{"id":4392,"date":"2012-03-13T07:22:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T12:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:04","slug":"technology-has-changed-how-phs-students-communicates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=4392","title":{"rendered":"Technology has Changed how PHS Students Communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Communication has changed through the years. Before students may have passed a note to communicate with friends in secret now they communicate through text, Instant Messaging, and through social networking. Photo by: Patricia Ortiz<\/p><\/div>\n

By Patricia Ortiz<\/em><\/p>\n

With the arrival of new innovative technology, the way students communicate with others has developed into much more than face to face conversations.<\/p>\n

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Before technology came along, the normal method of communication was face to face. \u00a0While most of the students communicated face to face, there were students that used snail mail (letters) to communicate with others. \u00a0Juniors Bailey Back and Emily Blake were two students that used letters for communication. \u00a0Blake says that she, \u201csent out letters in the mail and waited for them to reply. \u00a0Those were the good old days.\u201d<\/p>\n

When students were younger, their method of communication was much different than it is now. \u00a0Facebook, texting, Skype, and other such methods may not have been available to all of the students. \u00a0Since these new conventional methods were not available, they had to come up with alternative ways of communication. \u00a0Sophomore Mariana Olvera used notes to communicate. \u00a0The most popular form of communication when students were younger was face to face although talking on a house phone was popular as well. \u00a0Senior Lindsey Trump says that, \u201cback in my day a cell phone wasn\u2019t a common thing for elementary students. \u00a0We would either talk to people face to face or write notes and such.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the technology age in full swing, the most common form of communication is texting. \u00a0Instant Messaging on Facebook, Skype, or calling have all become the new ways to communicate. \u00a0Sophomore Jordan Pratt says that to communicate she mostly uses, \u201ctexting and calling. \u00a0Texting is a good way to communicate if you have a quick question and need to a short response. \u00a0I call people if I\u2019m bored and want to have a long conversation.\u201d \u00a0The way students communicate at home is much different than the way students communicate in school. \u00a0Freshman Mariah Tepper says that at home she usually uses Facebook, Skype, and texting to communicate with others. \u00a0She says that at school her form of communication is face to face and that, \u201cyou tend to have better memories and funny moments while talking face to face. \u00a0I prefer face to face over all the technological ways.\u201d \u00a0Senior Jackson Seering agrees with Tepper and says that although he texts, he prefers good old fashioned face to face communication.<\/p>\n

There may be different ways of communicating, but there are also different people to communicate with. \u00a0For example, students may use a different form of communication to communicate with friends than they might with their parents. \u00a0Sophomore Jena Baker usually texts, and she talks face to face with friends and family. \u00a0The distances between family members may change the way people communicate with relatives. \u00a0Some may use Facebook to communicate with friends and family that live far away, but Back says that she Skypes her cousin in order to communicate with her. \u00a0Senior Christina Schafer uses different methods to communicate with different people because of the accessibility of those people. \u00a0She says that \u201csome people are really hard to get a hold of, so instead of using the phone, I Facebook or email them.\u201d\u00a0 Freshman Nicholas Powers is a student whose typical form of communication is texting. \u00a0He says that he communicates with everybody the same way.<\/p>\n

Important information may be communicated by students in different ways. \u00a0The most common form of communicating important information is face to face. \u00a0Pratt says that \u201cif it\u2019s really important [information], I call them. \u00a0When you call them, the person has to answer it right then and there, or if they don\u2019t answer, you can leave a voicemail and tell them and they\u2019ll usually call you back.\u201d \u00a0Freshman Brandon Zehner and Senior Josh Cole both inform important information by calling the person.<\/p>\n

Technology has made it easier for people to communicate with one another. \u00a0No longer do students have to wait until the next day to ask a teacher a question. \u00a0They can now use Google Docs as a way to communicate with their teacher or send them an e-mail. \u00a0Schafer says that technology has made communication a lot easier. \u00a0She says that now she can \u201cstay in touch with people that are on different continents without having to pay really expensive phone bills or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Students now communicate with their teachers through Goggle Docs and e-mail. Photo by: Patricia Ortiz<\/p><\/div>\n

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