In the TED talk “Connected, but Alone,” Sherry Turkle states how in our society more people would rather spend time on their cellular device or social media than spend time with others. On the other hand she exclaims that technology Is amazing and continues to advance but has negative downsides. “Over the past 15 years, I’ve studied technologies of mobile communication and I’ve interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people, young and old, about their plugged in lives. And what I’ve found is that our little devices, those little devices in our pockets, are so psychologically powerful that they don’t only change what we do, they change who we are. Some of the things we do now with our devices are things that, only a few years ago, we would have found odd or disturbing, but they’ve quickly come to seem familiar,just how we do things.” She goes on to say that were evolving into a new way of being with others. That even when were with someone we tend to still be using our technology to connect somewhere else. That more and more times she hears people saying I’d rather text than talk. With that said more and more people are losing the basic skills of communication. We talk just pieces of information when texting someone rather than talking to someone trying to get to know them. With texting, emailing, and other sources of communication thought technology we can edit and delete what we say. That we use technology to deal with the problems of human relationships.
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With these free writing activities I was able to remember key point ideas and memories that I would need in order to write my paper. In order to remember everything from earlier times I had to call my mom which helped me as well. The timeline was easier for me because it was specific things and events to recall. The web was more like motions and key words that associated with my mom while she taught me how to become literate. In the last picture I tried to think of ideas on how to set up my paper. All three of these activities gave me a clear mind on how to approach my paper to the best of my ability.
Caralyn
Hard-working, determined, thoughtful, studious
Lover of animals
Student of nursing
Who feels excited about taking this class
Who hopes to learn better writing skills and vocabulary in this class
Who fears doing poorly in this class
Who loved the story Where the wild things are
Who never read a series of books
Who struggled to get through no books
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Caralyn
