Networks via technological advances have become the preferred method of communicating among adolescents and adults. The use of the Internet coupled with social networking technologies is a growing trend which has spawned the birth of several user friendly applications that can be accessed not only via a PC but any cell phone with smart phone technology as well. These innovative technologies has also made it possible for society to keep the lines of communication open with family and friends virtually any time of the day.
Facebook has connected me back with friends from grade school, high school, and college. It is also a tool that my family in other states utilizes to keep up with each other via IM, Messages, and Wall Post. Facebook also allows for my friends and family to share pictures and video links to other popular social networking sites like twitter and linked in. Although I see my co-workers daily, Facebook is also a means of keeping in touch with current and past peers. The internet itself is my personal gateway to the social networking sites listed above, it is my access point to my educational goals and entertainment relief.
Society has become depended on these networks. You would think that we always had these technologies at our fingertips. When I need any kind of information, I Google it! The use of 411 and phone books are obsolete. What would we do without our cell phones? What would life be like? Using payphones, actually remembering telephone number, and looking for places or events via newspapers and phone books; our children would think we have gone mad. This is the life that that majority of society came from less than 20 years ago. Technological advances are moving fast, and through networks it will move even faster.
Andree,
ReplyDeleteFunny you mentioned phone books, I just got mine today in my driveway and I wondered why they still printed them?
Do you think technologies have hindered our society at all?
Andree,
ReplyDeleteGreat post on connectivism. I like your mind map. What software did you use? I like your comments on Facebook. I have an account but rarely have the time to get on it to check on friends, family and other acquaintances status and what is going on. So many are into the games than on posting on their facebook walls. How do you find the time to get on facebook?
I found your comments on pay phones interesting. We own a resort on Kentucky Lake and always had a pay phone and than they wanted to remove it. We had to fight it and it stayed until 2001. The problem by us is we have 2 cell phone services Verizon & AT&T with AT&T the stronger signal of about 2 to 3 bars and VErzion is one less.
Jeannine,
ReplyDeleteI received new phone books and they went directly to the trash. I think that technology enhances our lives more than being a hindrance. I will say that in my opinion technology makes society lazy. For example, over the years I have become a poor speller. Its not that I can’t spell, I type so fast that when I misspell a word I will not go back and correct myself, I let MS Word do the work for me. Overall I should be working on increasing my typing skills and producing less spelling errors, but it doesn’t matter when technology is aiding my downfall.
Lynne,
ReplyDeleteI created it in MS Word as a new drawing. I check my Facebook account almost every day now. Most of the time I check it when I am sitting in a boring meeting at work!! I think social networking is a great way to connect to friends, family, and the world in general. Did you know that you can connect to local new channels through Facebook? Technology makes it so that all information is assessable at our fingertips.