Jackie Loya
8/24/20
Educational Technology
Cheng, Hsien Wu, PhD.
How technology changes our life in some respects such as education, medicine, life, the way we communicate, and the way we respond etc.
While watching the video on how technology has hijacked dinnertime, I saw how this video relates to our daily lives. We are constantly on our phones, tablets, watching tv, etc. that we don’t even try to communicate verbally anymore. We are being distracted by technology and taking our communication away from our family. It also takes a lot of your time away. We could sit for dinner and not speak one word because we are all on our phones. There is times where my husband and I do tell each other to put phones away and have an actual conversation and will do that for a couple of days and then we forget and go back again to using our phones during family dinner. My daughter gets real upset when I turn the tv off or take phone or tablet away, she cries hysterically. But I understand in some way it is my fault since I gave her all that to begin with. I could say though that these couple of years, one of my goals to accomplish was to take technology away from my daughter, especially the phone and tablet. I do feel like I don’t let her use that as much anymore. I feel like as a parent I should guide her not to use as much technology. She is only four she don’t need phone or tablet. Although technology may have some cons, it also has its pros. We live in a different world and I also understand how important technology has been I feel that kids/students are becoming more smarter with all that is provided to them. Scientist and doctors have a great advantage now with all the technology that is provided to them. Doctors may have better outcomes for their patients. Improvements on medication and cures for diseases. I do believe technology has helped doctors find more cures for diseases. Although technology has its cons it also has helped many. We need to get used to the fact that this is our new life style.
