tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post5571664526737611282..comments2023-10-18T07:34:41.625-07:00Comments on Dr. Preston's Literature & Composition 2012-2013: tools that change the way we thinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-39430040650090621272012-10-25T21:40:42.522-07:002012-10-25T21:40:42.522-07:00Many people now own there own smartphones and have...Many people now own there own smartphones and have very equipped technology. Technology is very handy when it comes to finding something quick and easy. Something just straight to the point. Sure a quick fix answer is helpful, when in need. But we are slowly using less and less of our brains to do the work in finding the answers. we simply let a machine find it for us. We are not allowing ourselves to blossom into a full flower because we let things get in our way. I am gonna compare myself and my dad. our knowledge of the internet and of web sources are not at the same level. He is not as handy with computers and doesn't know how many sources there are out there on the internet. now whether they're safe or not...That's a whole other topic. I tend to find myself impatient when he is on the computer and wants to show me something that he found. He isn't as quick and to the point as I can tend to be. But his generation didn't have all the technology that my generation has. So of course it is all so new to him. I am also gonna compare myself with the babies that are being born today. These kids will grow up and will have technology surrounding them like crazy. I remember in first grade the LeapFrog was this cool new way to read books and to help us understand language. All of us kiddos found it supper cool and were so amazed by what that was. Well I now a days how much it has upgraded and I am amazed by how much LeapFrog has transformed. It was nothing like it is now compared to back then. I believe it is going to be something interesting to live through. How much technology we have and how the people will take it all in. Its pretty scary some to think of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009640632326241190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-18457604263011295222012-10-25T18:39:32.063-07:002012-10-25T18:39:32.063-07:00Extensive internet/media/technology use has most d...Extensive internet/media/technology use has most definitely taken a peak since, most people have all these smartphones, and other handy devices available to them 24/7. It's much easier to find what you are looking for and often times more than you want or expect. When we don't know something, it is becoming second nature to pull out your smartphones to just make a quick search. With all the technology and media, it is somewhat significant that people are thinking on their own less and less, and it's not that they aren't as smart or they don't know, it's more the fact that we're a little lazy rather depend on the easiest way out. Of course it's fun to have all the information you ever want in the palm of your hands, but there is always a down side, as you are making searches or just looking up cool things to buy or cook or whatever, you may be giving personal information to people you never knew existed nor will ever know. Creepy. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180254294819587068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-91634279153323808092012-10-25T11:47:26.390-07:002012-10-25T11:47:26.390-07:00Answer this not-so-simple question: How does exten...Answer this not-so-simple question: How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think? Focus on your memory, your ability to concentrate, your sense of time and priorities, and the subjects/topics that interest you most. If you find "thinking about your thinking" difficult to assess, try the following strategies: compare yourself with older people who did most of their formal learning before smart phones and 2.0 existed; compare yourself with contemporaries who don't use those tools much today; read up on what education leaders and thinkers have to say about generational differences in thinking (and remember to cite your sources). <br /><br />When what we need becomes accessible at the tip of a finger. We begin to loose our ability to learn for ourselves. Granted the fact that we even get out in the world and look for new things is concluded as the process of learning. Most of the things we search have already been pre-decided for us. That is through an unknown entity that follows and tracks us during our online activities. Then from that determines what we most be interested in and pushes that to the top of the list of our searches. Yet how does it know what we want? How does it find such an answer? It makes me think about what I am thinking. What exactly have I researched on this computer that allows it to make (what almost seems as if conscious) choices for me? Why am I trapped in the filter bubble of this society? And yes we know more now then we ever thought possible through technology. But it's what we don't know...or are not allowed to know that leaves me curious. How do I think about thinking when I do not have the full access to what I want to think of? (Well, online that is.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088660681759854691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-91027491840788982212012-10-25T10:08:03.786-07:002012-10-25T10:08:03.786-07:00Internet/media/technology definitely changes the w...Internet/media/technology definitely changes the way we think. We don't have to memorize information as much anymore because it is now on the palm of our hands with the smartphones that we have. We can always go back and find something that we need the answer to. Our minds are becoming trianed to search something and the first thing that comes up is the answer to our question.technology has become easy for everyone now. You don't have to go and find an encyclopedia to get an answer. I think that technology defintly makes us more lazy especially more and more when the Internet choses what comes up. This has made so much more information available to people but I do think technology has its good and it's bad moments.E'Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401443904564565028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-32537208801911302892012-10-25T06:39:50.306-07:002012-10-25T06:39:50.306-07:00How does extensive Internet/media/technology use c...How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think?<br />Extensive internet use changes the way we think because the world is at our fingertips. People have learned to scan vast spans of information in the most progressive way possible in order to find what they want. In my opinion, media has made much for innovative. Base information can be found with a click of a mouse, and once you have the base information, it allows you to expand this knowledge to much greater intellectual pursuits. The world, in a sense, has expanded itself, through information.<br /> William Veroskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509999045084685257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-57011460681212231782012-10-25T05:48:41.559-07:002012-10-25T05:48:41.559-07:00The society we live in now is rule by the technolo...The society we live in now is rule by the technology. Without technology this world wouldnt exist. People go to the internet for everything. For example if you need help with a question you dont understand, want to find out something, need to know the weather etc sll you got to do is go the google, yahoo etc and you click and there's the answers to any question. This technology is a big distraction to everybody, from adults to little kids. Technology doesnt let you do things you want to do like do homework etc. I feel lucky because a few years back internet wasnt in peoples lifes and now I have access to anything i can think of. Technology is the best thing in the world,I wouldnt change it for anything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-52081929521172305672012-10-25T03:41:17.524-07:002012-10-25T03:41:17.524-07:00How does extensive Internet/media/technology use c...How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think?<br />--I feel like I have become attached by the hip with technology. When I get an assignment and I don't remember the notes of that day, I just look up notes online because its fast and usually there are websites that describe something a different way in which I can understand. I think technology is great to have for a quick answer to info, also for reports and other data. <br /><br />Compare yourself with older people who did most of their formal learning before smart phones and 2.0 existed<br />--Well, I feel bad for those that didn't have the internet at their fingertips. They either had to go to a library and read mounds and mounds of library books and mostly likely only get a modicum of the information they were looking for. I, on the other hand, can simply connect to the internet and find data in under a minute. If I do get frustrated, it might be because of slow internet or cheese-ball information that is obviously fake. Our ancestors searches may have been more reliable if they found the information they were looking for. <br /><br />Compare yourself with contemporaries who don't use those tools much today<br />--If I were to compare myself with contemporaries and see how much technology has affected me, I would be a kid on a crutch about to run a race and our contemporaries would be like runners that have been training for years. Definitely if our power ever magically went off completely, the world will definitely struggle to reboot. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296848662493661969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-14107792002150293842012-10-25T01:43:38.340-07:002012-10-25T01:43:38.340-07:00I sometimes think technology doesn't allow me ...I sometimes think technology doesn't allow me to think but instead gives me the answers and doesn't allow me to be creative. I think better out loud and in group of people or just by myself when given insightful questions. The technology has made it easier for us to think but I believe thinking should be hard and only hard thinking will get your mind somewhere. I have become much lazier in my work because of the extensive technology. The technology works hard therefore I don't have to. This is fine at times when we use the tech as a resource but as this progresses we overuse and abuse the technology given to us. The quote above makes me think on the movie "Wall-E" where all the humans are useless and they can not do anything for themselves. I hope we do not get to that point with technology but we will just have to see where this information age takes us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10823675000787329777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-24013765765196228682012-10-24T23:40:33.359-07:002012-10-24T23:40:33.359-07:00Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I have now ...Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I have now become a beacon of instant information. I want information, and I want it now. No longer am I content with waiting even a day to learn something. Heck, even waiting minutes for the Internet to load up gets me agitated and don't even mention things like cookies or ads. However, it also has expanded my circle of things I'm interested in. Business and how it operates, global events, economics, those are things I never would've gotten into had it not been for the Internet, as books and magazines aren't nearly as in-depth nor as interesting as articles on the Internet. As for my memory, things have not really changed. Back in the 3rd grade, I was obsessed with baseball. Even now, I'm obsessed with baseball. And I'm obsessed with data and number crunching. I can still tell you how many home runs (660) Willie Mays has along with his career batting average (.302). I can tell you how many wins Cy Young has (511) as well as Walter Johnson (417) followed by Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander (373). As my parents put it, I remember the most useless information possible. And I still do. I remember quotes and who said them ("'Tis great we have this horrible war less people should grow fond of it' - Robert E Lee), and certain Latin phrases (Veni, Vidi, Vici or Qui Audet Adisicipitur). Are any of them really practical? No, but I remember them, and I will continue to remember them thanks to the Internet. However, that also has an impact in my ability to concentrate. I am very easily distracted. I am also very easily intrigued. Not a great combination for someone who uses the Internet. I also want to learn new things, which also doesn't and hasn't boded well with me, as the Internet has almost unlimited information available to be digested and read. So, this leads to me sleeping later than I would like to, but also learning much more information than I would normally.Conorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430620091795094796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-33310746040716574352012-10-24T23:34:54.870-07:002012-10-24T23:34:54.870-07:00 I think that extensive internet/media/technology ... I think that extensive internet/media/technology not only reshaped the world/society, but also our mind and the way we think. Plato said that: “Technology of writing would destroy the art of remembering…” Who would still bothers to memorize the information, if we can look it up in 5 seconds? It was just five or six years ago, I bring my (paper) dictionary to school every single day. My parents won’t get me an electric dictionary; and their “theory/explanation” is that if you need to flip through bunch pages to find the definition of a word, there are bigger chances for you to memorize it. You just don’t want to go through that whole process again when that word appears in the next line of reading. However, now, I can find the definition of any word by few clicks with fingers in few seconds. So, why we bother to know it by heart? I think technology really shrink my ability to think, memorize and concentrate. There are distractions everywhere; Email, Facebook, music…Whenever I need to concentrate, the first thing I would do is to turn off my computer. The tool is just a tool and don’t let it take over the mind. We are considered as the “net generation”, the generation of instant communication/information. The generation grows by believe that we have the world at our fingertips. However, the bigger problem of the new generation is not to how get the information but how to get the right information. We are not the generation to learn how to use the technology but how to using it well. <br /><br />(http://rjh.goingeast.ca/2012/03/06/the-net-generation-a-new-paradigm/)<br />(http://www.principals.org/tabid/3788/default.aspx?topic=Technology_Net_Generation_Learning_Styles)<br />(http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=1140630)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983896580464489201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-75090188701054251932012-10-24T23:31:30.385-07:002012-10-24T23:31:30.385-07:00Technology can be really creepy sometimes. Serious...Technology can be really creepy sometimes. Seriously.<br />Remember that old song, Video Killed the Radio Star?<br />I don't want that to be paralleled by Machine killed the Human Spirit. I think that technology is AMAZING. When I was younger I would just be on Google looking up interesting things for hours at a time (before I discovered Reddit, boo-yah). Google as a tool has opened my mind to a million and one things I never would have learned about otherwise; being able to find things out at the touch of a button has helped me see through others eyes. That's how it's helped me in my thinking. HOWEVER, what Page was talking about sounds a lot like a computer doing the thinking for you. Being completely theater nerdy about this: the arts are already becoming formulaic. They say there are only eleven plots in fiction...but every once in a while, some beautiful piece of cinema will come out and remind us of the magic that was once the silver screen. Or a song will be written. Or a graphic designed. Or a score composed. These things are the very fruit of the human spirit. Consider Shakespeare's work that has transcended the ages and will continue to entrance readers way beyond our generation; whether be he one man or many, plays such as Hamlet capture the very essence of what it is to be human. <br />Perhaps the technology in our brains is the next step in evolution. I don't know. But I do know that I want to hang on to the individual thinking that makes me alive for as long as possible. The internet is great, but I don't want it inside my head!bcastillorhsenglitcomphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-60875668283335548992012-10-24T23:05:25.836-07:002012-10-24T23:05:25.836-07:00The expansion of internet and social networking si...The expansion of internet and social networking sites have dramatically increased over the past ten years. People are now on their smart phones for a good part of the day, even me, and I believe that has a negative impact on society. The way we think, or lack of thinking, changes due to all of the devices that occupy our time and even minds. The main affect of Google / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram etc. is that these sites are a HUGE DISTRACTION. Most kids in high school probably check their phone an average of 20 times a day during school and it has even become a problem in the classroom that the devices are distractions. They cause students to not spend as much time on their homework and in turn, receive bad grades. Sense of time is almost non existent when on your phone and priorities are all out of whack, homework moves down the list and your phone moves up. Honestly, if for one day I didn't have any electronics I would probably get all my homework done at a reasonable time. I also would get an adequate amount of sleep, but due to TV and Facebook I get less sleep than I should. I get distracted so easily and these newfangled things are to blame. Also, they give us a false sense of knowledge and our study habits have gone down the drain. Whenever we don't know something now, we turn straight to our trusted friend Google for help. We start to type something in, and what do you know.. Google even reads our minds! It's crazy how a computer can know what we are thinking and unfortunately a lot of people do just that,they let Google do all the thinking for them. We have lost our skills to solve problems on our own and think in higher ways because we rely so much on the internet. I also believe that thinkers from the past such as Aristotle and Socrates are so much better at thinking than we are! They did not check their smart phones every five minutes and when there was a problem, they say down and solved it. That's the way that things should be but technology is a thing of the future and we need take advantage of it. Make the computer work for us, don't let the computer work you.LauraTrenevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081339153259131107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-20017484291747169892012-10-24T23:04:14.054-07:002012-10-24T23:04:14.054-07:00I read a book once that had to do with Utopias and...I read a book once that had to do with Utopias and the government controlling everything about it's people. From their clothes, to their schooling, to their personalities and how they looked. The people had these rings that were basically the Internet and a personal advisor all rolled into one. When I read, I thought that they were cool in a fiction sense, but to have stuff like that in real life would just be crazy. It would make our race even more lazy than we are now. We would become completely reliant on technology. Is that what we want for the future? I sure don't. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266166415223789380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-90927730792124402452012-10-24T22:27:44.064-07:002012-10-24T22:27:44.064-07:00Ever since I became a more active user of the inte...Ever since I became a more active user of the internet, I have been in an almost constant state of awe. There are so many useful things to use and revisit but that expanse of utility is a double-edged sword in its ability to make me forget that I even have certain tools to use. I definitely have to agree with Ryland about how our minds are chewing up information all the time. At the same time, so many people take it for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=granite&rlz=1C1AFAB_enUS477US477&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=W8eIUN3vBNDpigKx5IHwBQ&biw=1600&bih=799&sei=XceIUJm-J-H5igLO2ICoBQ/" rel="nofollow">granted</a>. Somebody wonders something aloud during a conversation yet doesn't make a move to google it with their pocket computers. Drives me crazy. <br />Although I don't think I would have been more inclined to read a wall of text, the power of the scroll bar is so enabling. I can look for a tl;dr if I want it short and sweet. I don't like calling them generational differences because it only feeds the trolls and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfs6HIvbr0/" rel="nofollow">hipsters</a> (not necessarily bad members of a community) who would like no more than to say that the quality of humans has degraded overnight. People of other times would have been just as likely to drop their books and head for a shining LED screen. <br />The future is scary because we've all been focusing on all the bad the tech industry is capable of but consider also the improved utility. Look at this <a href="http://mpatelrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">video</a> of a near future. It's a good'n. KTHXBAI. Gonna go look at funny cat pix. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069562080198065667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-13372688222993595592012-10-24T22:01:35.613-07:002012-10-24T22:01:35.613-07:00There is usually an upside and a downside when it ...There is usually an upside and a downside when it comes to new innovative inventions. Technology and Internet are no exception as they have both positively and negatively changed and impacted the way I think. An average human's daily routine has greatly been changed just in these past five to ten years. It used to be you would wake up read the morning newspaper but now it's pick up your smartphone or turn on your laptop and walah!<br /><br />I'm sure this has happened to you as it has to happened me. You have a question and you ask a friend or peer and they reply "Google it". This phrase also comes up during trivial arguments when it is necessary to solve a conflict. All this information stored on the internet, and quickly accessible and pinpointed through search engines has caused us to use it as our own personal answer genie. This of course is great but at the same time bad. Because we rely on the internet for most our answers, we don't really take the effort to learn. What I mean by this is we see the information on the web as something that will always be there so instead of learning it and committing it to memory we just come back to or bookmark the site. This heavy reliance on the internet makes it so we digest so much information in such a short period of time that our brain is unable to commit it to long term memory and instead it becomes information we forget in the next few days. Either that or it makes us lazy because we know we can come back and find the same information again. I have also become accustomed to this way of thinking also. I learn a bunch of information on a particular subject through Wiklapedia and the next day I won't remember a thing.<br /><br />The upside is pretty obvious. We have a near infinite amount of knowledge of information at our fingertips, literally. Who needs a doctor when we can diagnose our illness through the internet. Even better it tells us how to remedy these illnesses. Whatever you need to know it is usually found on the internet.<br /><br />Technology has pretty much ruined my concentration. I find myself constantly watching funny youtube videos. I am constantly distracted by all the technology around me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13614297723924379888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-89030894075654360252012-10-24T21:59:24.691-07:002012-10-24T21:59:24.691-07:00I feel like now that technology/media/internet are...I feel like now that technology/media/internet are "taking over the world", it has become such a great friend to us, but can aslo subdue us into changing the way we think and, eventually, the way we act. It definitely changes the way we think based on the fact that we no longer feel like we are hopeless in finding something out that we don't know or understand. We now think that technology and the internet give us a feeling of knowledge even if we don't actually know anything. If I don't know something or can't figure something out, what do I do? Simple. Google. The easy access to information I don't know gives me a feeling of wisdom. I know it may sound ridiculously stupid, but it's true. We feel powerful to have all the information in of the world at the touch of a button or just a click of the mouse. We now feel like we aren't in the dark about things. Media is a great example that sheds light on things we don't know or want to find out. In just a simple clip of a video on the news, we can find out all we needed to know. We have changed the way we look at information as well as our own knowledge. We feel powerful. Jenna Halophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998032762259203624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-71785735494558745702012-10-24T21:58:59.940-07:002012-10-24T21:58:59.940-07:00I agree with my classmates that technology, media,...I agree with my classmates that technology, media, and the internet has changed the way I think. I'm pretty lazy now. But to be honest, I've always been lazy. I'm not saying I've taken another individual's work, because I always give credit and kudos to them. However, I feel that I rely too much on the internet. Today, for example, I had a question and my immediate reaction was to go on google and search it up. Of course I got a various of answers. I was quite confused.. This is a perfect example how the internet is not always accurate. Especially when you are asking a question that has a various of answers. And I've tried to search educational leaders opinions on generational differences of thinking.. Of course I got no information. Anyways, technology changes every individual way of thinking. Good or bad.. That's your opinion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284797004736310677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-89871796300135880582012-10-24T21:57:40.568-07:002012-10-24T21:57:40.568-07:00Extensive Internet/media/technology use has defini...Extensive Internet/media/technology use has definitely changed the way I think. I'm always looking for the quick answer. And usually it's just a couple of clicks away. It's probably deteriorated most of the things listed in the question. Focusing in general has gone down, it also changes my priorities because this technology is right at my fingertips. And why not take advantage of that technology if it's right in front of me? I feel like formal learning and open source learning have their pros and cons just like most things do. Before answers didn't come so easy, people probably had better focus, better social skills, had a better sense of their priorities, etc. But open source learning has given us the chance to collaborate with people all around with world. This is huge in the sense that we can different ideas, opinions, etc that we may have never encountered. The world is indeed a small world now. Technology has taken over our lives and it will be interesting to see where it takes us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230945918726316343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-91535204137265898402012-10-24T21:48:07.342-07:002012-10-24T21:48:07.342-07:00If you look at the latest articles on Google achie...If you look at the latest articles on Google achievement they virtually mapped the Grand Canyon, so we can now take a trip down without leaving our computer. Maybe in the future they will map our bodies and take us on a FANTASTIC VOYAGE. But the important thing is that the memory space we have now can be used instead of memorizing numbers, spelling, and dates; can be used to critically think and create something with that mental space for something greater. Now with the tools available students might have some attention span issues but that is only because they are noticing many more things that stream constantly from the internet, new and other social networks. In (http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=how%20many%20commercial%20messages%20in%20a%20day&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=fd65260dfa26cefb&bpcl=35466521&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1280&bih=937)this article it is said that we are bombarded with as many as 5,000 commercial messages a day. If we had a more focused outlook we would become fatigued and unable to work on anything else through the course of the day. What we need to work on in the future is being able to not just settle for the information that Google provides us, instead we need to always look at the whole picture and understand what sources we are looking at really. Not just settle for the pre-chewed suggestions from every smart search engine.<br /><br />But really I love the progressive innovations that I have seen from Google, and I even understand why they monitor my browser information. They are just trying to help the best way they can.Mackenzie Greeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279849204492314090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-56136838177153178152012-10-24T21:46:47.470-07:002012-10-24T21:46:47.470-07:00Sorry if I got a bit off track. I tried answering ...Sorry if I got a bit off track. I tried answering as best as I could. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560276031463325051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-5212216135615072562012-10-24T21:45:06.860-07:002012-10-24T21:45:06.860-07:00Well as a kid I can remember my teachers telling m...Well as a kid I can remember my teachers telling me, “be careful what you watch on TV. Just because it is on TV doesn’t mean it is true.” I miss those days because now it is, “ don’t believe everything you see or read online because anyone can post something on there and make it seem legit.” The Internet/media/technology has developed a lot and it is funny that we are talking about this because just today in class I was talking to my friend about this new show that is on TV and she stared at me. I wondered why she was doing this. So, I asked her why she was looking at me strangely. Her response was, “I don’t watch TV anymore so I have no idea what you are talking about.” This was a bit strange for me to hear this. So I asked her why she didn’t watch TV anymore because for me watching TV is still something that I do very so often and I thought everyone else was the same way. The reason she gave me shocked me(which it probably shouldn’t have). Her answer was because she usually spends all of her time listening to music, being on her phone, and going on Facebook. When I heard this response I thought that maybe TV will be the next thing to go. Then it will be paper and pencils. It was a scary moment for me. The future holds many things. So, my memory has always been bad but with using the computer more and more it has become worst. No longer do I have to spell words on my own because there is spell check and no longer do I have to remember passwords because I can always get them sent to my email. My ability to concentrate has never been that great either. I have this way of getting distracted easily by anything so being online is even more distracting because there are pop ups and I am able to do many different things at one time by opening as many tabs as I want. Sometimes I get things done faster on online but for the most part I take even longer with doing things online. Not only is it hard to stay focused it is hard on the body. Sitting for long periods of time can get the eye and body tired. I find myself getting more and more grumpy and annoyed the longer I am online. I will start off fine and doing pretty well on my work but after a while it feels like I almost get depressed. Once this has happens I lose track of time and I don’t end up getting to do as great of a job as I could do or would like to do. There are good things to this though. I get introduced to new subjects and topics that interest me. I will find out about something that happened in a different state that could possibly affect the things that are happening around here. I get involved with different sides of feelings, emotions ,and thoughts from people that I don’t even know. During the time I have been in this course I have actually grown a closer relationship with technology. It has been an pretty cool change in my life. Don’t get me wrong it still makes me feel frustrated at times but I am learning how to deal with that and reach out for help when I need it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560276031463325051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-17862985330275987742012-10-24T21:44:27.151-07:002012-10-24T21:44:27.151-07:00How does extensive Internet/media/technology use c...How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think?<br /><br />Using the internet is a major part in how I live. When I think of having fun it will most likely involve the internet in some way. If the internet was to somehow just stop it would make things very interesting. This leads me to think of all the things that would change if there was no internet. Most of the things I do in my free time involve internet and so I would have to pick up something new to do. The internet has also changed the way everyone looks things up. If we want to know something everyone is just ingrained to do a Google search. With all this being said the internet has changed the way everyone lives their lives. In some ways it makes things easier but in others it can make them more challenging.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927100401781259376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-81708069990627637002012-10-24T21:43:09.514-07:002012-10-24T21:43:09.514-07:00I can hardly say that this generation thinks for i...I can hardly say that this generation thinks for itself anymore. We base our thoughts on others and others base their thoughts on other and so on. It's a never ending chain of information taken from one another through the internet. I'm not talking about going through an informative book to get the information. People see what people think and think it as well. It might be just me but when I see how fast "swag" or "yolo" travels from one another, its incredible. We no longer control what we want to think because all the thinking that we need is already done for us regardless of whether or not we want it or not.Ubi Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013080645461731589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-55850539724677767582012-10-24T21:42:21.059-07:002012-10-24T21:42:21.059-07:00How does extensive Internet/media/technology use c...How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think?<br /><br />The Internet, mass media and technology as a one change my life in how I think tremendously. Although some of use might not realize it but they way technology plays a role in our life that is much different than if we didn't have it. Like when not everyone had internet and had to go to the library to find information or our ability to look up definitions so easily on our smart phones or laptops had changed how we think as a whole. We are now able to get information so easily because it is at the tip of our fingers, just a button away from find an answer. It's not like our last generation who had to ask their peers for follow up information. Now we have stuff like Yahoo answers and Facebook. Where we can go and type in what we are unsure about, press enter and wait for a responed. This generation is able to get more information faster then ever before, but dose that mean it's the right information. In order for us as an online community to learn we have to search many different time to find the right answers, because some may be true and others misleading. So in order for us to grow we need to take a little more time and read the fine print and read more opinions and facts so that we are able to end up with the correct answer in the end. So yes, technology dose help us, but we shouldn't limit ourselves to just the one answer that pops up first. We should think about the information and process it and make it into our own opinions and make it unique in your own way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626070614508871605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248376335672805297.post-36911076709769811932012-10-24T21:38:59.353-07:002012-10-24T21:38:59.353-07:00 How does extensive Internet/media/technology use ... How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think? <br /><br />The internet constantly changes my mind because I realize day by day that having that world at our fingertips can not only be a great advantage but also a dangerous thing. I think the internet has really changed the way I communicate with others and made me kind of socially awkward because I usually hide behind my computer screen and talk to someone through an email or a Facebook chat box. I think the internet is a great advantage to learning new things but it is also very distracting and can send your brain to think about a million different things in less then a minute. Its great to have others opinions and help at the push of a button but sometimes we look at the opinions and ideas that should not really affect us but since they are on the internet they really do. I think at the moment I am trying to think about to many things at the same times because that is what the internet does and it really is becoming a way of life for my generation. You have the phones, the laptops, the ipods.. and everything else with internet apps just waiting to be taken for a spin. It kind of scares me to think that maybe one day we will have internet/Google chips stuck into our brain. However just as Darwinism states it, we must continue in survival of the fittest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893303089499209678noreply@blogger.com