The topic I chose to look at is in Chapter 4 of the Essential Guide to Communication, and examines all of the different forms of technology we have at our fingertips! There are several types of technology that book specifies are pagers, telephones, teleconferencing, e-mail, and internet. Technology is an essential form of communication when a face to face connection is unavailable. It is important to keep up with the rapidly expanding use of technology because there become more opportunities for the business to expand when communication restrictions are lifted. The book specifies 2 problems with advancing technology and communication, although I would argue that understanding the advancement of technology is essential to any type of profession and makes an individual more marketable. The book states that the 2 challenges are understanding the “advancement and implementation” of the technologies within an organization, and learning to “use the available technology to enhance communication skills.
I think that technology opens up so many opportunities for the working individual whether they are computer science, nursing, teaching or even performance. I think that at least the basic knowledge of skills such as telephones, internet and e-mail; which are three of the most common tools used by virtually any and everyone. The only negative I see is the lack of personal face to face communication, but in these difficult times where schedules are insane to manage, and several commitments take us in directions other than communicating with one another via personal contact, I think that using technology to communicate is a pleasant alternative.
*Pagers – Pagers used to just beep to let the person know that they needed to call someone, or to inform them that they were trying to be reached. Both of my parents used to carry pagers, but no longer find the need for them (since they have cell phones and would prefer to not carry around a lot of technology) The pager alerts the owner with a message, or a telephone number on its display screen. It is compact and can be kept on a belt loop or in a pocket for safe keeping.
*Telephones – This is pretty self-explanatory. I mean, we have all used this before and know what the phone does. Telephones allow us to communicate with someone , but it also has growing features that makes communication extremely easy and within the palm of our hand.
*Teleconferencing – allows people to create a meeting over the phone with more than just one party.
*E-mail – we know what e-mail does. We can send documents to more than just one person, have a conversation, and extend a conversation to more than just one person at a time.
*Internet – Well, without the internet, this class wouldn’t be happening! J Internet allows us to have virtually almost any information at the tips of our fingers just by typing o the keyboard, and looking through the world wide web.
1 comment:
I think your post about technology was very interesting to me because I also agree with you that it opens up many opportunities for people who want to do computer science, nursing, teaching and performance. I also agree that the basic knowledge of technology that everyone in this whole world is familiar with is the internet and telephones. You are correct because almost every one I know are very familiar with using the internet and telephone of course. Technology is something that every one should be familiar with since it is the easiest thing to use. You can easily connect with some one using the phone or any other internet device.
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