I feel like technology is taking over reading and writing, no matter what we do as students or professionals, you use a computer to type papers, read up on assignments, also to even read the newspaper now. It is very important to have some type of technology to stay caught up on current events, or who is doing what in the media. As an avid reader it makes me sad that bookstores and such are going out of business because nobody is buying books, they are reading online. Nooks and Kindles are becoming more and more popular but to me it's not the same. As a student, I use my laptop more than anything to keep in touch with professors, type notes, go through powerpoints while the professor is speaking, and to keep up on assignments and check my grade throughout the semester. My little cousins are coming home and talking about how they used computers in class, so elementary school students are now using computers to learn. They are learning how to use these computers for word documents and research at 9 or 10. So I think that technology is very important and plays a very big role in how we read and write now a days. Plus isn't it easier to just read a typed Word document than a student's messy handwriting anyway?
Technology plays a large role in our everyday life, whether we like it or not. I think technology possesses the power to aid us with reading and writing, however it can also distract us away from it. For example, it could help kids read faster and provide them with the proper resources to know more about a certain topic. However, social media is also constantly acting as a distraction when used in the wrong way. Social media is extremely useful and can help kids express themselves. It also provides a platform for them to convey their thoughts about many different things, but it can obviously be distracting when used in the wrong manner. Schools have begun to increase the use of technology substantially, and many kids have proven to enjoy reading and writing more. My dad is an engineer, and it is interesting to see how he incorporates reading/writing within a largely technically-based career. As he moved his way up into the corporate world, he had to write many technical memos explaining procedures or writing a proposal to get new projects approved. With technology coming into the picture bigtime, I think the value of reading and writing is held at a higher regard, as it should be.
In today's day and age I feel that technology plays a role in everything. When I was younger we used to read actual books. We would hold them in our hand but now I feel that most of the things I read and write are on a computer. I type out all my papers and download pdfs to read for my classes. Even right now I'm writing this blog online. I think that technology allows for everyone to expand their reading and writing skills. The internet allows us an unlimited amount of things to read. There are new articles popping up on facebook everyday for people to read (not that they're always credible, but they're still there). I also feel that as much as technology can help certain people it can also be a burden. People learn in different ways so for some this shift in learning might make it harder. I do think that technology is the way of the future and that one day all reading and writing material will be on some sort of technology. This means that it is also important for us to teach others how to be sufficient on using that technology at the least. I've always loved to read books so the thought of one day not being able to actually hold one is weird for me, but I do see the positive things that could come from furthering the technology used in reading and writing.
I believe that technology has taken a stronghold in our every day lives. Technology has been incorporated and integrated into everything that we do including reading and writing. I am currently 'writing' this comment on my computer and do not have to worry about correct penmanship, spelling or grammar because the computer does all of that for me. Technology is in essence removing the variable factors of reading and writing and controlling the new age market of publishing. I believe that many Americans, if given the choice would choose an eBook over a hard copy. Portable electronics have given us the ability to search and find numerous words and phrases in just a few seconds. Some may argue that this has improved productivity and helped with faster learning but I personally believe that this power has made us lazy. This role is very important when it comes to our newest generations. I have met children that are able to type 50 words per minute but cannot sign their name in cursive. The new wave of technology is proving to be a balance of good and bad but seems to be leaning toward the bad. I say this because there are too many self proclaimed news groups and social media journalists that are spitting out ideas that are not backed up with actual facts. These articles spread like wild fire and may be dangerous. Overall, technology is a powerful and useful tool.
I feel that technology plays a very important role in reading and writing. I would not be able to tell you the last time I turned in a hand written essay, or went to the library to look up something. We are at a period in time where technology is everywhere and it is creeping into every aspect of life including reading and writing. I worked inside a kindergarten class where all the children had Ipads. They were learning how to form letters on a screen in a digital setting instead of with paper and pencil. We now have unlimited amounts of documents to read all at our finger tips, technology has given us the ability to read anything we want in seconds, without trips to the book store or library. Technology also expands a person’s ability to be able to write something and share it on a blog or other outlet. So I think this has been a very beneficial to people who wanted to get their thoughts and ideas out into the world but had no ability to share their writing with other people, so that has definitely been a positive. But this also opens up the gates to reading false and incorrect information online. Technology has made everything so available it is easier to read and possibly believe something that may not be completely true. All in all I believe technology has been beneficial and plays a huge role in reading and writing in todays world.
Technology and literacy have always walked hand-in-hand. Without technology, the number of people today who have access to reading and writing materials, and therefore the amount of people who are literate, would not be anywhere near as high as it is. The invention of the printing press meant that hundreds of thousands of common people suddenly had access to knowledge that they never would have had otherwise. Computerized technology is much the same. Pieces of literature, rules for writing, definitions for words you don’t understand, almost everything you need to know could be found online. This makes technology incredibly important to both reading and writing. Say you want to read a book; you don't have one with you, but you have your smartphone. More so than likely, you could find an online link for a book you would find entertaining. Before you know it, you're reading while standing in line or waiting for an appointment, with nothing but your phone with you. Even the book required for our class is something we need to go online to find. The papers we write, the assignments we receive, everything is done online in this day and age, so having a connection between reading, writing, and technology is vital to keeping our knowledge up-to-date and in the fore-front of the next generation’s mind. The world we live in is slowly but surely becoming paperless, and reading and writing is no exception.
I think technology plays an important role in our life. Whatever what kind of job do you have, such as student, teacher, banker or author and so on. We almost need to use technology everyday. Technology makes our life more convenience than before. We can through internet to search everything that we need, especially for student. Students need to read and write a lot, we can use eBooks to instead hardcopy books, then professors use technology such as PowerPoint to present the lecture for students. Meanwhile, when I start to prepare my paper, I always go though internet to search some references which can give me some ideas also those references can support my main points. Moreover, when I do the research, I can learn more new knowledge as well. In general speaking, I really think technology are very important for reading and writing. For example, I am using computer to read the topic for the first blog then I follow the topic to write blog online. At present, technology develop rapidly, maybe author through the internet get more information or find the inspire to write the book. So that is reason why I think book’s content becomes more interesting than before.
Before technology reading and writing was all done manually but over the years that is starting to change. In grade school a computer class is automatically added to a child's schedule in an effort to make them more "tech savvy". That starts anywhere from the first grade to the fifth grade. Some children gain experience with technology before than. For example my three year old has an iPad that she's had for over a year now. She uses it to watch learning videos on youtube, play learning games and even has a book on there that helps her learn to read. Since the usage of technology starts young it is becoming increasingly important. Papers required for classes tend to be typed verses handwritten, not just because some of us have poor penmanship but it can be easier to go back later and make changes. The use of powerpoint is used in classes because they are organized ideas that are put in a way that's simple and easy to understand. We also use technology for reading such as when we have to research something instead of hunting down books and articles. Then the majority of us use social media on our phones and laptops throughout the day. Lets say we don't get the chance to watch the news we can gain access to what is going on in the world through news websites or even social sites like Facebook from our phones. Therefore technology is important especially when it comes to convenience.
I think that technology plays a very important role in reading and writing however I don't think that this is a new thing either, I think it has always been that way. While both reading and writing were difficult for much of history, the development of the printing press allowed both reading and writing to become more widespread throughout European populations. This lead to the Renaissance in Europe which was full of new ideas, and more technological innovations due to the populace becoming more educated. While the printing press inspired a golden age of ideas and helped educate more people, important documents were still handwritten for sometime after its invention. The invention of the typewriter several hundreds of years later would further revolutionize reading and writing making important documents legible but in a smaller size. However, typewriters still had limitations, like small font and an error would cause the writer to completely rewrite that entire page. As computers slowly developed over several decades, they first fixed the flaws typewriters had, by creating a variety of fonts and allowing for errors to quickly be corrected without having to re-do an entire page of work. But with the invention of the worldwide web, technology could be used throughout the world and be connected to one another. Now ideas can be spread throughout the world in an instant. It has also made reading and writing available to almost everyone throughout the world. This incredible innovation is transforming reading and writing for younger generations through the use of technology such as smart boards.
Technology is making everything more accessible. This plays a huge role in reading and writing because people are readily able to find information on the internet that wasn't always so easily attained. This is especially true with smartphone technology. Now, you don't even need a computer to access the internet, but rather, people carry it with them wherever they go. This plays a large role in reading and writing because normally when something is more accessible, it is more accessed. People are able to find specific articles with a simple Google search rather than looking it up in the newspaper or journal it was originally published in. Also, with the technology we have now, you don't even need to be looking for a specific article since you can be linked to tons of them through searches using key words. Further, people “mindlessly” surf the internet, but in the process, they are coming across tons of information they otherwise wouldn’t have. When people are browsing their social media pages, they can come across all kinds of articles, ranging from current events to things that personally interest them. And since there is more reading, there is naturally more writing. When people are constantly reading things, there is more of a platform for people to be writing things. There are endless websites- thanks to technology- and these websites need writers. Additionally (especially in the case of blogs), people are constantly replying to everything they are reading. Whether it is another whole, published article in response or a simple comment, it still qualifies as writing. Technology has broadened many horizons, especially when considering reading and writing because without either of the two, the plethora of information that technology has made available would never even reach the eyes of the public.
During the week between summer camp and the start of the new school year at the Montessori where I work, I found myself hulled within the school’s dirt-draped kitchen with just a bucket of bleach to keep me company for a long shift of cleaning. I thought to myself, “I could really finish a novel in this time”. Please don’t picture me with a damp copy of Wuthering Heights precariously perched over the oven as I diligently deep cleaned. I am not inhumanly amazing at multitasking; Honestly, Anyone can finish a novel in eight hours –thanks to technology. How can anyone read a novel? Anyone can finish a novel in a time it takes to scrub and sanitize an extraordinarily dirty room using available audiobooks. Technology has transformed reading into a new set of simplicities: headphones and an audiofile. I lost my lust for Luddite-esc riots against anything that threatened the written word when I realized that my reading skills could simply not sate my appetite for an appealing story. Even if I budgeted two whole hours out of my busy schedule to reading, I still was unable to finish even a few pages. My eyes always got tired, food seemed more interesting, my cats did something amusing, etc; whatever excuse arose I accepted it and stopped, dampening my dreams of completing my reading list anytime soon… So I searched the internet for alternatives and rejoiced in the endless supply of audiobooks on YouTube. Audiobooks extends access to information once exclusive to books by presenting a format that encourages the ‘unconventional’ reader. In my case, the role of technology facilitates a new level of learning, previously unattainable for other generations of readers by providing instant and unimpeded access to texts through sound; it is the simple act of slipping on a pair of headphones and pressing play that keeps me confident in completing my favorite classic novels.
I feel technology nowadays has a very important role in the reading and writing processes comparing to the old days. It contributed in adding so many ways that helped to facilitate learning through reading and writing. For example, if you want to read about any topic in the world, you just simply google it and within seconds you’ll find hundreds of thousands of websites, books and resources that may have your attention. So it saves time and effort comparing to the past when the person had to search manually for the book he wants and he might end up not finding what he wanted. It’s the same for writing too, I think by using the new technology, we now have so many ways that the person could use in writing and delivering their thoughts. People now are using new writing styles and platforms to deliver their message. In addition to that, the new programs now have updates for checking grammar, the misspelled words and even any mistake in the syntax which was a time consuming process in the past. The new technology has so many features that helps the writer like counting the words, changing the font and size, copy/paste, etc. So I think we now reached a point where we can’t go back to our old methods in searching and writing because it’s so much easier now as well as technology helped in making our world smaller so even the topics that people are reading and writing about got broader.
I think that technology plays a huge role in reading and writing especially this day and age. Everything is turning digital. For example: newspaper companies have switched to the internet and most of them have stopped making paper copies. Also a lot of consumers are downloading e-books for their iPads or kindles rather than buying a paper novel. I think that technology has made it easier for people to read and gather information that they would normally have to look up in a book. It's so easy these days because people can just use their phones to read whatever they choose. The use of technology has made it convenient to expose audiences to a piece of writing and that's important because there is a lot of information that needs to be shared to a wide variety of people and what better way to do that than through technology? I feel like before technology, reading and writing was only done by a select amount of people, but now everyone reads because it is constantly at our fingertips. There is literally no way to live in our culture without the ability to read or write. For writers, I think that it has made writing more convenient and easy because there are so many outlets that a writer can use. For example: blogs, websites that they create, self publishers online, etc. I think eventually pens, pencils, and paper will become irrelevant because people would rather type than hand write something. A part of me feels that we have become lazy when it comes to reading and writing. We no longer have to know how to spell words because the computer will fix it for us and we don't have to think about the answer to a question that we have, we could just look it up, Technology has been a great advancement in our society, but I also think that there are some downfalls because of it.
I feel that technology is playing an ever increasingly important role in reading and writing. The prevalence of technology has done both good, and not quite so good things in these areas. The barriers to getting your writing out there, and the possibility of having it read by others is now lower than ever. You are just a few minutes of having a place to put your writing online, whether on a personal site/blog, or contributing to someone else's. As such there is a ton to read, a practically endless amount of writing on every topic imaginable. You're also free to edit most of your writing you put online with basically no limits to doing so. The accessibility factor here is huge, allowing essentially everyone the tools they need both get better at reading and writing, at the cost of wading through the large amount of content available to find quality pieces you wish to read or potentially learn from. This low barrier to entry and editability could also be seen as a bit of a downside because one might say it encourages writing fast without much focus on getting it right the first time. I feel it is also harder to get noticed as a writer in the age of technology due to the sheer amount of content mentioned above. You have to think about how to get your writing in particular noticed above others if you wish for it to be read by a large audience. Overall however I think technology is definitely a win for both readers and writers though, just due to the vast freedom given to them both. Wyatt McCarren
Technology is at the forefront of academia today. How we communicate, write, and read is changing every day, and this is largely due to academia. From a linguistic standpoint, there is a natural evolution of language over time – we've seen this happen. However, the last twenty years especially have seen this process expedited. Aside from the face-value analysis of whether or not people are processing information the same on a computer screen as opposed to a book, technological advancements have shifted the manner in which we read and write. Technology as we imagine it today is quick, and geared toward convenience. The main objective of social media platforms seems to be to give a voice to everyone, and for these voices to deliver their information as concisely and quickly as possible. Twitter is a perfect example of this, by limiting 'tweets' or posts to 140 characters. This means that whatever idea somebody wants to get across has to meet this parameter, thus influencing the idea itself. The reader may not receive as much information over a limited post, and the information will likely be edited to meet the constraints. Technology also influences the tone and delivery of reading and writing in that it's not all academia. Not to say that before mass communication at our fingertips everyone was reading scholarly journals, but a lot of information is condensed in technological mediums to adhere to technology's quick and to-the-point nature. To say that technology is just influential in reading and writing is an understatement; it's reinventing the two almost entirely.
I feel like technology is taking over reading and writing, no matter what we do as students or professionals, you use a computer to type papers, read up on assignments, also to even read the newspaper now. It is very important to have some type of technology to stay caught up on current events, or who is doing what in the media. As an avid reader it makes me sad that bookstores and such are going out of business because nobody is buying books, they are reading online. Nooks and Kindles are becoming more and more popular but to me it's not the same. As a student, I use my laptop more than anything to keep in touch with professors, type notes, go through powerpoints while the professor is speaking, and to keep up on assignments and check my grade throughout the semester. My little cousins are coming home and talking about how they used computers in class, so elementary school students are now using computers to learn. They are learning how to use these computers for word documents and research at 9 or 10. So I think that technology is very important and plays a very big role in how we read and write now a days. Plus isn't it easier to just read a typed Word document than a student's messy handwriting anyway?
ReplyDeleteTechnology plays a large role in our everyday life, whether we like it or not. I think technology possesses the power to aid us with reading and writing, however it can also distract us away from it. For example, it could help kids read faster and provide them with the proper resources to know more about a certain topic. However, social media is also constantly acting as a distraction when used in the wrong way. Social media is extremely useful and can help kids express themselves. It also provides a platform for them to convey their thoughts about many different things, but it can obviously be distracting when used in the wrong manner. Schools have begun to increase the use of technology substantially, and many kids have proven to enjoy reading and writing more. My dad is an engineer, and it is interesting to see how he incorporates reading/writing within a largely technically-based career. As he moved his way up into the corporate world, he had to write many technical memos explaining procedures or writing a proposal to get new projects approved. With technology coming into the picture bigtime, I think the value of reading and writing is held at a higher regard, as it should be.
ReplyDeleteIn today's day and age I feel that technology plays a role in everything. When I was younger we used to read actual books. We would hold them in our hand but now I feel that most of the things I read and write are on a computer. I type out all my papers and download pdfs to read for my classes. Even right now I'm writing this blog online. I think that technology allows for everyone to expand their reading and writing skills. The internet allows us an unlimited amount of things to read. There are new articles popping up on facebook everyday for people to read (not that they're always credible, but they're still there). I also feel that as much as technology can help certain people it can also be a burden. People learn in different ways so for some this shift in learning might make it harder. I do think that technology is the way of the future and that one day all reading and writing material will be on some sort of technology. This means that it is also important for us to teach others how to be sufficient on using that technology at the least. I've always loved to read books so the thought of one day not being able to actually hold one is weird for me, but I do see the positive things that could come from furthering the technology used in reading and writing.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that technology has taken a stronghold in our every day lives. Technology has been incorporated and integrated into everything that we do including reading and writing. I am currently 'writing' this comment on my computer and do not have to worry about correct penmanship, spelling or grammar because the computer does all of that for me. Technology is in essence removing the variable factors of reading and writing and controlling the new age market of publishing. I believe that many Americans, if given the choice would choose an eBook over a hard copy. Portable electronics have given us the ability to search and find numerous words and phrases in just a few seconds. Some may argue that this has improved productivity and helped with faster learning but I personally believe that this power has made us lazy. This role is very important when it comes to our newest generations. I have met children that are able to type 50 words per minute but cannot sign their name in cursive. The new wave of technology is proving to be a balance of good and bad but seems to be leaning toward the bad. I say this because there are too many self proclaimed news groups and social media journalists that are spitting out ideas that are not backed up with actual facts. These articles spread like wild fire and may be dangerous. Overall, technology is a powerful and useful tool.
ReplyDeleteI feel that technology plays a very important role in reading and writing. I would not be able to tell you the last time I turned in a hand written essay, or went to the library to look up something. We are at a period in time where technology is everywhere and it is creeping into every aspect of life including reading and writing. I worked inside a kindergarten class where all the children had Ipads. They were learning how to form letters on a screen in a digital setting instead of with paper and pencil. We now have unlimited amounts of documents to read all at our finger tips, technology has given us the ability to read anything we want in seconds, without trips to the book store or library. Technology also expands a person’s ability to be able to write something and share it on a blog or other outlet. So I think this has been a very beneficial to people who wanted to get their thoughts and ideas out into the world but had no ability to share their writing with other people, so that has definitely been a positive. But this also opens up the gates to reading false and incorrect information online. Technology has made everything so available it is easier to read and possibly believe something that may not be completely true. All in all I believe technology has been beneficial and plays a huge role in reading and writing in todays world.
ReplyDeleteTechnology and literacy have always walked hand-in-hand. Without technology, the number of people today who have access to reading and writing materials, and therefore the amount of people who are literate, would not be anywhere near as high as it is. The invention of the printing press meant that hundreds of thousands of common people suddenly had access to knowledge that they never would have had otherwise. Computerized technology is much the same. Pieces of literature, rules for writing, definitions for words you don’t understand, almost everything you need to know could be found online. This makes technology incredibly important to both reading and writing. Say you want to read a book; you don't have one with you, but you have your smartphone. More so than likely, you could find an online link for a book you would find entertaining. Before you know it, you're reading while standing in line or waiting for an appointment, with nothing but your phone with you. Even the book required for our class is something we need to go online to find. The papers we write, the assignments we receive, everything is done online in this day and age, so having a connection between reading, writing, and technology is vital to keeping our knowledge up-to-date and in the fore-front of the next generation’s mind. The world we live in is slowly but surely becoming paperless, and reading and writing is no exception.
ReplyDeleteI think technology plays an important role in our life. Whatever what kind of job do you have, such as student, teacher, banker or author and so on. We almost need to use technology everyday. Technology makes our life more convenience than before. We can through internet to search everything that we need, especially for student. Students need to read and write a lot, we can use eBooks to instead hardcopy books, then professors use technology such as PowerPoint to present the lecture for students. Meanwhile, when I start to prepare my paper, I always go though internet to search some references which can give me some ideas also those references can support my main points. Moreover, when I do the research, I can learn more new knowledge as well. In general speaking, I really think technology are very important for reading and writing. For example, I am using computer to read the topic for the first blog then I follow the topic to write blog online. At present,
ReplyDeletetechnology develop rapidly, maybe author through the internet get more information or find the inspire to write the book. So that is reason why I think book’s content becomes more interesting than before.
Before technology reading and writing was all done manually but over the years that is starting to change. In grade school a computer class is automatically added to a child's schedule in an effort to make them more "tech savvy". That starts anywhere from the first grade to the fifth grade. Some children gain experience with technology before than. For example my three year old has an iPad that she's had for over a year now. She uses it to watch learning videos on youtube, play learning games and even has a book on there that helps her learn to read. Since the usage of technology starts young it is becoming increasingly important. Papers required for classes tend to be typed verses handwritten, not just because some of us have poor penmanship but it can be easier to go back later and make changes. The use of powerpoint is used in classes because they are organized ideas that are put in a way that's simple and easy to understand. We also use technology for reading such as when we have to research something instead of hunting down books and articles. Then the majority of us use social media on our phones and laptops throughout the day. Lets say we don't get the chance to watch the news we can gain access to what is going on in the world through news websites or even social sites like Facebook from our phones. Therefore technology is important especially when it comes to convenience.
ReplyDeleteI think that technology plays a very important role in reading and writing however I don't think that this is a new thing either, I think it has always been that way. While both reading and writing were difficult for much of history, the development of the printing press allowed both reading and writing to become more widespread throughout European populations. This lead to the Renaissance in Europe which was full of new ideas, and more technological innovations due to the populace becoming more educated. While the printing press inspired a golden age of ideas and helped educate more people, important documents were still handwritten for sometime after its invention. The invention of the typewriter several hundreds of years later would further revolutionize reading and writing making important documents legible but in a smaller size. However, typewriters still had limitations, like small font and an error would cause the writer to completely rewrite that entire page. As computers slowly developed over several decades, they first fixed the flaws typewriters had, by creating a variety of fonts and allowing for errors to quickly be corrected without having to re-do an entire page of work. But with the invention of the worldwide web, technology could be used throughout the world and be connected to one another. Now ideas can be spread throughout the world in an instant. It has also made reading and writing available to almost everyone throughout the world. This incredible innovation is transforming reading and writing for younger generations through the use of technology such as smart boards.
ReplyDeleteTechnology is making everything more accessible. This plays a huge role in reading and writing because people are readily able to find information on the internet that wasn't always so easily attained. This is especially true with smartphone technology. Now, you don't even need a computer to access the internet, but rather, people carry it with them wherever they go. This plays a large role in reading and writing because normally when something is more accessible, it is more accessed. People are able to find specific articles with a simple Google search rather than looking it up in the newspaper or journal it was originally published in. Also, with the technology we have now, you don't even need to be looking for a specific article since you can be linked to tons of them through searches using key words. Further, people “mindlessly” surf the internet, but in the process, they are coming across tons of information they otherwise wouldn’t have. When people are browsing their social media pages, they can come across all kinds of articles, ranging from current events to things that personally interest them. And since there is more reading, there is naturally more writing. When people are constantly reading things, there is more of a platform for people to be writing things. There are endless websites- thanks to technology- and these websites need writers. Additionally (especially in the case of blogs), people are constantly replying to everything they are reading. Whether it is another whole, published article in response or a simple comment, it still qualifies as writing. Technology has broadened many horizons, especially when considering reading and writing because without either of the two, the plethora of information that technology has made available would never even reach the eyes of the public.
ReplyDeleteDuring the week between summer camp and the start of the new school year at the Montessori where I work, I found myself hulled within the school’s dirt-draped kitchen with just a bucket of bleach to keep me company for a long shift of cleaning. I thought to myself, “I could really finish a novel in this time”. Please don’t picture me with a damp copy of Wuthering Heights precariously perched over the oven as I diligently deep cleaned. I am not inhumanly amazing at multitasking; Honestly, Anyone can finish a novel in eight hours –thanks to technology.
ReplyDeleteHow can anyone read a novel? Anyone can finish a novel in a time it takes to scrub and sanitize an extraordinarily dirty room using available audiobooks. Technology has transformed reading into a new set of simplicities: headphones and an audiofile.
I lost my lust for Luddite-esc riots against anything that threatened the written word when I realized that my reading skills could simply not sate my appetite for an appealing story. Even if I budgeted two whole hours out of my busy schedule to reading, I still was unable to finish even a few pages. My eyes always got tired, food seemed more interesting, my cats did something amusing, etc; whatever excuse arose I accepted it and stopped, dampening my dreams of completing my reading list anytime soon… So I searched the internet for alternatives and rejoiced in the endless supply of audiobooks on YouTube. Audiobooks extends access to information once exclusive to books by presenting a format that encourages the ‘unconventional’ reader. In my case, the role of technology facilitates a new level of learning, previously unattainable for other generations of readers by providing instant and unimpeded access to texts through sound; it is the simple act of slipping on a pair of headphones and pressing play that keeps me confident in completing my favorite classic novels.
I feel technology nowadays has a very important role in the reading and writing processes comparing to the old days. It contributed in adding so many ways that helped to facilitate learning through reading and writing. For example, if you want to read about any topic in the world, you just simply google it and within seconds you’ll find hundreds of thousands of websites, books and resources that may have your attention. So it saves time and effort comparing to the past when the person had to search manually for the book he wants and he might end up not finding what he wanted. It’s the same for writing too, I think by using the new technology, we now have so many ways that the person could use in writing and delivering their thoughts. People now are using new writing styles and platforms to deliver their message. In addition to that, the new programs now have updates for checking grammar, the misspelled words and even any mistake in the syntax which was a time consuming process in the past. The new technology has so many features that helps the writer like counting the words, changing the font and size, copy/paste, etc. So I think we now reached a point where we can’t go back to our old methods in searching and writing because it’s so much easier now as well as technology helped in making our world smaller so even the topics that people are reading and writing about got broader.
ReplyDeleteI think that technology plays a huge role in reading and writing especially this day and age. Everything is turning digital. For example: newspaper companies have switched to the internet and most of them have stopped making paper copies. Also a lot of consumers are downloading e-books for their iPads or kindles rather than buying a paper novel. I think that technology has made it easier for people to read and gather information that they would normally have to look up in a book. It's so easy these days because people can just use their phones to read whatever they choose. The use of technology has made it convenient to expose audiences to a piece of writing and that's important because there is a lot of information that needs to be shared to a wide variety of people and what better way to do that than through technology? I feel like before technology, reading and writing was only done by a select amount of people, but now everyone reads because it is constantly at our fingertips. There is literally no way to live in our culture without the ability to read or write. For writers, I think that it has made writing more convenient and easy because there are so many outlets that a writer can use. For example: blogs, websites that they create, self publishers online, etc. I think eventually pens, pencils, and paper will become irrelevant because people would rather type than hand write something. A part of me feels that we have become lazy when it comes to reading and writing. We no longer have to know how to spell words because the computer will fix it for us and we don't have to think about the answer to a question that we have, we could just look it up, Technology has been a great advancement in our society, but I also think that there are some downfalls because of it.
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I feel that technology is playing an ever increasingly important role in reading and writing. The prevalence of technology has done both good, and not quite so good things in these areas. The barriers to getting your writing out there, and the possibility of having it read by others is now lower than ever. You are just a few minutes of having a place to put your writing online, whether on a personal site/blog, or contributing to someone else's. As such there is a ton to read, a practically endless amount of writing on every topic imaginable. You're also free to edit most of your writing you put online with basically no limits to doing so. The accessibility factor here is huge, allowing essentially everyone the tools they need both get better at reading and writing, at the cost of wading through the large amount of content available to find quality pieces you wish to read or potentially learn from. This low barrier to entry and editability could also be seen as a bit of a downside because one might say it encourages writing fast without much focus on getting it right the first time. I feel it is also harder to get noticed as a writer in the age of technology due to the sheer amount of content mentioned above. You have to think about how to get your writing in particular noticed above others if you wish for it to be read by a large audience. Overall however I think technology is definitely a win for both readers and writers though, just due to the vast freedom given to them both.
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Technology is at the forefront of academia today. How we communicate, write, and read is changing every day, and this is largely due to academia. From a linguistic standpoint, there is a natural evolution of language over time – we've seen this happen. However, the last twenty years especially have seen this process expedited. Aside from the face-value analysis of whether or not people are processing information the same on a computer screen as opposed to a book, technological advancements have shifted the manner in which we read and write. Technology as we imagine it today is quick, and geared toward convenience. The main objective of social media platforms seems to be to give a voice to everyone, and for these voices to deliver their information as concisely and quickly as possible. Twitter is a perfect example of this, by limiting 'tweets' or posts to 140 characters. This means that whatever idea somebody wants to get across has to meet this parameter, thus influencing the idea itself. The reader may not receive as much information over a limited post, and the information will likely be edited to meet the constraints. Technology also influences the tone and delivery of reading and writing in that it's not all academia. Not to say that before mass communication at our fingertips everyone was reading scholarly journals, but a lot of information is condensed in technological mediums to adhere to technology's quick and to-the-point nature. To say that technology is just influential in reading and writing is an understatement; it's reinventing the two almost entirely.
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