Reflection Paper On Technology

Before I start, I need to address that I am pretty much addicted to technology. I check my phone when I first wake up, I check it at school, I check it in class, I check it on the bus, I check it when I get back home, I check it at lunch, and so on. It makes me feel good/important when someone likes my post or send me a message, even if it’s my mom (I know I’m lame). But why am I so addicted to my phone?

Since I have been learning more about technology and taking online classes, my neighbor has enlisted me in helping to improve her business. Ruth is my seventy-year old neighbor, who is hoping to update some of her technological devices as well as use technology to organize financial data of the business. The thought of learning about new technology scares her and she trusts me to be able to point her in the right direction. Currently, Ruth runs a greenhouse where she sells flowers and some vegetables.

One major problem with mobile technology in classrooms is the distraction they create. Just as these devices allow students access to a mind-blowing amount of information, they allow for an equal amount of distractions to get in the way of their education. Sit in the back of any class and one will see students browsing social media sites, checking up on their fantasy leagues, shopping, reading random blogs, and watching videos on YouTube or movies on Netflix instead of taking notes or working on whatever assignment the instructor assigned. Increasingly in educational settings where students are given free access to their devices this behavior is the norm, particularly in universities (Lam & Tong, 2012). As a result, students who use their

For the last couple of years’ technology has augmented our everyday life. Alex Williams, a reporter for the New York Times and an editor of the New York Magazine, would strongly agree with this. Williams believes technology has changed the way we live, and the way we interact with each other. Schools are loaning iPads, tablets, and laptops to students so they can immerse their self’s in a world of cyber learning. Teenagers are drooling over their cell phones for hours upon hours, ready to text back the boy in their Algebra class. Parents are preoccupying their little kids with games on their phones. Nevertheless, this is making life easier and simpler. Alex Williams hypothecates that technology might actually have “beneficial [attributes]

Most college students use a computer at home and/or a smartphone, a more compact, mobile version of a computer. Thanks to the mobility of smartphones that makes them ubiquitous, accessing the internet is effortless. Frequently, I observe students dotting all over the campus interacting with their smartphones. As observed by Clive Thompson, author of “Smarter Than You Think,” “our tools are everywhere, linked with our minds, working in tandem (p.347).” In other words, we are likely to be using our computers all the time. We use our computers whenever we have a chance. In particular, students from my writing class opt to use their smartphones during our short ten minutes break. Author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr shares a similar experience, “Even when I’m not working, I’m as

Technology is so common in this day and age that it is almost impossible to imagine living without it. There are many good things about technology, for example, keeping in touch with people no matter where in the world they are and being able to know anything instantly. Even though technology brings people together, technology creates many issues such as teen’s identities being affected in a negative way by social media and millenials having few conversations.

Over the years, technology has made an impact on today's society both positively and negatively. Recent studies have shown that over half of a million individuals have either been injured or died because of distracted drivers using their phones. While driving, drivers use their phones to talk or text and become unaware of what else is going on when they look down. Not only has traffic accidents been an issue, the failure rate of students has been a leading problem in the classrooms for teachers. Students have a tendency of getting distracted while doing homework by picking up their phones and engaging in social activities with mobile apps. Many individuals have some sort of technology that prevents them from completing an important task. Technological distraction amongst students who are completing schoolwork, percentage rate of deaths or car accidents caused by cell phones, and the inability to focus without technology affects the world at a large cause. The

Digital distractions are affecting the college classroom in many ways. First, let us establish what a digital distraction is. By definition to be distracted is “having one's thoughts or attention drawn away: unable to concentrate or give attention to something” (Distracted). To be digitally distracted is to just add technology to that. Digital distractions range from texting and driving to checking one’s phone when socializing with other people. These two examples are very noticeable in today’s society. “People are being injured and are dying at an alarming rate from compulsively using their smartphones while driving” (Greenfield). People are also losing the social skill required to communicate face-to-face (The Negative Impacts of Social Media on Face-to-Face Interactions). Digital distractions occur continually in the college setting and affect students in and outside of the classroom.

My older brother, Jack, always excelled at any and all tasks that required a strong sense of reason. Despite his giftedness, Jack never worked well in any group, or even acclimated socially with many other kids. He wasn’t concerned with communicating his ideas to his peers, couldn’t make the effort to consider his words’ effects on other kids, and he was prone to angry outbursts when he didn’t get his way. While most other children grew out of these phases, Jack continues to exhibit these qualities even today at 23.

Have you ever imagine yourself, not using any kind of technology for the whole day ? Everywhere you go, you see people all around you using their technology for many reasons. Sam, a young student who grow up in a world with development of technology , used his technology 24/7 a day. On the other hand, his parents grow up without using that much technology for their daily life and also not in their classrooms. His parents had a hard time understanding if technology was a successful object in his future lifestyle and his education. Problems like this, are being faced by thousands of families everyday in this nation. Does the technology affect students with their learning ? How does technology help humans in their daily lifestyle ? In Order to answer those questions, we have to investigate the situation and find out what the solutions are to solving the problem. I tend to persuade the

Throughout the year, I have learned so much about the tech world. Every piece of information has helped me realize that there is more to technology than just games and schoolwork. You can use technology for almost everything you do today. All of the information that I have retained this year has come from a website called ucertify.com. It is a website that has ten chapters. Each of them have a different focus with different topics. It also has cards and a quiz to take after you have read the information to see how well you understand the material.

Technology plays a major role in the world today. I depend on technology every day; I use it at school, home, to get places, and I am now using it to type this paper. The world without technology wouldn’t be stable. Technology has caused people to access unlimited information, communicate from anywhere, and it gives mobility to people. Technology is also being used in class rooms; its replacing teachers, and helping students learn. Schools use online programs to help track students’ progress on a lesson and help them in areas they need help in. They help with individual learning plans for each students, something teachers could not do.

Technology can be looked at in many ways; in fact as it grows, so do the possibilities. In today’s society it is generally all about posting every moment of everyone’s life. It only takes a second to post that hilarious cat video that thousands of people will watch hundreds of times. A life without it would seem boring due to the new infatuation of sharing and tagging anything. Although this is the “so-called life”, there are people out there who use technology to improve lives and better society. My mother, Dawn, has a job where technology is an aid to help make each and everyday successful. I, on the other hand, use technology as an aid for school and recreational use. As we both use it on a daily basis with different goals, we come together for one main purpose of bettering someone’s life.

For the first learning outcome, I believe that our Position Papers for the class helped fulfill this requirement. This is because as part of the paper we were required to take a side on an ethical issue and defend this position with all three ethical theories including Kantianism, Act Utilitarianism, and Rule Utilitarianism. Each paper required outside sources in addition to an ethical analysis, such as Position Paper 1 that required we take a side on the sharing of software.

In many ways, technological advances are made to improve lives and makes things easier. Since society has entered the twenty-first century, technology has flourished and communication has become instant. The way society communicates, interacts, or goes about a single day is drastically different than twenty years ago. However, when technology is employed ineffectively, it can prove frustrating for both user and developer. Difficulties are bound to arise with new changes. Instituting new technology into old services, is not without its challenges, especially in a small town found in Nebraska.