Wordle Assignment

Christmas Wordle

In what ways is mobile technology changing our society?

            Mobile technology has become an enormous part of our society. Although there are many benefits to this technology, there are also some negatives.

Mobile phones have changed our society in many positive and beneficial ways. People are more closely connected and it is much easier to move information from one person to the next. A simple text message can be sent, and within seconds the other person has received it and can reply back. Cell phones make it very easy to communicate with people in an accelerated manner. People are able to send out mass text messages to inform people of upcoming or important events. Also, we can receive notifications from different providers to stay up to date on different things such as sports games and the weather. Conversations can occur in nearly any place at any time. You can be thousands of miles away from someone, and talking to them is still accessible through this technology. Having mobile phones has also made e-mail more available. People no longer have to be at their home computer in order to check their e-mails. They can do so on their phones and that allows them to stay in contact with others. Internet on cell phones has also become very popular. News on websites can be acquired with a few simple taps or clicks no matter where you are. Most phones do not require Wi-Fi connections so you can go on the internet whenever and wherever you please. Social networking sites have started to become more and more popular, too. Mobile technology allows us to access these sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Blogger and update them from our cell phones. People can tweet about their lives and constantly tell their followers what they are doing. Finally, one of the most important things about cell phones is that they are easy to use in emergency situations. If something bad were to happen, calling someone for help is not a difficult task. Being able to do all of these things has greatly increased multitasking in our society and has benefitted many mobile technology users. Mobile technology has been very helpful.

            On the opposite side of things, mobile technology has changed our society negatively. Phones are no longer associated with a location, like a home phone would be, but rather the specific person. A person is expected to pick up when they are called because they do not have the excuse of not being home to answer. People rely on their phones for everything and some even feel lost without them. Phones are even treated as pets. There are decorative cases for them, special holders, and people keep them by their sides at all times. It is nearly impossible to take a true vacation anymore because employers can call you when you are out of town. Since you are able to check your work e-mails, you are still connected with work and are not really taking a break. Some people have also gotten in trouble or even fired from their job for lying to their boss about why they will not be at work then posting differently on one of their social networking sites. Privacy has been sacrificed because of the simplicity of cell phones and how easily accessible they make things. Society has also started to become acclimated to people using their phones in any situation. Some people feel it is alright to answer their phones at the dinner table or when having a conversation with someone. Talking on cell phones in public is very popular and is no longer strange to see. Another popular, but dangerous thing is the fact that people have also begun to think using cell phones while driving is okay. Mobile phones are very distracting and thousands of people get in crashes every year because of talking or texting while driving.

            The simplicity and easy access to mobile technology has greatly impacted our society in many ways. It has positively and negatively changed how the population lives.

Freewrite about Blogging

The Movie Julie & Julia was very good. When I first saw the previews for it, I didn't think it looked to appealing, but it actually turned out to be very interesting. It's amazing how people begin to follow a blog. I don't know how the word gets out to everyone. I think it just started with her friends and family and eventually more and more people caught wind of what she was doing and began to follow. It would be really cool to be a professional blogger. I don't understand how you get that title or what it takes to become that, but it seems like it would be a fun, easy job. I do not know what I would want to blog about though. It would be fun to do the cooking and recipe thing for a year, but that would be a lot of work. It would be tough to keep up with the recipes while still having time for work and blogging about it. It would also probably be very expensive too. In the movie, she almost got fired because one day she missed work and the blog was basically the reason why. Although, Julie lied on her blog and said she didn't feel good, her boss was still suspicious and brought her into his office. It would be scary and quite unfair to be fired for what is written on your blog. I believe there is a line between what is appropriate and inappropriate to say on the web because everyone in the world can read it, but small things should not matter as long as it's respectful. Julie's blog was very respectful and didn't do anything but positive things. Other people may only have a blog because they want to bash someone, and that is very wrong. A blog is definitely not the right place to lash out and release your feelings about someone, even if it is anonymously. If there is a problem, it is best to confront the other person face-to-face rather than rant about it online.

Freewrite about Social Media

It is amazing how much the internet and media affects our lives. I didn't realize how much and how popular different social networks on the computer are. I was shocked to see how many people use Facebook and how it would be the 4th largest country in the nation, if it were a country. That means a lot of people are using Facebook. And Facebook isn't even the most popular website compared to a site that is used in China but I don't remember what the name of that is. I was also surprised to see how YouTube is the second most popular search engine. First off, I didn't realize that it was really considered a search engine although you do search for videos on there. I think Google is more of a search engine because there is so much more information to be given. YouTube has become popular over the years though. I don't remember it at all going through middle school and especially elementary school. The beginning says how it took 40 years for the radio to get as popular as what the social media is. It only took iPods 3 years. I don't know what else. I'm thinking. I'm still thinking. I'm not sure what else to write. The social media is very popular in the world. There was a statistic about something being more than the populations of some countries and I thought that was surprising, but I don't remember what the statistic was. I just know that at the time, I did not believe it when the video was saying it. The video was interesting but it would have been nice if the text was a little slow. I'm not that fast of a reader so I sometimes would miss the last few words of a statistic or sentence. I do not know what to type next. There is less than one minute left. I am almost done with this. The video was very interesting. It had a lot of views. There is a second Social Media Revolution video by the same person. It might have more cool facts to find out. I would watch it later if I had time. We are done very soon. I am not thinking of anything more to write. 5-4-3-2-1