Technology And Analysis Paper

Technology Paper Analysis Scott Cook believes that “we’re still in the first minutes of the first day of the of the internet revolution.” It is not known whether technology is beneficial or detrimental to the human race at this point. Some argue that technology is a negative in the classroom, UCLA has even went far enough to start research on it. Their research paper will be analyzed and then I will take my stance on the issue.
Stuart Wolpert wrote an article named “Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis” that is about research being done at UCLA. Those studies pertain to technology and the effects it has on student’s learning. It was found that students that needed to perform specific, complex tasks should not use technology as much. However, students that need to multi-task are much better off using technology more often. Studies have also found imagination has decreased due to the decline in reading for pleasure. Visual media, although, has increased students ability to process information better. There are positives and negatives to both sides and people are very divided between using or not using technology heavily. Technology has had some …show more content…
Patricia Greenfield said that “studies show that reading develops imagination, induction, reflection, and critical thinking” and that “reading for pleasure is the key to developing these skills.” It could argued some forms of technology expands imagination, such as video games. Video games present ideas and themes never previously thought of and gets the gears turning in one’s head. It also develops a better ability to multi-task than those who do not use technology as heavily. Additionally, technology increases one’s ability to find information. It offers more avenues for finding information and is a lot more swift than finding a book with the correct information and then actually finding the information in the