Well...since we study information system and we all know the fuzz going on arround this topic, what if we take a look to the other side of the coin and see whats bad about technology...so is technology making us too dependet? is it making us more lazy? are there any consequences for this?
I still dont know what too think, but hope you can give me a hand.
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I just posted a comment in another blog about this, but based on the teacher's view. Basically, the discussion was about whether students perceive teacher's use of technology as a "I don't have time/don't want to talk to you" message or not.
My take on this is that it all depends on how you use technology. In my case, I feel that using Web 2.0 tools gives us the chance to carry on discussions outside the formalism, time constraints and structure of the classroom, and at the same time breaks some barriers. I have noticed that I have been receiving less emails from the class, but that's because the communication has shifted towards the wiki, the blog, Twitter. So I'm not saving a lot of time, but at least I feel I reach a wider audience than with just email.
About your comments, I'm not sure what is "too dependent". Sure, we spend more hours online now, but before that, a lot of people spent countless hours in front of the TV in what was essentially a passive experience, with no interactivity. At least with the Internet you can create your own content and use that time to stay in touch with friends and relatives, or make new acquaintances. Is that so bad?
Are we lazier? well, I know that technology does affect us in some areas. Calculators, for example, while great devices for speeding up things, do make for some laziness on the users' side. One thing is to use a calculator to solve an operation faster, quite another to use the calculator tu solve it for you, without you knowing what's going on. I have seen some people keying numbers in the calculator and trusting whatever comes out of it, without stopping to think whether it makes sense.
So, what about the rest of the class? any thoughts or ideas?
It is a paradox that I do not know my next door neighbours, but keep in touch with friends in Japan on a regular basis over the Internet.
But why do we have to judge that as being good or bad? It is what is it.
There's always a trade-off between dependence and convenience. Think about how convenient electricity makes our lives, but how screwed we are if there's a power failure.
I guess it would be a better idea to discuss this in class so that we can hear many other opinioins cause i guess only a few people would leave a comment here...how do u feel about it?
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