Technology has helped many people lead successful lives - people who might otherwise have been subjected to a lower quality of life.
Newer technologies have even begun to assist people who do not have specific challenges. Some might argue that this is causing a tremendous dependency on the technology, to the point where people resist learning traditional skills - seeing them as unnecessary.
How much technology is too much? At what poing does technology cease to be assistive and instead become enabling? How can we use technology for it's tremendous benefits, yet maintain traditional skills. Or should we be more prepared to move past traditional skills in reading and writing and look to technology to do more of the basic tasks for us?
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Technology is ever changing. We will always need to learn the traditional skills because it is necessary to write your own name. I know in the future, things will be way too different and difficult. Our children will be well informed about our new technology. I love learning new things every day. Yet, I still like doing things the old way. There is so much to learn. I believe that as we move into the future, we will not need our traditionals skills. Writing and reading will all be by computer. That's why we need to learn now.
Technology is here, we can ignore ir or embrace it, regardless of what is comming into place for the 21st century some of the traditional skills that we have today with basics or technical its helpful to have. I enjoy learning new things that are comming my way, its good to learn new things, it can be a very useful tool. I feel that no matter what the traditional skills that we have now, its something that we will need, technology is here, but its all up to us if we want to completely take over.
Technology is advancing more and more everyday, it's up to us if we want to keep up, traditional skills will always be here, and some people prefer that. I agree that it is up to us, if we want to learn and keep ourselves updated. My kids might know more about computers than me.That's sad. Our kids are lucky that they are learning computer skills at an early age, some as early as grade one or kindergarten.
Technology is fine for me without it we wouldn't be able to find out about our traditional skills.
More often than not people tend to take the easy way or perhaps the easier way, the question usually goes through my mind,"is there an easier way?" Not because I am lazy but because I want to move onto the next task, whatever it may be. Yes I want technology to make my life easier, but I don't want to forget the traditional skills. These skills should always be taught to the next generation because these skills will always be an at the ready back-up just in case technology fails.
It occured to me the other day, my sons have never had to make a fire to keep the house warm, a skill I learned when I was pretty young. My house is heated by electric heat, a fact we remembered when the power went out the other week. I have showed my sons how to make a fire outside, so tehy know that, but there are some differences between making a fire outside and in the furnace. So technology is great, but we have to be prepared to make due without it
Technology moves fast and its seems to me that I have to buy a new digital camera or a new computer every two years, so it changes drastically. There is a time when my grand-daughters came around the house to play with us...today they just want to go on the computer. They do learn alot from a computer but not logging on hours at a time...there should always be a time limit
Technology is here, and is always changing, whether we like it or not! Of course we will be dependent on it for certain things, but i don't think that it will take over our lives or anything!! :P
There is no way we can leave tradition behind! What would be showing our children or their children. Its just like they say,, history will repeat itself! We need to know all the basics skills and also teach the new skills that technology is bringing us! We can do great things with technology.. all people can learn, no one is limited!
I think one way to find out if Technology has becomes to much in your life is to look at your health. Maybe someone has bad eye sight or maybe their overweight by sitting at a computer all day. If someone has these health risks then the cause of them should be looked at. When it comes to the point where technology is used for leisure instead of productive or educational purposes and the person develops serious health risks then its to much!
I believe in our education system right now there is a good balance between the benefits of technology and traditional skills. It’s always good to have a balance and right now traditional skills are still being used and I don’t think it should be disregarded. People are more brilliant when they have both technology and traditional learned skills in their lives. This makes the persons brain even that better! Their brain becomes healthier and that’s a good thing!
I think if you are already late in the game, like in your late teens or 20's, any way that you are able to learn to read or write is acceptable. I think as long as they continue to teach it traditionaly in elementary school as they do and then just teach true computer skills in junior high as they did in the school systems I attended, then, as a child you are obligated to learn how to read and write the "regular" way. Technology is ever growing and I do beleive it enhances life quality to be up-to-date with times.
It's our challenge to balance the two - technology and traditional - I beleive we must move forward to keep pace, but to always remember the basic of: reading, writing and arthimatic. There's always that odd time when we cannot use a computer (like power outages), or a breakdown and certain tasks need to be done manually. Kids still need to learn how to sort their thoughts, construct sentences correctly, and write.
I find that we still need the old skills besides technology ,we shouldnt be totally dependant on cmoputers all our lives even though its much quicker. Reading all books online is just not the way I would go. I would much rather go into a library then to read everyhting online. whats next living in space?
Not everyone see the benefits and the advantages of newer technology. It all depends what a person knows more about computers/technology than just to chatting and emailing. Newer technologies are becoming more assistive to specific challenges such as people with disabilities/challenges that aren't able to walk, speak, read or write at all like we normally do. And also to big agriculture businesses are relying on newer tech because it's assistive to them.. So, I think it's wonderful to bring the world of communication back to the people with such disabilities. In business and agriculture businesses, people depend more on computers than any other people because they deal with making or breaking the deals that deal with lot and lots of money! I don't think computers or newer tech is causing a tremendous dependency because we still tend to go back and practice traditional skills. One person may sit well with a computer as long as possible and type his/her mind away, while the other would rather practice traditional skills because of it making them to focus more and think clearer or better. I think technology would be too much if they started to market it to children to a certain point and should be ceased, because it would enable the child to focus more on the animation, sounds, etc. rather than performing their traditional skills at school or at home. Technology should be careful to what they market for our children. So,I think children must be focused more to their traditional reading, thinking and writing skills until they have a full grasp of the traditonal skills. Therefore I think practicing traditional skills is important because maybe power failure should ever come forever, we need basic traditonal learning back to our lives. You just never know what could happen?
There can never be too much technology. Everyday someone is creating something new. Technology is here to stay.
Each of us learns differently and if technology can assist those who have challenges then I say they should be used to their utmost potential.
In helping us with basic tasks it is simplifying our jobs/lives. However, I do agree that traditional skills still need to be taught. Like Delphine mentioned in her blog, our kids still need to learn how to sort their thoughts, construct sentences correctly, and write them down.
Have you ever been away from home and your car breaks down; no one is at home and you don't have your cell phone. You finally get to a pay phone and can't remember the numbers you need. Technology has taken away your memory, why remember when everything is just a push button away. Yes I believe that technology is a great thing I have all the lastest but I do feel that we still need the so called traditional ways. Proper grammer, spelling, memory they should not be put aside because we have technology to do things for us, if we become so dependent on this resource what happens to us when we don't have it when we really need it?
The first comment in the question was technology has helped many and I will not deny this truth, however I will add only after it has lined the velvet pockets of the corporate world. I’m certain the initial motivator in improving technology is an amicable gesture on the part of the inventor. It still divides us into the haves and have not’s. Remember the era of atomic science, it too had great promise and is still used today for energy and war. It continues to hover like a cloud casting fear and doubt as it can cause immeasurable harm and destruction along with its benefits. Society has always ignored risk for prosperity. First Nations are not exempt from technology historically, presently or in the future. It was also apart of our world too. However we did govern all areas of life including progress by keeping natural laws in mind. I watch as the next generation, become more drawn into a more corporate mindset of technology and I wonder whats to come. From a First Nation perspective does technology today consider consequences now or in the future? Assistive Vs enabling technology can be a fine line we dare cross over and over. An old Indian once said “give a man a fish and you can feed him today. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for life.” If technology follows this path then a balance might be achieved. I truly believe we must never move past traditional skills as it will always be the foundation to any and all progress.
Yes, I think technology to some point, enables us, if we allow it, but it also helps those who other wise with out it, could be at a dissadvantage. Last nite I was watching the news, and there was this man in a wheelchair, who at one time was an athelete,artist,graphic designer, had eveything going for him, until he caught a crippleing desease, that left him with no use of his limbs...but with the help of technology, he still does art, through a computer and a motion detector that is placed on the computer, it detects his head movement...with this technology, I'm sure the quality of life he leads is much better. Just thought I'd share that story because I thought it was so interseting and had so much to do with this coarse. It shows how assistive technology can improve a persons quality of life.
We need to learn the fundamentals of education, reading and writing. We tend to be lazy at times and look at technology to do the work for us. Example, Many moons ago when I was a waiter I would use a calculator to do basic addition, for some reason people believe they can add faster using a calculator. New technology is great but without the fundementals of education we are limited in what we can produce.
I think that assistive technology is an asset to the computer as it helps indentify the mistakes people make in their ability to type. As being in a class where you have to write your notes you can't tell if you have mistakes or not. It can show people how the correct spelling, or grammer should look or choose from a list of words to form the correct spelling. so I think that assistive technology is good towards the future of technology learning as it is a good learning tool.
The problem lies when people use the internet to "cut corners". With information be soo close, at the touch of a button, it is all to easy to get lazy in the way we do things. What we need to be able to do is distinguish between the two, when someone is using or when someone is abusing the internet. It is though the use of conventional methods that we are, where we are to day in terms of technology today, but it is important to not forget where those methods came from. So when is too much?? Too much is when our children have to no longer think for themselves, when school work becomes nothing but a mindless click of the finger, then we know that we must get back to our roots, and see what went wrong.
Today i hear more and more statistics in schools across the country were students marks were going up. They went from using the traditional methods of using a pen and note book to laptops. This change made such a big difference in these peoples lives. It saved them a lot of time and they enjoyed it a lot more. For these reasons I am behind changing they way things are done in schools. Move in with the new and use what is working for young peolple so that can get the best education for themselves.
There are limits that people should know almost like the unwritin rules. Where downloading an essay would be easy but not exceptable.This would fall under the part were tech is being using and would be too much.
For the part for people who are disabled this new tech that is coming out is opening up new doors. Making them more capable everyday to do jobs that one day would have been impossible.
Traditional skills are something that should be known and learned, i agree. All i'm saying is that this is the 21st century and we need to get serious about whats going on around us. Learn all the skills you can so you will not be stuck behind while everyone is moving forward.
It’s all a part of our evolution. In the beginning there was the invention of the wheel and discovery of how to make fire.
Technology is here to stay and we should embrace it. I don’t believe there can be too much technology. Technology is helpful in countless ways. It is a powerful tool, just like the wheel. It can only become enabling if we allow it to be.
Traditional skills have been lost over the centuries, but are generally documented and can be revived. I believe though, that other traditional skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic should be maintained. Technology can help enhance these skills, but should not do them for our children. Our children’s minds need to continue to be challenged. We certainly do not want mindless children
Keeping up with the newer technology does nothing but benefits the ones who decide to use it in a way that is effective in there working environments. We are dependant on technology now a days you don’t see people sitting there handwriting reports or resumes. These assistive skills make things easier and faster ways for people to accomplish things. To be able to read, sign your own name and put together your thoughts on paper still need to be taught and used in some point in our lives.
I don’t think we should move past traditional skills in reading and writing. No matter what technology they come out with we still need to know how to read, write and spell without technology’s help. Computers may have spell check and tell you that your sentences is a fragment but we still need to know how to distinguish the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Even with spell check at times it can become enabling, it makes us lazy spellers because we don’t need to take the time to make sure its spelled right. The basic criteria should still be taught in schools up until a certain grade point.
Like everything else in this world, there is a point where too much is too much. It comes to a point where technology can be used to make things easier in a lazy way; taken the lazy way instead of the right efficient way.
Technology helps a lot of differnt people do things that they have never dreamt about in their lives. It helps the disabled be enabled. It is a great way for people for people to communicate, if they cannot communicate in the traditional way because of certain circumstances.
I do believe that children do need to learn the traditional way of doing things, as in reading, writing, math, and proper grammer. They need these skills, so that they will understand technology a bit better.
Laptops in schools is a great idea, but it should start at a certain grade. After the children learn properly about reading, writing, and math.
Times are changing so quicky, and time will contuine to change. There will always be new technologies that we will all have to learn. My grandfather always said "when you become an adult, you will not need to touch a pen or paper", and he was so right.
Technolgy is moving so fast thats its really hard to keep up with learning the latest. I think some technology is great for the motor skills but I believe we still need the traditional / basic skills such as reading and writing. I love reading a good book at night and I wouldnt want to change that traditional skill because its part of my everyday routine. I do believe that we depend on technology a little too much at times but some still enjoy the traditional.
Technology is now a part of our every day life, whether people are ready to accept it or not. Either talking on the basic telephone that evolved to cells, our kids playing video games, or chatting on the internet with other people around the world, technology is something people need to accept as it is now and forever part of our future. Although I believe that it is important for people to accept it, I also believe that people shouldn’t stop using their traditional skills like reading and writing, especially writing. kids get excited about using the computer but they should aslo be just as excited when they learn to write their names for the first time?.....or as they get older will they know how to sign their name when it is needed?
Technology is here to stay! We all have to face the fact that we have to learn new ways to survive in this whole new world of technology. We still all have our traditonal ways embeded within us. We will still have to write things down like a "To do list" or our "names". But for our children, technology will teach them new ways on what the future has to offer. So let's not discourage them, let's prepare them the best way that we can, for this high tech world that they have to live in.
Well I think you would see too much technology when a person cant even solve a math question without using a calculator. The world has come such a long way, and why would anyone want to put it to a stop now. I think we all should just sit back, and watch what technology can do for us.
Technology is always getting more intense, but there should be a limit to how much students should rely on it, because it would be helpful for students to at least know how to write and use basic things, just in case their computer breaks down or their sorce of technology, they may need to go back and use their writing skills...
Technology is here to stay, people need to embrace it no matter what. the younger generation are well informed and adapting to technology faster then the older generation. The younger generation still need to know their traditional skills, nothing wrong with having more knowledge then none.
Technology has helped many people lead successful lives. Hmmm, another one of those words. Technology indeed has made a difference in the lives of many people. It has helped many people live and live longer, and has greatly assisted many others to adapt to their lives. At the other end of the spectrum though is the reality that technology has as well taken people’s lives since the world began from stix and stones to heat seeking missiles, and we should not forget about all our relations.
When you talk about “traditional skills”, I know that what is being referred to is like the 3 R’s, reading, riting and rithmetic, yes? I just want to briefly mention for the sake of clarity that for most Indigenous Nations around the world reading and writing skills were “traditionally” unnecessary. Our languages were oral and that is how our people learned to speak their languages. There were no ABCD’s. Knowledge and skills were passed from one generation to the next straight from the hearts and minds of our Ancestors. Other forms of communication included the use of mnemonics, (memory keepers) in the form of wampum, pictographs, petroglyphs and sacred objects.
When I hear about native students having difficulty in reading and writing at 86 and 91% in this the 21st century I have to wonder, what the **** is happening here? The students that are presently in the Grade 7 public school system are not in residential schools, indian day schools, or newcomers to the system. These students are learners in the 21st century, should we not expect more for them than the so-called education our parents and grandparents received? One would think so.
Given the current state of affairs, I personally don’t think that we have much to lose in terms of literacy based on this report card. If assistive technology is what is needed to restore balance and equity, and put an end to all this bull-crap, I say let’s go there. So what if we become technologically dependant, it’s probably better in the long run for our youth than having to forever depend on a ration cheque to put food on the table, because of what (now)? Our language and traditions brought self-sufficiency to our people for thousands of years. Reading and writing was not necessary. Is there a way to bridge this gap, to cross over this river of time? Maybe we need to bring back our canoes and go from there. My thoughts for the day.
i personally beleive that traditional skills are necessary to ensure that our kids can read and write. sure these are great skills and we all need them yet the computers of today are allowing our kids to make advances in thier lives that people of yesterday could only dream about. i was reading a article about a man in his mid 40's who grew up in mississippi, he was labeled as diabled because he could not write although he could read he still stuggled because beacuse all of his class mates would laugh and poke fun of him, he also had a hard time with his speech. when he was in grade 10 he decided to quit school and help his dad on the farm feeding the animals everyday. when his dad passed away the farm ended up being sold so he decied that he wanted to get his education. he was introduced to computers and before long he was typing 60 to 70 words a minute. he ended up graduating from college and going on to work for a big company that markets different technologies for people with disabilities. so if you think about kids today who can not excel in the classroom because they cant read or write wouldnt you want them to be the best they can be?todays technolgy allows students to be the best they can and gives them hope that they can and will suceed in life. who knows maybe todays technology in classrooms will be tommorrows NEW traditional skills.
I think that we all need to take a break from using word processing software as we become to depend on it. As adults we tend to get lazy with our penmanship techniques, we scribble on paper and then have to spend time deciphering what we wrote. For myself, I depend too much on my computer to do the basic traditional skills for me like spell check and grammar. I know that you still need to proof read as it doesn’t catch all the correct spelling as you taught.
Technology is here to stay and its constantly changing and continues to evolve into something better and sometimes more complicated.
When I think of Assistive Technology and how it has helped say, people who are blind, or illiterate I am grateful for them that they have such a more complete life than say twenty years ago. As for assisting people without challenges I can see how we have come to depend on our technology and even have become lazy, as is the story of the guy who would rather talk to the computer and have it type for him, or the on our Mac when we can say “Computer get mail!” apposed to clicking and typing or when we say “computer what time is it?” instead of looking. I can have the computer re-read my email to see how it sounds as the other person might have read it. But when we depend so much, and the computer does not fulfill its end of the bargain by keeping my material safe. Example, I put all my phone numbers in the cell phone to have it break, I did not keep paper back up. When my computer crashed all my phone no. music , documents, photos from a trip to Costa Rica GONE, all because I trusted technology and depended on it to keep my life intact! (back up people, back up!)I personally do not think we should stop teaching our kids to read and right just because a computer can do it for them. When the vibrator was introduced women did not get rid of man…..
Technology can be a wonderful tool for business advertising, personal enjoyment, and provide research at the touch of a button. I am weary of the idea that over dependancy on technology use can benefit anybody except those making a dollar from it, or billions for that matter. This is what I think, we are becoming overly dependent on technology and at the price of what? I say it is at the cost of precious time that can be spent with family and friends that we can see and talk to face to face and not just through a feelingless pc monitor. I see how this use of technology can be a great escape from feeling lonely-or feeling at all for that matter. It is a real distraction from life at times. Unfortunately it takes up precious moments that we could spend with "real" people surrounding us. These are precios moments that will never pass again as we sit here and type away. Life is not a dress rehearsal. It is fine and dandy to use this medium- so long as we dont waste precios moments that could be spent making memories with our family and friends. When I get old and grey, and my grandchildren ask me what I did during my life-I hope I have a lot of real life experiences to share and not only having my relationship with a pc to talk about.Technology has its benefits, so long as it is not the only thing we are left knowing how to do.
We are at the point of no return, as far as technology goes. We are only going to increase from where we are at now. So if to much is not yet, it will be soon. What can can be done about it? Are we going to start to burn our computers, blackberries, and such like the way people had to burn their books in the past. I think not.
What else is technology for if not to improve and help convenience our lives. Enabling is what we want to happen isn't it. With all things in life we must change and grow. Evolution is part of life. So if this our next step to lose our traditional skills, so be it. We would not be living this way now if our ancestors did not lose their traditional skills. In other words it will happen regardless. So we should be prepared to move with the herd so to speak. As it is already most skills we have know are a variation of the skills that used to be from past generations. Evolution is what has already happened for example before computers it was type writers. Before the telephone it was Morris code, and written messages before that was smoke signals.
In closing I am positive we do not truly have a choice.
I think that it’s important to keep up with the changes in technology, as it is to maintain the traditional skills of reading and writing. I believe that a balance should be maintained. It’s up to us as individuals to create a balance. Technology is always changing and upgrading. Therefore, it can be costly to continue to keep up with the changes to technology, not everyone can afford to.
Too much technology depends totally on the individual who makes a choice to substitute everyday traditional tasks with the computer. Too much technology, in my opinion, is substituting walking to the library for books, instead choosing to stay at home and searching the internet for resources, knowing that the physical is probably better for you. Downloading books off the internet, in my opinion, is not allowing for your self to get fresh air, physical exercise, maybe clearing your mind with a brisk walk; these are all things would indicate to me that the computer is enabling traditional tasks, as opposed to, technology. Furthermore, technology is such an incredible resource, I choose not too engage in it too much but use it for more convenient tasks, such as researching for school, for example, if I needed a book, I would get on a site and search for which library may have. When technology interferes with socializing, physical activity, and just basic skills such as just getting out of the house, this is when it becomes 'enabling'. I feel that reading and writing is imperative to the learning process because its an interactive component that allows children to learn with input from their teachers. The smartboards, which is definately a form of modern technology in the classroom allows for teachers to interact with their students by teaching at a modern level but still maintaing the older traditional reading and writing skills by example, tests on paper, reading to the classmates or students interacting with one another. Reading and writing are effective tools to be focusing on and technology being a support for that learning to be productive. I hope this makes sense because it makes sense to me!!!!!!!!!
I am really not sure about the assistive technology, because as a kindergarten teacher, the children basically use the computers for games as a playtime activity. As a for my children at home, they used to use mostly for the internet for the chat rooms. I had to always monitor them as they were talking to their friends. Sometimes they used it for school assignments. And also myself, I only use it for school assignments. I really haven't used it for anything else.
“Some might argue that this is causing a tremendous dependency on the technology, to the point where people resist learning traditional skills - seeing them as unnecessary.” I have a friend who was frustrated through out his life – until he was introduced to a type writer – he had trouble with his fine motor skills that were never developed. This was no fault of trying to develop the traditional hand writing skills through 12 year of traditional school. These skills were just not going to develop – and his level of frustration and his struggle with low self esteem. The relief of his typewriter, then also his use of computers, was such a relief – now he could write, because he was a writer. This man had a mind that was bursting to express him self and could only do this after the use of technology.
Technology is here to stay, regardless if we like it or not. it is ever changing and seems to be getting more complicated everyday, especially for someone like me that doesn't know much about it.so i still like doing things the traditional ways,it's alot easier.The young generation is definitally up to date on technology but it's still very important for our children to learn the traditial ways. I guess what i'm trying to say is that we need both...
I'm just starting to get into technology and everything just keeps on coming and even things on here that i didn't even know about .. I'm just learning and when it comes to writing papers , or assignments , it is easier to save it than looking for in your office .. I don't think that we would ever delete writing on paper but in the future there will be more technology..
There is no way to stop the technology wave. All we can do is hop on board and go with the flow. We just have to make sure that traditional skills and technology ride along hand in hand.
Technology has advanced, yet we still marvel at how things were done in the past, how we got to this point and where it can possibility go from here. For one thing, without technology we would not be able to preserve the past and technology would not have evolved if not for the idea that paved the way for it.
How much tech. is to much? Well I don't know if any one watched the movie IRobot with Will Smith but he lives in this supper advanced time where doctors are cloning organs and limbs and robots all like slaves to humanity. He didn't embrace this world of robots and all these new gadets, so when he brought this lady to his home she toutched his stero and it started playing this really loud music and she was trying to tell the stero to stop playing and to turn it's own volume down and of course nothing was happening and he came out of the bathroom and grabed the remote, turned it down and kinda laughed at her because she had no idea of how to work such a simple machine. I hope we don't ever get to this point. Technology makes our live easier but how much easier should they get?
I don't think leaving our tradtional skills behind is a good idea because learning how to print and write is what teaches us how to read. I don't know if anyone has read the book or watched the movie, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury but the movie was released in 1966 and the book was probably written a few years befor that. It was about a futurestic society where peoples lives revolved around their television sets and they burned books fearing an independent thinking society would over through the government. I hope we don't ever get to this point!
Technology is ever changing if we want it to or not. Our children will not know what it was like when we were children, we can say that we still like doing things the traditional way. Our traditional way is not the same as our parents and our grandchildren will never know what the traditional way of doing anything was. Our ways now will be the traditional ways for our children and the way things and technology is changing everyday, all the way things were done in the past will be forgotten.
New technologies are great for those who need them to help live a better quality of life. There are many benefits for such technologies but we as educators should not move past teaching the traditional skills in reading and writing. The traditional skills are very important skills in which children will have with them forever. What good is a book to you if you can’t read it yourself? We can use technology as a way to assist teaching the basic skills. There are several online teacher resources on the web. Programs that help assist in teaching the students how to spell or read. There are even several sites that have books available online for reading. So technology can be enabling when used in the proper ways. I think when technology is being used inappropriately it ceases to be assistive and that depends on the individual using it. For example, when a student uses the internet for a science report, instead of using the internet to help find information about their topic, they go out and copy someone’s report and call it their own.
I think no matter what we must keep up with the times. When I look at my culture and my community I see technology and they way we live advancing every day! With the bad there is the good aswell. My grandparents have definatly kept the traditional skils and way of life close to them but they all kept an open mind for the new ways and I think that is very appropriate for us as humans who have the capability to adjust and adapt!! So lets use those skills and as individuals we have the choice of what we want to accept, take in and use from the old and the new!!
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It is kind of scarey the way in which technology is changing. It seems we must always be looking to see what new device comes into the schools every year and that we have to change the way we see things.I prefer doing things than sitting in front of a computer. Look how long it took me to figure how to do a simple comment. Darcy had to show me how to do these entries. EASY
Technology is always evolving it's going to be that way for the rest of our lives. Just when we feel like were beginning to grasp the newest technological advances new ones emerge.Traditional skills are an important part of our everyday life and even with new advances in technology are still the basis for learning. We can either embrace this or ignore it either way technology is here to stay.
No matter what technology will continue to exsist and will also continue to get more advanced so I feel we have no choice in the matter except to suck it up and embrace for the years to come. As much as some people do not like it, it will continue from now on always be around, so we have no choice but to ebrace it.
Technology is not the result of negative or positive behavior in society. Games are not the result of racism, hatred, sexist, low self-esteem or high Intelligent Quotient or Emotional Intelligence. Technology has been with us for thousands of year. I am personally thankful for electricity, and running water...ahhh those nice hot bubble baths.
In a serious note, we often blame technology when things go wrong. What about parenting skills? don't they have a place in society when things do not go well.
Columbine shooting and internet searches, rated M games vs serial killers. Do you actually think Jeffrey Dahlmer or Eileen Weirnos were addicted to R rated games? Think about it, people kill people and not the other way around. So is it assisting or enabling? I would say neither.
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