Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Make a map

Published on February 9, 2021February 7, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Charts, surveys and catalogs

We notice the importance of what and where.

Morse code

Published on January 5, 2021January 3, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

High-speed digital communication

The telegraph required a new way of writing messages.

A video culture?

Published on November 10, 2020November 9, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The way we communicate

Is the written word no longer important?

Back to sea

Published on September 29, 2020September 27, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A different world

Our navigator points out how the world of the sailor has become entirely disconnected from that of the rest of us.

Back to C

Published on September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The difference between languages

We are struck by the great range of things included in the term “software.”

It used to be hard

Published on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Now it’s easy

Are some things too easy to do nowadays?

Cyborg students

Published on September 1, 2020August 28, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Virtually testing times

What do tests measure?

An opportunity that will be missed

Published on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The structure of school

We could use the present disruption to redo education. But we won’t.