Putting It All Together

As the last week of class winds down, there is many things about this semester that come to mind.   New technologies, growth in skills in Second Life, growth in knowledge about collaborative groups(especially in the virtual sense), and application of this knowledge to my workplace and life.  I have read chapters, articles, and dissertations.  I have watched videos, listened to pod casts, and created virtual objects.  Through all of these activities and reading, the one thing that has hit home is technologies continued expansion and vital role it continues to be in our society. In the distant (maybe near) future, will people solely exist in virtual worlds, such as perceived in the movies Minority Report and Inception?  Will people become so dependent on technology in the future that they loose perception of reality?  Only time will tell.  As of now, technology is a useful and ever expanding wonder that will continue to grow in its involvement and inclusion in our lives.  Hopefully, technologies growth will mainly go down the path of helpfulness instead of ignorance and hindrance.  '

Andrew