As technological advances continue to take place, more and more individuals are chained to a smartphone, smartwatch, iPad or Computer. Smartphones with endless applications allow for easy access to all of one’s connective data and promote the use of social media platforms where people can share photos and update friends and family with statuses and pictures. Ultimately, there are endless… Read more →
Tag: #technology
Efficiency or Zen?
As technology revolutionizes the way we interact, live, and move, it also revolutionizes the way we learn and receive an education. With the new and improved devices from the popular tech-companies of 2018, not only is the way we are learning is being improved but the way we are being taught it is being improved. Teachers can now have access… Read more →
“LOL” or “Laughing Aloud?”
In Kristen Purcell’s, Judy Buchanan’s, and Linda Freidrich’s work, “The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing,” the concept of technology affecting students’ education and writing is investigated and observed through not only surveys from Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers but also from a statistical analysis standpoint. They come to several conclusions such as technology is not only… Read more →
To Read, or Not To Read?
The New York Time’s article, “How Technology is (and isn’t) Changing our Reading Habits,” touches upon how the technological changes in reading effect 21st-century families, adults, children, industries, and businesses. It focuses on how these groups are being affected by the literature-technological take-over. Alexandra Alter, a reporter in the book industry, responds to prompted questions about how ebooks and Kindles are both… Read more →
Use Protection…Online
As we all use the iMessages, Gmail services, and social media platforms on a daily basis, we feel comfortable with exchanging information and personal data through the convenience of one’s personal laptop, iPhone, or other smart devices. However, what if your personal information is not as secure as you think it is? To explore this further, I watched a video… Read more →
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop…Even If We Should Stop
In 2018, our eyes remained glued to our phones, our fingertips to our keyboards, and our minds to the digital trance that results from the images and messages that move across our screens. The mantra for this generation shall be “in technology we trust,” as we worship and praise the devices we grasp so tightly in the palms of our hands.… Read more →
Blog Post #2 The Atlantic
While we take our iPhones and iPads to every destination, it is interesting to think about the future of technology from the millennial standpoint in 2018 America. This future provokes thoughts such as, Where do we go from here? Is there more room to improve? In 1945, Vennevar Bush poses these questions in his article, “As We May Think” in a popular… Read more →
