In his presentation Haves and Have Nots: Does Technology Unite or Divide Us? Dr. Bill Rankin will consider how changes in the quantity and access of information are likely to transform the ways we live, work, and communicate.
Clips from Spotlight:
- Scene from Ron Fricke’s Baraka (1992)
- Playing for Change, Stand by Me
- Kutiman, ThruYou remixes
- Eric Whitacre, Lux Aurumque
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Bill Rankin is an associate professor of English and Director of Educational Innovation with research interests in medieval literature and the future of the book. In the spring of 2007 he began working with a team of educators on what became the ACU Connected mobile learning initiative and in 2009 was named an Apple Distinguished Educator.
6 responses to “Does Technology Unite or Divide Us?”
Technology can unite and divide. It can unite us because we use technology to communicate with others. Personally makes it easier to obtain information. The it can divide us is if you were driving and use your cell phone to text and get in a wreck, thus dividing us from the world.
I agree that technology can unite or divide us according to how we decide to use it.
I also liked the collaboration of youtube videos that guy did to make the song, it shows you can take things that are already cool and combine them to make something even better.
Technology will only divide us if we let it. We should us the knowledge that we have to support us all (the human race). We have to stop all of this stuff about my technology is better than yours get everyone up and running on the information highway. I feel the biggest reason we are seeing the stuff in the middle east is because the information is out there they are getting it now they want to be like the rest of the world. The dictators don’t want to let go of the rule to allow them to grow. This is the only time I can see technology dividing the world, at the same time it will bring us all closer together in time.
technology can both divide and unite us. one thing i have noticed one thing with our generation, we use technology to share our emotions because we may not be able to share our emotions at home with our parents. how ? because we use it to communicate with people wether known or unknown. but technology is also has its disadvantage, i noticed that i am not able to communicate with people face to face as good as i can on my phone or by mail on the laptop
technology can unite us, because technology such as facebook or skype are becoming necessary tool to make communication with others who are far away from where you are.