What Has This World Come to?!

       In the video, “A Vision of Students Today” produced by Michael Wesch, was portraying the average student, and how today’s technology is is affecting them. This video showed a lot of good consequences and bad consequences of how the technology is used today. The video gave a picture of how distracting the computer, cell phones, and iPods can be in a students situation. The video also showed how computers and other technology can help students learn; like with pictures, video’s, animations, and networks. Just like in class now… if we didn’t have technology we couldn’t do our blogs or watch the videos we learn from and see the important news that’s going on. Technology is a great thing, but if it isn’t used properly it can put us behind. Just like the video was showing, we spend so much time online Facebook chatting, talking/texting, watching TV, and listening to music, that we aren’t using our time efficiently, and the important things that need to be done, end up being at the bottom of the priority list. It almost makes me start to wonder if all the new technology was that great of an idea. I realize that it has a capability of majorly helping us, but if we aren’t using it to our advantage, then why do we need it? Before I saw this video, I never in a million years would have questioned if having a Facebook was a waste of time, but this has really made me think. I still do think that technology is a great thing, and I love my phone and Facebook, they are great ways to stay in touch with friends, family, business, ect… but I think as students we should focus on our top priorities and educations before we turn on the TV or start talking to our best friends about the days latest life news report. In conclusion, there isn’t really a side to choose… technology or no technology; I think it just depends on how we choose to use it.