Q6: What have I learnt about technology?

There are many things I have learnt about

technology…

CONVERGENCEOne thing I have learnt from technology is convergence. This is the coming together of two or more things into one product, such as a phone. Now we are able to perform a variety o tasks using a phone

e.g. using email, text or phone calls.

I have used convergence through my phone. I used it to record the interviews and send emails to my interviews. This made it easier for

me to get things done quickly. These devices now have the advantage of portability therefore increasing the amount of time we

spend using them.

The future of technology?

As society progress so is technology. Every year there is a vast improvement of technological devices. Now that everyone owns a Smartphone, technology’s advances

will be imperceptible.

Today the number of net users is pushing the 3 billion mark. But that’s not the really big news…

What’s truly startling is that 2 billion of these people are getting their internet connection primarily via

smart phones. Therefore, technology will keep improving in the future.

Web 2.0The internet was very important because it was the main

platform to find and share information. It was useful because without it I wouldn’t have been able to make video using YouTube, upload interviews using Sound Cloud and get

information from my focus group using social networking sties.

Also the internet is evidence of globalisation since people are becoming more interconnected through social media.

Social media

I used social media as a platform to connect and receive information from my target audience. I was able to use social media to ask my audience what they are interested in and how we could improve. I used Whatsapp and Instagram to distribute my survey so I receive a large amount of responses.

Software'sI also learnt new things through the use of different software's.

One important software was audacity. With audacity I was able to make changes to my interviews (cut, fade, vices) and create my preliminary task. This helped me to produce a well finished product.

Another software was iMovie. This helped me to produce my question 4. It taught me how to produce a good video and gave me the necessary skills needed for future use. This software was easy to get to grips with once you played around with it.

What have I learnt from technology from research?

I have learnt that technology is constantly developing and becoming increasingly popular.

This article shows that the radio is ‘booming’ due to technological devices that enable people to hear the radio through their own possessions, such as, iPods and iPhones. These devices have helped to spread the use of the radio among many people. As radio is free on many devices, lots of people choose to use it instead if downloading music using iTunes and other apps. Also technology has become more user-generated which means that people have the advantage of using the media for their own purposes.

In conclusion, I think that technology has improved dramatically. We have seen

evidence of this from the past as the quality and range of products have changed to

produce better products with more advances. In the 21st Century we now see the emergence

of HD and SMART televisions, therefore technology will continue to improve.