Band 80-90: Please Press There

“The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.” said Nick Joakvin to express his feelings about the detriments of technology and internet. As he said, it is often assumed by humankind that technology and internet (TI) are so constructive instead of thinking TI is being the owner of the world, of the people themselves. Thanks to technology(!) , on the internet everyone can share what they do, what they eat, where they go. However, people are not even aware of sharing their private life effortlessly without thinking over the significant results. Especially the youth is getting obsessed with TI more easily than the adults by overusing smart phones, smart TVs and some other deceitful tools. Not only TI is a threat for youth or adults, but also because of TI, there might be no life in the future in terms of wars and political issues. As is seen, TI is baneful for people in many ways which three of them are so remarkable; privacy and easiness, youth, wars & political issues.

First and foremost, it is a vital problem that people share their private life with the others in such a simple way. TI, which guarantees the inviolability of privacy, make people ask a reasonable question about how TI, itself, gets the information of people's private life.  If TI keeps sharing people’s private life, because of letting TI, soon there may not be right of defending our privacy. And also TI makes people consider that life is more easier on using tools but acutally people are getting lazier in virtue of TI. They do not worry or think about the problems because TI does instead of them. TI seems attractive by their easiness and privacy but in reality these two are essentially abominable.

Secondly, because of TI, youth is getting highly obsessed with technological devices. With unhealthy obsessions, in their daily life, time is being spent unnecessarily with TI; they are using mobiles, TVs, computers, laptops, headphones, wifi... There is almost no communication among teenages. The only thing that young people care about is a world of lie on the internet which made by technology. They cannot breath without Wi-Fi instead of not breathing without oxsygen. The other problem is that youth is not healthy because they do not need to move anymore. It has been thinking that everything is quite simple and available. For instance, young people do not want to climb up stairs, they use escelator. With a lot of examples like this situation that can be known nearly by everyone, might be thought as a threat of a dreadful obsession.

Thirdly, wars and political issues are the most critical effects of TI’s surrounding the world. Especially wars are not occuring like in the past centuries; weapons, people, thoughts... The weapons and even people & thoughts are developed by technology. Unfortunately these developments are so infinite and happening so fast that today these can be the reason of the end of the world. Wars that happening via TI can have an end if politicians let. However they think that as a country, if you have the weapon of TI, you have the power; If you do not, then you are not a country anymore. They want to feel powerful so they do not let the war end. If people let the war continue, TI also continue surrounding the world and the end can be dark.

All in all, besides it is thought that TI has a lot of profits, it also has curical and dreadful detriments. As mentioned before,  people should not let TI have the information of their own private life that easily. Conjointly, TI obviously make every tool slightly accesible, on the other hand, people are getting lazier by this situation. Conspicuously, the youth can be seen at the top of the laziness chart.  Moreover, not only youth are getting lazier, but also they are getting much more obsessed with TI day by day. Furthermore, wars and political issues that affect the world are the results of TI’s being the owner of the world. The most effective and healthy decision is to use TI sufficiently and effectively. As far as I am concerned, people are on the edge of a cliff and the more people let TI hold them, the less they may have the chance to live.

by Sümeyye Aydın 1st year ELT Student @ Erciyes University

band 80-90: DIAMOND OF 21ST CENTURY

        Vilifying the technology completely, ignoring the advantages or, praising it with individuals’ eyes closed is not appropriate thoroughly. The usage of technology determines whether it is useful or detrimental. Some people think that technology and internet makes our lives easier while the others say it makes us addicted and lethargy.  However, it is in our hands taking the positive sides of technology and internet by making good use of them or exposuring the harm effects of  them. Using the technology and internet is like choosing a friend. Because our friends are one of the most crucial part of our lives as the technology and internet and may affect us in so many situations. Technology and internet can ensure a lot of benefits to us, like a special companion,. However making our lives effortless, education and health are foremost ones.

        To begin with, one of the most influential advantages of using technology and internet can be viewed as making our lives effortless.. The first benefit can be identified with ‘’transpotation.’’ Looking back, people walked or got on some animals such as;horse,camel,ox to go to distant places. However, today people have a lot of transportation vehicles ranging from bus,train,car to plane. They go to somewhere even which is really remote as swift as they go to their neighbours  thanks to these vehicles. Furthermore, technology an internet are the most influential companions of people at their homes. People do things more quickly and efficiently under favour of their escorts. For instance; kitchen equipments,washing machines and hoovers are indispensable helpers for people because these stuff retrench the time and effort of people. Another point to add is that internet banking does the same thing. People do not have to go and bide in a long queue to pay their bills. Briefly stated, one of the most crucial advantages of technology and the internet can be thought as  making our lives easier.

       Second major factor that is related to advantages of using technology and internet can be regarded as the possibilities in education.Pupils have  innumerable facilities in terms of using technology and internet for their educational life. For instance, students use internet not just because they are  accustomed to using it for fun but they use internet as an assitant  for their homework. There are plenty of sites and online classes, owing to them pupils have a chance to see different types of questions and to learn new knowledge. Moreover, these classes and websites are practical for  the teachers,too. Instructors do not have to grade so many assignments  thanks to them.  Additionaly,  scholars can reach a great deal of information from online encyclopedia instead of gathering information from the books. With the help of this, they reach the information quicker than it used to be. In a word, education is one of the fields people can take advantages of internet and technology.

The third of the most considerable  advantages of using technology and internet might be health facilities. So many people suffering from diabets and high blood pressure have some achievabilities.To illustrate, these people are not obliged to go to any health care center or hospital, since they can easily  access  blood-pressure and blood- glucose  monitor at their homes. To boot, many diseases such as cancer  and allergic cases can be noticed and  cured early  thanks to health assistance  equipments.With the help of this, survival rates of the patients are increasing more and more. Furthermore, people  can handily get an appointment on the internet rather than going to hospital  too soon.  They do not have to bide wantonly at hospital owing to online appointment  system. In a nutshell, internet and technology contribute a lot of  opportunites in the fields of health and these opportunites are unignorable.

         On the whole, making our lives effortless, education and health are just three out of many other profitable advantages of technology and internet . The most influential advantages of using technology and the internet can be regarded as making our lives facile. Owing to this influence, individuals are accustomed to utilising them in every part in their lives. Education is one of the most widespread area which is made use of technology and the internet, as well. Another point is that health is impressed from technology an it has significant effect on the lives of humans. ‘’Technology and the internet are so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete alteration on human beings.’’

by Ayça Solsun 1st year ELT student @Erciyes University

Band 90-100: THE NEW ERA: TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET

      Technology and internet have a great importance in our lives because they are a milestone like renaissance, reform, industry revolution. Both of them contribute to our lives with significant improvements. They have developed and continued to developing gradually from past to present. In previous years, whereas technology and internet progressed slower and more ineffective, nowadays they advance more effective and faster. Moreover, fast and impressive progress of technology and internet have impacts on our lives. Internet and technology provide us various services in some areas. Thanks to these services, technology and internet manage to penetrate the world that we live. Technology and internet, which change and improve our lives, offer a range of benefits in some remarkable fields, such as in business life, social life and in the field of education.

       One of the most considerable benefits of technology and internet can be observed in business life. As internet and technology provide facilities in numerous fields, they put forward some facilities in business life. The more new devices and machines, the more level of productivity increases. This makes it easy to reach the product that we want. For instance; when industry revolution occurred, machines were made and production started to get faster. Moreover with improvements of technology and internet, new working fields occur for people such as defence industry, manufacturing industry, information technology. For example; nowadays, the demands for information technology brings new working fields in this area. Thanks to this, firms are established for producing smart phones, smart TV, the latest technological devices. Competition occurs among countries and it supplies more durable and authentic products for customers. Furthermore, thanks to internet, business people connect with their customers directly. Customers can obtain information about products that they will buy. Also, customers can buy their goods on internet or they can sell their goods via internet. Internet and technology offer beneficial services for all people. We can see the advantages of them in business life.

        In the second place, technology and internet have significant impact on social life as they become part of life. Compared to past, people tend to make use of  internet and technology for many purposes. For example; people can contact with their friends, family and relatives, via technological devices and internet supplied. People can communicate by video, telephone, messages etc. and therefore are always in touch with one another owing to technology and internet. Moreover, many people can obtain information about whole world, their countries and their cities. People can be aware of all events by using routinely technology and internet to follow the news, weather forecasts, sport news. Additionally, people use internet and technology to enjoy, by watching videos, various movies, surfing on social networks. For instance; many people frequently share their photos or videos via social networks to keep people following them updated. Many people spend their time thanks to internet and technology. Existence of internet, invention of technological devices, discovery of social nets, affect social life which become comparatively easier and more enjoyable, accordingly in parallel with those improvements.

       Lastly, technology and internet provide highly vital advantages in the field on education. They have undeniable importance for both students and teachers. Technology and internet offer educational opportunities such as online courses, specific webpages, e-mail communication, and tools used in the classroom like smartboards, calculators, laptops, presentation hardware. Online courses have positive effects on students because every age group of people can attend the courses and they can choose any course they want. Furthermore, students can access datum from various sources, webpages, news sources and educational videos. Information is available and updated on websites and online library in any time. This can be illustrated by online library. Instead of going local library, students can access more rapidly to online library and so they can save their time. Likewise, many students can make use of internet and technology to complete homework. Find research or information required for projects. Importantly, student can contact other students and teachers through e-mail and teachers can also contact parents easily. It is important to highlight that teachers can make use of technological devices and internet by using animations, pictures, documentaries and slides. For instance; while they are explaining any subject, they can use actual photographs. Thanks to this, classes are mostly permanent for students. Due to these benefits of technology and internet, education is more influential an organized for teachers and students.

       Overall, technology and internet impress us in various areas; nevertheless, importantly, they penetrate in the fields of business, social life and education. People use internet and technology due to a range of facilities. In business life, internet and technology offer opportunities such as fast production, durable goods, different working areas. In social life, we can see the benefits of technology and net like swift communication, enjoyable times. Also, technology and internet have useful sides namely, online courses and library, the latest technological tools, e-mail communication in the field on education. Technology and internet provide such a comfortable life that this makes them invaluable thus people cannot give up these facilities. Easiness attract people inasmuch as they do not want to experience tough events. When people experience difficulties, they start to look for solutions to sort out them and make them easy. Since internet and technology were revealed, they have offered convenience means and comfort to us. Internet and technology appeared that they become a revelation for people and with time they evolved, this is an enormous evolution. They revolved and become a revolution for all human beings. Revelation of technology and net convert into an evolution, evolution transform into a giant revolution.

by Hatice Demiral 1st year ELT student @ Erciyes University

Band 90-100: BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET

"The number one benefit of information technology and internet (TI) is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they did not think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about the potential." said Steve Ballmer. As can be seen, technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes while internet is the practical part of technology which moves them related. In other words, technology and Internet can be considered as the two sides of the same coin that they cannot be seperated. Both of them have brought  a revolution in the modern World and they have made the World global village. Without the progression of TI, our World would be slow-paced. We can take from many examples in health and health industry, source of faster communication and information.Also taking upon the fruition of encouraging innovation and creativity takes a huge role in our society.

       First of all, technology and Internet have changed health and health industry and play a crucial role in all around the world. TI is also becoming advanced and designed to make our health industry more convenient. For instance, you have better and more accessible treatment, because TI gives opportunities to open up many exploration and research that allows doctors or experts to make healthcare more effectively. Furthermore, the use of TI have made patient care safer with high-technology equipments, so doctors can detect your cure easily. Another thing is that patients can use TI with some mobile applications in the healthcare sector to learn their personal health information. For example, they can control their daily sleep patterns, count calories, research treatment options and even monitor their heart rate. Therefore, thanks to the continuous development of technology and Internet in the health industry, countless lives have been saved and technological innovations in the medical field continue to provide doctors or experts with new ways to improve the quality of their patients'care and improve the global healthcare.

          The second benefit of technology and Internet is the source of faster communication and information. The web is at the heart of many ways in communication and information. It makes things in life faster and more efficient. For instance, you can search everything about what do you want to know, you can find and read many documents, books, news. You can keep in touch with family or do business with colleagues. Moreover, you can hold everything you need to palm of your hand thanks to mobile phones with applications,such as, finding and booking hotel, checking in to your flights, paying the bills, searching for jobs.Another key area is that TI have an enormous effect on social networking. Social networking is all about sharing and it provides you to share your moments with photos, thoughts,videos and more. It gives you many opportunities communicate with people more quickly and more often in various social networking sites,such as, Facebook and Twitter. As can be seen, technology and Internet breakdown barriers of distance and helps to make you more connected in communication and information.

        Last but not least, the third benefit of technology and Internet is encouraging innovation and creativity which help us to build new ways of thinking or doing something. TI allows for the development of online working, so you can do your own business while you stay at home. For instance, you can use various websites to sell products, or you can create new projects and share with other people on the Internet easily. Furthermore, you have the capability to create higher quality ideas in less time thanks to TI, because TI gives opportunities to find many sources for your development such as, online books, training and career courses, documentaries, materials and more. Moreover, effiency and productivity take place in our lives through the use of TI. For example, farmers use TI to produce more food and they also use TI to develop agriculture  and create facilities for animals. There is no doubt that TI helps for the improvement of innovative and creative things and TI moves us, our country and our world forward.

       To put in a nutshell, TI is similar to a spider web which covers every part of our lives. Spider webs have a spectacular view and they have different purposes to attract,capture or store spiders'preys.TI also use the same method to gather and present information to people in great ways.When the webs of TI begin to grow, they affect and surround many sections in the World, like health and health industry, the source of faster communication and information, encouraging innovation and creativity.As far as I'm concerned that health is the golden key of all these locked areas and health industry is on the cutting edge of which is quite improving many sources to make our lives more convenient. TI is required to increase the quality of life and health but do not forget the best ideas always come from healthy minds.

by Hilal Demir 1st year ELT Student @ Erciyes University