There are many concepts to review before the decision can be made concerning technology use in schools. Within this discussion, the concept of the internet being at our finger tips has both good and bad affects. Some believe that electronic communication merely enhances the information our brains receives, however it must also be considered that it is changing the quality of our learning for the worse.
Technology often requires another sense of understanding. Yes, computers make writing quicker; we have spell-check doing our thinking, but it’s truly the initial thinking that goes into using a computer. Trying to minimize room for error by, “make laptops the key ingredient” (Source A). Textbooks are helpful in receiving an answer, but the internet is the window to all information surrounding that topic. For instance researching for a recipe; a cookbook can tell you the ingredients and the instructions to set the oven temperature. Only the internet can give you a personalized recipe. Any cooking site can give other people a chance to voice what they did to make the recipe better. If you want to make the recipe as good as possible you read reviews sent by other people; helping to only produce a better mean. The technology we use gets us a better understanding of the everyday topics we think about.
Can technology ruin our quality of information? We rely on our technology like a drug addict relies on heroin. Without it we feel lost. “Dead spots of walking to work (no iPod), darkness that kept us from reading has disappeared.” (Source C). Dyson tells us that we rely on those moments. What was once a lonely walk or drive to the store is now ridden with our phones, iPods and computers. When waiting for the bus we check the weather on our phones. We see it’s sunny out, yet we feel the need to get the technological measurement. We leave our brains in our phones. Without them we go stupid. If we miss an opportunity to check our phones; do a Google search it makes “every minute not used ‘productively’ a minute lost” (Source C). Is the technology we use just ruining the ways we could be using our heads?
Look into the past; you would never think that one day our computers would be doing “dirty work” for us. Without a word processor, how do we write? “Pen and paper feel profoundly different.” (Source D). We are used to typing, seeing the universal fonts instead of our own handwriting (as bad as it may be) we lose our character. We’re turning into a technology based society. Schools are now breeding these “robots” formerly known as students. Before truly switching over to a fully computer based society we should really weigh the consequences. Is it worth losing ourselves only for simplicity and a quick “fix”?
Technology often requires another sense of understanding. Yes, computers make writing quicker; we have spell-check doing our thinking, but it’s truly the initial thinking that goes into using a computer. Trying to minimize room for error by, “make laptops the key ingredient” (Source A). Textbooks are helpful in receiving an answer, but the internet is the window to all information surrounding that topic. For instance researching for a recipe; a cookbook can tell you the ingredients and the instructions to set the oven temperature. Only the internet can give you a personalized recipe. Any cooking site can give other people a chance to voice what they did to make the recipe better. If you want to make the recipe as good as possible you read reviews sent by other people; helping to only produce a better mean. The technology we use gets us a better understanding of the everyday topics we think about.
Can technology ruin our quality of information? We rely on our technology like a drug addict relies on heroin. Without it we feel lost. “Dead spots of walking to work (no iPod), darkness that kept us from reading has disappeared.” (Source C). Dyson tells us that we rely on those moments. What was once a lonely walk or drive to the store is now ridden with our phones, iPods and computers. When waiting for the bus we check the weather on our phones. We see it’s sunny out, yet we feel the need to get the technological measurement. We leave our brains in our phones. Without them we go stupid. If we miss an opportunity to check our phones; do a Google search it makes “every minute not used ‘productively’ a minute lost” (Source C). Is the technology we use just ruining the ways we could be using our heads?
Look into the past; you would never think that one day our computers would be doing “dirty work” for us. Without a word processor, how do we write? “Pen and paper feel profoundly different.” (Source D). We are used to typing, seeing the universal fonts instead of our own handwriting (as bad as it may be) we lose our character. We’re turning into a technology based society. Schools are now breeding these “robots” formerly known as students. Before truly switching over to a fully computer based society we should really weigh the consequences. Is it worth losing ourselves only for simplicity and a quick “fix”?