Following our discussion on the challenge of balance I was reminded of an interesting interview I stumbled across several months ago. It doesn’t happen often but listening to this interview one afternoon triggered me to sit, listen and then continue to research the subject out of pure curiosity. Maybe some of you will enjoy listening as well. I think that Sherri Turkle has some interesting things to say on the subject from an interesting perspective. I’m sure I’ll be listening again soon. Alive Enough? Reflecting on Our Technology with Sherry Turkle
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Cassandra Pupovac 
Thanks for sharing this interesting link Cassandra!
I came away from class thinking about very similar things. Lots of questions came up in my head about the purpose and value of technology.
Do we really value conversations anymore? We send emails to each other even though we’re down the corridor or in a class next door when we could just go and ‘chat’ and engage! Emotion is so easily hidden, even covered up in the digital world. I miss the face that speaks with hundreds of facial expressions.
How important are face to face interactions in a world where everyone is sitting with a gadget at the dinner table / in a restaurant? Are we really ‘connected’ to the people we believe to be ‘connected’ with? When are we really ‘switched off’? This need for instant gratification and immediacy cannot be all good!
I visited the link you shared and also found an interesting article there – Krista’s Journal: What Is the Path to Integrating Technology into Robust, Meaningful Living?
https://www.onbeing.org/program/alive-enough-reflecting-our-technology/journal/565
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for posting this – very thought-provoking! The research on kids trying to interact with constantly-plugged in parents is quite sad.
I was particularly struck with the discussion of solitude – are we losing the ability to simply be alone with our thoughts? It’s that sort of free-floating thinking that leads to so much creativity. If we don’t teach our students how to be alone with only their inner resources, what are we losing?
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Hey Cassy,
Great post!
The article I read, “Geeking out” talked about how Generation “i” is learning about technology by going out and exploring and learning through mistakes.
It didn’t really state the down sides of this. As I pointed out in Bernie’s post, the downside of this is are we going to lose that meaningful conversation at the dinner table we just talked to our kids. This a place where we build those relationships and bonds between family and sometimes even friends.
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Hey Cassy,
I have just listened to the podcast after coming home from the Fall Fiesta. As the raffle prizes were being handed out, I saw some middle and high schoolers really come alive when they announced the tech prizes. Most of them already own that type of object of probably higher value. Would it really make them happier? Some of the other prizes like family suppers at the restaurant didn’t seem to appealing. What is meaningful today to these digital native kids? For all the great aspects of exposure to technology, one must reflect on what is being left behind.
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