"The Real World"

       What is Information Technology?  When I hear the word Information Technology, the things that comes to my mind are computers, latest gadgets and other new invented technologies. And based on what I've research on the internet, Information Technology is the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information.  

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 In my generation, we can see that our world really changed a lot because of the advanced technologies.  In doing my homework, there's a computer that I can rely to, if we want to send someone a message we don't need to write a letter in a piece of paper instead we can just send it through email, if we want to talk to someone immediately, we can just simply call by using our cellphones, we don't have to meet the person we want to talk to. Time is very important to us. Time is gold that's what they say. And  by having those technologies in our world we can  easily manage our time because it makes our work  faster. That's how technology makes our life easier. 

       There are many advantages that Information Technology provides us. First is the communication, we all know that the most widely used forms in communicating is via email. It is the most effective communication nowadays. Because it helps us in seeking job, in offices or in big companies. Second, is the improvement of the quality of health care. The advancement of technology helped the field of medicine to improve. With the help of technology, there are now new discoveries in the medicine field like Anesthesia, Open Heart Surgery, Organ Transplant, Medical Imagery(x-rays, RI) , Ambulance services and many more.  Third is the technology in business, like the computers and systems that the employees really need so that they can perform their work faster and more efficient. People can also now do internet shopping and have it delivered to their homes. Lastly, it really helped students in their school works. As a student, I know that reading books is still important to improve your reading skills. But by the help of technologies I don't need to spend too much time searching in the library instead I'll just used the internet to do research. I can say that it really helps me a lot in managing my time and we all improved because of the advantages of the information technology. We can really see how Information Technology changed the practices in the past.

 

      What do people think if there's no information technology? Can we imagine our life without it? Computers, cellphones, I pad , television, medical technology, etc. We might think that we can't improve without those technologies. It's because we are now too much dependable on those new technologies we have. Yes, there are some disadvantages of having those new invented technologies. It invades our privacy because of the hackers of the web sites. It also makes us lazy, and it can also damage our health because of radiation. And we can also have diseases like obesity and it's because of our laziness. Yes, that's a fact, we have now the real world ,  we can now see how dangerous it is if we didn't use those technologies in a right manner. 

        I can feel that people nowadays are becoming too dependent on computers or in the new technologies. We can see computer, lap tops, cellphones, etc. everywhere. Internet allows us to research for our homework, read books, articles, watch movies online, chat with friends and any other things. But what happened to the old practices, to the old school ways? Books fade out and instead of using pen and paper, we tend to type on the keyboard. Most of us can't explain well, can't spell correctly, we're too lazy to do some other stuffs.  

      Technology is not bad, itself. We, human beings are the one who are abusing and misusing it. We should still not forget the practices we have learned from the past. We should not depend too much on the technologies.