Reflecting on Assignment #1 has opened my eyes to not only the positives of technology, but the negatives as well. Many of my sources focus on the negative effects of technology such as cyber bullying, less face-to-face communication, and the lack of thinking that comes with technology. In my first article, “Technology and Society” by Karehka, she says, “Technology by itself is not harmful to the society, but the way society uses technology to achieve specific goals is what results into negative impacts of technology on the society.” This quote stood out to me because it is like anything else in life, nothing is truly bad unless someone makes it bad. Technology can be extremely beneficial to society, but the way society uses technology is what can make it negative. For example, cyber bullying comes from technology, which is a negative effect, but it is not technologies fault people cyberbully. The only thing technology does to contribute to cyberbullying is it gives the people...
This blog post was posted at the appropriate blog time. I wrote a very similar blog post about libraries. It is true that they are just not used for their original intention-to check out books. instead there are many ways you can obtain necessary resources through technologies.
ReplyDeleteI also liked how you set up your blog. It has the text wrapped around the image and has the viewer focus the writing as well as the image, simultaneously.
-Mikayla Burger
Your blog post follows the guidelines of what should be done and it follows the blog specifics on the Unit 1 Assignment sheet. The only thing missing is that there isn't a tag for the unit number, but besides that everything is well done.
ReplyDeleteI like how your blog is set up to be straight to the point & like Mikayla said, the way you wrapped the text around the image made the image pop out more and grab the readers attention!
- Karen Pao