So it is finally spring break, and here I am, in front of my laptop, listening to music with the television on and my cell phone ringing. Sadly enough, although I will do some shopping and some skiing this break, I can pretty much be assured that more than half of it ill be spent indoors on a couch using being lazy and getting entertained off of technology, technology and more technology.
It occurs to me that although technology is making our lives simpler and let's say, more convenient, it is also disabling us from seeing the potential in activities that don't melt our brains away.
The amount of time people spend watching television or on the computer/ day is seriously alarming. There is a lot of positive behind the negative though. The internet and the television are both inventions that constantly enable us to access information about anything we'd like, in any language and in any format. The internet for one, allows us to participate in an everlasting encyclopedia of information, which is amazing! -A good example of this is one that was shown in our media class last week. A few elementary school students created a project on spiders using their computer and different animation programs. Their project came out looking very nice and I was shocked and impressed to know that they were able to put that kind of thing together at that age!
The problem is that technology is hardly ever used for it's positive educational resources. Rather it's most used for online shopping, stalking, playing poker, video games and watching pornography. On top of that, we easily forget there's a real world outside of our fantasy world!
So, I ask myself, is technology enabling us, or disabling us in the long run?
I suppose long term results will only be seen in a few years, for most of technology is fairly recent and applies most to our current generation.
Friday, February 20, 2009
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