Overall Academics Effects of Technology in

• Language Achievement• Mathematics

Achievement• Social Studies

What is technology?

New machines, equipment and ways of doing things that are based on modern knowledge of about science and computers.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Harlow,

2003 The methods for using scientific

discoveries for practical purposes, esp. in industryCambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge,

2002

The Effect of Technology on Writing and the English

Language

The Way We Write

The Words We Use

The Way Language is Taught

The Way We Publish

Does technology make a difference to language use?

Enables storage and transmission of diverse information.

Includes electronic typed text and/or digitized information.

Allows instant communication across geographical space.

Is conducive to new patterns of spelling and punctuation, and use of symbols.

Enables storage and transmission of diverse

information.It easier to store and transmit information.

( Friendster, e-mail, etc.) By conducting searches of the World

Wide Web. Spelling

Electronic text and digitized information

Instant Messenger program

Recording to CD, DVD, mp3 players and hard drives

Recording to audio and videotape. Voice telephony, and TV

Allows instant communication across geographical space

The technology can span any geographical distance; increasingly it can do so while the user is moving and not connected physically to any network. It is possible to send and receive e-mail or browse the World Wide Web while flying in an airplane. Despite airline regulations to the contrary, it is possible to send and receive messages using mobile telephones.

How technology influences new patterns of spelling and

punctuation, and use of symbols

texts containing non-standard spellings

(b4, hu u, wer n u, w8, jejemon)

abbreviations, including BCNU ("be seeing you"), F2T ("Free to talk"), PCM ("Please call me") and THX ("Thanks").

Many ICT tools make use of symbols (emoticons or "smiley's") to suggest feelings and attitudes quickly

These are often new acronymsBIOS (basic input output

system), CPU (central processing unit), DSL (digital subscriber line), RAM (random access memory)

URL (uniform resource locator).

Mathematics Achievement

Will the Digital Computer Transform Classical Mathematics?

Using computers to help teachers?

Can computer-aided instruction help?

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on Commerce

The best example of technological advancements impacting trade and commerce positively has been the effect that the Internet has had on our lives. The Internet has changed the way we do business. Doing business over the Internet has ensured that overheads are drastically reduced and profitability increased by huge margins.

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on Social Systems

At the beginning of the Industrial Age, a great majority of people worked in

factories. Today, Automation comprises 90% of nearly all factories. This has displaced humans and created a large, artificial "service" industry in order to keep humans in employment for money.

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on The Environment

New trends in technology towards fighting climate change

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on Individual Psychology

Internet addiction.Pornography Online relationships

using social media sites like facebook or twitter,

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on

Institutions

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on Individual Freedom

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on Our Perception of Reality

In the 1980s and 90s, the phrase "techno fear" was used to describe the terror of the unfamiliar computer technology which was emerging.

Now, technology is the culture. The workplace has become entirely computerized in the fastest global technological changes in history.

Social Studies

Technology's Effect on Our Mutual Dependence

Social Studies

Technology's Greatest Effect

Technology has automated many of the critical processes in the industry as well the household

Automated aircrafts and other means of transportation.

Communication and information

Advertising and computer networking