iWrite- Josh Strange

Technology affects me on a daily basis. Whether it be social media, assignments, or checking sports scores, I am almost constantly on some piece of technology. Even teachers have used technology for a long time whether it be a smart board, projecter, ELMO, or the ancient overhead, teachers have always found a way to use technology in some form or fashion into their lesson.

Personally, I don't use social media very often. I use it maybe once a day, if that. But I realize that many people use it to fill hours of boredom in their average day. 20 years ago, people just communicated through speech, something that I think social media is starting to place a negative affect on.  Don't get me wrong, technology is great, but personally I would rather live 20 years ago.  Also a lot of what athletes and celebrities put on social media can affect how they perform- especially athletes. Twitter updates can be used to make a team gain motivation or lose it. Games have almost turned from being on the field to mostly off the field, which is frustrating to me as a player and a viewer.

Technology in 20 years will be put to an extreme where I personally don't want it to be. Something along the lines where the phone reads your mind and puts it into a text, where you don't have to check your phone to even see what's on it.  Gaming systems no longer have controllers it's just your body (kind of cool, Wii and Kinect have started those movements) and transportation will be much more efficient without gasoline. Technology will have it's pros and cons, but I think that outside of social media technology is helping humans take a lot of steps in the right direction.