Digital Technology

Digital technology is changing every aspect of the world. Digital technologies includes social media, online games, multimedia and mobile phones and any technology that stores and process data. Digital technologies have revolutionized the way people think or the way they live their everyday lives without even realizing it. Digital technology has changed education, given people broader access to information, changed the way people maintain contact which will all be for naught if people don’t keep up with the constantly changing digital world.

Due to most people using phones, technology has slowly become integrated into schools and serves as a link between home and school. Using technologies in education has enabled students to learn things that interest them from different resources. This is known as digital learning. It is stated that over 90% of young people are online and have cell phones, over half of adults aged 65 and above are online and 78% own a cell phone (Anderson, 2015).It has become valuable as it is readily accessible and it is visual based learning there by making children learn more easily than non-visual means. For example, watching videos and playing games enable people to learn about different cultures and language. They watch videos and listen to people speaking from different parts of the world and enable them to learn about their everyday lives.

Furthermore, technology has revolutionized the way people keep in contact from letter writing to cell phones, video calls, and social media. It has also changed the way individuals participate in social, cultural and political activities as all sorts of information these days is first uploaded to the internet and then shared to social media sites where people participate in discussions and debates. Social media has destroyed the barriers that separate the people of this world by making it easier to communicate with each other and making information easily accessible anytime and anywhere to anyone who wants it. Using social networks can shorten the time. All sorts of services can be availed through the internet without leaving the comfort of your home. Digital technologies are being improved and developed gradually to match the needs of the people but if people aren’t proficient in using these technologies then it can lead to lots of problem.

Due to the present situation of covid-19, remote working has been advised which meant that people needed to know the skills to navigate through social media, in mobile phones and computers. Times like these has made us learn the importance of digital literacy. Even though digital learning had become quite popular only some children and young people have access to knowledgeable adults and technological resources that can help improve their learning and creativity. This is because most aren’t knowledgeable about digital technology and they do not find it necessary to give their children access to broadband internet or let them learn skills in computers. People need to be educated in digital technology to a certain level to understand and to be aware what happens on the internet. Digital literacy keeps you more connected as you learn not only how to create content using information, you can also share what you know or heard or watch to people who are interested in the same things as you. Digital literacy is very important to know what information on the internet is fake so that you don’t get scammed and to find out what is a good source of information. Digital literacy is lifelong learning that one should never forego.

To conclude, people should understand that technologies will continue to become embedded in the daily lives of every human being and the physical infrastructure of their homes. Digital technologies have transformed how people communicate, learn and live their lives.Our life got to be more helpful since social media may be an exceptionally valuable apparatus in 21st century, it might offer assistance to improve our life. But people must be mindful of how to utilize it.