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LEONARD ANDRÉS VARGAS USCÁTEGUI

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BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY (ARTICLE)

TEENS AND TECH (VIDEO)

Technological advances make everyday tasks easier. New treatments and drugs against diseases. Change in the methods of traditional education in brief thanks to new technological tools. Teaching methods and study plans more flexible. Communication with others is faster and reaches further thanks to advances in telecommunications and the Internet. Increased storage of information in different formats. Distances are shorter thanks to social networks. Reduction in costs and production times. New ways of dealing with increased productivity and efficiency. Automated production processes.

Loss of skills and mental capacity. Dependence on new technological devices (TV, cell phones, computers, video games, etc.) Loss of emotional processes and feelings. Limited personal interaction. Difficulties in interpersonal relationships. Loss of personality. Poor memorization. Eyestrain, sedentary lifestyle and other problems at physical level. Lack of emotional communication in the family. Isolation in society. Humans dependent, addicted to technology and sloths.

Advantage and Disadvantage
 by Andrés F. Vanegas F.

Article  (advantage)	Video (disadvantage)
Advanced communication technology tools Access to information anytime Improvement for individuals and businesses (very important in the business world) Changed the health industry – modern technology in hospitals Better patient’s treatments	Increased loneliness social isolation reduce face to face communication Interaction between family is less important children are becoming addicted to the new technologies Technology change our society: (clothes, behavior and way of living)

Leonard Andrés Vargas Uscátegui

"Teens and Tech - What technology is doing to our families an What to do about it"

In the video he talks about how technology has been present through all time and has always been hand in hand with the evolution of human beings. At the conference talking about the incursion of technology in areas such as education, the media, society etc. First of all technology is defined as an extension of humanity, which aims to facilitate technological progress by each human tasks, while a reflection on the role of technology in our lives is done.

Technology is defined as a system of organization that helps more easily accomplish all human activities.

On the other hand the negative points that has brought technology and how this can affect our lives are exposed. An example of these are addictions that this brings, clear example is the use of electronic devices such as cell phones, computers, video games, TV, which are being misused by humanity, creating dependent human beings of all these artifacts , which causes dependence sedentary lifestyle and loss of social contact with other human beings.

The use of technology can cause changes to neurological level, because the brain must assimilate the amount of information that occurs when using multiple devices simultaneously, but can also cause changes in behavior since they are leaving aside the emotional and behavioral relationships between human because every human being is leaving dominated by electronic devices.

Many tasks that involve some mental effort are being delegated to computers and other devices, adversely affecting the functioning of the brain, causing distraction, dependence and mental laziness in humans. Another example is the loss of memory and writing which in ancient times were great, but now with the advent of computers has been lost because we let these do the work than before to our brain.

In the video the speaker talks about the negatives of technology:

• Modern psychology says that technology disrupts brain development.
• The absence of social interaction, because text messages.
• The loss of attention and mental abilities by using technology.
• The negative influence of technology on new generations.

Those are some tips to assimilate technology.

• Talking with children and teach them to estimated.
• Recognize the technology as an element that has always been present and should be for our service.
• Do not be seduced by technology.
• Talking about friendships in social networks.
• Do not use electronic devices during family gatherings.
• Do not blame technology for negative things happen.

LEONARD ANDRES VARGAS
  

THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY

The uses of technology in recent decades have reached many areas and have brought many benefits, although there are arguments against that say that the high cost of this technology limits its uses. But we know that technology has made the world more accessible to everyone.

Advances in technology have positively affected the industrial development in many areas, then we will see more benefit areas:

Technology and Health

investigations have ended with many diseases and ailments, manufacture of new drugs and medications to prevent and eliminate diseases. Communication between patients and doctors is more flexible and records kept thanks to technology have allowed to study and diagnose diseases easily. The costs of medical procedures and operations have declined, positively affecting health systems.

Benefits of Technology in Education

Thanks to technology have opened up new learning environments, the internet makes it easier to meet the needs of knowledge in the child. Distance education has helped literacy in all countries, and Education online is simple and easy to use.

All these benefits in the education sector, make personalized learning meet all the objectives of education and students are the biggest beneficiaries.
The use of computers and all the technology in the classroom created effective methods of teaching and learning.

The communication industry is also benefiting from the growth of social networks and blogs, reaching more people and more places that did not arrive, the people can communicate easily and barriers are over, these are some benefits:

• Fast communication.
• Personalized communication.
• Improvements in audio and video.
• Greater dissemination of news and information faster way and reaching more people.

Benefits of Business Technology

Lower production costs and higher profitability, increase the standard of living of people. Production costs were reduced thanks to the automation of processes, research led to the invention of new technologies, the company accounts and customer records are stored easily, increasing collaboration and also competition among enterprises, being the most benefited the consumer.

Although there are repercussions against the use of technology, it cannot be denied that outweigh the benefits.

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Summary about the article "Benefits of Technology" Martha Liliana Hernandez

The article Buzzle tells us about the great advances and benefits of technology in all different environments based on inventions and discoveries which have facilitated the work, education, medicine, business world and especially the interaction communication and personal, professional, family and world. All these reasons have helped make many tasks easier and has also made the world a much smaller and equally available place the world is a better place thanks to technology, and the future looks much brighter, thanks to these progress.

Benefits of Technology in Health Care

The biggest beneficiary of advancement of technology has been the health sector since medical research has become highly advanced, and seemingly every ailment has a cure, or at least one prevention. Some points or important advances are:

• Medical research has led to the end of many diseases and ailments.
• Discovery of many drugs and medications that have helped prevent many diseases and disorders lethal.
• Personal records are easier to study thus easier to study the symptoms and carry out the diagnosis of previously unexplained conditions.
• Medical research has magnificently advanced product which millions of lives have been saved as a result.
• The costs of medical procedures and operations have been drastically reduced in recent decades.

Benefits of Technology in Education

In classrooms and schools in general, they have opened a new learning environment. Knowledge can be easily acquired with the help of Internet technology now, and it is easier to help children with special needs. Distance learning has become the easiest way to access to education and to overcome personal, labor and professional level. Some dvantages are:

• The Students can choose their own curriculum.
• Immediate response to inquiries and much faster and more efficient testing.
• The student chooses their own pace according to their needs.

Benefits of Communication Technology

Through the internet, social networks, blogs, etc. deepening of interaction and communication has expanded globally so that today can communicate easily with another person almost anywhere in the world for an immediate and effective manner. Some dvantages  are:

• Can reach more people at a faster speed, and their response can also be felt immediately.
• Improvements in audio and video quality.
• Distances are reduced allowing more personalized communication

Benefits of Technology on Business

Thanks to innovative technology have managed to create advanced machines and equipment that have reduced production costs for companies and now offers the opportunity of global expansion and creation of new jobs giving more people the opportunity to exercise and grow professionally. Some advantages are:

• Research and development has become far more advanced than ever.
• Company accounts and customer records can be easily stored and accessed, and this increases the market penetration of the business.
• Global collaborations and partnerships are easier to start and maintain.