how technology, with particular emphasis on the internet and computers, has changed world culture

HOW TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER, AND INTERNET, CHANGED WORLD CULTURE Name: Course: Professor Name: (February 28, 2012) How technology, computer, and internet, changed world culture The introduction of the modern technology changed the world`s culture in several occasions. At first, computer is helping in the creation of new chances for collaboration and writing. On the other occasion, internet is helping in the creating global bridge for children to communicate, underscoring the need for rock solid reading and skills writing. It is also influencing how the human being write, listen, communicate, as well as read by changing the methods that data is used, absorbed, and processed. As a result, there was an introduction of the literacy education. In traditionally form, literacy refers to the teaching of the basic literacy skills, listening, speaking and reading. In the modern world, technology has helped in the expansion understanding of the literacy. In nowadays, students also need technology skills for investigating, communicating, accessing and using data, thinking concerning message inherent in the new media, computing, and evaluating as well as understanding information. As a result, different definition has been established to emphasis what it means to be literate in a digitized society. Information literacy was, therefore, defined as the way to access, and use of information, work with some ideas, analyze some contents, and communicate the results as well as synthesizing some thought. It is also defined as the ability to achieve a deeper understanding concerning the content, by the use of the accelerated learning process facilitated by technology and data analysis equipment. Basing on the...