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            We are living in the digital age where the world is revolving around technology. Technology has changed the world in all aspects, It has changed the way we think and live. The digital age is making us rethink the way we do things and it is truly a revolution.  In this present day technology is super advanced and it only keeps moving towards superb advancement. In the digital age technology is involved in everything we do. The digital world is making us rethink everything from education, to family, writing, thinking and almost anything we can think of. But the crazy thing about the digital age is that were the one’s making it smarter, were teaching it ways to make things easier for us. 

            The digital age has changed according to the video. When text is on paper it is not unilinear but when it’s digital it’s not. Digital text is different because it is flexible and movable. Hypertext is another form of text that can link virtually anywhere. The digital age has changed the way we do things, it makes us rethink all elements of life. But we teach computers as we do new things, Every time we form a link we teach it an idea. The web is linking people, people are sharing, trading, and collaborating with people around the world. All this is making us rethink the way we are as people, with our families, our identity, and privacy. Toay no matter where in the world w have a family member we can connect with them. Our identity is no longer limited to what's around us, we now can learn almost anything we can imagine and make it possible just by doing a little research. Our identity now has to almost be protected by a safe that only we can access. Our privacy is now something we have to keep more private because the internet remembers the data we give it and can later be found on search engine's like Google, yeah it's a bit creepy. With all that said everything we've ever done has to be rethought.


             Learning in the digital age now requires a new model according to the article. Today in the technology driven world a learning environment can be virtual, online, and remote. When people connect through technology their effect is multiplied. In the 21st century everything revolves around technology. 21st century learning environments should mix physical and digital infrastructures to support the way we learn. "Schools are being designed for a new balance that combines the best of traditional classroom learning with leading 21st century learning methods & tools" said Bernie Trilling, and as a student of the 21st century I believe that it would really benefit students. Technology makes the world better, everything we do in today now has to do with technology so school's should blend more digital things into the classroom

               I interviewed a guy named Brian who is a student at Hunter College and he reminded me how our different our times were growing up. I asked him about how he had to rethink communication and he said "Is a lot easier to communicate now cause we have cell phones but when he was back in high school he had to call peoples house phone, and the internet wasn't totally popular and not a lot of people had access to it". I agree with him because when I was a kid computers just started getting extremely popular, and cell phones still were big and bulky. Now everything is sleek, slim, and easier to use and carry around. I also asked about how he had to rethink business and he said "Shopping is a lot easier cause you have amazon and all kinds of websites where you can go and compare different products that I want before going to the store, I don't even have to go to the store at all, I can order it online and have it delivered right to my house". That actually made me rethink about how when I was young and I used to go out and look for what I wanted, now I can look online right from my home and even find better deals on the internet. The internet is the biggest marketplace in the world if I really think about it. The digital age has changed everybody's life.

               The Hyundai commercial makes us think of how basic the world would be if we settled on the first things that came along like the big phones that cover one side of our face, and type writers. It makes us think that if we never wanted to upgrade and improve those things, we would be stuck with all those old boring machines. The message in the video is that we always have to rethink as things go along and get more advanced. It shows us that if we would not keep trying to advance and improve the things around us we will be stuck forever on the same things and it reminds us that the way we got to where we are today is because of rethinking. Imagine still living in this day with type writers, yeah that's something I don't even want to think about. To get rid of typewriters people had to rethink how to build a computer and how to make it work. The video reminds us that where we are today is because of all the things we have had to rethink.

               Writing this essay has made me rethink about the ways we have had to rethink the way we do things. The digital age has changed the world in ways that are amazing. Our resources are now all on the computer. The way we travel, shop, and communicate is easier and more flexible than ever now. Our identity's are now somewhat being shaped around the internet. Everything we do revolves around the internet. The digital age has revolutionized the world and by the looks of things i think the revolution is just getting started.