Wednesday, January 30, 2013

College Students and Their Gadgets

As I’m learning on how technology may affect the general population I would like to focus more on the population attending college, whether it’s a four year university, or community college. Technology in general is not always a bad thing it also helps advance in education as well. Its services toward the collegiate community have played a big role in wider development in colleges. "College students are heavy users of the Internet compared to the general population. Use of the Internet is a part of college students' daily routine, in part because they have grown up with computers “(Jones). As a college student myself, I understand how hard things can get if you don't have the right equipment. For example, when advancing through math courses throughout the semester, not only is it hard to write out the work for each equation, but it can also be time consuming. The advance in machinery as in the calculator helps students figure out the answer to a question without hassle and a lot quicker. The use of it helps one to multitask much easier bringing more time to do more. Colleges now have online classes and hybrid classes which require the student to access the worldwide web in order to complete their assignments. When in need of help, the student could email the professor for assistance and get a straight response, but as in a classroom setting the student would receive their undivided attention and guide them easily toward their answer depending on the professor. Emails also make it easier to communicate with a professor if they are not available in person. Also the need of checking emails is critical in whether it has to do with class cancellation as to an extra assignment. Without the use of a computer, online and hybrid classes would no longer be available, leaving college scholars, unable to attend a traditional classroom setting, not able to gain the education they desire. Transportation is a big factor for students who commute to their colleges. With more available cars and an increase in the public transportation routes it is much easier for student to attend their classes.


Works Cited
Jones, Steve. "The Internet Goes to College: How Students Are Living in the Future with Today's Technology." ERIC. Pew Internet & American Life Project, 15 Sept. 2002. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Cell Phones


Today we see that the majority of the teenage generation own smart phones. As smart phone have a large variety of uses, it is more like a handheld laptop at your fingertips in a phone-like design. It makes communication a lot easier but also makes the social structure of an individual crumble. It’s like a fast way of talking without conflict. If it has to do with a serious offense, such as emailing a CEO of any company about urgent news or of a big change that needs to happen, the news person wouldn't have to worry about the emotional response that could be given by the CEO. I believe it makes the employee less intimidated by the employer and by that makes less effort in working. Technology has a big effect on natural emotion behind a conversation between one another. The more a person distances themselves from society with technology, the more it affects the ability to interact within the community. It can also apply toward bad behaviors as well. For teenagers, research studies show that, “smartphones may make it easier for teens to arrange sexual encounters" quoted by study researcher Eric Rice. With more options available to the younger generation, there are also more influences. With an increase in development, the possibilities become endless as to where will it really end.

Friday, January 25, 2013

My reasons (Intro.)

Well, as I was researching on things that show an interest to me, it seemed to me that there was a hindrance on what I really wanted to blog about. At first, I wanted to think more on the basis of how science works and how it affects the human biology. With my major being in biology, I figured that it would help me more with learning the subject. But as time carried on, I started to notice how people react with one another in public. Technology has been integrated in our everyday society. Even for our younger population, technology influences their social abilities with the rest of the community. With this development of newer technology, it makes doing a lot of things much simpler and faster. But focusing on how the society behaves with technology in public, communication has been affected in terms of social networking, sending emails, and surfing through the internet. One day, I had gone with a couple of colleagues to go eat dinner and I couldn't help but notice other groups sitting around on their phones. Seeing this had made me realize that technology has gone so far as to affect how people communicate with each other. Technology and their easily accessible devices bring more attention to the consumers and convinces them to obtain such product. My blog will focus on the development of newer technology and its effect on today's society.