Written by Teleki Moeti and Phetole Kgatla
@ Alpha Conference Centre during Activate! trainings in a session on Opinion Pieces
What it will
take to inspire my generation to engage with using technology as it simplifies
modern life.
The purpose of this opinion piece
is to show the importance of our generation’s engagement with technology. It
also seeks to bring awareness and options that could be beneficial to the lives
of our generation. We discuss the key concepts of accessibility and education. Social
network will be discussed towards the conclusion of our piece.
Accessibility is the degree to which a product, device,
service, or environment is available to as many people as possible.
Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit
from some system or entity. It has become very easy to get access to relevant
information at any time anywhere. This has been possible because of modern
technologies like broadband internet. Lots of data is being published and
indexed online, sites like Wikipedia and YouTube, to mention but two, have
great original content which can be used in research or entertainment . In this regard it is succinct that technology does
simplify modern life easing access to information which is a vital element of
keeping up with this busy world of information exchange.
Education in its general sense is a form of learning in
which knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from
one generation to the next through teaching, training, research, or simply
through auto communication. Learning is a process and it is part of our daily
lives. Modern technology has made it simple for students to learn from anywhere
through online education and
mobile education. Also students now use modern technology in classrooms
to learn better. This becomes evident when technological
devices and machinery are used to conduct comprehensive information and
education sessions. If technology provides convenience it is sure ought to
simplify modern life for our generation.
A social network is a social structure
made up of a set of actors (such as individuals or organizations) and a complex
set of the coupled ties between these actors. Modern
technology has made it simple to discover our old friends and also
discover new people to network with. This is a benefit to both individuals and
businesses. Many businesses have embraced the social networking technology to
interact with their customers. Users of social networks can share
information with friends, live chat with them and interact in all sorts of way.
Social network gives us courtesy
to communicate with different people in different places which save time and
travel costs. If technology was out of our reach modern life and communication
would not have been this simplified for our generation.
Currently young people are not incentivized or encouraged to use
technology more often in their everyday duties, the alternative is that young
people are encouraged from the lower level of education to employ technology in
their daily lives.
In conclusion we would like to acknowledge our first key concept of
accessibility as one of the most fundamental advantages of technology for human
development in modern life. Digital education and social network help us to
access educational information and help people to stay in contact. Technology
does simplify modern life for our generation.
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