The surge of technology over the past decade has had an enormous impact to societies all over the world. In the past, journalist and writers would write down information and thoughts in a pad with a pen or pencil. Nowadays, many journalist and reporters use social media to spread the information. “It has improved this process of engaging with life through pausing to capture it.” (Dickerson). In this quote from John Dickerson’s article, Note to Self, Dickerson sheds light on the positivity of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Instead of using a pen and pencil to capture a moment, Dickerson believes that taking pictures and videos to capture a moment is far more convenient. I agree with this Dickerson’s point of view because I remember when emails were just starting to become popular within society. Instead of writing letters to everyone – which would take days, sometimes weeks – I could send an email and get a response within the same day. So because of the improvement in technology, it is more convenient for journalists and reporters to use social media instead of using paper and pencil. …show more content…
Schools in the past mainly used books and papers to teach. Instead, teachers are slowly starting to switch to pieces of technology such as iPads and Elmo’s to teach their classes. At the high school that I attended, my math teacher used paper and pencil during the first year that I was in his class. However, during the second year I had him, he had switched to using an iPad and an Elmo. I noticed this and I went up to ask him why he had switched from paper and pencil to an iPad. He simply replied, “Because it’s more convenient.” Even though technology has been slowly creeping up on society, it has started to accelerate in usage ever since, giving convenience to the everyday lives of