Digital Era > Smartphone Addicts

Tim Kim

Technology will become more developed as time goes on, and the smartphone market will also become bigger. Perhaps, everything in life that happens from the moment one opens their eyes in the morning may become digital. My reason for saying this is not for us to return to the analog era. For example; Manual toothbrushes do not disappear because of electric toothbrushes and manual doors do not disappear because of automatic doors. Just like this, I am hoping that modern men can keep a distance from a civilization full of electronic conditions among the digital world and take more interest in the natural life around them, socializing with real people in real time and reduce the damage caused by technology addictions!

Claire Chang

Today’s cell phones are “must have” items and are sometimes fun to own. Maybe, we can’t live a single day without our cell phones. They have many functions such as cameras, mp3-players, games and GPS.We can also use the internet; they give us information and entertainment. These are the reasons we now just focus on 

cyberspaces without talking while we are spending time with friends or family. We have to think about this situation. We might be losing our real time and relationships. Eat and socialize with friends and family members and be present.   

Nick Li 

How long have you seen the world through your smartphone ?

Advances in technology have brought us a lot of convenience.Smart phones are the most popular social devices now. We spend a lot of time  using our cell phones that bring us close to each other and make our lives simpler. Send a Message,take a picture, listen to music and surf the internet, what ever we want, but we are becoming machines, we don't have real conversations any more, we don't have the chance or the time to be with each other. I think it's time to put down our phones and experience life as real people and not devices.

Aiden Han

Enjoying the moment!

 Nowadays there are many kinds of social media that exist. And there are so many people that live inside it. If I want something to eat or if something occurs, first we just take a picture to prove what we have done or what we have eaten. But we need more time to just enjoy as it is. Many people are going to experience things through instagram or other social media, camera roll. So we forgot our experiences easily. Of course, the memories that are getting older are easier to erase from my head. Don’t experience life through your smartphone camera. Always enjoy it as it is. Just see the sunset first, eat first, and than the memory is more intense in our head.

Ms T. Florian

It seems that in this age of digital culture we have become reliant on our techno-tools (smart phones, ipads, tablets, ipods, laptops etc). In the beginning they made our lives so much easier, providing us with information, easy ways to connect with each other and helpful apps to keep our lives in order. However, as this technology advances, it is no surprise that we now have a very serious addiction problem on our hands. Instead of connecting with others we are disconnecting ourselves and allowing this technology to suck us in to its toxic world of instant gratification. I feel like a balance is in order. Smart phones are not going to disappear, nor do we want them to as they help us in many ways, but we need to take a step back, look up, and start reconnecting with our real lives. NOT sticking our heads so far into cyberspace that we miss opportunities to meet people, have beautiful conversations and be apart of wonderful experiences. We need to fight the urge to constantly check our messages, notifications, likes etc and begin working on our /human/ communication skills; verbally, physically and emotionally. Because an emoticon just can't tell you how I'm really feeling and adding me on facebook is not getting to know me as a person and or friend. So please, the next time you reach down to check your phone, during break, class, or when your bored, stop yourself, look up and start a conversation instead and if no one is around find peace with yourself and the environment around you.

 These photos were taken last week at I.H, of students at break time. You can find all  the rest of the photos and our smartphone confessions on our poster across from the computer lab. 

(Please feel free to add to the confessions) 

Thank you. 

> Now get off your computer and go do something exciting <