Access Granted

Access Granted

Technology has opened doors that we have never seen before, we interact with information that we never had access to before. Modern society has made strong advances in what the typical Americans can do with a technological, we can educate ourselves, communicate with other, control almost all aspects of our life, and create content that is reshaping how we view the world. While I do love where society is at I tend to feel that this is a little bias. Earlier this semester my computer crashed and it took me a whole weekend to get a new one. This was probably the most stressful weekend I’ve ever had in college. With college shifting to increasingly more online communities that means the students are always supposed to be connected into the school network. In years past, I viewed school as a group that I entered into when I was in class or doing homework, but I was able to disconnect when I was not participating in any of those activities. While yes, it is important to have access to information so we can learn outside of class to I realized if you do not have a way to interact to the group you are completely lost.

http://socrates.arts.ubc.ca/agora/2015/04/platos-allegory-of-the-cave-travelling-exposure/

This took me to think about what we talked about in the beginning of the semester in terms of ant like group think. Collaboration should be mindless following the ants in front of us because then we lose all sense of self and value. This is the direction I fear that online education is going. I have taken online classes where I have never seen or heard from the teacher. Society in the United States has now shifted, if we don’t have access to technology (especially the internet) then we lose value. A college student couldn’t function if they didn’t have access to a computer, everything being due online is changing the conversation. While yes, I believe this is good, I am also wary about the direction we are going. Sherry Turkle has always been caution in fully jumping onto the technological bandwagon, and I use to think her arguments didn’t have merit. Now however, I see that she made some strong points that need to be heard.