How Imagination Can Build A Virtual World And Stay Away From The Real World

For instance, after a student has told her that they would rather talk to a screen then their own parents about dating advice, she states, “this enthusiasm speaks to how much we have confused conversation with connection and collectively seem to have embraced a new kind of delusion that accepts the stimulation of compassion,” (138). She uses reasoning from her own studies explaining how technology has affected our attitudes and mentality toward certain factors. For example, a high schooler wants to talk to an artificial intelligence program about dating advice rather than another person, such as a parent or sibling because they feel as if they can only trust a computer screen more than their family. In another instance, Turkle incorporates reasoning into why technology has become a big factor in our everyday lives. She states, “In the silence of connection, people are comforted by being in touch with a lot of people. We can’t get enough of one another if we can use technology to keep one another at distances we can control: not too close, not too far, just right,” (137). Here, Turkle reasons that technology is a favorable option to many, in for instance, having a conversation, because one has control of what they are saying, how they are saying it, and when they are saying it. All with the benefit of editing. Turkle says that one would rather be

Children’s creativity must be extended by the provision of support for their curiosity, exploration and play. They must be provided with opportunities to explore and share their thoughts, ideas and feelings, for example, through a variety of art, music, movement, dance, imaginative and role-play activities, mathematics, and design and technology.

The use of technology has increased rapidly as time has gone by.  In “Growing Up Tethered”, Turkle proves that the young generation need to be connected at all times by relying on their phones a lot. Reality is now based on technology, which people now live off of. Turkle’s argument in “Growing up Tethered” was used in the form of a book, with a well-organized smoothly transitioned article telling of the disconnection of the world we live in today, due to technologies such as cell phones, and social networks. We are slowly becoming a society of distance amongst each other with face to face conversations being limited to 20minutes phone conversations, and on social network sights we are making a portrayal of a person who we are

Creative development is important to a child’s learning because it helps them to use their mind and imagination and express their own ideas, and through playing with their friends it also helps them to understand that all family’s and cultures can be different. It helps them to make connections in their thinking and the way in which they problem solve, by doing things over and over again they reinforce their thinking and learning, they develop self-esteem, confidence, imagination & learning to work together in groups. It puts down the foundations for more

The rapid expansion of technological advancement is engulfing our culture. The author of IRL Fetish, Nathan Jurgenson argues that people have a weird interest in the world of offline. Technological advances are leading people into the realm of online, but Jurgenson also realizes the glorification of movement to offline. People who believe online world is destroying the real-life connection and many writers lament, “Writer after writer laments the loss of a sense of disconnection, of boredom (now redeemed as a respite from anxious info-cravings) …” (Jurgenson 127). People who are saying technological advances is removing people from the real-life so they think they can create a world where online does not exist. This new movement is educating the world that phone must be put away and boast about being offline. In IRL Fetish by Nathan Jurgenson, the author illustrates the practice of fetishizing of the offline world creates a misrepresentation of online and the offline world.

Even though Turkle communicates her claim in a professional and educated manner, the issue at hand is too complex for a single explanation. Throughout the entire argument, there seems to be a lack of response to her audience’s concerns. Speaking in only absolutes, Turkle attributes technology as the main cause for alienating people from one another, yet, we must look at all the available evidence that could cause our society to become alienated from one another. For instance, Turkle chooses not to address the fact that there may be other ways a person can create a “new state of self,” (507) which is what Turkle refers to as a virtual second life, thus creating an unbalance within Turkle’s claim leading her audience to question her ethos. In

For example Turkle observes that Audrey’s avatar online has a much more mature body with a different hair style and more makeup than the real life Audrey. In one of their conversations they are talking about ending a conversation over the phone verses online, and Audrey says it is harder to end a conversation over the telephone. Audrey says “I don’t want to learn.” When she says this she means she does not want to learn how to end a phone conversation because it is so much easier to end a conversation on the internet. This is a barrier between Audrey and communicating with others in person and it all started because of the ability to hide behind a screen. One of Turkle’s main ideas in the article is to show how technology is preventing people from having more real conversations because it is easier to do it online, over a text message or even an email. Sherry Turkle has a successful argument about how technology can be used for hiding from real life confrontation and she uses Audrey’s personal experiences to back up her claim.

People who become too accustomed to lives based around technology will no longer interact in the real world. Today people rely on technology for many things such as communication, entertainment, transportation, e.t.c. For example, in Ray Bradbury’s work “The Pedestrian”, the world has diminished into lives lived sitting in front of TV screens. He writes, “The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multi-colored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them”, (Bradbury, 60). In this example Bradbury describes the life of people watching television all day and seeing the sights on-screen, but not being inspired or enlightened to go outside to experience it. Most people prefer to stay

When children are able to show their creativity, their physical environment enhances their abilities to show what they can do. Having easily readily material that can be transformed into anything a child can imagine. The material should enhance a child’s ability to make things their imaginations

Imagination has the ability to empower individuals, shaped by our experiences we are able to transcend past our physical and psychological bounds and enter a world that does not conform to our ideas of reality. Tim Burton explores this through his film Big Fish in which the imagination is portrayed as an attribute of great importance when faced with misfortune but also when content. Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy also conveys the significance that the imagination has when faced with adversity in all aspects of our lives.

Never had I been so intensely aware of the shape, the color of leaves, the varied patterns of veins that made each one unique” (148). Experiences like the one that Goodall could have only happened if she was completely unplugged and disconnected with people. While she was disconnected with humans she got to enjoy something most people wouldn’t be able to experience. Goodall was disconnected with humans on her journey; but, she made connections with chimps, which could be even more powerful than human connections. These relationships that Goodall formed with chimps could be more powerful than human connections, because individuals cannot communicate fully with chimps. However, if there is a connection there it is all from the vibes, emotions, and subconscious efforts too. When a person is unplugged from the internet they can have one of the clearest minds of all because they are not distracted by any types of distractions that the internet and electronics have. If disconnected from these distractions and the fakeness of putting an online profile, people will become a truer version of themselves that people once were only a few decades ago. Turkle explains, “People are lonely. The network is seductive. But, if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the reward of solitude” (265). This solitude that Turkle explains is one where individuals are not constantly searching for approval of the individuals around them while hiding behind a screen. The

Today’s society has become so fixated with technology that it is now a major component in the lives of many individuals. Many people use these technologies; such as, smart phones, tablets, and computer, to speak about their daily activities or thoughts. These devices help create imaginative barriers that allow people to act vastly different than they would if someone where in the vicinity. A significant example of this is Kiki Kannibal. In “Kiki Kannibal: The Girl Who Played With Fire” Kristen “Kiki” Ostrenga was a simple teenage girl who had moved to a new city, but a problem arose when she could not make any friends.

In this burgeoning age of technology, utilizing cellphones, computers, and all other kinds of readily-available technology to communicate has become the “new norm.” Certainly, these tools help individuals to communicate easier and more conveniently; however, this practice does not equate into valuable connections and relationships with others. Valuable connections must contain great authenticity; however, the frequent use of technology and the absence of face-to-face interactions diminishes this need. In “Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli,” Adam Gopink’s daughter, Olivia, has a busy, imaginary friend named Mr. Ravioli. Olivia’s experience inspires Gopink to think about New Yorkers’

In the book The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection, Michael Harris argues that as technology progresses society loses the experience of lacking. He continues to illustrate this point by saying we will eventually reach a time when true solitude is an outdated concept. Harris attempts to answer what exactly it means to be a part of the last generation that remembers life with and without the internet. Within each chapter, Harris discusses the fast-paced technological revolution with three themes becoming prevalent: Authenticity,

People are becoming busier as the technology developed, they use technology to work and live. As they access the technology, they would like to use imagination to create a virtual world and stay away from the real world. In the article “ Alone Together” written by Sherry Turkle, she argues that technology create imagination would affect the whole society in the virtual world and authenticity. She talks that technology developed makes human doute about intimacy, connectivity, authenticity and solitude. However, which is also happened on busyness. As human are busier than before, they begin to think about their imaginary playmate. In the article” Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli” by Adam Gopnik, he talks about his daughter’s imaginary friend Charlie