The Re-Write

DRIVING QUESTION: An understanding of how changes in technology impact on the way humans communicate, and the ethical issues that surround these changes.

In response to this feedback given,

A summary of the concept gave a strong basic understanding and helped lay the groundwork for what was going to be elaborated on further. The use of questions was also a great way of keeping me engaged and interested in the topic. It also made me feel as though you were really engaging with me which was extremely well done. The use of statistics when discussing cyberbullying was also an influential part of your blog that combined fact and opinion which reinforce the credibility of your words (Fruciano, 2015). I would have liked to see a connection between cyberbullying and education. For this, I would recommend having a look at this resource to strengthen this point: Technology, E-Learning and Distance Education by Tony Bates (2005).

Reference list:

Fruciano, M. (2015). Enhance Your Message Using Facts and Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.publicspeakingclasses.com/blog/using-facts-quotes-statistics/

I will now re-write my previous blog post including a paragraph explaining the connection between cyber bullying and education. (This is the previous blog post without the images).

The Re- Write...

Technology greatly affects the way we communicate in the 21st century. It has made communication, work, travel, education among other things much easier and more efficient. Giving the ability to contact people from around the world with a push of a button. It's amazing, to see how far we have come and what we can do today because of digital and communication technology.

Iphones, Skype, Messager, Instagram and Facebook, Snap Chat... all of these things have impacted the way we communicate. But at what expense has technology negatively impacted the way we communicate? Are there ethical issues, or negative aspects to technology?

The cyber-bullying epidemic is one of many issues that have emerged as a result of technology. While technology has made communication much easier and more convenient it as has also made bullying easier as well. These days more and more children are experiencing bullying online. According to Unicef, Office of the Children's eSafety conducted a survey and found that from the group of participants; 8% of kids and 19% of teens were cyber-bullied in only 12 months (Unicef, 2017). It is sad to read that because of technology nearly 20% of teenagers in one year were cyber-bullied. This is because young people often do not think about the consequences technology. It provides young people with a way of saying what ever they want without having to actually confront the person. Russell Sabella points out that the problem with technology is that it makes Cyber-bullying "effortless" and the speed that "hurtful content" is sent makes bullying easier. Thus we have an epidemic of young people being cyber-bullied (Sabella, 2009).

Cyber Bullying has a great impact on students education, according to the article written by Sigal Eden, Tali Heiman and Dorit Olenik-Shemesh. They found that victims of cyber bullying had "difficulties, hyperactivity, conduct problems, low pro-social behavior, frequent smoking and drunkenness, headache and not feeling safe at school" (Sigal Eden, Tali Heiman and Dorit Olenik-Shemesh, 2013). Demonstrates the direct impact that cyber bullying has, on not only the mental and emotional health of students and their ability to feel safe at school. But also affecting their ability to learn well and function in a classroom. This really shows us that something needs to be changed in order to effectively use communication technology to communicate and learn.

This is one of the many ethical issues that technology has caused. However, technology also has many benefits and we just need to be careful when using it. This is for the benefit of all people. References:

Eden, Sigal, Heiman, Tali, & Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit. (2013). Teachers' perceptions, beliefs and concerns about cyberbullying. British Journal of Educational Technology.

Sabella, R. (2009). Cyberbullying: Who, What, Where, Why, and What Now? Counseling and Human Development, 41(8), 1-14,16.

Unicef, (2017) THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2017: CHILDREN IN A DIGITAL WORLD - Australian perspectives, retrived from: https://www.unicef.org.au/Upload/UNICEF/Media/Documents/Children-in-a-Digital-World-Australia-Fact-Sheet-051217.pdf

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