week two: 5364 TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

This Thanksgiving Week has given me a chance to reflect on my computer/cellphone usage. I use technology to help with tedious tasks (income forms), shop online (amazon, etc.), bank online, and basically stay in touch with others via email, voice mail, webcam (video link). In my reflection, I concluded that the use of technology could be a blessing or a curse. A blessing in the sense that it could save us so much time and energy so that we could spend more face to face contact time with those we care about the most. It could be curse if we allow technology to turn us into addicts by mindlessly playing computer games and always staying connected to the internet for the latest news flash.