Writing technology

to many young adults this technological advancement is very exciting. Technology gives us everything we need right at our fingertips. It has created a shortcut for simply everything. Many of us we enjoy this advantage because it makes life easier. Technology makes life easier and allows us access to any information we want with a simple search. With this rapid change of technological advancement, we can see how this technology is affecting society and changing the way we think, act, and communicate

In the articles “Alone in the Crowd” and “As technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?,” Michael Price and Tim Wu, respectively acknowledge the effects of technological advances. While both Price and Wu use effective rhetorical strategies in their articles, one presents their argument in a more persuasive manner. Wu effectively convinces his audience that as a society we continue to advance technologically, but for the wrong reasons. Price references an interview with Sherry Turkle, to convey

early exposure to technology is one that has lasted for years. In her article, “The Digital Parent Trap” Eliana Dokterman argues for tech fluency by writing that early uses of technology has more advantages than disadvantages. Her use of statistics counter arguments supports the points that she makes. Statistics are one of the most common types of evidence used in the passage. They back her claims and add legitimacy to what she writes. She connects her first claim that technology helps with education

What would it look like if cursive didn't even exist? Cursive writing should still be taught in school. Teaching cursive is needed for many things, mostly for enhancing your brain. Although people have computers and things that don't always need the use of paper and pen, cursive is still a very needed skill. In the following paragraphs, I will tell you why. Without being able to read cursive writing, students would be kept from many opportunities to read important documents. Many historical documents

Technology is great! At first when technology was started to become the next big thing I have to admit I was a little intimidated, and nervous that I was not going to be able to use these software programs, or social networking because I have always been mediocre with technology. But now my mind set has totally changed about technology and I’m blown away about how much it has improved our society as a whole. Ronald D. Owston in “The World Wide Web: A Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning? Writes

Technology is an amazing tool whether it be by texting a friend, e-mailing a relative or writing an essay almost everyone has access to technology. Technology is great in many ways, especially by bringing people closer together. Two topics will be focused on the first one how technology helps us communicate with friends and family even more rapid than before. The second is about technology and how it can help us do or find stuff wherever and whenever we need it. It also helps teens improve social

controversy for this essay is whether or not technology has a negative or positive affect on people. In order to help explain whether or not technology has a positive or negative affect on us there will be four articles that will be discussed within this essay. The first article is “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, “The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens by Ferris Jabr, “Get Smarter” by Jamais Cascio, and “Technology Doesn’t Dumb Us Down. It Frees Our Minds”

Generation Technology has advanced a lot more in the past century than it has over a million years. There is millions of new advancements found every day, however, this is making the younger generation a lot less knowledgeable. In the book The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerkein, it states that the teens today are the dumbest generation to live on the planet. It is commonly believed that the young generation is the least knowledgeable generation because of their great reliability on technology, constant

believe they were seeing a decline in the writing abilities of their students. Many attributed this perceived decline to the increasing popularity of text messaging and its use of abbreviations” (Cullington 362). This is a valid concern, yet further research concludes this is a false fear. The evidence presented itself when high school students were asked about the question, the result was “None of them believed texting abbreviations were acceptable in formal writing. In fact, research has found that most

various jobs and schools that require their usage for communicating or turning in assignments. Most people in the United States could agree that they use technology on a daily basis however, compared to fifty years ago, this was obviously not the case. But many individuals today are wondering the same question: how is our increasing use of technology affecting us? Carr attempts to answer this question in his essay published in the New York Times, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by using