Week 2 - Technology Overview

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I think this year will be the most challenging year in terms of technology. Being at home for all or at least most of our classes will be difficult in so many ways. The usual face-to-face has been taken away and now it's all online. 

I often find being with friends in lectures and labs helps as sometimes asking your lecturer a question feels stupid but asking your friends feels easier. That is kind of gone now because you have to then text your friends and questions aren't always conveyed the same through text as they would through word.

I also think it'll be hard to get everything to work perfectly every time. Between everyone's wifi, their laptops, Microsoft teams, the lecturers' presentations - there's a lot more that has to be relied on.

And lastly, because we're at home, motivation may be harder to come across. The want to just crawl back in to bed or watch Netflix is much stronger because it's much easier to access. We're not in an academic setting, we're in a place we usually rest. This goes for lecturers too. 

I think it'll be a trying time, but I think the world in general will learn so much about what technology can do for us now.



(laptop, tablet and phone sit on a coffee table in front of a couch, commons.wikimedia.org)


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