"...not only change what we do, they change who we are"
Sherry Turkle "Connected: But alone?"
The above quote from the video had me think deep about myself. I asked myself if I have changed what I do or who I am due to technology. Is the change for the better or worse?
My individual communication mode is now "texting", thanks to technology. I text a lot. I rarely call; I rarely talk on the phone. I encourage people to text me than to call me. I try very hard to convince them how texting is better than calling and having conversation. If I have to call and if the person do not answer, I don't bother to leave a voice mail, rather I default to texting. However, when I communicate with parents, I always use the phone. I phone parents regularly.
I was very quick to embrace the email technology since I was a college student at the time. I was also fast to use mobile phones. However, I was very resistant to embrace the smart phones. I thought it was a waste of money and waste of time. I resisted for a long time until I finally get a smart phone in 2011. I was not fan of Facebook either. I opened an account in 2005 or 2006, when it was first launched, but I abandoned it and never used it and I have no idea what happened to that account. Now I am a facebook-er. I am almost addicted to these apps on my phone and I am an active user of facebook. I know where I need to change and I know what I need to do to reduce my attachment to my mobile devices and social media. I definitely plan to make drastic change my activity on facebook.
The email and phone call technologies are still the primary means of communication in online learning. Email is very convenient way for the teacher to respond at his earliest convenience within reasonable time.
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