Just finished my final paper and put it in the sakai drop box so now I thought I would share some final thoughts I had about my final paper and the topic I wrote about. In my paper I take a pretty hard line about how technology has taken over the life at college campuses. Though I do agree that a big part of life on college campuses whether it being academic or social is controlled very much by technology I do not think it is to the extent I made it out to seem. The trouble is that human progress moves a lot slower than technological advancement making it less obvious then something physical like a new cell phone.
I do strongly believe that technology is accepted very blindly, which is not a good thing. From my experience I have found that not buying new technologies right when they come out is very beneficial. When a new technology is introduced their is always kinks in the setup. The next invention that comes out using the new technology will obviously be an improvement using the parts of the technology that actually work and cutting out the junk that is not needed. When people allow themselves to purchase all the latest advancements, they are allowing themselves to be exploited by a company, giving up their money and also potentially making their life harder and more stressful trying to incorporate new technologies into their life. If Universities with all their expendable income and influence on such a large population fall victim to this exploitation by companies huge problems will arise.
The main concern with technology in Universities is whether the students are learning how to think and solve new problems in creative ways (which is the main reason of higher education) or if they are now just being taught how to use these new technologies. It may actually be impossible to stop this because in order to function in this modern world it seems like knowing how to use the technology is one of the most important things.
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