Technology
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes especially in industry. Machinery and equipment developed from such scientific knowledge
Science
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural. The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
Reflexivity
The idea that a person's thoughts and ideas tend to be inherently biased. In other words, the values and thoughts of a person will be represented in their work.
Technicism
Technicism is an over reliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society.
Influence
of technology in my daily life
In
this exercise we were each instructed to document technology in our daily
lives, in my opinion I think technology has made my life much easier for
example: internet makes communication much faster, people can now use internet
on their phones and can send instant messages to friends in other countries and
so forth. Technology also have their flaws from time to time as the internet
systems sometimes crash, nothing is perfect not even technology.
The
purpose of technology is to make one’s life easier, but each one of is affected
by technology in many ways. Due to all these social networks people have become
less social nowadays people have more friends on the internet than in real life
which i think is sad and it’s getting worse every day.in a number of ways,
technology can also have a negative effect on people mostly because we are so
dependent on technology i will elaborate further on how this is possible.
DAY: Wednesday 22 February 2012
I
will start documenting from when i woke up on that day and will document which
objects have influenced me and affected me during the day, that technology did
have its pro and cons, and when i woke up , because of this exercise i found it
interesting that we use technology even when sleeping, our beds are comfortable
and keep us relaxed during the time of sleep with warm blankets and we're safe
and warm within a protected area which are our homes, beds and housing have
been around for ages but they have improved over the years and still improving.
I
was woken up thanks to the electricity that allowed me to recharge my phone
before a slept and the alarm rang, i hopped out of bed into a warm shower used
shower gels to properly cleaned the body, brushed my teeth with a toothbrush to
remove stains and make them shine, got out the shower, put on bio oil to
moisturise the skin added roll on and perfume so i smell good during the day
and it also helps control the sweating; dressed in comfortable clothing. I then packed all the things i use daily like
my MacBook, galaxy tab, blackberry , my books and stationery in my bag in other
to carry all the devices and
objects at the same time hassle free.
Put
it all in my car, here is when I start getting affected by technology in a
negative way, my car would not start. I switch , I than began to worry and
panic a little cause if it didn't start soon I would be late to get to varsity
or worse wouldn't be able to go at all because I depend on my car to travel and
without it I can't travel long distances. Because the distance from my house to
varsity if I am lucky and there is no traffic is a 30 minute drive. After much
effort the car finally started again and I was late for history class.
After
history it was animation class with computers everywhere for each student so
that they do their tasks handed to them by lecturers, this where also I am
affected by the software we use, because it is totally new to me and I am not
quite familiar with after effects and was quite unable to do what I was told
effectively. After class it was time to go back home, while i was driving on the way back home
there was traffic congestion which then took me more than an hour to get home,
and while in traffic I was getting impatient and irritated, so many cars in one
place so besides me a number of people were affected by technology, because we
were all in our cars at the same time, at that specific road some were going to
be late, others have errands to run, i had to go home and work on my
assignments, others had to go to shops to purchase things they needed so we
were all affected in different ways. At the end of the day we all depend on our
cars to travel even if it does affect as in negative ways at times.
Technology
is everywhere from small things like sharpeners, electric toothbrushes etc. to
big things such as cars and machinery. and we all use it every day, it makes
our lives much easier and get things done sometimes in a matter of seconds, but
even technology has its flaws I believe it’s making us less social and most of
us lazy because now we have machines that do a lot of things for us with the
push of a button, but new technology is always invented because people
experience problems with the old one so a better version is always created.
