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I found the comparison of the home to a factory interesting. I hadn't thought of it in that way before (where homes are where things are produced and reproduced), just as things are done in a factory. While going through the Evolution of Classroom Technology, I sat here thinking for a bit if the iPad could really be the end of the textbook. Books have been around for hundreds of years and are still in print today, so I can't really imagine the iPad eventually replacing textbooks. At the end of the day, I will still have books sitting on my shelf that don't need to be plugged in and recharged. While it may be convenient to have everything in one place, what happens when the battery dies and you have to replace the entire device? - Matt | I found the comparison of the home to a factory interesting. I hadn't thought of it in that way before (where homes are where things are produced and reproduced), just as things are done in a factory. While going through the Evolution of Classroom Technology, I sat here thinking for a bit if the iPad could really be the end of the textbook. Books have been around for hundreds of years and are still in print today, so I can't really imagine the iPad eventually replacing textbooks. At the end of the day, I will still have books sitting on my shelf that don't need to be plugged in and recharged. While it may be convenient to have everything in one place, what happens when the battery dies and you have to replace the entire device? - Matt | ||
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| + | After reading the introduction I couldn't help but come away with a few broad questions about the nature of what seems to be our ever-evolving and improving technology throughout the course of mankind; For instance, despite all of the destruction various technologies have caused since the beginning of time (from axes cutting down forests, to the invention of the pistol, to the atomic bomb isn't it fair to say that the technological improvements human beings have created over time have ultimately led to an increased survival rate, increased efficiency and production in the workplace and more personal happiness? People have said that since the creation of social networking sites, tools that are supposed to bring us closer together, personal relationships have actually gotten weaker as we no longer have to rely on actually meeting one another face to face to interact. Is technology really helping us, or do we just believe it is? I also couldn't help but notice that technology seems to be a field dominated almost entirely by male inventors - what role have women played in the field of American technology? | ||
