Technology And Technology

All generations have their own interesting qualities and contributions to the world; which most of the time teaches younger generation’s key skills for living their lives successfully. However, not only do the older generations have assets to teach the young, but the younger generations have things to teach the older generations, too! Generation Z is the generation spanning from 1995-2015. In this time period there have been many different changes that have occurred to shape our thoughts on the future and the present. We have gone through our first big terrorist attack, our first African American President, a recession, and the development of a large amount of technology. From these life-altering events, our generation has five different characteristics that can help the older generations learn and grow; please allow us to return the favor.

Millenials are well-known. They are entitled, easily offended, and egotistical, or so the stereotypes say. But what about the Generation Z, the generation succeeding the Millenials? To start with, there is a dispute concerning who exactly the Generation Zers are, although most regard them as those born from the mid 1900’s to the mid 2000’s. They account for nearly twenty percent of the population and are considered the next big thing for ad agencies and market researchers. Market researchers are driven to find out just what makes this new generation tick. Having grown up in an evolved world, Generation Z is often referred to as digital natives; connected to a screen from birth. They have been stereotyped as an impatient group

Over the past few years technology has advanced in many ways. There are many experts who believe new technology is a threat to our brains. While others argue that new technology offers many benefits to our brains like, “enhancing our intellect, creativity, and mental capacity.” In my opinion, I think new technology is and can be a threat to our brains because I believe technology is replacing our ability to write, and read books. Also, while others might disagree with my thoughts on new technology, I believe technology has become a threat to our brains because it has consumed and become a bigger part of our lives today. An example of this scenario, is the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by author Nicholas Carr where he talks about how

The world has basically been taken over by technology. Its everywhere and easily accessible nowadays. There is an emerged advancement of the internet with its different platforms of communication. With all the technology available to use, a question is raised of whether it improves or destroys our minds.

A main problem with technology is the increase in bullying that comes with it. When kids are bullied at school or while at sports, they should be able to come home feeling safe and as if they have escaped their tormentors; however, almost every kid has a phone or some kind of device and social media that bullies are able to use to taunt the kids while they are at home as well. It is also easier to get more kids involved in bullying because people are more likely to say things online that they would not say in person. The increase in cyber-bullying has also led to an increase in teen suicides. These problems go back to the fact that it is so much easier for people to say things while they are comfortable sitting behind a screen. When kids do not have an escape, they never have a break from the constant bullying and hate and most likely will not tell an adult or parent about it. Kids, and even high schoolers, tend to keep to themselves when they are bullied because it is embarrassing to tell someone about and they are uncomfortable with the situation.

The feeling of being compelled by our smart phones and other devices is beginning to affect much more than just our mental and physical health. The impact of our advanced technology and popular culture has created maybe the most noticeable diversion to take place yet, between family. Both factors contribute to this rising division regarding the means and roles in which children and parents play, meanwhile also redefining those same lines between each other. Over the decades, our promoted television shows have sent messages to children who watch television, which is a majority, that our parents are incompetent, clueless by the means of parenting, and self-centered. This implement is resulting in the limitation of communication and understanding between children and parents. So while kids stop listening to their parents because they “don’t know what they're talking about” means it creates a whole new level of difficulty as they now lack any sort of authority, in the children’s point of view at least, to monitor their use.  Common sense seems to dictate that the use of any high-tech device around family and friends, not only results in losing quality time in which one can bond and grow and learn about one another, but also isolating yourself into your own world. In “How Is Technology Affecting Your Family”, Rosemary Strembicki goes on to talk about the ways in which the overconsumption of technology has resulted in the separation between interpersonal relationships and even

How does technology affect our society? In “Technology use and learning characteristics of students in higher education: Do generational differences exist?” Kwok-Wing Lai and Kian-Sam Hong discuss the impact of technology and how it continues to grow and thrive in our society; however, it constructs a complicated part of young people’s lives that the current generation of students has a different approach of thinking and learning from their predecessors. For example, Lai states “In 2009, 8-18 year olds spend an average of four and a half hours daily utilizing technology digital technologies out of school” (Lai 725). Lai argues technology experiences will definitely affect the approach an educator communicates, socializes, and learns. Since Lai utilizes credible evidence, his argument is credible. Furthermore, he was able to successfully ignite his readers. Technology can produce both a negative and positive impact the way a student learns; however, if technology is excluded in higher education, it can become a negative impact on student success.

There are new technologies being developed and sent out into the world every single day. With the advancement of a massive number of electronics, parents are creating ill-behaved offspring. Instead of walking their child to the bus stop holding hands, it’s now mom or dad texting or emailing their friends. How many children have been left in hot cars this summer because the adult forgot about them. How on earth can one forget a child unless maybe the distraction of that cell phone or tablet gets in the way? Bullying has risen to an all-time high in schools around the nation and nothing seems to be changing. Parents used to teach their children about responsibility and kindness towards others and now it seems that parents expect the television to do that. Some will argue that all of the technology floating around these days is actually helping children. The young ones are learning reading and writing much faster with help from a tablet or new Internet site. The help of certain applications such as a virtual tutor may help a child get better grades, but where do we draw the line? Technology is hindering parent’s ability to parent and it needs to stop.

Although, technology has expanded worldwide causing an enormous amount of breakthroughs, little did we know that it would become a bad influence towards people, especially with students. Students use these devices to cheat, secretly use for social interaction, and a source of distraction during learning time.

The different views expressed by the people I interviewed, Carol, 72, and Annie, 16, express just how much adolescents have changed throughout the last century. The differences in today’s adolescents and the adolescents of the past has much to do with technology. Most adolescents from sixty to seventy years ago view today’s adolescents in a harsh and critical light. The worlds of today’s adolescents and that of adolescents from sixty to seventy years ago are extremely different and their views of that world, both modern and historical, are as well.

Change is a constant theme relating to practically everything in our society. We used to have horses and black and white televisions. These are no comparison to the technology we have with us right now. Even parenting has begun to evolve. For example, parents used to choose marriages for their own children. Things have turned around so much that spanking is even frowned upon within society. However, Change has been lacking in a very important human development. Fundamentally, education has hardly seen a change in the last one-hundred-fifty years. Ironically, the parents of children, along with the educational issues blame current educational issues on the technology. Video games get the most blame out of all the modern technology we possess. For example, Caroline Miller, a writer for Child Mind Institute highlights the typical reactions regarding concentration issues, stating, “the claim has been made by some researchers that the constant stimulation and instant rewards of games raise the bar for kids to pay attention in normal, less stimulating situations where you have to work harder to get rewards.” Consequently, these concerns are a result of the lack of change within our educational system. Ironically, video games are a potential solution to the lack of interest teachers must struggle with throughout the year. Video games are already succeeding as educational tools indirectly and directly. Emphasizing the technology within schools would also fix problems that are not

Humanity had a massive progress due to technology and all the advances it has applied in the present days, it has helped in so many ways and in many professional areas. Many say it has made the world better and the lives of everyone easier. For medical reasons and as well as construction and science research thanks to all of this we have to skip many years of issues and conflicts of trying to figure out any question or doubt a scientist or doctor might have. Engineers finish their projects of construction much faster thanks to applications online, which gives them the view a drawing design cannot. Technological advances until the present day have been revolutionary is in the hands of the present and future generations to manage and learn how to use it correctly and to make a positive change and keep advancing with new inventions and discoveries. Creating and innovating is great the problem in hand is that so much technology is starting to hurt humanity and our environment because we are not disposing it or reusing it correctly and all the e-waste is being accumulated causing a health issue for the world which is the big question. What can be done to help the earth and its habitants of E-Waste?

Technology, such as cell phones, ruins human interaction. As a teenage user of this expeditious technology, I have concluded that this consumable “must have” item of our time destroys the peaceful tradition of social contact. People today find it hard to talk to others in person. They fidget, avoid eye contact, and on some cases lack the want of any social attention. These accumulating flaws of our human interactions are the doing of our praised technology,  as many have proven through research. Previous generations did not have this problem. Our ostensibly innocent pieces of technology has molded ourselves into people who struggle  to have decent interactions amongst others. Our deceivable devices may seem like they are not doing any harm, but technology is indeed ruining simple human interactions with one another.

Today, technology is everywhere, in every corner, in every turn, in every place; furthermore, everyone that has a connection with technology will agree with the concept that technology has benefited humankind in all kinds of facilities especially classrooms. The use of technology in classrooms has highly evolved into being used every single day. Few times before a couple years back; just maybe a teacher would allow someone to apply a device's capability to accomplish work in class. Now, however, times are different and everything is changing; moreover, technology is now being used in classrooms to complete online assignments, for research for in class projects, being able to easily count attendance, and to complete the state exam test known as STAAR.

Technology may sound like a modern and futuristic term, but it has existed as long as innovation has existed. A cave man using a stone to grind up wheat is just as much an application of technology as Tesla’s implementation of self driving cars. The invention and utilization of the wheel is as technological as the invention of the smartphone. Every type of innovation and invention can be traced back to a point in time where someone saw a way to apply their knowledge to something. According to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of technology is the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area. For the longest time I always thought of technology as strictly being associated with electronics. That’s before I actually