Blog Readers...Blog Readers,
It has been an excellent journey thus far. I have enjoyed it thoroughly and hope to continue research on this topic as future technological innovations are introduced and unveiled. College students relationships as they intertwine with technology can be a tricky subject to fully understand because everyone is going to have their own opinion on how they think technology helps and hinder relationships. Text messaging can enhance relationships because an individual can get to know someone better through this commonality. But for the individuals that use text messaging non beneficially and are sneaky with it can end up ruining a relationship. This subject is completely based on what an individuals morals are and how they have learned to deal with different situations in the past.
The future for this argument is definitely unresolved because of the amount of new technology that is coming out on a daily basis. It is unknown what new technologies will be introduced that will catch people committing wrongful acts and/or vice versa, good and fruitful acts. On one side of the argument technology can continue to help college students relationships by providing easy ways of communication between two individuals, while on the other hand technology can continue allowing individuals to "sneak around" without getting caught and serving consequences. This issue has been great to focus on but it will be very interesting to see where it goes in the future.
--THE TECH MAN
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Class Links "Shout-Outs"
This blogging project has opened my eyes to some very different topics that I have not examined thoroughly in the past. I believe everyone who participated in this project did a fine job in crafting there arguments and providing sufficient details on there topics. Some blogs stood out for the rest and are as follows.
1)http://allquietonthewesternblunt.blogspot.com/ ... This by far was my favorite blog because it met all the credentials. It provided information far beyond what the assignment asked for. The blog was creative while trying to interact with people who left comments and blog readers as much as possible. "Bud's Wiser" did a great job of touching on all cylinders of his argument.
2)http://fluidflames.blogspot.com/ ... This blog was GREAT! This blog was enjoyed by many who read it as well. I believe it was enjoyed so much because of the way that it was written. It was written in a way that was appealing to the audience and always made the reader come back to read more. I am very interested in this topic and how green technology has effected the world so far. I enjoyed how this writer explored many different green technologies instead of focusing on just one.
3)The last shout out goes to http://nutritionama.blogspot.com/ ... This blog was attractive from the beginning with the background and template chosen. The information was appealing to me because I am a big health head and enjoy learning about ways to improve health. This writer did a great job of providing information that was accurate and helpful.
1)http://allquietonthewesternblunt.blogspot.com/ ... This by far was my favorite blog because it met all the credentials. It provided information far beyond what the assignment asked for. The blog was creative while trying to interact with people who left comments and blog readers as much as possible. "Bud's Wiser" did a great job of touching on all cylinders of his argument.
2)http://fluidflames.blogspot.com/ ... This blog was GREAT! This blog was enjoyed by many who read it as well. I believe it was enjoyed so much because of the way that it was written. It was written in a way that was appealing to the audience and always made the reader come back to read more. I am very interested in this topic and how green technology has effected the world so far. I enjoyed how this writer explored many different green technologies instead of focusing on just one.
3)The last shout out goes to http://nutritionama.blogspot.com/ ... This blog was attractive from the beginning with the background and template chosen. The information was appealing to me because I am a big health head and enjoy learning about ways to improve health. This writer did a great job of providing information that was accurate and helpful.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Annotated Links Post
Blog Readers,
This post hopefully helps you out a little in understanding why I chose some of the sites that I chose and what information that I picked up from them. This post will consist of about 3 or 4 links with descriptions of each.
1) http://www.hyoomik.com/philo/numb1.htm ..... This link I believe has been one of the most beneficial links that I have used throughout the blogging process. It giving in-depth information for both side of the argument. This link provides pros and cons for the argument and really expanded my thinking about the current technology that we are provided with here on Earth. Although this article is focused and titled Technology on Business it gives details and exposes truths about how everyone is effected by this epidemic.
2)http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/research.html ..... This link was very helpful because it too allowed me to internalize a different prospective of my argument throughout my blog. It gave information about how technology is effecting learning and teaching in the classroom. Students are taught and lots of learning takes place in these environments so I thought it was necessary and appropriate to use this source throughout my blog writing.
3)http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/it .... This link included an excellent article that paralleled my blogging topic precisely. It entailed the effects that technology specifically had on students. The article mentioned how colleges and college students have embraced technology and used it to there advantage. It argued that technology improves learning and the rate at which material is learned.
4)http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html ..... Another helpful link that caught my attention almost immediately was this one that gave further information about the effects of technology on students and classrooms. The links that I chose which included information about students and classrooms I thought were extremely important because students spend ampill amounts of time in classroom and what goes on in the classroom effects the social life and the relationships that he or she has.
5)http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_1_33/ai_62894068/ ..... This final link provided the first article that is shown along with several other links to different articles. These articles were extremely helpful with looking at my argument from the emotional side and the challenges that colleges students go through in some relationships. These emotional downfalls can be enhanced and/or eliminated through the use of technology.
This post hopefully helps you out a little in understanding why I chose some of the sites that I chose and what information that I picked up from them. This post will consist of about 3 or 4 links with descriptions of each.
1) http://www.hyoomik.com/philo/numb1.htm ..... This link I believe has been one of the most beneficial links that I have used throughout the blogging process. It giving in-depth information for both side of the argument. This link provides pros and cons for the argument and really expanded my thinking about the current technology that we are provided with here on Earth. Although this article is focused and titled Technology on Business it gives details and exposes truths about how everyone is effected by this epidemic.
2)http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/research.html ..... This link was very helpful because it too allowed me to internalize a different prospective of my argument throughout my blog. It gave information about how technology is effecting learning and teaching in the classroom. Students are taught and lots of learning takes place in these environments so I thought it was necessary and appropriate to use this source throughout my blog writing.
3)http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/it .... This link included an excellent article that paralleled my blogging topic precisely. It entailed the effects that technology specifically had on students. The article mentioned how colleges and college students have embraced technology and used it to there advantage. It argued that technology improves learning and the rate at which material is learned.
4)http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html ..... Another helpful link that caught my attention almost immediately was this one that gave further information about the effects of technology on students and classrooms. The links that I chose which included information about students and classrooms I thought were extremely important because students spend ampill amounts of time in classroom and what goes on in the classroom effects the social life and the relationships that he or she has.
5)http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_1_33/ai_62894068/ ..... This final link provided the first article that is shown along with several other links to different articles. These articles were extremely helpful with looking at my argument from the emotional side and the challenges that colleges students go through in some relationships. These emotional downfalls can be enhanced and/or eliminated through the use of technology.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Love Relationships Among College Students
Readers,
I came across an article that is going to make this blog entry just a little bit different. The article specifically focuses on love relationships that college students have to deal with while they are trying to balance school at the same time. In this entry I will not address specific technological effects on relationships. Some don't realize the emotional toll that some relationships take college students through. This is a time of transition in many ways for most college students because the world is being thrown at them. Some college students feel that "love conquers all." This statement is sometimes used to loosely because college students are brainwashed by love and don't truly understand its effects.
Technology has had a sufficient impact on relationship building how we have constructed our definition of love. Sometimes technology has persuaded individuals to think certain ways. Relationships where love is truly involved doesn't have to be effected by technology unless we choose to use technology when involved in a relationship.
--The Tech Man
I came across an article that is going to make this blog entry just a little bit different. The article specifically focuses on love relationships that college students have to deal with while they are trying to balance school at the same time. In this entry I will not address specific technological effects on relationships. Some don't realize the emotional toll that some relationships take college students through. This is a time of transition in many ways for most college students because the world is being thrown at them. Some college students feel that "love conquers all." This statement is sometimes used to loosely because college students are brainwashed by love and don't truly understand its effects.
Technology has had a sufficient impact on relationship building how we have constructed our definition of love. Sometimes technology has persuaded individuals to think certain ways. Relationships where love is truly involved doesn't have to be effected by technology unless we choose to use technology when involved in a relationship.
--The Tech Man
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Self-Analysis Post
The College Students, Relationships, and Technology blog has been a beneficial learning experience for me. It has allowed me to expand my mind on what seemed to be a one-dimensional argument. Beginning this blog I automatically assumed that all student’s relationships were benefited through the use of the new technologies of today. Facebook, Myspace, cell phones, and skype are quick simplified methods of communication. Since I have been in college the students here seem to want to know about the quickest and most efficient ways to communicate between each other so that time is maximized. Automatically assuming from the start was not beneficial for me because I began with a pre-set bias. Although I had this bias I found out quickly through research and observation that everyone’s relationships are not benefited through the use of technology. Being able to freely research this topic has been a different writing experience because I was able to research a broad set of information instead of being limited to a specific set of information that was solely on my topic. The flow of my writing was also not as formal as it would be in a formal writing setting and this was GREAT. Not having the pressure of knowing that you were going to be strictly critiqued I believes made my writing better because it was free flowing and natural. This was an excellent writing experience that allowed me to grow as a writer. I wouldn’t mind continue my blog for the simple fact that it is an informal form of writing that invites free thought without being limited to a single topic.
--The Tech Man
--The Tech Man
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Risks we Take
Hello Blog Readers,
So far on my journey of finding the true effect of technology on college student relationships I have learned and been introduced to some effects that I didn't think of previously. Through comments and reactions to a couple of my posts on my blog, my thinking about this subject has been expanded and some of my ideas that I had in the beginning of my research have been challenged. Throughout my research I have not only used information about how technology effects students in general but how it effects students in the classroom and during school as well (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html , http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/research.html).
Technology has changed the way that we live here on Earth. Technology has enabled human civilization to relax to a certain degree. Technology has been an additional resource and a privilege that should not be taken advantage of because if technology fails then we will be in a hole that we won’t be able to get out of. If a catastrophe event were to occur, that involved the failing of technology then the communication between people would most likely be effected. The information and materials that technology provide us with can be both good and bad. The information that technology gives us is beneficial because it informs and guides us to the answers that we want. On the other hand it can be detrimental because it allows for private information to be shared against the will of some individuals ( http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Some-Effects-Technology/152233 , http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=9662). But these are the risks we take when we decide to use this resource.
So far on my journey of finding the true effect of technology on college student relationships I have learned and been introduced to some effects that I didn't think of previously. Through comments and reactions to a couple of my posts on my blog, my thinking about this subject has been expanded and some of my ideas that I had in the beginning of my research have been challenged. Throughout my research I have not only used information about how technology effects students in general but how it effects students in the classroom and during school as well (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html , http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/research.html).
Technology has changed the way that we live here on Earth. Technology has enabled human civilization to relax to a certain degree. Technology has been an additional resource and a privilege that should not be taken advantage of because if technology fails then we will be in a hole that we won’t be able to get out of. If a catastrophe event were to occur, that involved the failing of technology then the communication between people would most likely be effected. The information and materials that technology provide us with can be both good and bad. The information that technology gives us is beneficial because it informs and guides us to the answers that we want. On the other hand it can be detrimental because it allows for private information to be shared against the will of some individuals ( http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Some-Effects-Technology/152233 , http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=9662). But these are the risks we take when we decide to use this resource.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Theory Post
The blogging journey has been interesting thus far. My topic seems to be pretty appealing to my audience and commenter’s seem to want more. The two sides to my argument are whether or not technology helps or hinders college student’s relationships. An issue that would seem to be pretty simply to come to terms with but has actually turned out to be tougher than expected to solve. Technology should be beneficial to all who use it appropriately and sufficiently. On the other hand sometimes technology has slight failures which cause misinterpretations and mix-ups. Solving whether technology is beneficial to college student’s or not is narrowed down to the personal preferences and whether technology is beneficial to them or not. Some people are not tech savvy so they feel no need for it. If the person feels that technology is helping to keep their relationship alive then good but if its hindering the relationship then technology needs to be eliminated from there lifestyle.
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