Connecting and Collaborating: Technology is Having a Positive Impact on Society

 As social media and other digital tools are more and more prevalent in society, the debate over whether or not these tools are having a positive impact has flourished. Some argue that these digital tools are destroying our society and dividing people. However, we claim that these digital tools are actually helping society by facilitating connection and collaboration in new and more effective ways.

Connecting and Collaborating

In the words of the writer and researcher Brene Brown, "We are psychologically, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually hardwired for connection, love, and belonging. Connection... is why we are here, and it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives." Today, advancements in digital technologies have allowed people to connect and collaborate in new and meaningful ways. Our group aims to show how connection and collaboration have advanced in the digital age as well as address some important issues that have been raised with these new forms of human connection. We will do this through a series of four individual blog posts:

Digital Media Deteriorating Communication and Relationships

Here is the video that our group made about how technology/digital media is hindering people's communication and personal relationships. This short video just presents our individual ideas, me, Laycee, and Tailor.

Identity: Who is Gideon Burton online?

Would you like to know who Gideon Burton is online??

Digital Society E/Affects: Womanhood, Education, and Tolerance

Our digital society is made up of many parts, similar to a pie. Technology doesn’t just include social networking and funny YouTube videos, that is just the cherry on top. The real meat of it includes politics, education, co-collaboration, and overall social progress. We have chosen three parts of this pie that we feel passionate about and want to share with you in our short group video.

Project Log: J. Argyle

This is me and my older daughter on our first day of school this year:

Here is a summary of my posts and research and such. It seems nobody reads my posts, perhaps because they are a little long, but I will solicit comments on my most recent posts, please:

Patterns of the Past

Nathan Lambert: Identifying the specifics of how technology is actually making us more lost. Comparing our generation with the lost generation of World War I. In the video I illustrate the concept of how technology is supposed to help us find ourselves, while in reality it didn't help me because I was still lost.

Jonah Hainsworth: Identifying how advances in technology actually hurt us instead of helping us. He connects it to the discovery of new and "lazier" methods.