Values Morals and Citizenship – ‘The education system is de-humanizing society through its use of technology’
Some ideas –
• We are dependent on technology systems for recording events of our daily lives – loose connection to ourselves – loose our inner selves
• What is it to be human? Morals/values/citizenship
• Form of self-death
• To deprive interpersonal skills and human qualities such as individuality, compassion, self esteem, civility
• Can this lead to violence, human rights violation, war crimes, genocide?
• Makes us lazy – use it for everything
• Do children/students use books anymore?
• Dangers – communicators, namely writers, teachers, treating public, their students and consumers, as machines.
• What would happen if we removed technology, would we be able to survive?
• How can computers teach love, sympathy, respect and positive thinking ? this is the base of society?!? How can computers teach social values???
• New York times article – average kid ages 8-18 spends 7 ½ hours a day using technology only 38 minutes of reading adds up to 75 hours per week.
• Human mechanization – process by which people are treated mechanically – that is without giving thought to what is going inside them.