Technology around us.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Hi! This is the Technological 'Expert'. I am making my FIRST appearance on this wonderful blog. So basically, I will be talking about the globalisation of technology and how it SHRINKS the world.

So, before I go on and on about the BIG BIG world, let's go on a tour in our school, tjc (duh!). Even in our small school, we can see the effects of globalisation taking place and influencing our lives. By reducing the size our scope to the school, it'll be easier for us to relate it to ourselves.

TECHNOLOGY IS INFLUENCING US MORE AND MORE!!!


Every morning, you'll see a HUGE crowd of student queueing up to visit this little piece of machine:

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This popular and lucky thing who gets to know every student is what we know as the 'time recorder'. With more than 1000 students roaming in the school compound, this recorder enables the admin to check the time each of us reports to school. All our reporting time will be tabulated and into a simple table which will be monitored by the tutors. With these never-say-die policemen around, there's no way YOU can ever be late (without them knowing)!

What's the next thing you do after you step into the school? Right! You walk.

Carry on walking...

Walking..

Walking..

HEY, do you that there's someone, or rather something, spying on you?!

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YES, and this is just ONE of the MANY video cameras lurking around the school. As long as within the 'slight' of these 'eyes', they keep track of our every moves. This cameras ensures the safety of us and our properties. So, no hanky pankies, YOU're being WATCHED. By who? *shrugs*

Alright, don't panick. Let's move on.

And moving on, you may see this:


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Try hitting it. Just joking, you'll have to pay a fine if you do that now. This is the emergency alarm. If there's ever gonna be a fire, all we need is for ONE person to hit this glass. When that happens, an alarm will go off and the entire school will gather at the assembly area. Also, the fire station will be notified instantly and they will be able to send aid and help. Interesting how technology can save our lives right?

Alright, before we end this tour, let me show you the most common piece of technology in the world today!

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TADAA! It's the phone. Can you imagine a world without HANDphones now? Horrible Right? Without my phone, I feel that I'm cut off from the entire world. Our mobiles enable us to connect to another person easily no matter how far we are in reality. For example, I can chat with my cousin who's in Canada instantly just by dialling his number! Amazing? This piece of technology actually reduce the actual distance between us into NOTHING.

Alright, this is the end of our short and sweet tour around TJC. So now, can you feel the effects of globalisation? It is everywhere! Try to imagine a Singapore without any form of technology... It might not even be possible for you to do that now. Technology is influencing us more than we are aware of.

Bye!

By: Ziye, the Technological 'Expert' =)
Posted by leaf at 11:34 pm
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