Summary

I have to admit, if i had the choice of writing a ten page research paper, or typing it on a computer, which do you think i would chose? Which would you chose? For many of us who are of the post baby-boomer age we are on the cusp of technology. A few years earlier of that period are the life-time resisters. Change is not always a welcome endeavor. Nostalgic memories of their first correct alphabet letter keeps many in pencil mode only. There should not be any fear though because technology can be a good friend. Old technologies have to be replaced by new ones. The necessity of progress dictates that we reinvent old technologies into new ones. The fears that our students in America would not learn efficiently due to technlogy is an example of the old guard not wanting to relinquish to the new guard.

The new millenium American must know how to read, write, and use technology toward the furtherance of society and the world as a whole. Many hand written documents are time sensitive and with security issues at hand, technology allows us to recieve and store more documents than a file cabinet could ever hold. Whether computers and technology influence us negatively or positively does not negate the fact that they are an important function in our lives. That doesn't leave writing as a lost art though. If your electricity stalls for any reason you still we be able to write. The old number 2 probably can survive a nuclear blast like an infamous insect i will not name. Through the finger pains and hand cramps of writing it is then that you realize how much you really need technology. A perfect example would be when we (UWM) recently had our computer outage. As an academic community we were paralyzed! Technology allows us to do something in seconds, minutes, or even hours that would take days or weeks in writing. I like writing, but i love the ease that computers and technology have made my academic and personal life a higher quality of life.