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    Context Technology such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more accessible in this day and age, and their effects are theorized, but unknown. Adolescents can be seen almost anywhere with one of these devices in hand. Small-screen devices can affect many things, but one of the most concerning is the alterations that devices have on adolescent sleep habits. Since technology is so popular and doesn’t seem to be declining in use, it is important that we understand how they affect the population

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    As much as there are negative affects to technology and the internet, I believe that there are even more benefits to it. Technology is a tool that we use daily, and it will continue to grow for as long as we let it. There are a significant amount of ways that technology can help. It can be used in school and for learning purposes, which is a great thing to take advantage of if you get the opportunity. In the passage “Is Coding the New Literacy,” it talked about how much of an essential skill coding

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    Technology & Me I think it goes without saying, but technology has fundamentally changed our world. It has not only altered human communication, but has created a new form of communication as well. Becoming more and more apparent in modern life is the fact that we are communicating with technology itself in a multitude of different ways. The new, complicated relationship between individual humans and elements of technology has been an emerging topic for many communications theorists. In this essay

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    As technology in this modern era grows even more powerful, practical and therefore convenient for our everyday lives, it also becomes problematic. This is because some individuals could abuse the privilege of having information be available to them in a matter of seconds and then rely very heavily on technology. This is by hurting their real human relationships- these individuals get carried away with how entertaining and useful their devices can be, and seek out short term satisfaction in terms

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    fear, and what gives the human species more freedom than technology. The ability to travel the world in a few short weeks, create things that would otherwise be impossible, and our favorite, the ability to obtain knowledge far beyond the average human's capability through the internet. Technology, no doubt the greatest accomplishment of the human species in most minds, however, there are those who have seen the dark truth about technology and would disagree. M. T. Anderson, a writer for teens and

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    rely so heavily on technology that they fail to appreciate the beauty and simplicity of nature that surrounds them. In the past few years, technology has become increasingly advanced that people have become dependent on it for almost every aspect of their lives. For instance, people have all the information they can possibly want with just a click of a button. Through Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods, he emphasizes the desperate need for people to stray away from technology and focus on the importance

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    Are we becoming way too dependent on technology and allowing it to take over our lives? The majority of people own at least one or more of these devices: a computer, laptop, tablet, or a cell phone. So many people seem unable to function through their daily routine without having access to some form of technology device. I’m willing to bet that you have at least two of these devices in your home, too. Now, stop and think about how often we use technology devices throughout the day. As a result of

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    Technology emerges through the combination of technical and social factors. When an inventor creates a new technology, the inventor shapes their technology for a preconceived audience. Most technologies are created for a varied audience, but even technologies designed for a diverse group of people carry its own set of assumptions and biases. In How Users Matter, Ellen Van Oost discusses how technology is shaped by gender, but at the same time, gender is shaped by technology. One does not think about

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    Candor Central School Technology Plan Spring/Summer 2015 Vision We believe that the following factors are shaping the use of technology in our school: We would like to see a shift in focus within our organization from one of standardization and compliance to one of innovation and experimentation; to one based on the products students create that demonstrate individual growth based on student learning goals; and to one where students are actively driving their own learning. Technology is becoming increasingly

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    The digital divide is in actual gap that is widening between people that have access to technology and those that don’t, and the results of having this gap are extremely disastrous. The Digital Divide is as local as in your own town or city or as international as the next continent over There are several factors which increase the gap of the digital divide but the ones I selected and will elaborating on are: Poverty Gender Age One of the major factors is of course poverty, these people simply do

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