Why is it Important to Continue Your Technology Education?

Can you list all the ways you used technology today? Every single moment it has improved some aspect of your life? Here’s a few common, everyday uses to help your list get started:

• called or texted someone on your cellphone
• watched something on television
• played music on your iPod
• pulled food out of your refrigerator
• used the restroom
• turned on the lights
• read this article on the Internet

There is probably a lot more. These lists help prove how much technology has become an integral part of our everyday life. In fact, most of the time we don’t even think about the technological innovation that needed in happen in order for us to have certain devices in our lives. We simply take their existence for granted.

If you think back 15 years, you’ll be amazed at all the technological advancements that have happened. In the year 2000 most people still made phone calls from a landline or a payphone. If you were going to miss your favorite show on television, you had to make sure you set the timer on your VHS. Connecting with old friends required looking them up in the phone book or sending them a letter through the postal system. Planning a trip required a call to a travel agency. And if you got lost, you had to pull out the map.

Today, technology is shaping how people do business, communicate, purchase food, pay their mortgage, start romantic relationships, and pursue higher levels of education. It is a part of almost every facet of our lives.

Of course, it is not just our personal lives that are affected by technology. Technology influences public policy decisions on global issues such as energy, conservation, agriculture, health, transportation, communication, defense, economics, leisure, and exploration. It intersects with all of the subjects that are shaping the world around us.

This is why it is important to continue your technology education. As technology rapidly expands, it is imperative to make the efforts needed to stay tech-savvy. With just a little bit of daily effort, it is possible for anyone to stay up-to-date with current technology trends. Even just a little bit of education can have huge positive impacts in every aspect of your life. Each step you take towards increasing your knowledge will help ensure that your life becomes more fully enriched by the technology that surrounds you.