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Below is a speech delivered by Delia, Mackenzie and Reid who are in Year 9 at Trinity Anglican School, White Rock, Cairns QLD. They were asked to talk about the positive roles technology has played in their lives. Thanks for sharing this speech with ThinkUKnow!
"dictionary.com defines the word technology as "the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society and the environment. In the minute it took me to open up the internet, google dictionary, be given the link for dictionary.com and search "technology", it has saved me looking at numerous amounts of "te" words. Some may call it lacy but I'd prefer to call it more convenient and that really is what technology is built on: convenience.
No doubt, you have been subject to spending countless hours in front of the computer screen, whether it be online gaming, social networking or, in between uncontrollable laughs, searching the best of YouTube.
Throughout the duration of our short lives we have seen the development from gameboys to nintendo DS, PlayStation into PS3, and XBox into XBox Kinect. All of which have served as purposeful instruments for great amusement and fun. Such consoles nowadays go that extra mile and provide exercise programs like Wii Fit. Allowing the busier beings of society to still meet their required 30 minutes of daily exercise.
Extensive technological advancements have made it possible to verse friends or strangers in our favourite games online, as many COD lovers would know. The options today are endless and one should never feel bored with so much technology accessible, with countless applications, games and websites providing challenges and entertainment - 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year.
For many Gen Y and Z'ers, it is impossible to imagine searching through countless stacks of books, scouring pages for snippets of information to complete assignments and homework. Today we are lucky enough to open up an Internet tab and Google or Yahoo away and in less than a second we are handed copious amounts of relevant information.
Nearly everyone is a proud owner of some form of technology whether it is a mobile phone, iPod, television, laptop or desktop computer. Times have changed and it is evident in today's kindergartens where some children are being educated through iPads rather than on chalkboards.
One of the greatest influences that technology has on our adolescent lives other than for entertainment purposes is the learning factor it possesses. With schools such as ours allowing us to use word documents rather than notebooks, it has definitely lightened the loads for us all...
With YouTube being the second most used search engine available in the world, it not only delivers hilarious entertainment bit is also a main supplier of short documentaries and informative programs. Technology has altered the way "us kids" are being taught. It has transformed countless hours studying from a book into online, interactive websites accessible whenever the help is required.
Technology's role in society today has a major impact on our overall sense of living and that is why in the 21st century, it is offered as a subject. The three of us who study Information and Technology as an elective have witnessed, ourselves, the relationship of "Technology and the Media." This term consisted of first learning the basics of image editing and furthermore digitally enhancing a photo to change the overall appearance of our selected image. It has allowed for us to change the way we perceive magazine covers and billboard images, questioning whether or not it has undergone retouching. The truth is that, come the end of the day, technology in recent years has not only benefitted our learning styles, techniques and the quality of work we put forward, but the convenience in which help is always readily available in some way, shape or form.
"OMG, you heard, did you see what they uploaded, wait? No you haven't, one second; let me just upload it to your wall; you got it? Wow, that was fast, talk about convenience."
Today, technology influences our every move. It is the basis of our global society and without it we would spiral back to the ages of using a string an a cup between windows to talk to our next door neighbours, rather than logging into our Facebook, Twitter or Live Messenger accounts.
Communication is a big part of our lives and as software has continued to advance, the world has become smaller. This being due to the fact that technology has enabled us to stay in contact with friends and families wherever we may find ourselves in the world.
You could say that the proof is no longer in the pudding, but in our mobile devices. Such proof of technology's continual, rapid and dramatic advances can be seen when comparing a phone from 2006 to one in 2011. Here's a quick fact for everybody: it is a million times cheaper, one thousand times more powerful and about a hundred thousand times smaller than the one computer at MIT in 1965. A statement from Ray Kurzweil supports the continual advancement of technology. He said "what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years."
We look back now and question why someone would carry a brick of a phone in their handbags but what about 20 years from now? Just imagine how technology will have progressed.
A phone in the 21st century is no longer perceived as just a source of communication, but a way to stay connected with the world. Take the breakthrough - iPhones - a GPS, a source of Internet, personal modem, music and video player, camera, video and audio recorder, an ebook reader, updater of stocks, weather guide, personal diary, voice memos and an endless source of many apps. Why? It comes back to convenience and convenience alone.
In conclusion, despite all the positives of technology, the breakthroughs and the advances, there have always been negative arguments surrounding the positive buzz. Some studies argue that due to the global society devoting a good portion of their lives to technology, it is having a negative effect; some statistics suggesting an increase in diabetes and other health related issues - what is technology was stopping such problems...
The truth is, technology needs to be embraced. It is the future and though it may forever be changing, we can at least count on the fact that it is continually becoming greater, faster and even more convenient, maybe not the new Facebook Chat but people learn from their mistakes, don't they?
The benefits of technology do not conclude at the end of this presentation, the list could literally go on and on and on. We leave you on this final note: ask yourselves this, belonging to the technological generation, could you really imagine life without technology, whether it be a phone, laptop, iPod, COD or your dearly beloved Facebook accounts, just think about it?
Home > Benefits of TechnologyBenefits of TechnologyBelow is a speech delivered by Delia, Mackenzie and Reid who are in Year 9 at Trinity Anglican School, White Rock, Cairns QLD. They were asked to talk about the positive roles technology has played in their lives. Thanks for sharing this speech with ThinkUKnow!"dictionary.com defines the word technology as "the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society and the environment. In the minute it took me to open up the internet, google dictionary, be given the link for dictionary.com and search "technology", it has saved me looking at numerous amounts of "te" words. Some may call it lacy but I'd prefer to call it more convenient and that really is what technology is built on: convenience.No doubt, you have been subject to spending countless hours in front of the computer screen, whether it be online gaming, social networking or, in between uncontrollable laughs, searching the best of YouTube. Throughout the duration of our short lives we have seen the development from gameboys to nintendo DS, PlayStation into PS3, and XBox into XBox Kinect. All of which have served as purposeful instruments for great amusement and fun. Such consoles nowadays go that extra mile and provide exercise programs like Wii Fit. Allowing the busier beings of society to still meet their required 30 minutes of daily exercise. ก้าวหน้าทางเทคโนโลยีมากมายได้ทำข้อเพื่อนหรือคนแปลกหน้าในเกมที่ชื่นชอบของเราออนไลน์ รัก COD มากจะรู้ ตัววันนี้จะสิ้นสุด และหนึ่งควรไม่เคยรู้สึกเบื่อมากเทคโนโลยีที่สามารถเข้าถึงได้ มีโปรแกรมมากมาย เกม และเว็บไซต์ที่ให้ความท้าทายและความบันเทิง - 24 ชั่วโมงต่อวัน เจ็ดวันต่อสัปดาห์และ 365 วันต่อปี สำหรับ Gen Y และ Z'ers จำนวนมาก ได้ไปคิดค้นหาหนังสือ ใยหน้าโค้ดข้อมูลกำหนดสมบูรณ์และการบ้านกองนับไม่ถ้วน วันนี้เรามีโชคเปิดแท็บอินเทอร์เน็ต และ Google หรือ Yahoo ไป และน้อยกว่าที่สองที่เราจะมอบเงิน copious ของข้อมูลที่เกี่ยวข้อง เกือบทุกคนเป็นเจ้าของความภาคภูมิใจของบางรูปแบบของเทคโนโลยีไม่ว่าจะเป็นโทรศัพท์มือถือ iPod โทรทัศน์ แล็ปท็อป หรือคอมพิวเตอร์เดสก์ท็อป มีการเปลี่ยนแปลงเวลา และจะเห็นได้ชัดในวันนี้ kindergartens ที่เด็กบางคนมีการศึกษา ผ่าน iPads มากกว่า chalkboards อิทธิพลมากที่สุดที่มีในชีวิตวัยรุ่นจากเพื่อความบันเทิง อย่างใดอย่างหนึ่งเป็นตัวเรียนรู้ได้ครบถ้วน กับโรงเรียนเช่นเราทำให้เราสามารถใช้เอกสาร word แทนโน้ตบุ๊ค มันมีแน่นอน lightened โหลดที่เราทั้งหมด... With YouTube being the second most used search engine available in the world, it not only delivers hilarious entertainment bit is also a main supplier of short documentaries and informative programs. Technology has altered the way "us kids" are being taught. It has transformed countless hours studying from a book into online, interactive websites accessible whenever the help is required. Technology's role in society today has a major impact on our overall sense of living and that is why in the 21st century, it is offered as a subject. The three of us who study Information and Technology as an elective have witnessed, ourselves, the relationship of "Technology and the Media." This term consisted of first learning the basics of image editing and furthermore digitally enhancing a photo to change the overall appearance of our selected image. It has allowed for us to change the way we perceive magazine covers and billboard images, questioning whether or not it has undergone retouching. The truth is that, come the end of the day, technology in recent years has not only benefitted our learning styles, techniques and the quality of work we put forward, but the convenience in which help is always readily available in some way, shape or form. "OMG, you heard, did you see what they uploaded, wait? No you haven't, one second; let me just upload it to your wall; you got it? Wow, that was fast, talk about convenience." Today, technology influences our every move. It is the basis of our global society and without it we would spiral back to the ages of using a string an a cup between windows to talk to our next door neighbours, rather than logging into our Facebook, Twitter or Live Messenger accounts. Communication is a big part of our lives and as software has continued to advance, the world has become smaller. This being due to the fact that technology has enabled us to stay in contact with friends and families wherever we may find ourselves in the world. You could say that the proof is no longer in the pudding, but in our mobile devices. Such proof of technology's continual, rapid and dramatic advances can be seen when comparing a phone from 2006 to one in 2011. Here's a quick fact for everybody: it is a million times cheaper, one thousand times more powerful and about a hundred thousand times smaller than the one computer at MIT in 1965. A statement from Ray Kurzweil supports the continual advancement of technology. He said "what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years." We look back now and question why someone would carry a brick of a phone in their handbags but what about 20 years from now? Just imagine how technology will have progressed. A phone in the 21st century is no longer perceived as just a source of communication, but a way to stay connected with the world. Take the breakthrough - iPhones - a GPS, a source of Internet, personal modem, music and video player, camera, video and audio recorder, an ebook reader, updater of stocks, weather guide, personal diary, voice memos and an endless source of many apps. Why? It comes back to convenience and convenience alone. In conclusion, despite all the positives of technology, the breakthroughs and the advances, there have always been negative arguments surrounding the positive buzz. Some studies argue that due to the global society devoting a good portion of their lives to technology, it is having a negative effect; some statistics suggesting an increase in diabetes and other health related issues - what is technology was stopping such problems... The truth is, technology needs to be embraced. It is the future and though it may forever be changing, we can at least count on the fact that it is continually becoming greater, faster and even more convenient, maybe not the new Facebook Chat but people learn from their mistakes, don't they? The benefits of technology do not conclude at the end of this presentation, the list could literally go on and on and on. We leave you on this final note: ask yourselves this, belonging to the technological generation, could you really imagine life without technology, whether it be a phone, laptop, iPod, COD or your dearly beloved Facebook accounts, just think about it?
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