In my point of view, Technology is just a medium, what counts is that you use your own brain in what you are learning and contributing on the subject. for example, if you find the meaning of a word or concept through an internet search once and then you intentionally use it and apply it beyond that homework, you are learning. but if you have to keep searching for the same thing, you are not engaging with the concept.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
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HOW I'M THINK TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE?
Also,
movies like Avatar has broken barriers with its use of technology. I heard
something like James Cameron writing the script over 12 years ago, but the
technology wasn't available back then so he sat on the script and waited until
technology was available...and now look at how the film went!
Apple
has been coming up with new designs and new features for their products every
year. I heard that they come up with at least three different designs for each
product every year!! People are complaining that they went and bought an iPhone
3GS, when an iPhone 4 just came out!!
Also,
I think with all the hype of the new technology, we will become a lot lazier
and more bigger than say, people living in the 70s and 80s were because now we
have more game consoles and remote controls to do things without getting out of
our seats, where back then, things like game consoles just started evolving!
On
top of everything I just said, I also really like how the older generation are
taking an interest in sites like Twitter, especially the older celebrities
because we, as their fans are always going to be supporting and trying to do
the best we can to support them!! Also, it's cool to know how a celebrity lives
his/her life...
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by vanithanitha
THE TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION- FUTURE
The technology revolution is upon us. In recent years there
have been many triumphs in technology. Now more than ever, people are able to
communicate over thousands of miles with the greatest of ease. Wireless
communication is much to thank for the ease of communication. What used to take
weeks through mail, now takes seconds over the Internet. But just like any
revolution there are social consequences, especially when the revolution takes
place around the globe. Since the world does not evolve at the same pace,
lesser developed countries as well as minorities in developed countries have
not even come close to reaping the benefits of a world connected at the touch
of a button. The social argument is that as this revolution proceeds, the gap
between the haves and have-nots will widen to the point of ill repute. Others
argue that because of technological advances the world is a much better place.
This seems to be the debate at hand. The problem domestically is that providing
high-speed Internet services to rural communities is difficult. Tom Daschle, a
senator from Senator from South Dakota highlighted the “digital divide” between
those who have access to high-speed Internet services and those who live in underserved
areas where such capabilities may not be readily available. The reason that
this so critical to Senator Daschle is because those without access to
high-speed Internet services could be cut off from affordable information on
education and healthcare. The major issue domestically is the distance problem.
Rural areas are so far from the more technologically advanced urban areas that
getting high-speed phone connections to these rural areas is difficult. To help
remedy this problem many phone companies are trying to enter the long-distance
market. By doing this, it will enable telephone companies to make greater
investments in rural areas at a lower more affordable cost. Another option to
connect these distant areas is the exploiting of wireless technology. Wireless
technology can be a way around the distance problem posed by offering these
rural communities Internet access over traditional landlines. John Stanton of
western Wireless says,”Economically, wireless is a better way of providing
universal service.” There is also another problem with Internet access on the
domestic front. This problem is that of race. According to a new Federal
survey, African-Americans and Hispanics are less than half as likely as whites
to explore the Internet from home, work or school. This study also reinforces
the fear that minority groups are increasingly at a disadvantage in competing
for entry-level jobs because most of these jobs now require knowledge of
computers and comfort in navigating the Internet. Donna L. Hoffman, a professor
at Vanderbilt University says, “The big question is why African-Americans are
not adopting this technology, it’s not just price, because they are buying
cable and satellite systems in large numbers. So we have to look deeper to
cultural and social factors. I think there is still a question of ‘What’s in it
for me?’”. Internationally is where the largest problems lie. In many corners
of the world, there are dozens of developing countries where widespread access
to the Internet remains a distant possibility. While some of the world’s most
remote places have the internet, there are still no connections in Iraq, North
Korea and a handful of African countries. In many of the developing countries
with internet access, the access is basically concentrated in the largest
cities and is prohibitively expensive when set against an individual’s income.
In order to shorten the gap of technology between developed and
lesser-developed countries, especially in the realm of the internet, there is
an annual conference called INET. The purpose of this conference is to educate
those who are not as technologically advanced and sending participant’s home
with additional technical and administrative skills for running networks. Poor
and expensive telecommunications play a large part in the reason why these
third world countries are lacking Internet access, but another major factor is
politics. In countries such as Laos, the communist government considers the
internet a destabilizing force because of the free flow of information
associated with the Web. Basically old hardware, a weak telecommunications
infrastructure and in some cases local political opposition have rendered the
promised benefits of technology elusive. In the developed world, the Internet
has ushered in the greatest period of wealth creation in history. It has
undermined traditional power structures and changed the way industry conducts
business. For many developing agencies, the was no reason to think technology
could not have a similar effect on third world countries. But reality has not
lived up to expectations. The real question is has the Internet been an
effective tool in helping these lesser-developed countries? The United Nations
thinks it can use the internet to help these countries. The United Nations has
teamed up with Cisco Systems, Inc. in order to help the world’s poor. They are
attempting to help by televising a concert called Netaid, which will be seen,
around the world. Contrary to popular belief this will not just be another
charity telethon. The heart of Netaid is the web site that is being created to
allow people around the world to participate in antipoverty efforts long after
the music is over. The Web sites intent is to get groups from developed
countries to contact and assist groups in these lesser-developed countries.
This could possibly be a solution to bringing the Internet into the homes and
lives of the entire world.
Resource : http://future.wikia.com/wiki/The_technology_revolution
Relation to "Technological revolution" and "technical revolution"
Resource : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_revolution
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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Monday, March 3, 2014
The Technology Revolution and Its Role in Our Lives
Personal growth takes on a whole new meaning in light of massive global changes never before seen in human history. The answer to "what do you want to be when you grow up?" may not exist for many of our young children today, as they will be working in jobs that have never been created before. Who knew 20 years ago that there would be "an app" for everything and you could carry dozens of them all with you on your phone?
We can look back to the Industrial Revolution for clues of how our societies transform with the advancement of technology. As mentioned in the recent issue of The Economist, a hundred years ago one in three American workers were employed on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food.
During the Industrial Revolution, factories and machines replaced many jobs, and increased productivity. The same is true with this new wave of innovation - some jobs are shrinking or will disappear completely, as new ones will be created.
Take for example, the once great company Kodak, which at its height employed over 145,000 people. Kodak filed for bankruptcy only a few months before Facebook purchased Instagram, the then 18 month-old photo sharing company, for a whopping $1 billion dollars. It is hard to fathom that Instagram had 30 million users and a staff of only 13 people when it was purchased. (The Second Machine Age)
Seamstress, typist, and telephone operator are just a few of the jobs that have been replaced in recent history. Today we are more familiar with garment factories, speak-to-type software, digitized phone directories, and ATM machines. An article inBusiness Insider suggested possible future career trends such as: quantified self personal trainer (analyzes your fitness data to create a personalized plan) crowd funding specialist (crowd sourced fundraising), and cultural skill Sherpa (helps clients obtain necessary skills for unique jobs). Just imagine for a moment some of the interesting conversations that will be sparked by the question, "What do you do?"
While start ups like Instagram, Airbnb, and Uber - all services that my kids and their friends now use - are disrupting traditional forms of businesses, they also create new jobs and models in their industries. Of course, it takes time for the marketplace to adjust to this shift. For example, Google, once a small start up, now employs 46,000 and has a tremendous presence in our modern lives.
Old assumptions about a typical career track are also changing. A recent survey of 12,000 people aged between 18 and 30 in 27 countries, interestingly shows that more than two-thirds see opportunities in becoming an entrepreneur. This shows a dramatic shift in the way youth see their future unfolding. The economic crisis that began in 2008 has also added to the lack of trust for many in being able to find a good conventional job. With the high unemployment rates around the world, millennial feel they have nothing to lose by forming their own start up rather than joining an established company.
So how to do we prepare for this major transition?
It appears that education and re-training will take a much bigger role in our lives. Investing in education will be even more important as it creates a new supply of skilled workers ready to meet society's demands. Many will take online courses, go back to school or take private classes to ensure they are learning the skills needed to make a job transition.
It is estimated that 47% of jobs categories will become automated in the next decade. Therefore, it will be increasingly important for people to distinguish themselves from computers. Some suggest that future curriculum's should reinforce the importance of critical thinking rather than rote learning. Jobs in more emotive fields requiring more cognitive dexterity, such as counseling and other human services, may expand as well.
As Reid Hoffman asserted in his best-selling book, The Start-up of You, "people ought to treat themselves as a start-up." This means that we need to develop a high tolerance for ambiguity and a readiness to redirect or adjust our course with the changing environment.
Studies have also shown parallels between start ups and successful innovators and entrepreneurs. It appears that there are three key characteristics that most entrepreneurs share: openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness. In David and Goliath, Malcolm Glad well states that innovators have to be open in order to imagine things that haven't existed before. But, they also have to be conscientious and bring a level of discipline in order to bring their ideas to fruition. What is more startling though is that innovators rate quite low on the agreeableness scale. This is simply because they need to be willing to risk social disapproval in order to challenge prevailing ideas.
These findings apply not only to the business world, but also in the most important enterprise of all -our life. The challenge is to think of ourselves as permanently in beta--constantly evolving and adjusting. Reid Hoffman said it best, "the trick is to never stop starting."
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