Generational Changes in Technology Use

When you listen to the stories your parents tell from back in the day, is it sometimes hard to comprehend the different times they lived in? For instance, have you heard stories about at time when pay phones where the only means of calling someone when you were outside of the house or office? Think about those stories; about what life was like before the technological advances of today reshaped the way we work, contract for goods and services, and communicate with friends and family.

Discussion topic

What are the three most important ways that computers and the internet are part of your life in ways that they were not part of your parents’ lives when they were your age? What social forces are behind this change over the two generations? What changes in the use of computers and internet do you predict for the next generation after yours?