The Michael Wesch video Web 2.0 … The machine is Us/ing Us explains how we are the web. It is a crazy thought that what I do may affect the web. That I, a 15-year-old boy in Colorado have the power to change something as big as the Internet. The web is an ever changing, ever expanding frontier. Anybody that has access to the Internet can leave a footprint. My sister, an 8 year old already knows how to explore the Internet very effectively. What does this mean for our future? Will younger children be put onto the Internet instead of classrooms? How will education be affected by the new outburst on technology? I believe that technology will start to control the way kids learn. This is good and bad. It is good because technology can help certain student learn better. It creates more quality work and creates skills that can be used in jobs later. It can also be bad. Many people become solely dependent on using the computer for work. Spelling and quality of handwriting will plummet if we only use computers. Also computers are a huge distraction during homework times. Facebook, YouTube, and other sites cause kids to become totally distracted. I believe if used wisely technology can be used for great things.
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