Digital Technology

Digital Technology

   Technology in today's society plays a major role in schools today. Many children learn through using technology, many companies actually have programs for students to use on computers or smart phones. My life personally would be much more complex if I didn't use technology every single day. I create all my school assignments on a computer, I even write most of my quizzes on a computer. Communication has also advanced since digital technology has became the norm of social relations. It is much more efficient to text or send an email to someone then it is to even call anymore. The future generations are going to be so technologically advanced that they will work completely from some kind of digital technology. The military even has a building that is filled with army video games where children shoot people and play as if they are at war. It is to interest kids and teach them more about the army, but is it actually acceptable considering the dangerous implications that follow war? Teachers and parents need to teach children that video games, such as the army ones, are not real and that war is much more serious and intense then the games make it out to be. Another critical  aspect that we must look at when discussing digital technology is multitasking. Multitasking is the performance of multiple tasks at one time. The younger generations consume their lives with multitasking, they are always doing more then one thing at a time whether it be on the computer and cellphone at the same time to listening to music while writing and essay AND on facebook ALLLLLLLL at the same time! Crazy! But are we as good at multitasking as we really think? Researchers found that students arn't actually gaining all the information that they are reading because they are not completely focused on what there reading because they are so trying to focus on 4 different things at one time. I will admit I multitask on a regular basis especially when it comes to using more then one digital technology. I find myself texting while doing my homework and I will have the TV on in the background. Distracting much? Yes, but we all do it!