Monthly Archives: April 2013

The “Digital Generation” isn’t so different from previous ones in terms of thought process.

Posted on April 3, 2013 by shane sackett

Being a member of the so called “Digital Generation”, I constantly am subjected to lectures of how hard my parents had to work to gather information, or how we as an emerging generation simply use our minds at higher rates …

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With Your help and Ambert alert we can find any missing child.

Posted on April 3, 2013 by johannym

This morning I was awoken by my sisters dog Bella barking loudly. I felt as though Bella’s barking was coming from within my dream but I soon realized she had been barking from outside the house. I woke up confused …

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Progression of the Human Brain with Modern Media

Posted on April 3, 2013 by eduardo rolon burgos

Are internet search engines like Google and Bing changing the way we think? Nicholas Carr delves into this issue in his article, “Is Google making us Stupid?” Referring to media he states that it supplies “the stuff of thought, but …

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April Fools Day In the Technological World

Posted on April 3, 2013 by vtindall1

It’s the same thing every April 1st, technology companies try to outdo each other with pranks, there even seemed to be a little prank war going on between rivals Google and Microsoft Bing. This is the one day where productivity …

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We Are Not So “Tech-Savvy”

Posted on April 3, 2013 by brimacnaught

Some elders would call our generation “spoiled” before they called us “tech-savvy”. Part of me wants to agree with them. However, I would not go as far as spoiled but privileged. Everything is a lot more accessible nowadays because of …

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Away with Solitude, Power to Visibility

Posted on April 3, 2013 by nlabosco

In The End of Solitude, author William Deresiewicz begins to describe how our independence and our “small voice” gradually become less important to us. It seems the greater the advancement of technology becomes, the more we begin to lose …

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Who Prefers Nature Over Technology These Days?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by sterlingshortall

With technology at the touch of our fingertips, it is easy to revolve your life around it. Millions of kids, students, adults, and grandparents use the computer every day. Yet, many people seem to believe that my age group is …

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New Technology and its Impact on Society

Posted on April 3, 2013 by case1214

These are truly sad times we are living in today. Do you remember when you actually had to go to the bowling alley to physically bowl with your friends? I do (although it was one time…two times tops, but you …

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Digital Children of the Future

Posted on April 3, 2013 by ch828667

The generation is getting closer to where all children will be raised in a home where their parents are completely in tune with the digital world. The transition was not as fast as some may say but I do believe …

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Now You See Me, Now You… Always See Me!

Posted on April 3, 2013 by dpetruch57

“…If the property that grounded the self, in Romanticism, was sincerity, and in modernism it was authenticity, then in postmodernism it is visibility,” (William Deresiewicz). People today, especially young people are desperate to be noticed, to be famous. The advent …

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