Values Morals and Citizenship - 'The education system is de-humanizing society through its use of technology'

Values Morals and Citizenship - 'The education system is de-humanizing society through its use of technology' Order Description some ideas - • We are dependent on technology systems for recording events of our daily lives – loose connection to ourselves – loose our inner selves • What is it to be human? Morals/values/citizenship • Form of self-death • To deprive interpersonal skills and human qualities such as individuality, compassion, self esteem, civility • Can this lead to violence, human rights violation, war crimes, genocide? • Makes us lazy – use it for everything • Do children/students use books anymore? • Dangers – communicators, namely writers, teachers, treating public, their students and consumers, as machines. • What would happen if we removed technology, would we be able to survive? • How can computers teach love, sympathy, respect and positive thinking ? this is the base of society?!? How can computers teach social values??? • New York times article – average kid ages 8-18 spends 7 ½ hours a day using technology only 38 minutes of reading adds up to 75 hours per week. • Human mechanization – process by which people are treated mechanically - that is without giving thought to what is going inside them.