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Overall Academics Effects of Technology in
• Language Achievement• Mathematics
Achievement• Social Studies
What is technology?
New machines, equipment and ways of doing things that are based on modern knowledge of about science and computers.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Harlow,
2003 The methods for using scientific
discoveries for practical purposes, esp. in industryCambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge,
2002
The Effect of Technology on Writing and the English
Language
The Way We Write
The Words We Use
The Way Language is Taught
The Way We Publish
Does technology make a difference to language use?
Enables storage and transmission of diverse information.
Includes electronic typed text and/or digitized information.
Allows instant communication across geographical space.
Is conducive to new patterns of spelling and punctuation, and use of symbols.
Enables storage and transmission of diverse
information.It easier to store and transmit information.
( Friendster, e-mail, etc.) By conducting searches of the World
Wide Web. Spelling
Electronic text and digitized information
Instant Messenger program
Recording to CD, DVD, mp3 players and hard drives
Recording to audio and videotape. Voice telephony, and TV
Allows instant communication across geographical space
The technology can span any geographical distance; increasingly it can do so while the user is moving and not connected physically to any network. It is possible to send and receive e-mail or browse the World Wide Web while flying in an airplane. Despite airline regulations to the contrary, it is possible to send and receive messages using mobile telephones.
How technology influences new patterns of spelling and
punctuation, and use of symbols
texts containing non-standard spellings
(b4, hu u, wer n u, w8, jejemon)
abbreviations, including BCNU ("be seeing you"), F2T ("Free to talk"), PCM ("Please call me") and THX ("Thanks").
Many ICT tools make use of symbols (emoticons or "smiley's") to suggest feelings and attitudes quickly
These are often new acronymsBIOS (basic input output
system), CPU (central processing unit), DSL (digital subscriber line), RAM (random access memory)
URL (uniform resource locator).
Mathematics Achievement
Will the Digital Computer Transform Classical Mathematics?
Using computers to help teachers?
Can computer-aided instruction help?
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on Commerce
The best example of technological advancements impacting trade and commerce positively has been the effect that the Internet has had on our lives. The Internet has changed the way we do business. Doing business over the Internet has ensured that overheads are drastically reduced and profitability increased by huge margins.
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on Social Systems
At the beginning of the Industrial Age, a great majority of people worked in
factories. Today, Automation comprises 90% of nearly all factories. This has displaced humans and created a large, artificial "service" industry in order to keep humans in employment for money.
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on The Environment
New trends in technology towards fighting climate change
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on Individual Psychology
Internet addiction.Pornography Online relationships
using social media sites like facebook or twitter,
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on
Institutions
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on Individual Freedom
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on Our Perception of Reality
In the 1980s and 90s, the phrase "techno fear" was used to describe the terror of the unfamiliar computer technology which was emerging.
Now, technology is the culture. The workplace has become entirely computerized in the fastest global technological changes in history.
Social Studies
Technology's Effect on Our Mutual Dependence
Social Studies
Technology's Greatest Effect
Technology has automated many of the critical processes in the industry as well the household
Automated aircrafts and other means of transportation.
Communication and information
Advertising and computer networking