aquianted in the technology world we live in and I can see the point made when people say that this generation is quicker in thought and information processing. However I can also see how people, including myself, become much more impatient in terms with how fast things take place or how we become flustered when things take longer than we want. We have become more willing take anything on the Internet for truth while we do little research into what we read. We also have become a little impersonal in our face to face interactions due to the fact a big portion of our conversations take place on the web, Where we can be emotionally and socially lazy with our dialogue.
I totally agree with your thoughts on the article and for myself I see the pros and cons of technology in the education setting. It also scares me as well when thinking about face to face interactions. Kids growing up in this era are becoming "emotionally and socially lazy" like you said.
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Daniel
1/28/2014 01:07:25 am
Noel,
Awesome blog!
Nice job on looking at both sides. It will be very interesting to see how our future teachers, coaches and educators adapt to this tech world. I certainly hope we don't lose the personal touch in working with people. We'll see...
-Dan
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Rosemary
2/2/2014 04:07:11 am
Noel,
I also was looking at both the positives and negatives of the influences technology on society and education. Now it is hard to function without using some type of technology, but is our dependency in technology also gonna be our downfall? How do you think we could implement the new innovations of technology while minimizing complete dependency?
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