As I read the article,’’At the Intersection of Technology and Humanity,” by Wendy Dubit,. sShe made valid points on the good and evil technology brings to kids. She even made an effort to point out how organizations were teaming up together to provide the wiring of technology for kids in schools, after hours programs and even in Boys and Girls club. Now based on that previous statement, if organizations are teaming up to enclose the digital gap between some of the less fortunatee, technology couldn’t be that evil as expressed because organizations wouldn’t be involved if putting in computers where damaging the youth. So my question to you: Is technolgy evil or helping children? One of the biggest and fearful issues concerning the internet
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Almost all schools have a website to keep parents and students inform on the daily task. The school websites also help with homework assignments, calendars for the teacher’s agendas and the school as a whole. One of the successful programs of the after-school Cyber Youth is Digital Clubhouse. This has participants involved by sharing their personal experiences through life in an art form. For example, in the article stated that gangs have participated in this multimedia portfolio of their cause. It allowed Crips and Bloods to share their storyline of their causes and show a different perspective on the typical stereotype gangs. Advancing on, one of the most inspirations for women was the “Young Women’s Tech.” This was a eye opener to me because of all the involvement with New York Times, MOUSE, HEAVEN and teamed with Arthur Andersen to create this program. This tech program is designed for high school students to interact with an online newspapers teaching the values of creative writing and developing critical thinking skills as well. As Wendy talks about the program,” .. A project that brings high school girls together with professional women to learn life and technology skills while building an online magazine.” I as a high school student who loves reading and writing and is not to shabby with words, would bounce on the opportunity presented above. I would be combining my love of writing with the correct use of technology and probably a program colleges would like to see me in involved in. Technology can advance the less fortune and women to participate and find the calling for us to pursue as a
Almost all schools have a website to keep parents and students inform on the daily task. The school websites also help with homework assignments, calendars for the teacher’s agendas and the school as a whole. One of the successful programs of the after-school Cyber Youth is Digital Clubhouse. This has participants involved by sharing their personal experiences through life in an art form. For example, in the article stated that gangs have participated in this multimedia portfolio of their cause. It allowed Crips and Bloods to share their storyline of their causes and show a different perspective on the typical stereotype gangs. Advancing on, one of the most inspirations for women was the “Young Women’s Tech.” This was a eye opener to me because of all the involvement with New York Times, MOUSE, HEAVEN and teamed with Arthur Andersen to create this program. This tech program is designed for high school students to interact with an online newspapers teaching the values of creative writing and developing critical thinking skills as well. As Wendy talks about the program,” .. A project that brings high school girls together with professional women to learn life and technology skills while building an online magazine.” I as a high school student who loves reading and writing and is not to shabby with words, would bounce on the opportunity presented above. I would be combining my love of writing with the correct use of technology and probably a program colleges would like to see me in involved in. Technology can advance the less fortune and women to participate and find the calling for us to pursue as a