Our Generation:changing the world through technology

It was very hard for me to come to a final decision about our literacy revolution and technology today. It was hard for me to decide weather, our computer obsessed, generation is a good thing or a bad thing. Many teachers and pundits say that using the computer and cell phones are bad for students and their writing. An article I recently read called, Clive Thomson: The New Literacy, had a strong impact about how I view writing today. Andrea Lunsford, a professor at Stanford university, gave her opinions about our generation and the way students use technology. One thing Andrea found, is that our generation writes more than any other generation before us. Andrea believes that the way students and young people use technology, is a good thing I agree with Andrea. She says, “I think we’re in the midst of a literacy revolution…” I have never thought of this before. During accent Greek times when philosophers were admired, a literacy revolution took place. Those philosophers had a huge impact on the world and literacy. I am excited that our generation gets to be apart of it as well. I hope that through our writing and technology, we can change the world . Young adults and students have so much to offer! We just need to figure out what to bring to the table.
In the popular YouTube video, The Machines are US/ing us, Michael Wesch talks about computers. He says, “ We are the web”. This really impacted me. There would be no world wide web or search sights without people. We make the internet exist. Its incredible how much power we have! We can control the entire internet, every single website, every video, picture, and blog. With so much power, how will we use it? Can we use it to benefit others? Can we use that power to change the world? To create something bigger, better, faster, stronger?
Michael Wesch also mentions how different digital text is. It is so much different from written text and using a pen and a piece of paper. Digital text is, “ more flexible, moveable, above all, hyper.” When you think about it, our entire would can be viewed on a computer. You can look anything up and get a result for it. And with so much information, it needs to be organized. And who will organize it? “We will.” We are a new generation and era of literacy. Lets change the world.