INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: HOW DOES IT CHANGE YOU?

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  1. So Good morning, everyone.
  2. So I am courage in Meghalaya.
  3. Ah, third year college student from S T I College
  4. Johnson. So it is a privilege for me to speak
  5. in front of the guys today about how does information
  6. technology changes us?
  7. So before I'll start with speech, I would want to
  8. ask you, who among you here have a phone or
  9. a gadget?
  10. So now I want you to give your phone or
  11. gadget to the person on your left side until I
  12. finish my speech.
  13. Thank you.
  14. So information technology.
  15. So it is the use of computers the store retrieve,
  16. transmit or manipulate information online.
  17. So the term is commonly used as a synonym for
  18. computers and computer networks.
  19. But it also encompasses other information technology information distribution technologies
  20. such as television and cell phones.
  21. Studies shows that in seven billion people in the world,
  22. five billion people owns a cell phone.
  23. So this is a pretty shocking study because around 60%
  24. of the world's population, or 4.5 billion people, doesn't have
  25. an access toe of working toilet, according to UNICEF.
  26. So among these users, 60% off teens, those between 13
  27. to 17 years old, says that spending much time online
  28. is a major problem facing their age group, with about
  29. nine in 10 teens labeling it as a problem.
  30. No wonder technologies today such a Spohn established and computers
  31. are tagged as a new secret new cigarette.
  32. Because this is a thesis are the things today that
  33. are inside of our pockets.
  34. And when we are bored or stressed, we're using it
  35. so it gives us rewards or pleasures.
  36. Verse is addiction, so we tend to switch when an
  37. SMS or when we hear an SMS or a vibration
  38. from it.
  39. So another thing.
  40. It can also disrupt our sleep.
  41. Research shows that people who read under smart phones at
  42. night have a harder time in falling asleep and produces
  43. less, ah, hormone that is responsible for the regulation of
  44. our sleep wake cycles.
  45. So did you know that social media also makes us
  46. on social?
  47. So no, it's because, um, majority of the things that
  48. they are very much engaged in social media, the honest
  49. friends, so usually a very much dependent in technology when
  50. answering their assignments or things that they're curious about answers
  51. are just one tick away.
  52. Some preppers to speak out their problems in Twitter than
  53. in parents are friends when eating out instead of bringing
  54. before eating.
  55. Everyone is busy taking pictures for their mighty posts on
  56. Facebook or and so or in Instagram.
  57. Studies shows that 350 million people 350 million photos are
  58. uploaded in Facebook today.
  59. Learn now like a mobile zombies walking in the streets
  60. while using our gadgets, bumping into trees into sidewalks or
  61. even to each other.
  62. The way we live today is also influenced by the
  63. technology. Parents are depending and technologies to baby sit their
  64. Children. And I was a kid.
  65. I used to play around with my siblings when my
  66. parents are busy.
  67. When you teach that your Children letters, scholars, numbers or
  68. shapes, you have to buy flash cards or posters to
  69. be posted in your wall.
  70. But the D just let the phone do its job
  71. in teaching and instructing that it is a new type
  72. of destruction on Elektronik.
  73. Baby Sitter Studies shows.
  74. A studies by Hilda Kabbadi shows that 30% of Children
  75. age of too easily knows easily know how to use
  76. an iPad or a phone, but haven't learned how to
  77. speak yet.
  78. So, for example, is my niece at the age of
  79. two. New troop adds whole or operate now mutual.
  80. So sad to say, families today are very more more
  81. connected to Internet connection than to their family members.
  82. Destruction becomes the norm rather than an extraction.
  83. It is very frustrating to see that you don't have
  84. enough time.
  85. Do your kids or do your parents because all of
  86. you are busy checking up your phones.
  87. Now give back the phone to its rightful owner.
  88. So how does it feel without having your phone on
  89. you? Do you feel entrance?
  90. Had the urge to check it?
  91. You might be what they call the new term homophobia
  92. or the no mobile phobia it disappear or or anxiety
  93. being without your phone.
  94. So, yes, technology today, such as computers and phones, are
  95. not that really bad for us because it also gave
  96. us a big part in having a positive change in
  97. the world.
  98. But there is no denying that how these technologies are
  99. really changing us physically, mentally, emotionally as well as our
  100. social life.
  101. Whether it's usage of this, things can be a big
  102. part in in building a stronger relationship or closer relationship
  103. with your parents and friends.
  104. We should always remember that there is no app that
  105. can change your lap.
  106. So it is a way better to have a hands
  107. to hold than a keys to click.
  108. Stay connected, guys and thank you for listening.
  109. Stay safe.