Collaborating to Save Lives

Online tools can be used to connect and collaborate online to save lives. Will you join the movement?

New Media and Technology Saves Lives: The Art of Online Collaboration

Over the last few years, the argument that social media and technology is ruining people's lives and relationships has been ever present. You hear of people doing "social media fasts," and the older generation saying that young people do not know how to connect in the real world. Amanda states that, "We see people all around looking down at their phones, not bothering to look up and notice the people around them. You never know if there is a person you need to meet, or someone you need to smile at. Digital media hinders this." This is a provocative statement, but truth of the matter is that social media and technology SAVES LIVES.

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.

Balancing Leisure to Balance Our Lives

This is a test run on presenting my ideas in a video format. Here I connect the importance of technology and communication to leisure and bringing balance to our lives.

Older Generation vs. New Technology: It's Time to Embrace Change

"Screen time is dangerous. Social networking needs to be limited. Kids' self-image is being destroyed. Only bad role models are portrayed in the media......" 

My two-year-old niece at the local library in WA where they have embraced the use of technology for learning.

Do you complain about how much technology is embedded in our lives? Do you often prefer the "old way" of doing things? If you answered yes to either of these questions, let me show you why you may be hindering education.

The Detriment of Society

Hey guys, upon reading our central theme as a class I have decided to reform my topic so that it fits better. Since this is highly a digital world I have decided to include something about technology, but I need your help in formulating my topic all the way. In today's society there is a high correlation between smoking and education. The less educated you are the more likely you are to smoke. There is also a correlation between alcoholism and education. The higher educated you are the more likely you are the be an alcoholic. There is so much information available to us today, yet we are much more unhealthy. Two thirds of the American nation is overweight or obese, but we are getting smarter, aren't we? We boast of technological prowess and ways to educate our students and children, but I think we are failing. This is evident in the typical American lifestyle. 1 in 2 men will get cancer at some point in life and 1 in 3 women will too. Where is the disconnect between technology and living better, quality lives? Are these advances in technology and exploring the digital wilderness actually detrimental to our society? Are we really more uneducated or is technology just making us apathetic? Are we becoming like the lost generation of World War I? Let me know what you guys think.