Technology And Technology

For as long as man has had work to do, he has invented machines to help him at his work. From a simple hammer to the invention of the wheel, the progress of machinery has defined entire periods of human history. Technology has now become so advanced that, through robotics and automation, machines are capable of completely replacing human workers in certain jobs and fields. (THESIS): Automation in the workplace is bad because, the gap between poor and rich will widen, people with a lower education level will have trouble finding work, and it will solidify the cycle of poverty.

All children develop at different rates. However, they all develop in the same way. There are four major areas in which children develop and learn skills. They develop socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually. The way children develop with their social and emotional skills tend to go hand in hand. All these ways that children develop can be effected by the use of technology in some way. With the increase of technology, the willingness of parents in letting their children use it increases. “But there’s still so much we do not yet know about the uses or misuses of new technologies” (Farber). “Diagnoses of ADHD, autism, coordination disorder, developmental delays, unintelligible speech, learning difficulties, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, depressions, and sleep disorders are associated with technology overuse, and are increasing at an alarming rate” (Rowan). These disorders can also affect the child in all the areas in which their minds develop and can be a hard battle for the children to fight.

Technology is said to make us more connected. We can text people who live miles away from us to stay in touch and talk to them now daily. With all the new apps to connect us with people like Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram are they just stopping us from really socializing with people face to face? Some people even go to the extreme to say they have made us more alone than ever. From far away or even from the next room technology has connected people all over the world.

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.

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

I was able to take a break from technology for a majority of the 24 hours, however there were some cases that I had to use technology. I tried to go a whole 24 hours without using technologies like my cell phone, television, computer, anything that requires electricity. I decided to do this project with some kinds of justifications, like I could use my car because I needed to use my car throughout the day or I could use my microwave and refrigerator to be able to make myself food. I decided to stay away from my cell phone because that is the single most used technology in my life and I was curious to how much of my time I spent on my phone. Also, my computer is another one of my most used technologies, however I did have to use it once throughout the duration so that I may be able to do my homework. Lastly is my television, I watch a ton of movies and Netflix when I decide to not be on my phone or computer but also can be one of my most used devices.

In the 2008 article, “What’s the matter with kids today? Nothing, actually. Aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains,” Amy Goldwasser argues that technology has a positive effect on today’s generation. Since parents lived in a generation with little technology they do not feel the need for their teenagers to use it On the other hand the older generation is blaming technology for having a negative effect on teenagers. They believe they are not reading or writing as much as they should. Texting, emailing, IM’ing have helped teenagers reading and writing skills. Goldwasser states that the internet has a positive influence on today’s generation than the older generation gives it credit for. In her article she uses her own opinion to try to persuade the audience without using factual evidence.

Today our lives are controlled by technology. We don’t control it, it controls us. More and more we find ourselves losing track of time on mobile devices, television or tablets. Little do we know that this overcoming of technology is not only affecting us, but it is affecting the children of our generation even more so.

Decades ago children entertained themselves with simple things, like conkers and even the game of hopscotch. This has changed dramatically, nowadays we have games and other apps right at our fingertips, thus creating a new generation of tech-savvy teens with a world revolving around the internet. The internet can oftentimes be a quite dangerous place for kids and even adults. You may be experiencing negative effects from cyberbullying or non positive things on your screen. People around you and even your closest friends can also be the ones that are affected. This wide group of individuals can all participate and do their part in helping overcome the issues the internet makes some of us face. Inclusive, children and adults use technology as a reliance, thus causing negative effects that we can all strive to end.

With technology giving us better methods of communication, modernized education and immediate answers to our every question, we use it on a daily basis with little comprehension of what is does to us; but is there a price to pay for that? As the Internet progressively becomes our primary source of information and the use of technology continues to increase, it is speculated that our neurological processes are changing. Although smartphones and other related mobile devices are seen as influential and efficient, it is now thought that these devices have a lasting negative impact on our ability to process information, think critically, remember clearly, and mostly, pay attention. With this new digital lifestyle making it difficult to stay focused on one thing at a time, the human attention span has shortened greatly in the last decade (Borreli). In his essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, Nicholas Carr uses anecdotes, personal examples, and scientific studies to make the point that the Internet is affecting our critical thinking skills and ability to process information. In expansion from the argument that Carr makes to prove that the Internet is affecting certain mental abilities, it is important to question if and how technology and the Internet are also negatively impacting our attention spans.

Throughout the years, there’s always been this rising stigma, claiming that a millennials’ dependence on technology is making them less educated than ever before. Society’s dependence on computers and technology has been said to stray us away from books and hinder us to function like normal people. However, new technology has actually worked to benefit millennials. With the help of the internet and video games, they grow to become more vocal when it comes through expressing their views and ideas, they develop stronger social and communication skills, they are able to familiarize themselves with everyday tasks and turn them into habits.

Technology is becoming a major part of people’s everyday lives. People are beginning to say that student’s textbooks should be replaced with notebook computers or tablets. Changing textbooks into notebook computers or tablets is something to disagree with because it will cause more damage to the education system rather than help it to provide a better education. Technology equipment is always the first thing to get stolen so they would often have to be replaced and that cost money. Another reason is internet access because everyone does not have access to internet and that could cause students to not get their after-school work done. Lastly, students tend to wander upon other things when in contact with technology devices lending them to no focus upon their school work.

Lexicographers define technology as “the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization” ( Dictionary.com). To put this into more common terms, technology is the use of advances that help to change a group of people for better or possibly for worse. Some critics argue that technology is slowly downgrading our society. I’ve always believed technology is a crutch that has helped to our civilization to make every day processes more simplified, but allows for focus on more important tasks. Technology is changing our minds and behaviors, but it is for the better; although technology has made us less independent, it has improved our connection to expand our scope of knowledge.

In today’s society, technology is taking over. Every year when technology advances, it attracts people to upgrade and use the new technology. Technology will always be a part of the world because a mass amount of people depends on it. It is exceedingly easy to pull out a phone and search anything. Children have been the most affected by technology due to the fact that they revolve around it. Today, most children own their own tablet or phone. I believe technology has affected children in good and bad ways. Although technology allows children to use it for educational purposes, they can be exposed to real life video game violence, easy access to anything, and distraction from important things.

When growing up in a world of technology and luxuries that your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles didn’t experience while growing up makes the younger generation of our time wonder how they “survived” without cell phones and wifi. As technology and devices advance throughout the years we feel as we need the new and improved device that comes out every month. Conversing with my parents about the new contraptions us teenagers have our fingers and eyes glued to 24/7 they discussed the positives and negatives about growing up and watching the technology evolve and advance. Technology helps advance education, entertainment, and communication; however kids take advantage of technology to hoax their school work, most kids are too