Embedded Assessment: My Cultural Identity

Technology and science has a major impact on our daily lives, especially cell phones and the Internet. People everywhere take for granted the technology that they have access to everyday, and they would not know what to do without it because they rely on it for almost every aspect in their life. Christopher Columbus would have made it to India if he was able to utilize the technology society is so accustomed to

In today’s world, many people believe that technology’s sole purpose is to draw young people away from the real world and reality. Just because you do not realize it, it does not mean it is not happening. If you think back to when you were younger, was technology the same as today? However, technology is forever changing and improving. It affects everyone, not just the young group of people. Technology changes our brains, souls, and our very being. Once technology sucks you into the whole of its essence, you will have a hard time changing your life style.

Close your eyes, Now imagine the world without all the technology we have today. Hard to imagine right? Anyone born in the Twenty-first century has grown to know modern technology. From the printing press to the iPhone 7, We have all used and grown accustomed to the benefits of modern technology.

Have you wondered that technology is a big part of your life? Or maybe too much of your life? But the truth is technology helps us in many ways. Smart phones can help you keep your calendar straight, some personal technology helps improve fitness and exercise, and otehr technology improves life at home with advanced new washers and dryers, microwaves, and automatic coffee machines. In fact, three specific reasons that technology is good is that it saves lives by improving medicine, keeps us connected to each other, and provides education and entertainment.

In Embedded Assessment 1, a personal essay about one’s culture, I learned and established some factors about the general idea of culture, and I found more about who I am. Firstly, regarding culture I was already familiar with the concept of how someone’s race or ethnic origin can influence who they are. This applied to me, since I have Spanish culture, as well as having Spanish ancestry. I was also familiar with the fact my cultural identity was mostly American, this shows that the place that one lives has an effect on the culture that one may have. I discovered in this study that my culture cannot be expressed in one word, or a single idea. It is a mixture of my background, and also with new experiences. Additional, one new cultural heritage

Technology has molded the way I go about my daily life. In my youth, I was drawn to computers like a magnet as early as one year old. When I was young, my dad programmed our old computer to play a clip of my voice saying, “Good Job!”whenever the computer was turned on. I thought it was fascinating that he was able to make my voice somehow project from the computer. Later in life, after I received my first personal laptop from my parents as a gift, I became captivated by the components of computers and the process that took place in building them as well.

Embedded Assessment 1: My Cultural Identity is cajon. On Friday nights we like to go downtown, party, celebrate things with family. Friday nights are where we get together as a family/friends and we have a good time. Its very easy to have a good time down here. You can simply go downtown , to new orleans, go to a festival.

The article Principles and Practices of Sociocultural Assessment: Foundations for Effective Strategies for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms, is written to inform the readers about different types of practices that teachers can take into action when working with ESL students. In this article, it mentions how different principals help to accommodate the ESL students. One of the principals that was mentioned was is that learning is social. In the article, it was mentioned that learning is social because it helps students to understand and use interaction with others to share meaning in a social setting (Smith, Teemant, & Pinnegar, 2004, P. 39). In the article, another principal that helps ESL students is that teaching is assisting. The meaning

Technology has made resources readily available twenty four hours a day seven days a week. It has enabled me to become the ultimate consumer; I used to go to the mall as a form of therapy that served to uplift my spirits, now I shop because I need something to occupy me of the “extra” time I have in my hands and because I can do it in the comfort of my pajamas. Amazon Prime has been my ultimate weakness and has destroyed my bank account and my sleep cycle among other things.

Technology is very essential in our everyday lives because it makes work and day-to-day activities easier. With technology, people can travel to different places and communicate with people that are not close by. Technology is used to help advance our daily lives. Having technology is a privilege but when you abuse the privilege you bring forth a dreadful outcome.

Technology has its advantages in many ways and I know firsthand how powerful and convenient today’s technology is. Without it, I would have a lot of trouble getting through my day. I would not be able to get a hold of someone as easy without my blackberry. I am constantly text messaging on it. So much to the point that I trip over stuff while I am walking due to reading a long text. My blackberry is basically my life. It is great to know that if I ever get stranded in the middle of a desert on my way to California, I have roadside assistance on my phone to save me. I

It is amazing that technology has changed the world around us, within just two decades. Some of the technologies include instantaneous communication, realistic looking games, information at the tip of you fingers, and personal computers. These are some of technologies that affect our lives so much. Without them, we could not call it the modern age of man kind.

Technology has made a big difference in our society such as communication, work, education, and entertainment in good and bad ways. Some people say that technology has made life better with the internet, cell phones and other devices. While others say technology has been making life worse because people are becoming lazy and replace their lives with technology every day. Technology surrounds almost everyone in modern society and it affects our lives in many ways.

Personally, I could not live without technology. I use it for almost everything I do. Some examples of technology in my life are cars, desktops, and of course, my phone. I use my phone a lot, some might use words like “religiously” or “addictively”. These people are not wrong, but there are reasons. My phone keeps notes, sets reminders, and lets people tell me that I am late for something. I use it for Boy Scouts, marching band, school, and recreational use. It has helped shape me, admittedly, into a bit of a procrastinator, however, it has also helped to keep me punctual and efficient. On the flip side, my phone can make me a bit anti-social. It lets me ignore conversations I should pay attention to, snooze alarms I should wake up to, and cheat on things I should.

I chose to write about technology partially because at the time that I was writing that essay, a close family member in my household was experiencing health issues when they were around technology. And so I had to live with very little-to-no technology for about a year. And that probably sounds like I was living in a different time era, and sometimes it felt like that. It was really a drastic time for me and my family. Because in this world, technology is used for everything. And so we had to adapt to not being with it when we were home. It was a really different experience. But it happened for a reason. And I learned how to live without constant technology.