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Jessie James L. Marcellones
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Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 08:43 PM
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What is the relationship between Technology and Development?
How development is facilitated through technology?
I am looking forward to a wonderful discussion on this.
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Jessie James L. Marcellones
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 08:54 PM
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Let me share this to you from youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf2io_SbaKI
It's about the importance of technology.
There are many videos there. Try to watch them as well. It can help you.
Let me know your feedback.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 09:26 PM
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it is a reciprocal relationships. When technology evolves means that we are developing and reverse.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 09:29 PM
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What a great point! How about the rest?
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Jessie James
p.s.
I will make a report about this thread as soon as I get more feedbacks from other students. Let's get it on.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 10:00 PM
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Technology has the capacity to separate us as well as bring us close. Our education system are more and more rely on technology. In this system, our thoughts and ideas are shared through software. Technology has indeed boost up our speed of thoughts.
however, let's take a look on the other side of the coin. We are depending too much on technology. So we loose the ability to contact personally. Although we are aware of it or not, technology is changing our habits of actions, our communication network.
“The systems that we create to facilitate the discourse may ultimately work to constrain that discourse” – P. Spangler
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 10:09 PM
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You've got a point; however, while it is true that communicating personally is important but how about if we want to talk to other people abroad. Is it possible to talk with them right there and then? Geographically, it is impossible unless you have all the means to travel from your place to the another place easily. Using technology helps us easily meet other people instantly especially those who are far away from us. 
If you want to talk to your friends who are just near to you then it's good to talk to them personally, but if they are very far, let's use the technology to easily communicate with them.
I am looking forward to your response.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 10:23 PM
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I don't have any comments on your points. But what I really mean here is they way we communicate today. It is changing too much.
Suppose that you live far from your mother. And you rarely come to see your mother. Instead, you just talk to her through phone to encourage her. Let put yourself in her shoes, you'll feel what she needs. I mean " human contact feeling"
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 10:30 PM
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Yes, our means of communication is changing, but the change is for GOOD!
In the example you've given, yes, there is really a need of personal contact so that your mother could feel the real touch of a loving child. That's really true. In addition to that, since you're mother, supposedly, is far from you, your call to her means a lot, which will still inspire her, and it's almost the same with the "personal contact" as you're talking to her like he is beside you. It is better to do that way than to wait for several days just reach her wherever she is located. The good thing here is that you are communicating for GOOD, and will make you and her feel that between you and her, in spite of the long distance, there is still communication.
Thank you. I am looking forward to your great points again.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 10:50 PM
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In response, I do not fully agree with the stance that technology is "good" for communication.
It is allowing us to access and pry into the lives of loved ones and friends, but also presents anyone the opportunity to access the private lives of strangers, and needless to say, the consequences of this are awful.
It is also degrading our communicative skills. We need to devote time to speaking and writing in order to become articulate youths, but technology hinders this and there have even been reports about how "txt lnguage" is being used in exams!
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 10:51 PM
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Hmm, I see that the whole discussion about technology is converging to communication habits.
I think these behaviors largely depend on the kind of person we are dealing with. Modern communication facilities indeed help in staying in touch with friends and relatives far away, in this case, one's mother. But it is also possible, that one can use such facilities as an excuse of not meeting up "personally" with his/her mother, even if she lives just a few miles away, just giving her a call whenever she requests you to meet her.
However, my point is, that it again depends on the kind of person. If you are the kind of person, who isn't very interested in maintaining social relations, then even the most adavanced forms of communication won't be of any use. But if you are a person who is eager, willing to keep his relations strong with friends and family, am sure you won't mind travelling an extra few thousand miles once or twice in an year to meet up with everyone.
However, I believe, that for a usual individual, technology has indeed helped ease the ways of maintaining good relations with people
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 11:00 PM
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Great! I'm receiving great points here. Thank you!
If you are going to ask that question myself, I would really say that technology is a good means of communication because of that there is progress. For example, taking part of this forum over here is a good experience because while all of us are very far from each other, still we are communicating for GOOD. Not only that, we are also learning. Without technology, can we be able to talk like this?
I hope to receive more feedbacks from the rest as well. After that, let me summarize everything, and I will share it to all again for comments.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 11:03 PM
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It is true that it depends to what kind of person are you, but in reality, most people do use technology to facilitate social relations. Take the case of facebook, millions of people are there. While sometimes, it has bad effects, but is has more good effects than the latter.
Keep going guys. I'm learning from you as well.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 11:11 PM
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Yeah, brilliant point. I absolutely agree. So if we were to see it from a neutral point of view, I wholeheartedly agree that technology has indeed played its part in bringing the world closer. Technology, undoubtedly, provides us with means to interact more, know each other better, share ideas and in a way help "develop" global citizens, who are aware, informed, understanding of other's cultures, and ready to accept people just the way they are. Not just this forum, there are hundreds of thousands of other forums, where people talk about issues ranging from religion to politics, and in the process, learn, and find out more about others. In this context, the development we are referring to is the one where an individual becomes more aware, and in a way gets enlightened , about the ways of life of so many culturally distinct people all over the world.
But this again depends on the person(haha, am being too naggy I suppose). Technology provided you with means, it's on you if you want to use it or not. Take for example this forum itself. You have a platform, you have the means, but not everyone is keen on sharing ideas and interacting further. Therefore, I believe that some of the point earlier raised in this thread really refer to the kind of person,, and not the role of technology.
Myself, I see technology as a facilitator, who is doing a GREAT job.
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Re: Technology and Development
April 25, 2009 - 11:19 PM
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Great! If technology and your attitude are compatible, everything turns out to be OK.
Keeping going guys.
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Jessie James
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Re: Technology and Development
April 26, 2009 - 05:09 AM
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yeah, but then, I see very limited role of technology in moulding the kind of people/citizens we wish to see in the world.
Developing an individual also means making him a better person in terms of value sense, moral ethics, and a feeling of responsibilty towards small little things we see around us.
I think it is very much possible as we still haven't explored the many avenues under technology which actually affect a person's behavior : Video Games.
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