Disconnected

Disconnected

When I was watching the disconnected video, I couldn’t help but think about what would happen if I tried the challenge that the students were partaking in. I honestly think I would go crazy. Not having my cellphone for a week gives me anxiety. Not having my computer for a week would make me insane. As a young student, or even typical working American, you need your laptop or Internet connection for endless reasons.

One of the more important reasons would be school. A laptop greatly helps students with success and organization. With more and more classes and colleges becoming online institutions, it’s an obvious statistic to the ever growing usage of technology. UWSP is a prime example, next year all students will be receiving an ipad for class so UWSP is one step closer to being a “paperless” school. This means more online testing, assignments, discussions and simply more online activity.

Communication is another example of why I believe laptops, cellphones, etc. are important. With easy ways to communicate like text messaging, face book messaging, and emailing, people save a lot of time. One of the students in the video, Chel I believe, even cut off texting while doing the experiment. He mentioned how long it took for people to respond to his voicemails. This would be especially frustrating for me because I know how often people actually do check their voicemails.

As a young student or even typical working American, you need your laptop or Internet connection for endless reasons. Overall, I believe going without technology is a good experience that everyone should try. However, it is definitely not a long term commitment to make if you are a student or in need or Internet connection.